Southlake Chiropractic Blog

Most people are quite familiar with the sound of cracking joints. You’ve probably heard someone “crack their knuckles” once or a hundred times. It’s something that millions of people across the world do, sometimes without even a second thought. But over time, it has raised many questions, particularly regarding the safety of cracking joints. To some, the sound that cracking a joint makes can sound rather painful. There is also the myth that constantly popping or cracking your knuckles will cause arthritis, but as stated, this is just a myth.This, obviously, brings up a lot of questions about the nature [...]

You often hear of adults visiting the chiropractor after car accidents or sustaining other serious injuries, but did you know that chiropractic care is just as important for kids? Chiropractic care shouldn’t be reserved solely for injury treatment, as it provides great benefits to kids as well. Here are 5 of the top benefits chiropractic care provides to children: Strengthens the immune system Improves quality of sleep Supports the nervous system Increases brain development Promotes proper growth By implementing chiropractic care into your child’s healthcare routine early on in life, you are giving your child a great kickstart on [...]

Struggling with anxiety and depression can leave you feeling helpless and confused. You’re sure there has to be another way to help you cope, but you feel like you’ve exhausted all of your options. Before you let the overwhelm rush in, it’s time to try a new approach to dealing with anxiety and depression. Chiropractic care is shown to help mitigate the symptoms and occurrences of anxious and depressive bouts and can provide relief to patients who thought they would never find help. Here are 7 ways regular chiropractic care can help depression and anxiety symptoms: Focus on your [...]

Nagging back pain is one of the leading complaints patients offer when visiting a chiropractor for the first time. Lower back pain, specifically, tends to be a major issue across the spectrum of chiropractic patients. Lower back pain can be caused by a past accident or injury, osteoarthritis, and acute stress. If you’ve been struggling with lower back pain you’re no stranger to the frustration and discouragement that accompanies an ongoing issue like this. Thankfully, chiropractic care offers some great relief and solutions for how to deal with ongoing lower back pain. Some of the most common ways chiropractors treat lower [...]

In order to enhance functionality and lessen pain for our athletic patients at Meyer Chiropractic, we diagnose and treat neuromuscular issues directly. Chiropractors are typically sought out for acute or chronic back pain, but they can also be an integral component of an athlete's preventative care regimen. Many athletes, including the ones that we have treated over the years, have found that chiropractic care aids in peak performance and speeds up recovery from injury. Improved joint function and mobility is one of chiropractic care's key benefits for athletes. Pain, inflammation, and impaired performance can result from dysfunctional joints. Adjustments performed [...]

Back pain, neck pain and the occasional adjustment are commonly what brings people in to see a chiropractor, but did you know that there are a slew of other issues you could be experiencing that can be treated with regular chiropractic care? There are many reasons you may want to find a chiropractor and these five signs are your indication it’s time to make an appointment: You are experiencing chronic headaches, neck pain or lower back pain You have been in a car accident or sustained another injury You constantly try to correct poor posture You are experiencing back pain [...]

If you’ve heard of SoftWave Therapy before, you are probably wondering if it’s too good to be true. If you haven’t heard of SoftWave Therapy until now, you’ll wish you’d known about it sooner! SoftWave Therapy is a fantastic treatment option that is non-invasive, painless and has been shown to render great results. As far as healing goes, the SoftWave approach is extremely therapeutic, utilizing a device that sends high-speed acoustic waves through targeted areas of your body, initiating healing and restoration. When your brain senses the sound waves, it sends stem cells to the targeted area to initiate repair. [...]

If you haven’t been involved in a car accident yet, chances are you may be at some point in your life. From tight muscles in your back to stiff necks that hurt to turn, physical repercussions after a car accident can leave you feeling defeated and broken. The physical force that accompanies most car accidents is enough to send anyone reeling in pain and desperate for relief. If you’ve been involved in a car accident recently or even in the past, chiropractic care can provide many different forms of pain relief to help work through lingering pain and nagging [...]

We all enjoy a good massage once in a while, maybe after a week of heavy lifting or a stressful month. Massage is always a welcome way to decompress after a strenuous period and a lot of people choose to get a massage for the simple fact that it just feels good. But did you know that massage therapy and chiropractic care are the perfect compliments for one another?  Chiropractic care focuses on the well-being of the body, with careful adjustments based around the spinal column. The direct care of the nervous system impacts how the many areas of [...]

So you’ve gotten the good news! You may be wondering, now what? When most parents find out they are expecting, their mind wanders to baby strollers, doctor appointments and whether the nursery should be blue or pink. But have you considered the benefit of chiropractic care for yourself during pregnancy? In the past, chiropractic care has been associated with back and neck issues, recovery from an accident or athletic venture, but more commonly we are learning of the great benefit chiropractic care offers during pregnancy to expecting mothers, as well as their developing babies.  Benefits of Prenatal Chiropractic Care [...]