Goshen Family Chiropractic

11/05/2025

Prepare for Thanksgiving with Chiropractic Care

Thanksgiving is nearly here – a time when we watch football, overeat, and spend time with family and friends. To get ready for Turkey Day, consider adding chiropractic to your routine to boost your health and prevent some Thanksgiving pitfalls. Here’s what you need to know.

Traveling and Chiropractic Care:
If you’re traveling this year – whether by car or by plane – it could lead to back pain. All that time cramped up in a small seat plus plenty of sitting and waiting then add on a near-complete lack of movement for hours is enough to make anyone’s back sore. That’s where chiropractic comes in. Chiropractic care will return your spine to proper alignment and with continued care, will keep it there. This helps relieve immediate discomfort and can help prevent pain from returning.

Overeating, Less Movement, and More Stiffness:
Thanksgiving is usually a day that ends up with everyone stuffed. And because the holiday season is so busy, it usually means less time for exercise. All of the food plus inactivity may lead to joint stiffness and pain. With regular chiropractic care, you can help prevent the inflexibility and stiffness that comes with a day (or season!) of indulgence.

Chiropractic care can help protect your back, health, and wellness during the holiday season and beyond.

11/04/2025

Eliminating Daylight Saving Time Could Help Lower Obesity, Stroke Rates

Daylight Saving Time ended on Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 a.m. Eastern Time. As Americans “fall back” to Standard time in preparation for the shorter, darker days to come, the debate over whether there’s any real benefit to changing the clocks continues.

A recent study from Stanford Medicine researchers suggests that this biannual shifting of the clocks not only disrupts circadian rhythms but also the physiological processes they regulate, which in turn impact overall health outcomes.

They estimate that permanent standard time had the most benefits, preventing some 300,000 stroke cases per year and resulting in 2.6 million fewer people with obesity. Permanent daylight saving time, they found, would yield around two-thirds of the same positive effects.

New research suggests the twice-yearly practice of changing the clocks is hazardous to health. Predictive models indicate that a permanent switch to either standard time or daylight time would lead to significant declines in U.S. obesity rates and stroke cases.

11/03/2025

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10/23/2025

What Is a Subluxation and How Does Chiropractic Help?

You may have heard the term “subluxation,” but if you’re new to chiropractic, you may wonder what exactly that term means. A subluxation just means a slight misalignment or displacement of the vertebrae in the spine.

There are many potential causes of misalignments; these include poor posture, physical injuries, or the repetitive strain placed on the spine through daily activities or sports injuries.

Using spinal adjustments, chiropractors apply a controlled amount of force to the misaligned vertebrae, aiming to guide them back to their proper positions. This process not only helps alleviate the immediate symptoms but also works to restore the spine’s natural alignment, thereby improving the nervous system’s functionality.

10/22/2025

How to Choose the Right Shoes

If your shoes are worn out or leaving your feet sore, a few simple checks can guide you toward a more informed purchase.

Evaluate Your Shoe’s Wear Pattern
Your shoes contain evidence of how you walk so grab the shoes you’re wanting to replace and take a look at the bottom of them.

Heel
Look at the back of your shoes. If the edge is heavily worn on one side, you may be rolling your foot inward or outward on impact. This imbalance can affect your ankles, knees, and even your lower back. The proper placement for heel-strike is slightly off-center toward the outside of the foot.

Mid
Check the middle of the sole. Uneven thinning might signal that your foot arches are collapsing inward (overpronation) or tilting outward (supination). A proper mid-stance should be closer toward the outer edge as the foot rolls from heel to toe.

Toe
Inspect the front portion of your shoe. This area should show some wear from pushing off the ground. Notice if the wear is centered or favors one side, as this can reveal potential stress on certain toes. The proper toe-off should be underneath the large toe on the “ball” of the foot.

Why Chiropractic Care Can Help
When discomfort in your feet starts to escalate, chiropractic care addresses how your entire body aligns—from your feet all the way up your head. By adjusting your posture, chiropractors can relieve many underlying issues that contribute to foot stress. Pairing regular checkups with mindful walking habits and sensible footwear can help keep you active and comfortable.

10/21/2025

Daily combo of water, coffee, and tea linked to longevity

Drinking sufficient water is essential for overall health, as people need to maintain a fluid balance, or homeostasis, to maintain bodily functions.

Now, researchers have found that replacing some of your daily water with coffee and tea could lead to longer life. In the study, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, researchers found that to see benefits, people had to drink 7-8 drinks a day, and a balance of coffee, tea and water.

