The Barton Chiropractic blog
Health tips from the window
A new article most weeks since 2018: posture, headaches, kids and backpacks, desk days, pregnancy, the seasons. Search them all, or start with the newest.
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Engaging Your Core without the Bore
(3 Engaging Ways to Exercise Your Body’s Stabilizer Muscles) If you’ve heard fitness gurus talk long enough, chances are the word “core” will come up. Said fitness gurus tend to recommend that you “engage” your core in the gym or in your select extracurricular activities — that also happen to be healthy exercise (hopefully you…
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Before You Start that New Fitness Routine…
Exercises and Activities that Put the Most Pressure on Your Back and Body Record numbers of us are packing into the gym this month, some due to New Year’s Resolutions, some due to wanting to get a head start on that beach body before the summer months saunter in. At any rate, people will be…
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Do Kids Need Chiropractic Care? (It’s Never Too Early to Consider Back Care and Self Care)
When people think of the chiropractor, they usually associate it with those of middle and more advanced age. But the truth is, many children require chiropractic care as well. In numerous cases chiropractic care is an essential part of a child’s wellness plan in an overall sense. As a matter of fact, 17% of chiropractic…
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Lose Weight in 2018 for Your Back
It’s the new year, which means New Year’s Resolutions galore. You might have found evidence of this at the gym, where foot traffic will be the most congested it will get all year. That means newbies hogging the machines, half marathons being ran on the treadmill, and everything in between to make things extra inconvenient.…
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HIPAA Notice
Barton Chiropractic Clinic18665 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL 60430Telephone: (708) 922-1400 HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. IT DESCRIBES HOW YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU MAY GAIN ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION. POLICY STATEMENT This Practice is committed to maintaining the privacy of your protected health information…
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Rehabilitation
Through the use of various stretches and exercises, rehabilitation is used to strengthen the parts of body that influence posture and movement. It is through practicing rehabilitation that we aim to correct poor posture and imbalanced movements in a way the completely resolves the problem as well as minimizing the chance of their reoccurring in…
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What is Chiropractic
Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on treatment of disorders within the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Muscular, nervous, and skeletal problems are among the symptoms treated by chiropractic care. Chiropractors specialize in correcting spinal misalignment. These misalignments of the spine are called subluxations. Often chiropractors manipulate the spine and various parts of the…
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Neck Pain
Neck pain, although felt in the neck, can be caused by numerous other spinal problems. Neck pain may arise due to muscular tightness in both the neck and upper back, or pinching of the nerves emanating from the cervical vertebrae. Joint disruption in the neck creates pain, as does joint disruption in the upper back.…
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Leg Pain
The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body and one of the most common causes of leg pain. The term sciatica is used to describe the symptoms of pain occurring in the leg and lower back. Some use the term specifically to mean a nerve dysfunction caused by compression of one or…
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Ice Therapy
The application of ice is an excellent way to reduce inflammation and temporary pain. Ice causes constriction in the veins of the affected tissue, limiting blood flow and acting as an anesthetic. Once the ice is removed, blood will rush back to the affected area providing nutrients that will help with the healing process. Ice…
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Heat Therapy
Most commonly used for rehabilitation purposes, heat therapy is the application of heat to the body for pain relief and health. It can be performed using something as simple as a heat to cloth to as advanced as ultrasound. The therapeutic effects of heat include increasing the extensibility of collagen tissues; decreasing joint stiffness; reducing…
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Adjustments
Spinal adjustment, according to authors Meeker and Halderman, is the one core clinical method that all chiropractors agree upon.
Barton Chiropractic Clinic
Back sore? Neck stiff? Headaches again?
Call Dr. Barton’s office. Family chiropractic on Dixie Highway in Homewood, for babies, moms-to-be, seniors on Medicare and everyone in between.
Office hours
| Monday | 8 am to noon |
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| Tuesday | 8 am to 6 pm |
| Wednesday | 8 am to noon |
| Thursday | 8 am to 6 pm |
| Friday | 8 am to noon |
| Saturday | By appointment |
| Sunday | Closed |