31 05, 2013

Answers to Your Questions About Sleep Positions

By |2020-04-09T14:06:00-04:00May 31st, 2013|FAQs, Health Tips, Spinal Care Tips|Comments Off on Answers to Your Questions About Sleep Positions

A question that I always ask my patients during my first few visits has to do with sleep position. Why does this matter? Well, how you sleep can affect your spine health. A poor sleep position can cause back pain, stiffness in your neck or neck pain, issues with digestion and even premature wrinkles! Below are the 5 best and the 3 worst positions in which to sleep. 5 Best Sleep Positions These are the five best sleeping positions. Note that there are some [...]

3 04, 2013

Late Night Diet Sabotage

By |2020-04-09T13:42:27-04:00April 3rd, 2013|Health Tips|Comments Off on Late Night Diet Sabotage

Avoid Late Night Binges with a High Protein Morning Meal It’s 11 o'clock at night and you’ve just scarfed down a slice of leftover pizza and a few too many Oreo cookies. The satisfying taste of salty and sweet is quickly overcome by guilt, frustration, and what is now an uncomfortably full belly. After eating balanced meals and healthy snacks all day, you have just performed self-sabotage by your late-night craving for junk food. How can you avoid this self-defeating debacle? [...]

19 03, 2013

Weekly Health Update; A New EastsideChiro.com Feature… Check it out Greenville!

By |2013-03-19T23:57:41-04:00March 19th, 2013|Health Tips, News and Events|Comments Off on Weekly Health Update; A New EastsideChiro.com Feature… Check it out Greenville!

These "Weekly Health Updates" are exclusively for the friends and patients of Dr. David Mruz "A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier." ~ Tom Stoppard Mental Attitude: No Interruptions Please. Short interruptions (such as the few seconds it takes to silence that buzzing smart phone) have a surprisingly large effect on one's ability to accurately complete a task. Interruptions of just three seconds can double your chances for making errors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: [...]

16 02, 2013

Whiplash! After A Car Accident, What Can I Do?

By |2020-04-09T11:42:03-04:00February 16th, 2013|Chiropractic, FAQs, Health Tips|Comments Off on Whiplash! After A Car Accident, What Can I Do?

Whiplash is a term that describes an injury to the neck that occurs after a motor vehicle or car accident. The most common type of car accident is the rear impact, and most typically the occupant in a vehicle which gets “rear-ended” is at the greatest risk of injury, including the injury termed whiplash. Until recently, the cause of the pain resulting from a whiplash injury was poorly understood.  Also, as a result of legal and insurance issues, people who complained [...]

16 02, 2013

Why Does My Back Ache?

By |2020-04-14T14:52:38-04:00February 16th, 2013|Back Pain, Chiropractic, Health Tips|Comments Off on Why Does My Back Ache?

Carrying kids on your hip or shoulders, cleaning the floors, lifting bags of groceries from the car, or that little "extra" that's been added to your stomach area over the years. Lifting, bending and twisting, or even worse, sitting all day at work. Add to this a slip or fall or a previous car accident and it's not to difficult to see why studies show that approximately 80% of Americans will suffer from lower back pain at some time during their [...]

14 12, 2011

Accident Attorney? Should I Find An Attorney After My Wreck?

By |2020-04-09T10:11:40-04:00December 14th, 2011|Health Tips, Most Talked About, News and Events, Spinal Care Tips|Comments Off on Accident Attorney? Should I Find An Attorney After My Wreck?

ACCIDENT ATTORNEY? Why Does It Matter… As a chiropractor, I see many automobile accident victims. Some of my patients have been in minor collisions, where there is little damage to their vehicle. Others have had their automobile declared a total loss by an insurance claims adjuster.  Many automobile accident victims wonder if they need an accident attorney.  In my opinion, the reality of the modern insurance system requires the help of an accident attorney. Typically I focus on helping automobile accident [...]

28 01, 2011

Still Smoking? A few more reasons to quit.

By |2020-04-09T09:32:11-04:00January 28th, 2011|Health Tips|Comments Off on Still Smoking? A few more reasons to quit.

As a child, I grew up with two parents who were smokers.  I have vivid childhood memories of my brothers and me trying to get as low to the backseat floorboards of the car as possible (before the time of mandated seat belt usage!) to have air that might be a bit easier to breathe.  My memories were the harsh reality of growing up in the '60's when smoking was more common among adults than not.  I was fortunate that the [...]

2 10, 2010

Are you suffering from tension headaches? We specialize in hope!

By |2020-04-28T12:56:32-04:00October 2nd, 2010|Headache, Health Tips, Modern Chiropractic, Spinal Care Tips|Comments Off on Are you suffering from tension headaches? We specialize in hope!

Recent studies have revealed that over 50 million people battle tension headaches on a regular basis with roughly 12 million suffering daily headache pain. Of the 50 million who suffer those "tension headaches", over half are migraines.  What is even more troubling is the fact that 20% of children are regularly suffering from headaches.  Headaches can reduce or destroy productivity both on the job as well as at home.  Headache medications have more adverse reactions and side effects than many realize, [...]