It’s important to start thinking about eating in terms of what it does for your, the effects it has on your body, and the ways it can fuel your productivity throughout your day. So many of us only think of food in terms of pleasure, but once we’re able to start thinking a little differently, it can lead to more conscious awareness of what we’re putting in our body.

Below are a few foods you can start incorporating into your diet immediately (unless you’re allergic, of course).

1.) Kale

Kale is an amazing superfood packed with antioxidants and vitamins that help fuel your day and boost your overall health. Kale will even help reduce your risk of getting heart disease and help lower your blood pressure.

2.) Beets

Beats are intense in color but low in calories; they’re a fantastic source of nutrients like fiber and vitamin C. Beets also help lower your blood pressure.

3.) Garlic!

Garlic is rich in allicin, which has antivirus, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties. In even small amounts garlic is very good at keeping your body healthy. Garlic is also rich in vitamins like B1, B6, manganese, calcium, copper, and more!

4.) Walnuts

Walnuts are rich in those good fats you want that fuel your cognition. Eat them any time of day for a boost!

5.) Turmeric

Turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties, is a powerful antioxidant, and contains 300+ naturally-occurring components like beta-carotene, vitamin C, calcium, flavonoids, fiber, niacin, potassium, iron, zinc and more!

If you have any other questions about how you can fuel your day in order to boost productivity and reduce your chances of getting an injury, contact Scorca Chiropractic Center today. We have a long track record of keeping our patients healthy and well!

You’ve likely often heard your annoying personal trainer friend preaching to you about engaging your core, but, the truth is, there are few activities that we actively engage in on a daily basis that incorporate our core stabilizer muscles.

You can think of your core as essentially your torso and all of the muscles involved therein. Below Scorca Chiropractic Center goes over a few activities you can start doing that will help you engage your core muscles, which will help you strengthen and protect your back, neck, and spine.

1.) Paddleboarding

Paddleboarding is a fun, scenic, and rigorous activity that constitutes a total body workout. The act of paddling yourself forces you to rotate back and forth, which will give you an excellent core workout quite fast.

2.) Yoga

There are certain types of yoga that you can do that will be a core-strengthening workout for you. Seek out the poses and routines that incorporate your core muscles and go from there! Do your yoga outdoors to get some much-needed vitamin D and fresh air.

3.) Engage in Deep Breathing

Engaging in deep breathing exercises, and even laughing often, actually engages your core more than you think. It’s a great way to cross off the mind, body, and spirit boxes!

If you have any additional question about how you can strengthen your body as a way to avoid injury and boost your wellness, contact Scorca Chiropractic Center today.

Losing weight to feel great 

One of the most immediate ways to take stress off your lower back, breathe easier and feel better is to lose excess poundage. While losing the weight is difficult in and of itself, keeping the weight off can be where we falter. At Scorca Chiropractic Center, we believe in empowering the individual to institute nutritional modifications, behavioral changes and pursue physical activity in order to keep themselves at a consistently healthy weight.

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Setting yourself up for success in workplace wellness

The office is a torture chamber for backs, especially when seen in a long-term scale. Long hours sitting, with vary little variation or pause for exercise, compounded by poor posture is a daily recipe for stiffness and pain. The truth is, in the workplace, the onus is upon you to look out for the health of your own back. It is as much about changing a mindset as it is about changing your office: at Scorca Chiropractic Center, we believe that you can keep your muscles relaxed and balanced, preserve your range of motion and even boost productivity by observing a few new office principles:

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Inflammation is a buzzword for a good reason

It is found at the root of many health conditions. While a symptom of some conditions, it is also a cause of others, meaning that inflammation is both a root and a node in a network that keeps you tied down with pain. At our office in Fremont, we work with our clients to focus on minimizing chronic inflammation with natural techniques. Read on to find out how. 

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How chiropractic helps the athlete in You!

Chiropractic is an invaluable asset to the professional or aspiring athlete because it creates quicker turnaround between training, provides pain relief and aids in recovery from injury, keeps the body aligned and inspires a full range of motion and flexibility. At Scorca Chiropractic, we offer the athlete a personalized routine specific to their body and sport.

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Respect your neck

Your neck is an amazing structure. Take time to appreciate its functionality and absolute necessity and you will realize how important it is to protect. The neck is the main support for your head, and it plays a vital role in supplying blood to your brain from the heart. Without proper blood flow, the brain cannot perform its essential functions including sleep, heart rate, breathing and coordination. The two carotid arteries, which supply most of the blood flow for brain functioning, are located in canals within the neck vertebrae.

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How to account for a sports-induced back injury

Along with nutrition, exercise is a great way to rehabilitate a low-grade back injury. It is advisable to construct an exercise regime under the guidance of a medical professional: we help you create individualized plans based on the level of your pain and stage of recovery. It is not enough to focus solely on core strengthening, as many people will have you believe. This is a piece of the puzzle, but we also want to correct muscular imbalances and lengthen restrictive muscles, setting you up for a pain-free future.

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Have we forgotten the importance of movement?

Once upon a time, our bodies were called upon to move for even the smallest activities. But now, it is so easy to choose not to move: most tasks can be performed from the comfort of the armchair and more jobs than ever are being performed remotely, a computer the only tool you need to contribute productivity. If you are excited about the prospect of a brave new technological world, it is worth taking a moment to remember how important it is to move.

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The spine is a wonderfully complicated structure

Full of bones, ligaments, tendons and joints; following three distinct curves and segments; conduit for the central nervous system; there is simply no more influential structure in your body than the spine. And yet so many of us take our spinal health for granted. We move through our busy lives barely giving a thought to the stresses that our spine is force to interpret on a millisecond basis. And with our lifestyles becoming more inactive by the day, these pressures are growing in intensity. 

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