If you’re like most Americans, you work at a desk or on your feet at a hectic 9am-5pm job, Monday through Friday. If you also get to the weekend and don’t structure it around taking care of your back and strengthening your spine, you are also not alone!

We understand no one really has the time to get to work, take the kids to school, make dinner, walk the dog, work out, clean the house, take grandpa to the store, call your sister, AND stop to schedule time each day to take care of your back. We get it. So this week we created a solution for you in your quest to have it all, and a pain-free back!

3 Moves you can do at your desk to decrease back pain, and be more mindful of spinal health:

Turkey Neck: sit up straight, and pull your chin as close as you can to your neck. You’ll feel yourself making a double-chin, which means you’re doing it right, and you’ll feel the top muscles in your neck stretch out. Continue to do this 5-10 times.
Airplane: sit up straight, and lift your arms out by your side no higher than shoulder length, and bend your elbows so your hands are pointing forward. From here, pinch your shoulder blades together like someone just poked you. Lastly, from this position relax your shoulders down, while still pinching that imaginary finger that’s poking you in the back. (this one is tricky! The video below shows Dr. Wall demonstrating)
Pelvic Lean: just like the name sounds, stand up, plant your feet, and slowly and gently lean forward from your hips. (This move is also demonstrated in the video below)

Remember! These should be done about 3x/day. If you work 8 hours, you’re already supposed to be getting up and taking a walk or getting a drink every hour anyway. Introduce these moves frequently and notice the difference in your back!

At Advanced Wellness Center, we are consistently devoted to researching, finding, and implementing the latest technology into our practice. Traditional chiropractic offices only offer an adjustment table. However, our office uses a unique combination of: Medx machines, chiropractic adjustment tables, a unique hand held adjusting tool called the ProAdjuster, Disc Therapy, Massage Therapy, and a class IV MLS Laser Therapy.

Below, we go over how each of these advanced therapies help treat and prevent injury, and advance chiropractic care.

MedX Machines

These machines were uniquely developed in medical schools to help patients who have suffered from a back or neck injury. Specifically, for the rehabilitation and strengthening of damaged muscles. When an injury occurs in the back or neck, muscle regeneration and growth as ways to prevent re-injury are often times the last thing on a patient’s mind. However, it is an integral part to recovery.

Chiropractic Adjustment Tables

This is a classic, and most traditional form of technology used for chiropractic adjusting. The table moves and adjusts in the proper ways to help your spine align and adjust as the doctor works on you.

ProAdjuster

The pro adjuster is a hand-held device that pinpoints the exact problem areas unique to you. It delivers pulsating pressure to an individual disc or region of the spine. This is a popular alternative for patients that do not love the adjustment table or “snap, crackle, and pop” methods.

Disc Therapy

This therapy is a quantum leap forward in biotechnology that corrects low back conditions – specifically, herniated (“slipped”) discs, degenerative disc disease, posterior facet syndrome, spinal stenosis, and sciatica – in the vast majority of cases.

Massage Therapy

Massage therapy by itself is an incredible therapy for a large variety of health concerns. When coupled with chiropractic, however, it triples the benefits for faster recovery, injury prevention, and much more. We recommend to all of our patients who receive chiropractic care to join forces with massage therapy, and let the benefits speak for themselves.

MLS Laser Therapy:

MLS Class IV laser works by healing damaged tissue and rapidly reducing inflammation. We have seen incredible results with most any painful condition but especially for long term chronic pain, disc herniations, knee pain, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and other. Take advantage of our offer and see if it will work for you.