Natural Potential Chiropractic

11/07/2025

Training load gets all the attention heavier lifts, longer runs, faster swings.
But the real secret to performance isn’t how hard you push… it’s how well you recover.

Recovery capacity is your body’s ability to adapt to stress to repair muscle fibers, restore nervous system balance, and rebuild stronger after every session.
When recovery falls behind load, you don’t just hit a plateau you start breaking down: nagging pain, tightness, slower reaction time, disrupted sleep, and chronic fatigue.

That’s why we focus on optimizing both sides of the equation.
✅ Chiropractic adjustments restore joint mechanics and improve nervous system efficiency.
💉 Dry needling resets overactive muscles and improves motor control.
🔦 Summus laser therapy accelerates tissue repair, reduces inflammation, and supports circulation at the cellular level.

Train hard, absolutely, but give your body the recovery tools it needs to keep performing.
That’s where real progress happens.

11/05/2025

Whether you’re chasing kids, deadlines, or a golf ball your body deserves to move well.

We use the same performance and recovery strategies we give to athletes to help everyday people feel strong, resilient, and pain-free.

Because “optimal health” isn’t just for pros it’s for anyone ready to feel at home in their body again.
✨ Don’t wait for pain to slow you down align, move, recover, repeat.

11/03/2025

At our office, we don’t believe in one-size-fits-all care. Every body and every story moves differently. That’s why each adjustment, soft-tissue session, and rehab plan is tailored to how you move, live, and perform.

Because alignment is more than posture or pain relief, it’s about helping your nervous system communicate clearly so your body can adapt, recover, and thrive.

Whether you’re chasing athletic goals, healing from chronic stress, or just wanting to feel at home in your own body again, our approach blends chiropractic care, functional movement, and advanced recovery tools like the Summus laser to help you move better from the inside out.

✨ Personalized care. Real movement. Lasting change.

Natural Potential offers a well rounded approach to treating your injuries or maintaining your state of wellness. Adjustments, exercises, dry needling.

10/31/2025

This Halloween season, skip the tricks your body’s been playing on you: the stiff neck that won’t quit, the headaches that sneak up out of nowhere, the low back that “ghosts” you when you need it most.

Your body isn’t trying to scare you, it’s asking for alignment.
Regular chiropractic care helps restore balance, reduce tension, and support the nervous system so you can move, sleep, and feel your best.

✨ No tricks. Just treatment that helps you heal naturally.

🦴 Ready to feel better than your candy stash tastes?
Schedule your adjustment, your spine will thank you!

10/30/2025

This isn’t sci-fi, it’s science.

Summus Laser Therapy uses targeted light to recharge your cells, calm inflammation, and accelerate healing, whether you’re chasing golf performance or just trying to move without pain.

✨ No drugs. No downtime. Just light that helps your body heal itself.

10/28/2025

When your mid-back (thoracic spine) or pelvis are restricted, your swing compensates and that’s when we see low-back strain, elbow pain, and inconsistent drives.

Regular chiropractic care keeps the spine moving the way it was designed to, restoring mobility through the kinetic chain so you can swing freer, smoother, and stronger.

✨ Power starts with alignment.
Schedule your next tune-up before your next tee time.

10/27/2025

Chiropractic care isn’t about quick fixes it’s about helping your body return to the state it was designed for: balance, alignment, and ease.

Healing happens when the nervous system feels safe… when the body isn’t in fight-or-flight but in repair-and-restore.
That takes time. It takes consistency. And it takes grace.

Every adjustment, every breath, every healthy choice is one more step home to the version of you that feels grounded, resilient, and whole.

✨ Remember: Your body isn’t behind. It’s healing in the exact rhythm it needs.

10/24/2025

Risk factors for Achilles tendon.

10/23/2025

🛑Achilles Pain:

Rehab rules flip between these two:
👉Insertional pain hates deep stretch
👉Mid-portion pain needs it (eventually).

Loading angle, heel lift use, and tempo all change based on location.

10/23/2025

🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️During running, the Achilles stores elastic energy while the calf eccentrically decelerates your body. In the split-second mid-stance shift to concentric push-off, tendon fibers can be forced past their limits: >4% fiber strain = micro-strain; >8% = rupture.

☢ That transition is the danger zone especially with sprint starts, sharp accelerations, cutting, hills, cold starts, or late-set fatigue.

⁉Why it snaps:

🏃Sudden load spikes (first sprints of the season, hard turns, uphill pushes)

🏃🏼‍♂️Stiff or weak calf complex (esp. under-trained soleus)

🏃🏾Limited ankle dorsiflexion → higher tendon strain at push-off

🏃🏽‍♀️Technique issues (over-striding, low cadence) that increase braking forces

Feel the difference:

✋🏼Strain: sharp pain, localized tenderness, tightness; you can usually limp off.

✋🏾Rupture: a “pop,” immediate weakness, difficulty pushing off, possible gap; urgent eval.

🟢Reduce risk (fast wins):🟢

🟢Warm-up: 5–8 min easy jog → dynamic ankles/hips → 2–3 progressive strides.

🟢Cadence: nudge +5–7% to reduce over-striding/braking.

🟢Soleus strength: bent-knee calf raises (3–4×/wk).

🟢Respect hills: add them after you’ve built flat-ground resilience.

If it barks mid-session: stop sprinting, elevate/heel-lift, gentle pain-free isometrics, and get assessed before returning to speed.

10/22/2025

The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body, yet it’s a common weak link in the locomotion chain.

❓ Why? Because running can load it up to 12.5× body weight. That’s elite load on everyday feet.

04/10/2025