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General Halstead mentions how chiropractic care has helped her with her fibromyalgia and how chiropractic care can help soldiers with their physical health and wellness.

Soldiers have to carry a lot of heavy gear, and chiropractic care helps to restore and maintain a soldier’s physical condition.

Todd Lloyd, DC
Sonoma Chiropractor

There is a rash of curious cases of young people in their 40’s, 30’s, even their 20’s who are experiencing a spontaneous rupture of various tendons in their bodies. Dr. Gibson, a Seattle Chiropractor wrote about this in his blog last month because he saw first hand what happended when a patient of his was exposed to ciprofloxacin (Cipro.)

Recently I had a practice member come into the office who I have known for over 8 years. Her health has been fantastic ever since she began receiving chiropractic adjustments, and had been battling a hamstring issue she attributed to either biking or horseback riding.

Approximately a month later she comes into the office and lets me know that she had detached tendons of her pelvic floor, and they were causing the discomfort.

It’s also interesting to read what one commenter said about her experience with the drug, and what happened to her husband:

My husband took Cipro in 1998. Around 11 months after taking Cipro he had his first rupture. He had 2 more ruptures over the next few years after that.

Read more about her experience at this Seattle Chiropractor’s blog.

Todd Lloyd, DC
Sonoma Chiropractor

I came across an old article talking about and giving tips for worker’s safety for those workers working in vineyards. I was impressed with the way this article tackled the scope of all of the ways that workers could potentially get injured while on the job.

Pruning Without Pain

Hand pruning is the most expensive part of wine production, according to the article, and workers have a lot of pressure to produce. This can cause fatigue in the muscles in various parts of the body.  Particularly, this occurs frequently in the back, but workers are accustomed to just work through the fatigue, placing their backs at risk. 

The article suggest that workers take microbreaks every 30 minutes to pause and stretch.  This helps the muscles to recover from the repetitive strain, it helps the muscles move through their entire contractile length, and it helps to bathe the muscle tissue with nutrients while expelling wastes.  This is similar to a recent OSHA manual that I have that suggests the same thing for office workers.  OSHA suggests that office workers take microbreaks to avoid fatigue and repetitive strain injuries.

Since these workers are a big part of a wine production’s investment, they ought to be cared for properly.  Chiropractic care can help the workers maintain their physical form for efficient work. 

Chiropractic care identifies imbalances in the skeleton and joints, and the muscles pulling on and controlling the skeleton.  Chiropractic care helps to relax tight muscles, which also helps with the speedy recovery of a week’s worth of work.  Just like athletes benefit greatly from chiropractic care, so too can “industrial athletes” perform better when cared for.

These guys usually don’t take the initiative to seek out chiropractic care for themselves, so it would make good economic and steward sense for employers to send them to a chiropractor. Supportive chiropractic care for vineyard workers can help reduce worker’s compensation claims by preventing injuries.  It can be surprisingly affordable too.  For cash services rendered in a typical chiropractic office, it can be $40 to $50 a visit. 

Employers can negotiate their own terms with chiropractors to make the fee less as long as it means a steady stream of patients coming through the chiropractor’s door. If a crew of workers for a vineyard is 40 men, and the men get supportive care once per week, this comes to $6,400 a month that the employer would pay.  I don’t know what vineyard managers typically pay out in worker’s compensation claims, but I’m told it is pretty expensive. I would be interested in seeing those numbers to see if preventing several new claims per year would balance out that expense. 

Of course, this would also potentially cut down on manforce lost to injury, and it would lead to greater satisfaction among workers.  Most people enjoy chiropractic care, and this extra benefit could really raise employee’s satisfaction. 

Most people in Sonoma love to see the economy run along smoothly, and the wine industry here is a great part of that.  We all want workers to be as healthy as possible for the overall well-being of the community.  Chiropractic care can be a valuable partner in that quest for better health, improved efficiency, and job satisfaction.

Todd Lloyd, DC
Sonoma Chiropractor

Saturday, June 19th, we will be at Pharmaca in Sonoma from 11:00am to 1:00pm.  We will be doing an arthritis workshop targeting the ankles and knees, and we will be doing free evaluations and a free treatment demonstration.

Relieve arthritis pain, perform better, and prevent arthritis in the ankle and knee with our unique treatment approach to the lower body. 

In this evaluation, you will see:

• Arthritis Functional Screening
• Hands-on Treatment demonstration
• Recommendations for care
• Learn a foot exercise that no one tells you about, yet everyone should be doing.

Located at Pharmaca in Sonoma, 303 West Napa Street.  June 19th from 11:00 to 1:00. Demonstration and class taught by Dr. Todd Lloyd, a Sonoma Chiropractor.

So, have you ever woken up stiff and found that stretching loosens you up better?  You are breaking apart the adhesions, the fuzz, and you are making sure that you can move freely again.  If you don’t get this broken apart, you might need some outside help: massage therapy, rolfing, and even chiropractic care.  Have you had a chiropractic adjustment, and felt like things are moving 100% better afterward?  You’ve broken apart the fuzz.

When I was in school, and even attending some postgraduate classes, I had a chance to get my hands on some cadavers.  the fuzz is there. On some people, it is very light, but on others, it can be very tough.  You can really gain an appreciation for how tough and tight the glue is between the muscle layers in some people.  It’s a very real thing, and your muscles generally don’t like to fight it enough to rip it apart. 

Check out this video so you too can gain an appreciation for the fuzz:

Todd Lloyd, DC
Sonoma Chiropractors

Chiropractic care helps restore the normal motion and muscle control of the spine, and has a great track record of getting rid of headaches or managing chronic headache problems.  In Sonoma, you can reach our office at (707) 408-2225 to have a free consultation with me, and to discuss how our chiropractic care can manage your headache pain and provide relief.

Todd Lloyd, DC
Chiropractor in Sonoma

This is another study that shows that chiropractic adjustments have more widespread and far-reaching effects on the whole body rather than just in the inflamed part of the spine. Chiropractic adjustments not only relieve back pain, but they also improve dizziness in some patients and other non-spinal problems.

Todd Lloyd, DC
Sonoma, CA