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Dr. George Sooley of Danville, Illinois Wants to Know How You Feel Today
“How do you feel today?” Though this is a valid question and a great reason to utilize chiropractic care, the real question that one should ask is “How are you functioning today?” As discussed in the last post, “health care” is truly about getting back to the...
Danville, Illinois Chiropractor, Dr. George Sooley, Discusses Health Care Reform
Here we are…the first real blog post, and my goodness is this an important issue. I’ll discuss something more fundamental than what you might expect will be posted under this title. How you define “Health Care”? If health is optimal functioning of the body, how does...
Welcome to SooleyChiropractic.com!
For years, I’ve considered the importance of an online presence. Finally, technology has made it a MUST to keep in better communication with you, my beloved patients, as well as the public at large. As a first post, I wanted to focus a bit on what I hope to provide...
Gain Motion – Lose Pain
There's an old adage that says "...if you don't use it, you lose it." Nothing could be more true when it comes to inactivity and losing normal function in your body - and your lifestyle may be to blame. It's well documented... a sedentary lifestyle is dangerous to...
What Is Upper Crossed Syndrome and How Chiropractic Can Help
It is increasingly common to see people of all ages with stooped, rounded shoulders and a neck bent forward. Upper Crossed Syndrome (UCS), sometimes also called Upper Cross Syndrome, is caused by an imbalance in the flexor and extensor muscles of the chest and upper...
Unlearning Bad Habits
The Charles Barkley Project - Check it Out Here If you decide to take up golf without investing in a few lessons first (like our friend former NBA All Star, Charles Barkley did) you're bound to develop some bad habits. And once those bad habits get locked into muscle...
A Solid Foundation
A house built on a strong foundation lasts. The same goes for your health. If you want a healthy body for Life, you need to build it on a solid foundation of health care that can support it for a long time. Chiropractic's foundation is its Principle which...
How To Obtain Pain Relief From Sciatica Through Exercise
Sciatica (or sciatic neuritis) is a set of symptoms arising from the compression or irritation of the sciatic nerves or nerve roots. It is experienced as pain in the lower back and buttocks and sometimes in the legs and feet, and may be accompanied by tingling...
Don’t Blame The Tee
It's just a golf tee, a small piece of wood barely weighing an ounce. But when you bent to pick it up after finishing the last hole, it may as well have been a 300 lb barbell. You felt your back pop and now the searing spasm is setting in. How could such a little...
Don’t Try This at Home
Chiropractors often get this question from patients: '"…is it OK to 'adjust' your own spine?" (usually asked after seeing a friend or family member crank their neck from side to side, trying to get it to pop). Well, the answer is ABSOLUTELY NOT. Just considering the...
How to Prevent Falls in Older Adults
Falling is never good at any age, but it is a particularly hazardous event for the elderly who are not able to reduce the impact of a fall as well as those of younger ages. Most falls occur in women and the risk increases with age. Fully two thirds of those who...
Adjusting the Brown Spots
You're proud of your lawn. You water it, feed it on schedule and try to keep the neighborhood kids off of it. But you missed a few spots with the fertilizer spreader and now dull, brown patches where the grass was STARVED of potential growth energy begin to show. A...