Author Archives: Austin Erickson

What Do Your Car and Your Body Have in Common?

Everyone who owns a car knows that in order to keep it running well you need to perform regular maintenance.  Bringing your car in every 10,000 miles or so for a checkup is just common sense because over the course … Continue reading

How to Use Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight and Increase Energy

Carrying around a few too many extra pounds is one of the biggest healthy concerns in American today.  In addition to increasing the risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other degenerative conditions it is also a leading cause of … Continue reading

3 Things to Reduce Holiday Stress

The holidays are a great time of year.  So much to do and people to see.  Parties to attend and fun to be had!  But it is also a stressful time of year with so many additional demands on your … Continue reading

The Top 3 Reasons Top Professional Teams Keep Chiropractors on Staff

Professional athletes need to be in tip top shape to perform at the level that professional sports requires of them.  They have expert guidance in nutrition, sleep, workout recovery and a whole other range of therapies.  One of the most … Continue reading

How Problems in Your Neck are Giving you Headaches

In this short video New Richmond and Glenwood City chiropractor Dr. Austin Erickson talks about how problems in your neck can be contributing to your chronic headaches.He primarily discusses how neck joints and muscles interact to create a scenario where … Continue reading

New Richmond Chiropractor Combines Muscle Massage with Chiropractic for Outstanding Headache Relief

If you suffer from chronic headaches, I don’t need to tell you how debilitating they can be. The aching, throbbing, vice-like pain that steadily increases throughout the day leaves you a wreck by the time 5 o’clock rolls around. Any … Continue reading

3 Reasons Your Back Hurts Even Though You Don’t Remember Hurting It

The human body is a remarkable thing.  It is infinitely adaptable to change and is able to withstand an onslaught of things from the environment from physical trauma to invading viruses.  It also needs to be properly taken care of … Continue reading

Can Problems in my Back and Neck Cause Pain in My Arms and Legs?

Pain in the arm and hands is a common condition experienced when there is pressure being applied to the nerve roots exiting the neck.  Let’s do a quick review of some human anatomy.  There are 2 areas in the spine … Continue reading

There is No Such Thing as a Normal Headache

Today’s blog piece is pretty short but looks at a topic that is very important to understand in today’s medical world where degeneration and chronic illness are looked at as normal. Believe it or not, pain is not normal.  There … Continue reading

3 Supplements You Need to Take to Get Your Immune System Ready for Winter

With the colder months arriving having a fully functioning immune system is crucial for avoiding or at least minimizing the impact of all the colds, flues and other ills people typically catch more of in the winter time.  Building up … Continue reading