• Sports Switch Up McKinley Family Chiropractic is full of multisport athletes! It’s no secret that today’s youth sports landscape leans heavily on early specialization. However, when young athletes focus on just one single specific sport year-round, it can tend to lead to repeated overuse injuries. Cross-training, or sports sampling, on the other hand, can help […]

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  • Swing Kings and Queens  Golf is an extremely difficult yet rewarding sport. It requires multiple skills, such as speed, control, timing, flexibility, power, and accuracy. But above all, golf requires an impressive ability to understand where your body is in space. There is a word for that in science called proprioception, and chiropractors help improve […]

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  • As the weather warms, many of you are most likely prepping to hit the pavement and trails for some running this spring and summer. McKinley Family Chiropractic will be right next to you, ensuring your body stays healthy while you crank out your mileage. Chiropractors specialize in the treatment of the nervous system and musculoskeletal […]

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  • 1). Get outside: amongst all therapies that have ever been studied (including during the Spanish flu pandemia) and the one that nobody disputes is the importance of fresh air and Vitamin D. Go for a bike-ride (my dad bought one for himself at age 72!), for a run, or find a distant forest and get […]

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  • Are you blaming your pain and poor health on your bed, work chair, or picking up your kids? You didn’t sleep funny! Every week in our office, I will hear one of our patients say something like,” I must have slept funny last night.” When someone says this, it’s most likely because they went to […]

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  • As the holiday season rolls around, ideas of jingle bells, presents, and perfectly-decorated trees might be dancing in your head. But, if you’re like many Americans this holiday season, anxiety and stress over the holiday season might be filling your mind instead. And if you’re dealing with holiday stress, trying to shop for everyone on […]

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  • Why read this blog? If you are new to this blog, here is my pitch to get you to read the rest of it and take a golden nugget or two. My kids are 9,7, and 4 (20 years of parenting) and not once have we needed to give them a drug for any ailment […]

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  • Recently I was sitting at my favorite smoothie joint, Real Juice on Southport, and I recognized someone I knew sitting with her friend and her friend’s newborn and toddler.  After introductions, my friend told her friend she should talk to me about her 3 years olds multiple ear infections.  She replied, “So, THAT REALLY is […]

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  • What if I told you that there is “spa-like” experience you could provide your children that would make ALL their (and yours) stress melt away? What if I told you that this experience would boost your childs mental, physical and emotional wellbeing as proven numerous times in scientific studies? What if I promised you that […]

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