Health and Wellness in Bel Air, MD Chiropractic Blog
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It was 18 years ago this month, with Mrs. Spine, having recently ‘retired’ from teaching math and being a few months pregnant with #3. #2 was only 10 months and the oldest was still a toddler, we put in motion the legal proceedings to start Susquehanna Spine & Rehab. January 31st the following year we started with Zero patients on our first day and by the end of this year, we will have served our 12,000th patient. I don’t care for the limelight, nor do I do this for…
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Custom Foot Inserts
What are Custom Foot Orthotics? Foot orthotics are high-quality inserts that are placed in your shoes to support the foot and body. Shoes come with an insert that is very thin and unsupportive; even if it has a foam layer meant for comfort and not support. Custom orthotics would replace the inserts that come with your shoes. The purpose of custom orthotics is to support your feet and body from the ground up. First, we make a cast of your foot while in a weight-bearing position. It shows the stress…
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Stretch Marks
I still remember our family Christmas picture from when I was 12 years old. The top of my head was even with my 5’6” mother’s chin. Just 9 months later on my first day of 8th-grade football practice for Mountain Valley Middle in Satler, TX; I was 5’10”, 170lbs. A growth spurt so wicked, I today have a marble-sized knob on my knee from Osgood-Schlatter’s. I also have stretch marks so gnarly on my shoulders that I look like I was attacked by the Bear roaming through Fallston. Anyone else…
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Diet is a four letter word
Diet is a four-letter word. No one really WANTS to do a diet. But sometimes diets and exercise are not as successful as we would like. Most of us, no matter how good of shape we’re in, have a stubborn little area we’d rather not. It’s not your fault, well it is, but it isn’t. In theory, weight loss is easy. To lose fat and weight, we need to be in a calorie deficit and essentially burn more than we eat/drink. We can control that, but what we can’t control…
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It’s Summer
Summer is here finally. I always think why is Spring so cold this year and then I remember it’s Maryland and spring is cold every year. My message for Summer is BE SMART! Theme Parks: This is NOT the time to wear flip-flops (wait for the surprise twist towards the end). When spending the entire day at a theme park chose footwear that is comfortable but also supportive. I do recommend real tennis shoes. Ol’ Chuck Taylor’s and Vans are not real tennis shoes. I also recommend a visit with us after a visit to…
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How do I know If I have Whiplash?
Do I have Whiplash? Back when my girls were younger and rode the bus; not a week or even a day, went by without someone blowing past the bus. I wrote down or snapped pics of license plates. Called State Police and Sheriff, even the 1-800-howsmydriving numbers on the back of the perp’s cars. I even sat wondering how can they miss the flashing reds. Now as the preferred provider and examiner for Harford County Public Schools Transportation Department, I still have a vested interest in the safety of school…
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Let’s Go on Vacation
It’s vacation season. This means it’s also ‘I hurt my back and fly to California for 2 weeks tomorrow, please help me season.” For the most part, adjustments are not one-hit-wonders. Every once in a while, you can get the miracle pop, but like rehab and other times you’re trying to make physical changes, it takes time. But hope isn’t lost. We have many adjunctive therapies at our disposal that will get you on that big ol’ jetliner. Number one is the laser. As we all learned from Austin…
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Go Shoe Shopping
As we approach the official, unofficial start of summer; I feel that I should remind you of the importance of sunblock, hydration, water safety etc. But I’m not your mom. There is one summertime pet peeve I do have; shoes. Now there are people out there that’ll say we weren’t born with shoes so we don’t need them. We weren’t born with pants either, but they’ve become fairly integral to our lives. If our feet were wheels, our shoes would be tires. Just because the sun’s out we don’t go…
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Sciatica, Low back or Pelvis pain
This month’s newsletter is brought to us by Dr. Martin. Who admittingly, as a single Millennial female; doesn’t have the arsenal of Gen X, father of 3 lame jokes, and outdated cultural references of Dr. Lee. Ask your kids to explain all the Tik Tok, Kardashian, and mumble rap references. Many people suffer from sciatica, low back or pelvis pain. Here is one reason why. The pubic symphysis is one of three joints that make up the pelvis, it is located about a hand’s length below your belly button. The other…
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Masks?
“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” And according to the CDC, the same can be said for masks, for now. New guidance dropped last week, mask usage is now based not on positivity or transmission rate; but on hospitalization. Currently, this leaves about 70% of the country (us included) in the now no longer necessary zone. It appears, that we might finally be on the back 9 of this thing (even though it’s the 9th time saying so). Mask rules are on and off again more than Ross and…
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