Author Archives: Dr. JoNelle Zager
Chiropractic Maintenance or Wellness Adjusting
Maintenance or Wellness Adjusting is when you come in periodically for a “tune up” to make sure that your vertebrae are staying in the correct alignment. Coming in for these periodic adjustments helps prevent the vertebrae from getting too far … Continue reading
Scoliosis
Scoliosis is described as a lateral deviation of the spine—a curved spine. Viewed from the back, your spine should look straight, there shouldn’t be any curves off to one side or another. Common symptoms from scoliosis include: back pain, muscle … Continue reading
How to Correctly do Gardening Chores
How to do Garden Chores Correctly The first thing is to make sure that you take breaks, walk around and stretch throughout the time you are gardening! The old adage of “Stop and smell the roses (or daylilies and iris)” … Continue reading
Headache Basics
Most people at one time or another get a headache. For some, simply taking a couple of pain relievers, such as aspirin, will knock the headache down and let you continue on with your day. That is fine for an … Continue reading
Muscles of the Upper Cervical (neck) Region
The purpose of the neck and occipital (back of the head) muscles is to support the head on top of your spine, as well as, to move the head and neck. The longer muscles start in the midback and shoulder … Continue reading
Wellness Resources available at Zager Chiropractic
¨ Individual Wellness Program—includes chiropractic, exercise, nutrition, and relaxation components—lasts for 8 weeks ¨ Small Group Wellness Programs—designed for 2-5 people — call to schedule a group—same as above; lasts 8 weeks. ¨ Small Group Mini Wellness Programs—designed for 2—5 people; just exercise … Continue reading
What Vitamins and Supplements you should be taking
What you should be taking Basic Vitamins – Vitamins are fat-soluble or water-soluble organic substances essential in minute amounts for normal growth and activity of the body and obtained naturally from plant and animal foods. A, B Complex, C, D, … Continue reading
Vitamins and Supplements Basics
Many of my patients ask me what kind of vitamins and supplements they should take. So I would like to go over some basic information and guidelines for taking vitamins. With future newsletters, I will talk more about individual vitamin … Continue reading
Newsletter – Zager Chiropractic 2010 May
Headaches
Most people at one time or another get a headache. For some, simply taking a couple of pain relievers, such as aspirin, will knock the headache down and let you continue on with your day. That is fine for an occasional headache; however, if you have repeated headaches you should get checked by a physician or a chiropractor to determine the cause and a treatment plan to correct the underlying problem.
Exercises for Kids
For kids you want to do exercises that are not only fun, but that also build up coordination and nerve pathways. All of these exercises are old standbys that we sometimes forget about. Simon Says – works listening skills, visual … Continue reading