Taking better care of our bodies -- especially when it comes to exercising and (almost equally important) stretching your body -- is something we all tend to put on the backburner. But, the truth is, giving our bodies the relief it needs after the daily grind should be a top priority.
Yoga is a great way to boost your overall wellness and a fantastic way to give your muscles, bones, and joints a tremendous amount of relief. Below Espinosa Family Chiropractic goes over a few ways to make yoga a part of your daily routine.
1.) Work Yoga
Getting some stretching in at work will serve you well. If you're on your feet a lot or sitting at the desk for hours on end, try to take certain times out of the day to do a few poses and a few stretches. A little goes a long way. Your coworkers might even start to join in!
2.) At-Home Yoga
Create a space in your home where you can do your yoga practice. Even if you only take 10 minutes a day, your body will thank you in many ways.
3.) Join a Class
Joining a yoga class or an exercise class of any sort will hold you accountable for showing up. It's a great investment that will keep on giving back.
If you have any questions about how to incorporate yoga into your routine, or if you have any questions about how chiropractic care can be an excellent supplement to any wellness routine, contact Espinosa Family Chiropractic today.
Sleep can be an evasive thing for some, especially those of us who have schedules outside of the 9-5 realm. Even those of us with a 9-5 job might be prone to drinking too much caffeine or not getting enough physical activity sitting at a desk and staring at a computer screen.
Eating a poor diet can also affect the way you sleep, not to mention the stresses of daily life. Below are a few ways to achieve a more restful night's sleep, which will help boost your wellness, your mental altertness, and your productivity.
1.) Cardio and Strength Train
High intensity training is a great way to burn off that excess energy you have. We come from ancestors who spent the days hunting and gathering, so when we shut ourselves in cubicles and offices, we're basically keeping a hyena in a cage.
2.) Diet and Hydrate
Eating clean, whole foods and staying hydrated throughout the day will help your body function at its optimum capacity, which will help you achieve more restful sleep at night and remain more effective throughout the day.
3.) No Screens Past 8pm
Stop watching TV or scrolling through your phone for at least one hour before you go to sleep. Blue light affects your eyes and will also compromise a restful night of sleep.
Chiropractic care is a great complement to the measures you can take mentioned above that will help you achieve peak wellness. Chiropractic care has even been shown to be beneficial in treating anxiety and insomnia. Contact Espinosa Family Chiropractic today to schedule your consultation.
Did you know that the benefits of chiropractic care extend to patients who are in various stages of pregnancy? It's true! Chiropractic care can be enjoyed and experienced by patients of all ages, body types, and going through all sorts of life cycles.
Below Espinosa Family Chiropractic goes over the benefits pregnant patients can experience through pursuing chiropractic care.
Repair Your Body
Through pregnancy, many women can experience joint pain and spine misalignment. In such cases, chiropractic care is an essential drug-free solution to add to your repertoire.
Drug-Free, All-Natural Pain Relief
It's true that at many stages of pregnancy a woman is going to experience pain and discomfort. Many collaborative chiropractic and medical studies have shown that up to 75% of pregnant chiropractic care patients reported pain relief without the aid of any sort of medication.
Have a Better Delivery
Many studies are showing improved outcomes during labor and delivery in women who receive chiropractic care during pregnancy. Chiropractic can actually help reduce the amount of time you spend in labor. Chiropractic also helps you maintain comfort, reduce pain in the joints, and helps control nausea symptoms.
If you're pregnant and wondering if chiropractic care is right for you, contact Espinosa Family Chiropractic today.
When we talk about back pain a lot of times we end up talking about low back pain, since our core is very much tied into our mobility and especially susceptible to injury.
However, your middle back is another vulnerable area to injury and should be treated with care and built for the long haul. Below we go over some of the most common causes of middle back pain and what you can do to ensure you don't have to go through it.
1.) Your Job
What you do for work is very much tied to what sort of injuries you may experience over the course of your employment history. Doing things for long hours on end or repeating the same motion over and over again can lead to chronic conditions and middle back pain.
2.) What You're Doing for Exercise
Many of us engage in contact sports, whether it be basketball, hockey, volleyball, or MMA. All of the sports previously listed pose significant risks to your back, especially our middle back. Make sure you engage in a rigorous stretch routine after you exercise. Make sure you also eat healthy and engage in active recovery.
3.) Your Hobbies / Driving
Hobbies like binge-watching Netflix can lead to back problems, especially low back pain. Driving also poses a significant risk to your middle back due to the fact that not many car seats are engineered with your back, neck, and spine in mind. There is also the increased chances of getting into an accident, which is also a common contributor to middle back pain. To remedy this, try to limit time in the car and if driving in long spurts, make use of road stops to get out and stretch your back and legs. Engaging in a stretch routine after every episode or two during binge-watching will also lower your risk of experiencing middle back pain.
If you have middle back pain that persists in light of staying active and engaging in active recovery, contact Espinosa Family Chiropractic today.
At Espinosa Family Chiropractic we provide chiropractic treatments which provide drug-free all-natural solutions to our patients. Another part of what we do is educate our patients about what they can do at home to increase their levels of wellness.
Below we go over a few ways you can tweak your diet to start experiencing some major health benefits on a daily basis.
1.) Eat More Greens
Eat more greens, yes, but also try to eat all the colors on the color spectrum on a daily basis. Red onions, kale, blueberries, raspberries, banana, walnuts, squash, orange peppers -- you get the idea. When you incorporate more vegetables in your diet, you'll start feeling noticeably more amazing on a daily basis.
2.) Cut the Junk
Limit cheating your diet to one day a week. Sure, on that one day anything goes diet-wise, but the rest of the week you should definitely be sticking to the script with your diet.
3.) Think About When You Eat
When you eat is nearly as important as how much you eat. Don't eat past 8 pm if your schedule permits. Try to extend your breakfast time as long as you can to achieve an intermittent fast, which will help you maintain ideal body weight, increase alertness and awareness, and give you a surplus in energy.
If you have any additional questions about how you can change your diet to achieve your full potential, contact Espinosa Family Chiropractic today.