People who had 7-8 drinks a day, and a combination of coffee, tea and plain water had a 28% lower risk of death from any cause than those who drank fewer than 4 drinks a day, they found.

People who have 7–8 drinks a day, specifically a combination of plain water, tea, and coffee, may live longer lives, according to recent research.

10/16/2025

Types of Headaches and How Chiropractic Care Can Help

Headaches are one of the most common health issues people face, ranging from mild discomfort to debilitating pain and can greatly affect a person's daily life. Chiropractic care offers a holistic and effective alternative, targeting the underlying issues that lead to persistent headaches.

Tension Headaches
Tension headaches are the most common type of headache and often come with a dull, achy sensation across the forehead, temples, or back of the head. The good news is that tension headaches often respond well to non-invasive treatments, including chiropractic adjustments that release tension in the neck and upper back

Migraines
Migraines present as intense throbbing or pulsing pain, often on one side of the head. While the exact cause of migraines isn’t always clear, they may be linked to hormonal changes, environmental factors, or even genetics. Chiropractors perform adjustments to target imbalances in the neck and spine as well as provide guidance on identifying and avoiding individual triggers.

Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches are among the most severe, characterized by sudden, sharp, and intense pain behind one eye or on one side of the head. Cluster headache pain may be accompanied by watery eyes, nasal congestion, and restlessness.

Sinus Headaches
Sinus headaches occur when the sinuses become inflamed or congested, often resulting in a deep, throbbing pressure around the forehead, eyes, and cheeks. Gentle adjustments to the upper spine can help improve circulation and relieve pressure.

Headaches don’t have to disrupt your life. Chiropractic care offers an effective, proactive approach to reducing their frequency and providing lasting relief.

10/15/2025

The transition to the shorter and busier days of fall can be a challenge. To help ease the change, we’ve put together Autumn Wellness Tips to get you ready for the colder months and keep your mental (and physical!) health in check.

1.Start taking a Vitamin D supplement: We get most of our Vitamin D from the sun, so our intake decreases when the weather is colder since we spend most of our time inside during the fall/winter seasons.

2. Take some time to yourself: Autumn and winter are the Earth’s way of telling us to slow down. Start a journal or track your moods to get more in touch with how your feeling.

3. Get yourself ready for Daylight Savings Time: Go to bed earlier when you can, especially the week before the clocks change. Longer periods of darkness = longer periods of sleep!

10/14/2025

Science-Based Health Benefits of Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds may be small, but they’re packed full of valuable nutrients. Eating only a small amount of them can provide you with a substantial quantity of healthy fats, magnesium and zinc.

1. Full of Valuable Nutrients: One ounce (28 grams) of shell-free pumpkin seeds has roughly 151 calories, mainly from fat and protein. They also contain a lot of antioxidants and a decent amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, potassium, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and folate.

2. High in Antioxidants: Pumpkin seeds contain antioxidants like carotenoids and vitamin E. Antioxidants can reduce inflammation and protect your cells from harmful free radicals. That’s why consuming foods rich in antioxidants can help protect against many diseases.

10/13/2025

Young Adults Who Stay Heart Healthy Have Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk

In a study published on October 6 in JAMA Network Open, researchers followed more than 4,200 participants between the ages of 18 and 30 for nearly 40 years to track long-term trends.

They found that participants tended to follow distinct heart health trajectories. And those patterns began early: By age 25, most had already settled into consistent habits that supported heart health — or didn’t.

The findings underscore the importance of building heart-healthy habits during young adulthood and even earlier. You are “never too young” to start thinking about heart health, said Lloyd-Jones.

New research shows that building heart-healthy habits during young adulthood (and earlier) may determine your risk of heart disease decades later.

10/09/2025

Chiropractic and the Benefits of Flexibility

For a person with a limited range of motion, treatment typically includes an examination of the large and small muscle groups in both flexed and extended positions. They also take into account family health history and feedback from the chiropractic patient about areas where they’re experiencing pain or have limited flexibility.

Some of the most significant areas to assess range of motion are:

Lower back, hamstrings, shoulders, spine, neck, hips, pelvis.

Your joints are a key player in your range of motion, and manual therapies such as chiropractic adjustments can stimulate greater flexibility in the targeted area. An article published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies cites a study showing an improvement in functional performance when people with chronic lower back pain receive manual therapy interventions.

Regular chiropractic care makes it easier to detect changes to your range of motion. When your flexibility falls below your baseline, your chiropractor can get an early read on health problems that may be developing.