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Top 5 Supplements to Knockout Pain and Inflammation

March 22, 2018 by Dr. Grenfell

We’ve all been there before: “pulled” a muscle, tweaked our back, developed significant soreness following a great workout… and then reached for the ibuprofen. 

Anti-inflammatory drugs (typically Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs – NSAIDs) have become ubiquitous in our society and most folks don’t think twice about grabbing the bottle and popping a few to help combat pain and soreness.  Although I would argue there is a time and place for these drugs, they certainly are not harmless, and they definitely come with side effects.  A few of which include: reduced healing time, damage to GI … Read More »

Filed Under: Functional Medicine, Health & Fitness, Healthcare, Inflammation, Nutrition, Pain, Wellness Tagged With: Back Pain, chiropractic, Chronic Pain, functional medicine, Healthcare, pain, Pain Management, Sports Medicine, Wellness

Defining the “Core” and its Role in Pain and Performance

February 17, 2016 by Dr. Grenfell

Abdominals, Abs, Core Exercise, Pain Relief

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years, you have heard somebody tell you they really need to work on their “core”.  It is a constant hot topic in the fitness and physical medicine fields, but have you ever stopped to think about what the term “core” really means and why it’s important.  My guess is that when I use the term core, the first thing you picture is a set of abdominals (or an apple, and if … Read More »

Filed Under: Active Release Techniques, Joint Centration, Move Better, Movement, Pain, rehabilitation, Stretching Tagged With: Active Release Techniques, Back Pain, chiropractic, Chiropractor, Door County, functional medicine, functional neurology, functional rehabilitation, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Move Better, movement, Orthopedics, pain, Pain Management, perform better, Posture, rehabilitation, Sports Medicine, Stability, Ultimate Human Performance

Know Pain To Own Pain

May 22, 2015 by Dr. Grenfell

Understanding your pain is one of the most important components to getting rid of it.  So first of all, what is pain? The most commonly accepted definition of pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is associated with actual or potential tissue damage.  That seems like a pretty straight forward definition, but there is actually a lot packed into that sentence.  The following is a short list of important keys to grasping the difficult and complex topic of pain:

 

Pain is all in your head. That’s right, your pain is all in your brain.  I’m not saying your pain isn’t real, it certainly is, but you only suffer pain … Read More »

Filed Under: Diagnostic Imaging, Examination, Move Better, Movement, Our Approach, Pain, rehabilitation Tagged With: Back Pain, Bulletproof, chiropractic, Chiropractor, Diagnostic Imaging, Door County, Explain Pain, functional neurology, functional rehabilitation, Injury Prevention, Mobility, Move Better, movement, Optimal Health, Orthopedics, pain, Pain Management, perform better, Posture, rehabilitation, rocktape, Sports Medicine, Stability, Sturgeon Bay, Ultimate Human Performance, Wellness, X-Rays

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