By Leslie Reece, DC, MS, CCSP, Assistant Professor and Health Center Faculty October is National Chiropractic Health Month, and this year’s theme of “Keep Moving!” perfectly describes the way in which chiropractors best help their patients. A chief priority in delivering high-quality chiropractic care is aiding the patient in returning to their daily activities without pain. One of the first ways in which chiropractors assess their patients is to investigate which movements aggravate the chief complaint. Subjectively, a patient may describe a specific mechanism of injury that instigated their pain. Or perhaps the complaint developed gradually over time as a …

It’s National Women’s Health Week (NWHW)! A weeklong (May 9-15, 2021) health observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH), NWHW “serves as a reminder for women and girls, especially during the outbreak of COVID-19, to make their health a priority and take care of themselves.” Kristina Petrocco-Napuli, DC, MS, FICC, FACC, assistant dean of the College of Chiropractic at Logan and president of the American Chiropractic Association’s Council on Women’s Health, offers the below tips to help women and girls of all ages move, breathe, and nourish their bodies each day. Move: …