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Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
3 min

Warming Up For Running Season

Hey runners and weekend warriors, we are quickly approaching the running and triathlon seasons! Or at least we hope we are… fingers crossed no more snow. So, as the weather warms let’s talk about how you should approach warming up for a run. Dynamic or static stretching? Have you tried either before running or do you just walk out the door and take off down the trail? Dynamic stretching typically involves movement with the stretch while static stretching is just holding a str

How Many Treatments Will It Take To Get Better?

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

How Many Treatments Will It Take To Get Better?

Sometimes we have people who come in hoping or wanting that one and done “magic” treatment. Sometimes we get lucky and people get completely better immediately, but unfortunately that is not the case for the majority. The pain may have started overnight, but the actual cause of it usually doesn’t. That means that the area in or an area connected to the painful area probably was lacking either the proper movement or stability for a while before the pain showed up. While we lov

How Often Do You ACTUALLY Need To See A Chiropractor?

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
1 min

How Often Do You ACTUALLY Need To See A Chiropractor?

Answer: It depends. What is your goal for coming to see us? You came to see us for a reason. Do you want to be able to deadlift without pain? Do you want to get your tennis elbow under control? Are you wanting to train for a ½ marathon without injuries? Or do you want to only get out of pain? Depending on your injury, condition, or goals, your treatment plan will vary. You’re not going to be told you need adjustments 3x/week for weeks on end. Our treatment plans fit your goal

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

No Quick Fixes

As much as we would like, there are no quick fixes when it comes to pain. Pain can involve a variety of factors. There can be a chemical component like inflammation. Inflammation can be present for a million different reasons. How’s your hydration been? What does your diet look like? There can be a mechanical component like a stiff or restricted joint. There can even be a psychological component to pain. One of the most common scenarios we see is when a person injures an area

I have back pain, why are you checking my squat? Why are you looking at my ankles?

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

I have back pain, why are you checking my squat? Why are you looking at my ankles?

Did you know that your elbow pain could actually be coming from a problem with your shoulder? Or your back pain could be coming from an issue with your hips? Not being able to properly activate your core (not just the abs!) could be causing your shoulder pain. The list goes on and on. Just because you don’t have pain in one area or joint, doesn’t mean it’s not affecting another area or joint in your body. This is called regional interdependence, which simply means it’s all co

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
3 min

Is Your Gut Affecting Your Brain?

Have you heard of the gut brain connection? Would you believe that our gut and gut bacteria actually plays perhaps one of the most important roles in brain health? Our friendly gut bacteria send more than 400 times the number of messages to the brain than the brain sends to our bodies (Hyman, 2017). If you have read our previous blog posts, you will remember what we put in our body plays a huge role in our chronic fatigue and brain fog. This is because if we feed the bad bact

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

Why Do We Require an Exam?

This is a question we usually get asked at least once a month so let’s talk about the importance of a quality exam. In most cases low back pain, rib pain, neck pain, and headaches are what they seem to be. However, it is those few times when they are due to other issues, sometimes serious issues, that the exam is the only way we would have found the cause and gotten our patient the treatment they needed. Last year I had an elderly patient come in with low back and neck pain.

Why We Are Not in Network With Most Insurance Companies.

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

Why We Are Not in Network With Most Insurance Companies.

More and more people are discovering chiropractors are not taking insurance plans. This obviously leads to the question . . . why? The decision is not the same for all doctors so we cannot answer this for everyone, but we can give you a little insight on what led us to move towards a cash-based practice. The leading factor for this decision was time. Our practice is focused on getting people moving pain free as quickly as possible. This means we want to limit the number of

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

Why Do I Need Electrolytes?

Recently a colleague mentioned that he wrote down every question he received from his patients during visits because he knows they are not the only one with those same questions. So, following in his footsteps here is one that we hear a lot in our office. Why electrolytes? Hydration is key in helping us stay healthy and active, but it is just one tool and as we know we can’t fix everything with just a hammer. Let’s take a quick look at the 7 different types of electrolytes an

Does Allergy Season Have to be a Booger?

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

Does Allergy Season Have to be a Booger?

Allergy season is here and now is a great time to start thinking about what you can do so that allergy season doesn’t turn into sinus infection season. First, we all need to look around and maybe admit that we might have partaken in a few more sugary treats and a few more comfort foods than we would like to think. Remember, what we put in our bodies directly affects our body’s immune system and seasonal allergies are an immune response to the environment. Do you find yourself

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

What is Laser Therapy?

What do you picture when you think about laser therapy? Do you picture the lasers from movies like Star Wars or do you picture a mad scientist threatening to torture his or her nemesis? Truth is laser therapy is not that dangerous or maybe not as cool as lasers in the movies, but it does provide some pretty cool results and it is painless! How does it work? I will try to keep this short, sweet and not too nerdy. Our cells are sensitive to light and different types of light ha

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

The Weight of Our Shoulders

In hopes that we will soon find some normalcy in life lets talk about our most complicated joint in our body. This joint, mind you there are two of them that allows for double the complications, allows us to do the most mundane task, such as reaching for a paperclip, and allows us to perform skilled movements like throwing, swimming, climbing, pulling, and lifting. Our shoulders are incredible tools that we typically take for granted. That is until we have pain trying to do s

In Times Like This . . . We All Need A Little Vitamin D

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

In Times Like This . . . We All Need A Little Vitamin D

What is so important about Vitamin D? With our current environment it is crucial that we are focusing on our overall health. We must accept that our overall health is directly in our control through diet and exercise. Washing our hands will only take us so far but our lifestyle choices will place our bodies in the best possible position to handle any exposures that will test our immune system. Why Vitamin D? Vitamin D is a hormone that is synthesized in our skin when we are

Dr. Jeric Toney

Aug 18, 2022
2 min

Flu Season or Sugar Season?

The flu season is quickly approaching and one hot topic that always comes up is “should I get the flu shot?” Ultimately, this decision needs to be made by you. However, there are some things you can do to prepare yourself for the upcoming flu season…or should we think of it as the upcoming “Sugar Season”? Let’s think about what our exposure to sugar will be like from the end of October to the first part of April. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s and Easter e

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