Does exercise make your organs work better? We already know the many benefits of staying active and fit, particularly in helping reduce back and neck pain. Its benefits to a healthy being are also well known. But how does affect your organs? Particularly your liver. Check out this interesting study. The study that we have […]
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We are always trying to make life simpler for our patients here at Back and Body Springfield. While we’ve been open a couple of months, we’ve already seen many patients and helped them get out of pain. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you all for spreading the word of our […]
Springfield Dancers: Does Dancing Cause Your Low Back to Hurt?
We see many dancers in our offices, particularly pro dancers in New York City (naturally with Broadway and everything), but we see our fair share here too in Springfield. One thing we have noticed in common with all dancers, pro and amateur alike is that many suffer from low back pain. This begs the question, […]
Are Stronger Kids Smarter Kids in Springfield?
Being active and fit is a no brainer. We already know the effects that an active lifestyle have for us in the physical body. Springfield is a great place to be active and to play sports and we see many come into our practice here to help them to remain at peak fitness as well […]
Common Weight Lifting Questions for Beginners Who Are Ready to Train Heavy
You’re ready. You’ve been working hard and now you’re on the cusp of kicking your weight lifting routine up a notch. You’re ready to train heavy! A laudable place to be but you’re full of questions and rightly so. This is a whole new world of fitness. Just for you, I’ve compiled these common weight […]
Does Running in Springfield Reduce Aging?
Running has always been suggested as something to keep us fit and healthy. In Springfield, we see plenty of runners enjoying their daily jog or training for something else. Are there any other benefits though? Well, yes, it turns out that regular intense running can actually slow the aging process down. How? A study was […]
The Perils of Sugary Drinks While Pregnant in Springfield
Sugar is the number one drug responsible for so many deaths and health issues across the globe. It is addictive and too much of it affects your life in so many ways. Sugary drinks are amongst the worst due to the fact that they don’t fill you up and you consume more without even thinking […]
Stretching: The Most Important Exercise
If the ongoing Yoga craze is any indication, giving an exotic name to something most people neglect makes it “the hot new thing”. Because Yoga is exactly that – stretching your body. And there really must be something great about it because Yoga is insanely popular nowadays. But even if you’re not into Yoga-style stretching, […]
How to Run a Marathon Faster as You Get Older
Everyone knows that aging is inevitable. But how we age is up to us. If you need more proof of that, you need to know about 3 gentlemen who ran in last fall’s NYC Marathon. Abdi Abdirahman, Bernard Lagat and Juan Luis Barrios are aged 41, 43 and 35, respectively. Notable is the fact that […]
Communicate Your Health History Well to Your Doctors
Many people do not know that medication errors have doubled from 2000 to 2012, and today we are going to look into this statistic. The study comes from Clinical Toxicology, July 2017. It discusses that medication errors have doubled between these 12 years. It went from 1.09 errors per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.28 errors […]
