What is Vitamin D? (5,000 IU Vitamin D3)
Vitamin D is not really a vitamin, but is an essential hormone. It forms in the skin of humans and some animals that are exposed to sunlight and have …
Chiropractic Care
Neck Adjustments and Stroke: Cause vs Association
Neck pain and some types of headaches are sometimes treated with neck adjustments. Neck adjustment (also called cervical spine manipulation) works to improve joint mobility in the neck, restoring range of motion, and …
Is Chiropractic Safe? Benefits, Risks, and Alternatives to Spine Manipulation
Chiropractic is widely recognized as one of the safest drug-free, non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of back pain, neck pain, headaches, joint pain of the arms or legs, …
Chiropractic Therapy Improves CrossFit Performance
Barbell Shrugged interviewed Dr. Brad Cole for episode 31 of the popular podcast. CrossFit is an international fitness revolution and high performance sport. The functional movements (squatting, picking up …
Chiropractic as a Drug-free Approach to Pain Management
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) applauds federal efforts to curb prescription drug abuse following the U.S. government’s announcement in this year that the problem has reached crisis level. As …
The Safety of Acetaminophen- Alternatives to Tylenol
Acetaminophen—the main ingredient in medications such as Tylenol®—is the most widely used pain reliever. While generally considered safe when taken occasionally and in small doses, acute overdoses and chronic …
Find Your Game- Chiropractic for Optimal Fitness and Function
October is National Chiropractic Month and the focus this year is “Find Your Game.” This simply means achieving optimal function at any level of fitness. That includes everyone from …
What Is Myofascial Release?
Let’s Start With Fascia Fascia is a densely woven, tough connective tissue found throughout the body from head to toe. It can be compared to a spider web holding …
‘Prehabilitation’- Rehab of predisposing factors
Prehab (pre-rehabilitation) is a rehab concept that focuses on identifying predisposing factors to injury. It asks, “why does it hurt?” after answering “what hurts?” Injuries usually occur at weak …
Chiropractic Rehabilitation of the Spine and Joints
As part of a course of treatment at Cole Pain Therapy Group, many patients participate to some degree in chiropractic rehabilitation, involving rehabilitation of the nerve, muscle, and skeletal system. The …
Understanding Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
What is MRI? MRI’s create images of the internal structures of the body based on the energy released from hydrogen atoms. Essentially, giant magnet is used to align the …
“Deflaming” with Diet and Nutritional Supplements
We’ve all heard the phrase, “you are what you eat.” Unfortunately, this statement is more accurate than most realize. The human body’s biochemicals are composed of the foods that …
The Role of Chiropractic for Back Pain
This video summarizes the proper evaluation and treatment of low back pain and describes the role of your doctor of chiropractic. The video was created by the West Hartford …
Being Pro-active to Manage Pain
So often when a patient comes in with a neck or back complaint, they state that they can’t recall anything happening that caused the problem. That’s because they …
What is Spinal Manipulation?
Spinal manipulation goes by several different popular terms: spinal manipulation therapy (SMT), chiropractic treatment, chiropractic manipulation, chiropractic adjustment, and spinal adjustment. Most people know it by the audible effect …
Does Back Pain Go Away By Itself?
According to the CDC, 80% of us will have back pain during our lifetime, and 20% of the population currently has back pain. In fact, back pain alone …
Reasoning For Seasoning
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”- Hippocrates Go ahead and sprinkle anti-inflammatories over your dinner. While non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (Advil, Motrin, Aleve) are associated …
Tips For Healthy Aging
The number of people living longer is increasing dramatically. An estimated 4.2 million U.S. residents now fall into the age group of the “oldest old”—85 years and older—with …
Vitamin D – The Superstar Supplement
You may remember the public health slogan, ‘Vitamin D helps build strong bones”. This message could be seen on colorful school posters and heard on radio and television …
Are Pro-Inflammatory Foods Really Harmful?
We’ve all heard the phrase, “you are what you eat.” Unfortunately, this statement is more accurate than most realize. The human body’s biochemicals are composed of the foods …
Drug-free Pain Relief During Pregnancy
As many new mothers can attest, the muscle strains of pregnancy are very real and can be more than just a nuisance. The average weight gain of 25 to …
How Does Chronic Pain Cause Depression?
Pain serves an important function in our lives. When you suffer an acute injury, pain warns you to stop the activity that is causing the injury and tells you to take …
Chiropractic and Overcoming Stress
We certainly live in stressful times. It’s not easy to assess whether our era is the most stressful, but we do have plenty of daily stress. The job, the …
The Best Headache Treatment Starts with a Diagnosis
Your headache may be a pounding in your head, aching in your neck, pain behind the eye, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. When will the pain stop? …
Are You Getting Enough Magnesium?
Dietary intake of magnesium has gone down dramatically over the past 100 years. It is estimated that 68 to 80 percent of Americans are magnesium deficient. In places where …
A Healthy Handful of Pills
Many judge the status of their health by the number of medications they are taking. The fewer, the better. Obviously this can lead to some erroneous conclusions. While we …
Three Common Exercise Myths
Being active and pursuing fitness can be a challenge on many levels. Bad weather, hectic schedules, and traffic congestion unavoidably get in the way of our best intentions and …
Can Manual Therapy Relieve My Pain?
Manual therapy is one of the many types of effective treatments that may be prescribed at Cole Pain Therapy Group. Pain Conditions that involve muscles, ligaments, and fascia (a …
Pull Your Weeds, Not Your Back
With spring weather here, most of us are spending more time outside working in the yard or the garden. Gardening can provide pleasure and a great workout, but there …
Your Options for Neck Pain and Back Pain?
The spine is a highly complex mechanism of bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and nerves that work together in a beautifully integrated way. It bears the weight of our body …
The Popping Noise of Chiropractic Adjustments
People familiar with chiropractic care likely have experienced the popping noise of chiropractic adjustments. This may feel and sound like a clicking of the spine during treatment. A doctor …