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Welcome to this week’s Family Health Minute.

This week’s minute looks at the benefits of chiropractic care for maintaining your bone health.

Your musculoskeletal system, consisting of your bones, muscles and joints, allows you to partake in your activities of daily life and has a major impact on your quality of life.

Osteoporosis, a disease that can affect your bone health as you age, makes bones fragile and susceptible to fractures. With one in two women and one in eight men suffering from an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime, bone health should be at the top of all our health priorities.

You can protect and maintain your bone health with regular weight bearing exercises, nutritional supplementation, a healthy diet, and chiropractic care.

Chiropractic treatment has been shown to improve joint alignment and muscle function, reduce inflammation and degeneration; ultimately restoring mobility which can prevent falls and fractures associated with osteoporosis.

Making chiropractic care part of your bone health maintenance plan will help you live and enjoy a long, active, pain-free lifestyle.

Remember you and your family can be as healthy as can be, and it’s never too soon to start receiving chiropractic care.

And that is this week’s Family Health Minute.

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Welcome to this week’s Family Health Minute. This week’s minute looks at the top five therapeutic benefits of chiropractic adjustments. Finding a good chiropractor is important for anyone who desires to take a proactive approach to protecting their health. Here are the top five therapeutic benefits of chiropractic adjustments supported by evidence from medical research studies, systematic reviews and case studies.

1.Sciatica: The European Spine Journal published findings from a clinical trial showing chiropractic adjustments resulted in a 72% success rate in treating sciatica-related symptoms compared to a 20% success rate from treatment with physical therapy, and a 50% success rate from corticosteroid injections.

2.Low Back Pain and Neck Pain: A study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics found patients with chronic low-back pain treated by chiropractors showed greater improvement and satisfaction one month following treatment, compared to patients treated by family physicians.

3.Headaches (Tension and Migraine): Over 230 peer-reviewed referenced chiropractic’s ability to help cure, prevent and ease the burden of headaches and migraines in people around the world.

4.Colic, Acid Reflux and Ear Infections in Children: A 2011 systematic review published in the journal Explore found that chiropractic adjustments helped greatly reduce colic symptoms.

5.Neurological Conditions: Current research being conducted via upright MRI scans is supporting how upper cervical adjustments affect various brain-based conditions. One of the greatest benefits of chiropractic care is that it’s a drug-free path to healing the body naturally.

Make chiropractic a regular health habit for the whole family to ensure your spines and nervous systems are working the best they can.

And that is this week’s Family Health Minute.