Have you ever considered how important your hamstrings muscles are in relationship to the low back?  Most people do not think about those tight muscles on the back of the upper leg / thigh as having much to do with low back pain (LBP).  However, it is one of the most important muscles groups to keep loose both as a means of improving current low back trouble as well as preventing future LBP.  Think of the hamstrings as a stabilizing guide wire that keeps us upright.  When we bend over …

Get up and start moving!  Health is movement and flow. If you really want to be fit…you must get up and go,
If you are walking under 10,000 steps per day, you need to pick up the pace.  Park a little further from your destination. Come on, get into the race!
Walk the dog, climb the stairs, go for a run.  No one can do it but you.  Just see how happy and healthy you will be when you are through!
Dr. Steven Alff, D.C.

Each day I see the miracles of the DRX9000, non-surgical spinal decompression. This gentleman was not enjoying the quality of his life as he couldn’t function doing everyday activities! The DRX9000 and the Ventura Spinal Care Center gave him his life back. He and his family are very pleased with the results and he isn’t even done with his treatment. Well, listen to what he says:

Just returned from a trip to Costa Rica and had a great time flying over the rain forest on a one kilometer zipline!  Took the camera along so in case you never get a chance to do this, you can enjoy the ride!  The wind was really blowing hard so the noise that you hear is the wind buffeting me as I fly along.

Enjoying la pura vida (the pure life) in Costa Rica.  The locals (Ticos) live life without “artificial ingredients”.  This is similar to the Chiropractic philosophy which also …