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Enjoy these health and wellness updates from Spring Creek Medical Center in Logan, UT
Who Benefits From Physical Therapy And How Can It Help?
Physical therapists are licensed medical professionals with the purpose of helping patients in every phase of the healing process. Through diagnosis, restoring and maintaining proper physical function and mobility, and improving quality of life. Who Is A...
10 Researched Health Benefits of Chiropractic Care
If you suffer from a chronic pain condition, making an appointment with a chiropractor is an effective and non-invasive treatment option for you. Millions of people are drawn to chiropractic care because of it’s natural, holistic approach—but most importantly,...
Is Male Hormone Replacement Therapy Right For Me?
If you’ve ever considered hormone replacement therapy but if you’re not quite sure what it entails or the benefits it could provide for you, here’s everything you need to know. What is the function of testosterone and why is it important for men? Testosterone is a...
Should I See A Chiropractor After A Car Accident Injury?
Following a car accident, there are many stressors suddenly added to your plate. Your health and safety are the highest priority, and although you may have endured seemingly minor injuries, these aches and pains can interrupt your quality of life if not treated...
Why Add Chiropractic Care To Your List Of New Year’s Resolutions?
As 2018 comes to a close, you’re probably taking time to reflect on the past year and set goals for your personal growth in 2019. As you create your list of New Year’s Resolutions, you should consider adding the benefits of chiropractic care to your list! Here’s are...
Tips To Avoid Weight Gain And Eat Healthy Over The Holidays
You’ve been working hard at your fitness goals and don’t want to throw it away at the end of the year—but you also don’t want to be a downer at your holiday get-togethers. The good news is, it’s possible to enjoy the holidays without sacrificing your weight-loss...
5 Safe, Effective Treatments For Lower Back Pain
If you suffer from lower back pain, you know how it can wear on your over time. You may think there’s no permanent relief in site, and that this is something you may have to suffer with for the rest of your life. While each case is unique and the path to healing looks...
15 Remarkable Benefits Of Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care is about more than getting your back or neck cracked. While these adjustments may be part of your treatment plan, with the right chiropractor, the benefits of chiropractic care span far beyond temporary pain relief. Benefits Of Seeing A...
Improve Mobility And Reduce Pain With Durable Medical Equipment
Durable medical equipment includes a variety of medical devices, but at the core, all DME serves the same purpose: to aid a patient in the healing process. These devices can help speed up recovery time from a surgery or injury and decrease pain. Some examples of...
Remedies For Cold Weather Arthritis Pain
Arthritis is a condition in which one or more joints become inflamed—causing pain, soreness, and stiffness. Arthritis can affect people of all ages, but most commonly worsens with age. There are over 100 different types of arthritis. The most common are...
Does Good Posture Really Matter?
A lot of people ask us if sitting hunched over in a chair all day or standing up straight affects to their back and neck pain. Does proper posture really make a difference? The real answer is, it depends on who you ask. The argument of good posture and its...
10 Things You Should Know About Trigger Point Injections
A trigger point is a specific area of pain, spasm, tightness, or inflammation in the skeletal muscle. Trigger points can cause issues in a variety of areas—like headaches or pain in the upper and lower back, shoulders, and neck. Trigger points injections are a safe,...
What Type Of Massage Do I Need?
Massage therapy is an effective way to relieve pain, increase circulation, break down scar tissue, ease anxiety, and relax muscles. The health benefits of massage are clear, but sometimes the service menu isn’t. With so many different types of massages to choose from,...
Pre/Post-Workout Stretches That Prevent Injury
When it comes to the research on whether stretching prior to exercise prevents injuries, there’s controversy and differing opinions. But what we do know about stretching is that it can help with flexibility, range of motion, and athletic performance in the long run....
Complete Beginner’s Guide To Your First Chiropractic Visit
The truth is, a lot of people experience powerful benefits from chiropractic care. Pain relief, increased mobility, and better joint function, just to name a few. If you’re skeptical about seeing a chiropractor for musculoskeletal conditions, (a fancy word for the...
Summer Travel Tips To Avoid Back Pain
Summertime is obviously the best time to travel. Specially with so many sights to see in Utah. You don’t have to drive too far to see nature’s beauty. However, there are times when you are required to travel quite a ways to get to your vacation spot. It’s...
Stay Active While At Work
If your job requires you to sit for long hours at a time, you may find that it affects your health and fitness more than you would like. Taking breaks to stretch out our legs and move around can make a big difference in not only your health, but...
