Understanding Pain: The Stress Connection Part 2

Oct 24, 2025 | Chiropractic

The Science Behind Stress and Pain When you’re under chronic stress, your nervous system can restrict blood flow to muscles and nerves. Less blood means less oxygen, which causes muscles to go into protective spasm. This creates a vicious cycle: muscle spasm...

Understanding Pain: The Stress Connection Part 1

Sep 26, 2025 | Chiropractic

Pain Doesn’t Always Mean Damage Many of us grow up believing that pain automatically means something is damaged or injured in our body. While this can be true, it’s not always the case. Understanding this can be incredibly empowering—it means there’s...

Back to the Basics: What is Chiropractic?

Apr 20, 2024 | Chiropractic

Back to the Basics: What is Chiropractic and How Does it Help? Do the changes you see in your body as you get older worry you? Do you feel like you need a way to upkeep your body? Something to bring into your routine that goes beyond diet and exercise and helps get...

Mobility Exercises

Mar 18, 2024 | Chiropractic

Mobility Exercises Easy Flexibility and Mobility Stretches for at a Desk By Kirsten Petersen, DC Sometimes simple is better! Here are five super simple stretches to keep your mobility up when you’re sitting or standing at your desk. So many of us sit at a desk way...

Why You Should Have a Gratitude Practice

Nov 16, 2023 | Chiropractic, Uncategorized

Why You Should Have a Gratitude Practice By Kirsten Petersen, DC Our brains are designed to problem solve, so they focus on – you guessed it – the problems. When we consciously shift our focus to the positive and express gratitude as an alternative, our...