Which is Better? Exercise in the Morning or Split Up in Day?

I hate to beat a dead horse, especially if he dropped dead from too much aerobic exercise, but society just does not seem to be getting the point about aerobic exercise. Quite frankly, we’re doing too much. I know that many of you are disappointed to hear this. After all, in today’s rush-rush society everyone […]

Do You Limit Activities Because of Low Back Pain?

One of the concerns from new patients in for chiropractic care centers around movements and activities that could make the condition worse. Quite frankly, it’s rare that the typical low back pain patient will be made worse in the long run by activities that they may do, provided that the activity wouldn’t produce low back […]

Exercise to Lose Weight: Is Walking Enough?

It is practically every day that I see an otherwise healthy 30-something person walking out in the community doing exercise for weight loss.  And almost always with a death grip on the BPA-laden plastic water bottle. Or, I’ll have a patient younger than me who states that they walk for exercise.  Our society and the “experts” have […]

Stuck Behind a Desk All Day? 100 Seconds to Better Health

While society’s collective exercise conscious has deteriorated, I’m pretty sure we haven’t reached the stage where “typing” is considered vigorous exercise. Given that so many of us are stuck behind a desk all day (I refer to “us,” but luckily my job is constantly up and down) this creates quite the conundrum. We know we […]