Anti-Inflammatory Foods, An Important Part Of Your Diet
Importance of a Healthy Diet Understanding your body and implementing the right diet and nutrition can be an important key to optimal health. When you have a balance diet, combined with regular exercise, you will look and feel healthier and have the energy...
Is Stem Cell Therapy For Me?
Stem Cell Therapy and How it Works Stem Cells are the cellular building blocks of the 220 cell types within the body. The Stem Cells used by Spring Creek Medical Center of Logan, UT remain in an undifferentiated state and therefore are capable of becoming any tissue,...
Show Your Back Some Love with Spring Creek
Please raise your hand if you've ever felt personally victimized by back pain. When you try to stretch, you may be hit with sudden sharp pain, killing any willingness to fix the problem. When looking for a solution, it's daunting enough trying to find a great...
Benefits of Hormone Replacement
Hormone replacement therapy is a viable option that many men and women are considering. If you are struggling with low energy, depression, lower sex drive, anxiety, cycle changes, hot flashes and other similar symptoms, you may benefit from hormone...
The Gift of Chiropractic
This holiday season, we're challenging you to treat yourself with the gift of chiropractic. Let's face it, if you're anything like the average Cache Valley resident, the last thing on your "to-do" list is take care of your well-being. You're struggling to...
Thankful for Our Customers
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we wanted to reflect on a few of our past customers who we've had the pleasure of getting to know, and help, over the years. At Spring Creek Medical Center, we know how debilitating pain can be and have made it our...
Scary Back Pain Statistics
Now that it's halfway through October, it's the time of year for all things scary! While the thought of ghosts, goblins and spooky stories may give you the chills this Halloween, there's something far scarier that haunts millions of Americans year-round -...
Top Stretches to Overcome Back Pain
Implement these stretches into your daily routine, and you will find better mobility and back relief: Knee to Chest This stretch will align your pelvis and will also stretch out your lower back and rear end muscles. How it's done: Lie flat on your back,...
Benefits of Not Drinking Soda
Rather than talking exclusively about how drinking soda can cause harm to your body (including everything from depleting mineral levels, changing your metabolism and increasing the risk of diabetes), we wanted to go over a few of the benefits that come when you stop...
Fixing Problems: “It Is Wonderful to Be Able to Move Pain Free”
Don't Settle For Pain According to the American Chiropractic Association, as many as 31 Million Americans experience low-back pain at any given time. They say that as much as 80% of the population will experience back problems at some time in their lives. With that...
Best Summer Exercises for Your Back
Summer's here in full swing. If you haven't already started working on that "summer bod", that's not a problem! While it's great to hear about our Logan chiropractic patients getting active, if you spent a lot of time indoors this last winter (which wouldn't be a...
3 Impactful Reasons Why You Need to Bike to Work
As you may or may not know, this coming week (May 15-19) is National Bike to Work Week. This celebration has been inspiring individuals to drop keys and pick up helmets for years! The cause boasts some staggering statistics as well. According to bikeleague.org, 40% of...
Health Risks of Prolonged Sitting
In today's world, there are millions of jobs in which people are expected to sit at a desk for 8+ hours a day. Whether an accountant, a secretary, or a student, you spend the majority of your time in a resting position. That can't be bad right? Humans are comfortable...
Why Physical Therapy?
Physical therapy is a medical field that helps patients of all ages overcome limitations in their movement. This lack of movement comes from illness, injury, or age. Generally, the goal of a physical therapist is to restore a patient to their prior level of...
Frequently Asked Questions About Chiropractic
What is chiropractic? The primary goal of chiropractic medicine is to locate misalignments in the spine, put the vertebrae back in position, and thus cause the body to function better as a whole unit. Doctors of Chiropractics are experts in caring for patients with...
How to Make Winter Fitness Fun
Oh that feeling of the never-ending January. Winter starts to become a little less fun and a lot more cold. Cabin Fever ensues. How do you break out of Couch-potato-itis and get back to exercising? Now, you don’t have to be a winter enthusiast to find some...
Exercising as You Age
Slowing down as we age is a pretty normal thing. It can happen due to aches and pains, fear of falling, or weight problems. As exercising gets a little bit harder, it’s that much easier to not put up the effort. Don’t put it...
Anxiety Can Cause Back Pain
Millions of Americans suffer from back pain each year. But how did we get this way? Experts believe that anxiety behaviors have a lot to do with it. It’s commonly thought that back pain from anxiety is only secondary. This means that anxiety causes problems that go on...