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Today's Chiropractic Clinic

614 S. 225th

Des Moines, WA 98198 US

(206) 878-2225

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  • A User's Guide to Healthy Knees
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Healthy knees require continuous motion. However, our generally sedentary lifestyles are at odds with the maintenance of robust knee joint architecture. Left motionless throughout large portions of the day, over time knee cartilage will break down and knee ligaments will become lax. These chronic changes

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  • Wildfire Inside of You
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Comparisons between the inner world and the outer world have been frequently drawn by philosophers, nature writers, and visual artists. For example, "seeing the universe in a grain of sand" is a well-known aphorism. The number of neurons in your brain has been compared to the number of stars in the Milky

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  • Hip and Knee Security
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Everyone knows someone who has undergone hip or knee replacement. These surgeries are no longer exclusively performed on older persons and are now not uncommon procedures for many patients with persistent, significant hip or knee pain. Problems that lead people to be willing to undergo joint replacement

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  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Repetitive Stress?
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    You're getting ready to launch your new business. And, being a savvy entrepreneur, you've been spending a lot of time doing research on the Internet. Entering searches, following links, cutting-and-pasting, typing, mouse-clicking, dragging-and-dropping. By the time you're ready to "go live" you've begun

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  • Avoiding Painful Leg Cramps
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Your mind has finally stopped racing and you've just nodded off, only to be rudely awakened by a deep knot of sudden pain in your thigh, calf or in the arch of your foot. Athletes and high heel wearers alike are often awakened from sleep by the infamous nocturnal leg cramp or "charley horse." And though

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  • Trigger Points and Pain
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Trigger points are persistent, localized muscle spasms that can cause a great deal of pain. Trigger points alone may be responsible for many cases of neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain. This relationship is fairly common knowledge among physicians who treat pain, including chiropractors,

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  • Back Pain - Am I At Risk?
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Are there risk factors for back pain? And, if there are, what can I do to keep myself healthy and well? Your chiropractor can help answer these questions and more. One primary risk factor relates to exercise. Everyone has heard, "if you don't use it, you lose it". If you're not exercising regularly,

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  • Back Pain and Herniated Discs
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    A 30-year-old mom bends over to pick up her four-year-old and feels a sharp stabbing pain in her lower back. A 60-year-old man bends over to pick up his five-year-old grandchild and feels an electrical shooting pain in his lower back. For both, the pain is so severe they need to sit down. The next

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  • Backpacks and Back Pain
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Backpacks are the tote of choice for most school-aged children with two books per class to lug around. In fact, it is reported that between 92% and 94% of schoolchildren carry backpacks. And it appears these contraptions are evolving somewhat with sturdier-looking designs, heavily padded straps and about

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  • Dealing with Arthritis
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    We've all seen the TV ads ─ nice-looking woman in her fifties, sitting on a nice sofa in a nice living room, rubbing her hands, in obvious pain. Of course, she's not Lady Macbeth, trying to rub off the imagined blood of her murdered husband. She's a woman with arthritis. According to the Center for

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  • Do I Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Many people believe they have carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). The majority have been told by their medical doctor that they have CTS. Others have mistakenly concluded that because they have some numbness and tingling in their wrist or hand, they must have this neurological disorder. Still others have ongoing

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  • Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Here's an all-too-common situation. You develop low back pain that lasts for more than a few days and you're uncomfortable enough to go see your primary care physician. He or she tells you it's not clear what's going on and sends you for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of your lumbar spine.

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  • Healthy Hips and Healthy Knees
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    The numbers of individuals undergoing total hip replacement and total knee replacement are increasing significantly.1 Annual rates in the United States for total hip replacement have increased more than 50%. In Denmark, rates have been increasing by 30%. Annual rates in the United States for total knee

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  • Is My Pain Serious?
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    How do you know whether your pain needs to be evaluated by your chiropractor? This is the age-old question. The answer needs to be specific to your particular problem, rather than a one-size-fits all solution. But there are good guidelines that everyone can follow. First, is your pain deep and boring

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  • Lines of Force
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    Most chronic joint-related problems involving the hip, knee, and ankle1,2 can be successfully managed with conservative treatment. Surgery for such conditions is typically a last resort and frequently does not work out well. Revision (repeat) procedures are common and represent a failure of appropriate

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  • Replacement Parts: What You Need to Know
    Category: Newsletter Library, Back, Body & Joint Pain

    If you've ever been involved in a motor vehicle collision, you're probably familiar with the term "replacement parts" or "crash parts". Your auto insurance company will usually offer to repair your car using after-market bumpers, door panels, wheel assemblies, and other parts. Or, you may prefer to have

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  • "Thank you for 15 years of chiropractic care! Ever since coming to you I have experienced better posture and instant relief from headaches and back pain. I can't thank you and Dana enough for your positive, caring and personal attention to my total health!""
    Rocky M. Des Moines, WA

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