Can Chiropractic Help Migraines?
If you think that a chiropractor is just for your aching back, think again. Chiropractic care can help with a wide variety of health issues, including migraines. The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) recognizes headache and migraine as health conditions that...
5 Key Habits for Better Brain Health
There’s a lot of buzz lately about brain health – and well there should be. The brain is the hub for everything that happens within your body from moving your arms to pumping your heart. So how can you keep this marvelous, complex organ functioning as it should? Glad...
Understanding Balance Problems and How to Treat Them
Everyone has had that moment where they are a little unsteady or off-balance. For many that feeling passes very quickly. There are those though who have ongoing issues with balance problems. Every year, an estimated 36 million elderly adults in the United States...
The Grief Process: Tools for Healing
Grief is a normal response to loss – any loss. It could be the loss of a loved one, a pet, a relationship, a job, or even a dream. If you have experienced loss, then you likely are well acquainted with grief. While it is natural and normal, all too often our first...
Non-surgical Option for Knee Pain
Knee pain is a common problem for many people. This can be due to injury, aging, and overuse. Knowing your options and understanding not only what is causing your knee pain, but exploring natural, non-invasive solutions may help you avoid more drastic measures. What...
Weekend Warrior or Elite Athlete: Same Care, Same Results
Do you ever look at your favorite elite athlete and think, “Wow! They must get really special care. If I could get care like that I’d be healthier, more active, lose more weight, insert your own goal here.” Actually, you can. At Sandstone Health, it doesn’t matter...
The Mental Side of a Physical Injury: How to Cope
You’re more than a “fitness buff.” Your sport, your fitness is a major part of your lifestyle. It is who you are so when something happens that sidelines you, such as an injury, it can have as much of an impact on you psychologically as it does physically. Many people...
How Depression Affects Young People
Everyone gets the blues now and then, but the teen years can be a tumultuous time, full of emotional ups and downs. Hormonal changes, physical changes, and the pressures of growing up can cause your teen to feel a little down once in a while. But what happens if the...
Too Tired to Function? The Surprising Link Between Fatigue and Hormones
Do you spend most of your time feeling tired, sluggish, exhausted? Is it an effort just to get out of bed each morning and even more difficult to get through the day? Even when you’ve had a good night’s sleep do you still feel like you need a nap by the afternoon, or...
Recognizing the Signs of Anxiety and Depression
Television shows and movies often portray depression and anxiety in ways that may not exactly match up to real life. It makes sense, it’s “better TV” to see the extreme symptoms of these conditions. You get more of an impact, more emotion – more viewers and better...