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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Sep 3, 2015 | Voice For Health
At the latest Cannes Film Festival, organizers banned women from wearing flat-heeled shoes to screenings. This is unfortunate for these and other women in high heels. To begin with, walking is a delicate balancing act. As we place one foot in front of the other, we must maintain our center of gravity in a relatively ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Aug 20, 2015 | Voice For Health
Based on DNA analysis showing that humans exhibit a genetic difference of only about 1.2% with chimpanzees, researchers recently undertook a study of the spines of each. Their hope was to gain more insight as to why humans are so susceptible to back problems compared with nonhuman primates. They found that humans with a common ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Aug 13, 2015 | Voice For Health
Ankle sprains are the number one injury reported by athletes who play basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, and a number of other sports. To make matters worse, four out of ten ankle inversion sprain injuries, which occur on the outside of the ankle, result in chronic ankle instability. This means that athletes suffering this most common ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Aug 6, 2015 | Voice For Health
One reason why chiropractic treatment may be so effective in treating tension headaches is that there is a connection between tension in neck muscles and the brain. There is, in fact, a tiny web of fibrous tissue connecting a muscle in the back of the neck with the brain’s “dura mater,” which is the outermost ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Jul 9, 2015 | Voice For Health
Patellofemoral pain syndrome (“runner’s knee”) is a painful condition that often results from knee overuse. It involves the patella (kneecap), which is attached to the quadriceps and the shin bone and also fits into grooves in the end of the thigh bone (femur). With the repeated flexing of the knee that comes with running or ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Jul 1, 2015 | Voice For Health
Chiropractors treat back pain by realigning misplaced vertebral joints and releasing muscle tension. While pain killers such as acetaminophen remain a first-line treatment for lower back pain among medical doctors, they may not be as effective as users assume. In fact, recent examination of the results of 13 research trials found that the drug did ...
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