Helping You Understand the Importance of Posture
Did you know that over 80% of Canadians will suffer from back pain at some point in their lifetime? It’s the unfortunate truth. As a Langley Chiropractic Care facility, Willoughby Family Chiropractic Clinic is here to help individuals from all age groups and walks of life manage their spinal health.
One way our Langley Chiropractic Care team provides assistance in this, is by helping our patients understand the importance of posture. Our desire is to help you avoid back pain while ensuring your daily activities can be maintained. We feel that preventative care is the best ‘medicine’ of all, and are here to advise you on how to manage your spinal health — before it becomes a concern.
Understanding the Importance of Posture
Much like eating healthy, as well as ensuring you are getting the proper amount of rest and participating in an active lifestyle; taking care of your posture is important.
Physical injuries can happen at any age, but without the proper posture, long-term effects can build up. In fact, poor posture can literally alter your physical structure and bring about chronic pain including headaches, fatigue and muscle aches.
Assessing Your Posture
Assessing your own posture can be difficult, but there are a few key ways to tell if you have good posture. This includes assessing whether…
- Your head, shoulders, hips and ankles line up evenly
- Shoulders and hips are level, or if one sit lower than the other.
- Your shoulder blades protrude differently.
- Your neck and lower back curve towards your front and your mid-back curve to the back.
Symmetry overall is what you are looking for, and if you can’t notice it — it is quite likely a parent or friend has mentioned your posture. Both good and bad.
Improving Your Posture
There are a variety of ways you can improve your posture. These include…
- Being aware of how you sit and stand, and correcting any slouching.
- Having the right pillow for sleeping.
- Getting enough exercise and stretching.
- Regular chiropractic care.
Posture is paramount to your overall wellbeing. Whether you are seeking to prevent back pain or you are in need of correcting it — we can help. Our Massage Therapy and Chiropractic Care clinic in Langley is here to serve our community, ensuring your whole-body health is addressed for an optimal lifestyle.
Curious to know more? Check out this article on Why good posture matters — Harvard Health
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Investing in Chiropractic Treatments as Part of Your Whole-Body Care
Curious about ‘Investing in Chiropractic Treatments as Part of Your Whole-Body Care’? As a Chiropractor in Langley, educating the community on how to care for their whole-body health is something I’m passionate about. Which is why explaining additional benefits beyond spinal care matters to me and the health practitioners I practice alongside.
As a Chiropractic and Massage Clinic in Langley, we aim to help our patients better understand how to care for their complete health. We do so through, not only Chiropractic Care, but also Massage Therapy and Orthotics.
It is important for me especially, to help my patients understand how to care for their entire skeletal structure. This includes their ankles, shoulders, knees, jaw pain leading to TMJ — and other parts of the body.
I truly take ‘whole-body health’ to heart — and here’s why!
Sports History & Chiropractic Care
With a lengthy background in sports, my passion for athletics started early. Growing up playing a variety of sports, I landed on hockey and spent four years playing in the Western Hockey League. This included the Vancouver Giants, Regina Pats, and Seattle Thunderbirds.
Through these opportunities, it gave me real-life exposure on how the body responded to different levels of physical demands. It grew quickly apparent the benefits that chiropractic care could provide, and I found that investing in chiropractic treatments paid off in many ways.
This led me to the healthcare field I’m passionate about today — being a part of the healthcare community as a Langley Chiropractor. It offers a place and profession where I can provide the individualized care I received. As well, it treats the cause of the problem rather than just the symptom itself.
Investing in Chiropractic Treatments at Willoughby Family Chiropractic
My interest in sports injuries, nutrition, rehabilitation therapy and wellness care for patients in all walks of life. This is also enhanced by the additional services we offer at Willoughby Family Chiropractic, including:
Make Sure Your Back and Feet are Well-Prepared with Chiropractic Care in Langley
Looking Forward to an Active June? Make Sure Your Back and Feet are Well-Prepared with Chiropractic Care in Langley!
As we head into June, many of us are eagerly anticipating the sun-drenched months ahead, looking forward to the local activities that such weather allows.
Whether you are an avid gardener, enjoy getting out in the beautiful BC mountains, or simply can’t wait for some ‘walking on sunshine’ moments this June — Willoughby Family Chiropractic is here to make sure your back and feet are well-prepared to do so!
Discover the Benefits of Orthotics for Your Feet and Back
As mentioned in our blog post Willoughby Family Chiropractic Orthotics Collaboration — a Step in the Right Direction!
Whether you’re on your feet all day as an essential worker in the area of nursing, firefighting, waitressing, a cashier — or many other fields we are so thankful for, there are many benefits to having custom orthotics created. Some of which include:
Improved Balance
Increased Comfort
Cost-Effective Pain Solution
Reduced Pain
In addition to such advantages for your feet, your spinal health can also benefit from our orthotics collaboration with Kiwi Orthotics.
The custom orthotics created at Kiwi can help in areas such as better managing your lower back pain. This occurs, in part, by stabilizing and improving the position of your feet, assisting with your posture overall and keeping your ‘kinetic chain’ in balance.
Create Safe Movement and Proper Spinal Health Through Chiropractic Care in Langley
The health of your spine and overall skeletal structure is of utmost importance when it comes to safe movement. For those who have a misaligned spine — one wrong move and your back can ‘go out’ for weeks.
The method I like to employ with my patients is preventative care. I believe the best remedy is getting ahead of any potential concerns, keeping one’s health at the forefront as opposed to an afterthought.
Preventative care is the most effective way to consistently be able to move freely. Once someone’s back is out of alignment, or they have pulled a muscle in their spinal region, repairing it can take much longer.
Which is why, as we move into June — I would love to help you help stabilize your feet and ensure your spinal health is in balance as well.
