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Ayurveda offers rich wisdom to help us live our best and healthiest lives through the seasons. Read about the nature of winter and tips to support your most vibrant health during the coldest time of the year.

Exercise is a powerful tool in managing chronic pain, offering numerous benefits that can significantly improve the quality of life for those suffering from persistent discomfort.

Proper work place ergonomics is a critical role in your wellness.

Chiropractic treatment offers several benefits for those suffering from degenerative arthritis

Headaches are a common cause of pain and can be treated by chiropractic care.

7 Yoga & Ayurvedic solutions to manage the negative effects of stress

A continuation of the series about Physical Therapy misconceptions. Discussed in this post is whether or not Physical Therapy is solely exercise based.

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Every Spring Northwest Wellness encourages the community to focus on their health, by offering free services, classes, goody bags and raffle prizes with their Spring Into Health Event. Join us this year April 29th-May 4th, 2024.

A continuation of the series about Physical Therapy misconceptions. Discussed in this post is Physical Therapy and pain, Uses for Physical Therapy, and Physical Therapy in the home.

Get into the flow with nature. Ayurvedic advice to support health through the spring season.

Part 2 in a series of posts to help clarify some widely held misconceptions about Physical Therapy. This part specifically addresses "fixing" people and the "pain" of Physical Therapy.

Motor vehicle accidents happen around us all the time and all persons involved in a accident have a high likelihood of sustaining an injury and should be examined by a medical probational to properly diagnosis their injuries.

Part 1 in a series of posts to help clarify some widely held misconceptions about Physical Therapy. This part specifically addresses insurance coverage and differences in Physical Therapists.

Long hours at desk/computer jobs are wreaking havoc on our bodies. If you are suffering from neck and back pain, stress, anxiety, depression, you just might be suffering from "Sitting Disease" NW Wellness has solutions!

Our newest wellness practitioner Suzanne Silvermoon will soon be offering Ayurvedic Wellness Counseling. Learn about this ancient form of holistic healing to achieve balance and harmony with nature and improve health.

Cold laser therapy can help you manage pain, recover from an injury and improve nerve function. We use laser therapy to treat many different conditions and have seen great success with the treatment.

As we age we all start to feel the effects of arthritis on our joints there must be a better way to treat the pain than with medications.

A chiropractor may employ various techniques to help alleviate the symptoms of a herniated disc, although it's important to note that the effectiveness of these methods can vary from person to person.

There are over 3 million cases of plantar fasciitis in the US. Often the pain can linger for a long time if it goes untreated. Learn how to manage it best.

We love supporting our pregnant patients by giving them the tools they need to have a happy and healthy pregnancy.

Research shows promise for fixing low back pain Lumbar stenosis is one of the causes of low back pain and leg pain in older people. Lumbar stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal due to thickening of spinal ligaments or degeneration...

The holidays are among us, and for many people suffering neck or back pain can make traveling a stressful event. The seats in airplanes, cars, and trains are not the most comfortable, making prolonged sitting in them very painful.

You either do it yourself or know someone who enjoys the relief they get from popping their own neck or back to relieve the tightness in their spine. The intense stretching followed by the popping sound is so satisfying for a lot of people.

ost of your best healing occurs while you are healing. Improper sleep positions can slow down the healing by compressing tissue, decreasing blood flow, stretching injured structures, all which affect the inflammatory process.

This is a subtitle for your new post Doctors of Chiropractic regularly treat sciatica. Chiropractic treatments are a healthy, non-surgical and drug free option for sciatica.

Most of us once in a while suffer from a night of restless sleep. We can push through and function just fine after just a night or two of restless sleep. There are some people with a more serious sleeping condition known as insomnia.

A quick tool for learning the major differences.

Check the latest infographic on migraine headaches. This informative paper summarizes recent research regarding migraine headaches and their proven conservative solutions.

There are serious health risks associated with being overweight, including heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and some types of cancer. By losing weight...

The following quotes are from the highly respected medical journal, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics.

Headache Sufferers- Listen Up! There are many different types of headaches, but one of the more common, and often debilitating, is a migraine headache. A migraine headache is usually an intense, throbbing pain on one, or sometimes, both sides of the head.

Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is characterized by pain, inflammation, and stiffness. The bones, ligaments and tendons that make up the shoulder joint are encased in a capsule of connective tissue.

Most of your best healing occurs while you are healing. Improper sleep positions can slow down the healing by compressing tissue, decreasing blood flow, stretching injured structures, all which affect the inflammatory process.

Since the 2016 Summer Olympics cupping has become a much more common practice. We can thank a few celebrities (Michael Phelps, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston) for bringing awareness to this modality.

1. Persistent Pain A chiropractor will spend time with you to understand your unique presentation. They will ask questions, perform a physical exam, and order any necessary tests to assess your condition thoroughly.

Most musculoskeletal problems are caused by “mechanical” triggers, like falls, poor posture, and strains that are not well addressed by “chemical” drug treatments.

Easy tips on how to run with healthy form and posture.

Whether you are a professional athlete, CrossFit enthusiast, or occasional yogi, chiropractic can help improve your athletic performance. Many famous athletes swear that Chiropractic has helped improved their athletic performance.

A healthy spine has three different curves that act as shock absorbers and support the body. The spinal curves also allow energy to flow freely from the brain to all of the organs in the body.

Medical physicians and chiropractors working together to co-manage the chemical and mechanical aspects of your health is a potent combination for treating certain problems.

With the rainy season upon us, we start seeing more patients in our clinic from car accidents. Chiropractors are very skilled at treating injuries from motor vehicle accidents, especially whiplash.

Falls in elderly people can be preventable. Chiropractic care with the combination of balance exercises can help improve balance and reduce falls in elderly patients. You may of thought the chiropractic adjustment was just about back pain...

Quick tips and fun facts on managing back pain day-to-day.

The cervical spine is responsible for allowing mobility and stability to the head and neck. Any deviation to the center of gravity of the head results in an increase in cantilever loads...