Atlanta Medical Clinic: Medical Blog
2017 is Your Year! 4 Tips for Sticking With Your Weight Loss Resolutions
The New Year brings the promise of new beginnings, and for many people, starting over means the commitment to taking charge of their wellness and living a happier, healthier lifestyle. Unfortunately, 30% of all New Year's resolutions are forgotten by February,...
Why Knee Pain In Women May Start in The Hips
The knees and hips are the largest joints in the body, supporting the body’s weight and working together to provide the mobility we typically take for granted. Unfortunately, these joints tend to experience a lot of wear and tear, and resulting issues like pain and...
6 Easy Ways to Find Back Pain Relief
Back pain is the main cause of disability worldwide, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study. There are a variety of conditions that can prompt patients to seek back pain relief. For example, you could be suffering from a disc herniation, a strain, sprain, or...
How To Prevent Arthritis From Becoming A Real Pain
The Arthritis Foundation states that Arthritis is the number one cause for disability in the nation. There are over five million diagnosed cases, and, contrary to popular belief, it is not an age-discriminant ailment. In fact, there are over 300,000 babies and...
Could Poor Posture Play A Part in Headache Pain?
More than 5.2 million emergency room visits annually are due to headache, and while there are many different types and causes of this localized pain, The National Headache Foundation reports that tension-type headaches occur most frequently, and are usually the result...
Upward-Crunching Shoulders? Office Yoga for Posture Awareness and Alignment
More Americans are spending their work hours seated than ever before, with fewer than 20% of jobs today involving any level of physical exertion. This sedentary behavior has a pretty immediate effect on your physical condition; muscle degeneration, tightness and...
Suffering from Chronic Pain? These Top 5 Tips Will Help You Manage It
September is Chronic Pain Awareness Month, an annual collaboration for spreading awareness of chronic pain and pain management issues that was established by the American Chronic Pain Association in 2001. According to the Institute of Medicine of National Academies,...
The ABC’s to Reduce Chronic Inflammation
When we hear the word inflammation, we typically envision the painful, swollen area around an injured joint, or the hot, irritated redness associated with a sting or bite, but chronic inflammation in our systems can be more subtle and much more dangerous. Why is it...
Treating a Cluster Headache with Allevio
A cluster headache is a rare disorder that involves excruciating pain on one side of the head. The Allevio SPG block is a treatment that is increasingly used to deliver cluster headache pain relief. Cluster headache facts A cluster headache is a headache type that is...
How to Stay Hydrated During a Hot Summer
We need numerous nutrients to stay healthy, but it’s important to keep in mind that the body’s most key component is water. Here are tips to help you stay hydrated when it’s hot outside. Water: the body’s most critical nutrient When we think about nutrition, it’s easy...