When growing up, not everyone pays attention to what their parents told them about maintaining good posture while sitting, standing or walking. That’s too bad, because failure to heed warnings about bad posture can lead to back pain.

At Hinze Chiropractic and Acupuncture, home of your preferred chiropractor in Columbus NE, we specialize in helping patients recover their back health, reducing pain and discomfort through treatment as well as preventatively by encouraging good posture.

How Does Good Posture Prevent Back Pain?

Dr. Randy Hinze has been serving patients in Columbus for more than three decades, and as a leading local chiropractor, many people ask him what they can do to reduce or eliminate back pain. In many cases, it’s simply a matter of maintaining good posture!

Good posture involves keeping your body parts aligned with the parts that are next to them. When you pay attention to your posture, your whole body is balanced and has the support it needs to function properly, from walking to picking up items and putting them down.

Check Your Posture

You can check your posture by watching yourself in a mirror.

For example, with correct posture while standing, you can draw an imaginary line that goes from the center of your ankle, up the knee, hip and shoulder until it reaches your earlobe.

When working in an office, it’s essential that you sit in a comfortable, ergonomically designed chair that gives your back the proper support.

Poor posture strains your muscles. This tends to lead to headaches and back pain that could be easily avoided once you take to heart the instructions from your chiropractor about good posture as you sit, stand and walk.

Do You Need Help Improving Your Posture to Alleviate Back Pain? Make an Appointment Now

You may tend to slouch a lot instead of standing up straight, or do not make a point of sitting properly in your chair at work or school. Instead of suffering from back pain going forward, you can find out how to practice better posture with the help of our chiropractic professionals.

To learn more about the services we offer to prevent and treat back pain, or to make an appointment with your chiropractor in Columbus NE, please connect with Hinze Chiropractic and Acupuncture today.

Who would you say has the best posture in your family, and why? Please let us know in the comment section below!

“If you want to be happy, hang out with happy people!” An old saying that is so true. Similarly, it can be said about being Healthy. Healthy people hang out with healthy people. Unhealthy people hang out at unhealthy places, quick stops and fast food places, eating and drinking the Standard American Diet (SAD!). Singer-Song writer Jimmy Buffett said it well in his song – Fruitcakes – “I treat my body like a Temple, you treat yours like a Tent.”

If you have ever been in a Chiropractic office, I am sure you have noticed most, especially the patients that use Chiropractic regularly, are health conscience and are excited about life. They enjoy life and all the activities they are able to do! But most didn’t start that way. They first came to a Chiropractor’s office with many conditions and problems like you may be having! At some point, things happened in their life where they said I am tired of feeling this way! I want to be happy, healthy, and enjoy life. They decided to change their ways and habits! They became healthier and happier using Chiropractic and Acupuncture as a way of life!

“We are sick because we have changed our lifestyle patterns (diet and exercise) away from what our species requires to genetically express health and toward what causes us to genetically express chronic illness. The only way we can get and stay well is to change our lifestyle patterns back to what is genetically suitable for our species.”

– Dr. James Chestnut

If you want to become more sick, more tired, and more medicated, continue to treat your body like a tent! Chiropractic and Acupuncture along with good dietary and exercise habits, will help your body feel like a Temple, as Jimmy Buffett sings about!

With Chiropractic and Acupuncture, we have helped thousands of people from the Columbus, NE area, become healthier and happier! If you are tired of your Tent, give our caring, happy, healthy staff a call to start your journey to your Temple!

Sciatica pain can disrupt every aspect of your daily life. It can make even the simplest activities unbearable. At Hinze Chiropractic Center, education is the first step to resolving your sciatica issues. Within this post, you will find a few answers to the most commonly asked questions about sciatica pain.

What is sciatica?

Sciatica is a generalized term to describe a cluster of symptoms resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the human body, it runs along the spine and into both legs, extending as far as the feet. When the sciatic nerve is irritated, it causes numbness, pain in the legs and buttocks, muscle weakness, or even a tingling sensation in lower extremities. IF you feel like you have any of these symptoms, it would be advisable to consult with your local chiropractor in Columbus NE.

How did I get sciatica?

There are a wide variety of ways that one could develop sciatica. The most common method is the result of a degenerative back disorder. Degenerative back disorders often involve the compression or degradation of disks, the material that separates your vertebrae. With the loss of this material, the spine can change shape.

The change in shape causes pressure to be placed on the sciatic nerve, inducing the symptoms of sciatica. There are a number of other ways that one can develop sciatica. For instance, the disease diabetes may damage nerves resulting in sciatica.

To learn how you specifically developed sciatica, it is best to consult with the Hinze Chiropractic Center.

What are my treatment options in Columbus?

If you are experiencing sciatica, you may be asking yourself how you can be treated. The first step is to contact your chiropractor in Columbus NE at the Hinze Chiropractic Center. Our highly trained experts will evaluate each case individually and determine what the best treatment course for you is. In the majority of cases, physical therapy, rest, and adjustment can alleviate your sciatica symptoms.

Resolving sciatica is not a simple matter, it may involve long-term lifestyle changes.