Enhance your Life with Movement!

Joint health is important to living a good life.  That’s why we stress healthy aging to all of our patients at TLC Holistic Wellness.  In 2013, National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM) will be celebrated in October.  As Chiropractors look at the importance of joint health at all stages of life, we encourage patients to learn more about what they can do to keep their joints functioning properly this month.

At TLC Holistic Wellness we encourage everyone to lead a healthy life by promoting joint health through physical activity. All of the joints of the body must be functioning in order for us to carry out normal activities of daily living. Some 150 million to 200 million cases of back pain send people to the doctor every year—and many of those are related to spinal joint injuries. The bones that make up the joints allow movement, and the muscles pull the bones to produce the movement.

The movements that are performed on a daily basis are critical to long-term joint health, as are proper nutrition, a healthy exercise regimen, and a healthy lifestyle. Moving a joint through its full range of motion serves several important purposes. Joints are not supplied directly with blood as are other organs within the body, but instead are nourished with synovial fluid that is forced into the joint cartilage through pressure resulting from body movement.

So the saying, “Use it or lose it” applies to joint function. Joints need to be moving for full body function. Get your joints checked at no charge during the month of October at TLC Holistic Wellness to make sure they are moving correctly.  Call (734) 664 - 0339 to schedule your no-charge evaluation.