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WITH DR. DANIEL n How to keep your spine healthy.
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he AFM Team talked to Dr. Daniel Gonzalez about what it means to have a healthy spine. Dr. Daniel has been a practicing chiropractor in Austin since 2007 and has since frequented AFM’s Best Of Chiropractors. His passion for wellness has helped his clinic, Family Health Chiropractic, grow and continues to work with his patients to find the best possible solutions to their ailments.
The same goes for anyone. If kinks or issues go unchecked and untreated, the long-term effects can end in serious dysfunctions. It’s like dental hygiene — you brush your teeth to keep up your oral health, but if the first time you see a dentist is when you’re in your 40s, then you’re likely to find some issues. Q: What is something the younger generation should watch out for? A: Something I’ve actually been seeing a lot in younger
Q: Is there a certain age when someone should get checked by a chiropractor?
people recently is kyphosis, which is a reverse curve of the neck. I remember when I was in chiropractic school, the radiologist showed us an example of kyphosis but said that we would rarely see it in practice. Now, it seems like every week I have a new patient with it, and it’s clearly detectable from an X-ray.
A: Everyone from infants to centenarians can get
adjusted and should definitely get checked. In fact, I adjust a lot of babies with 30% of my practice being pediatrics — that’s why the name of my practice is Family Health Chiropractic. A lot of people don’t realize this, but the sheer act of birth is traumatic. There are estimations that between 30-40 pounds of pressure are placed on the baby’s neck as it is pushed out of the vaginal canal. Kinks can happen, and if they go unchecked, can develop into functional issues.
AUGUST 2020
I think I’ve been seeing this because now, kids are growing up in an environment of looking down and sitting in front of screens. The first 18 years of their lives are in front screens and sitting at desks. It makes sense to me that the neck would react this way since it’s growing in these awkward positions.
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