Dr. Pete Lazarnick "Dr. Pete": Blog

When it comes to your spine’s long-term health, chiropractic care goes hand in hand with lifestyle changes. Simple things like lifting properly or standing ocassionally while working at a desk can make all the difference. Dr. Pete Lazarnick “Dr. Pete” is dedicated to educating his patients about how important it is to be mindful of your spinal wellness.  Resting and Sleeping Neck and back strain are common during rest and sleep. Sometimes we fall asleep in strange positions or angles and wake up asking ourselves, “did I sleep the wrong way?” It’s important that your pillow supports your neck and head so that everything is neutral with your spine. Lifting Lifting objects improperly is the most common way to injure your spine. Always use your legs to lift, never your back! Keep your back straight and hold the object close to your body. Never twist while picking something up and always set the object down the same way you lifted it. Talking and Texting on the Phone If you need to speak on

Therapeutic exercise is important for restoring and rebuilding strength, balance, endurance, flexibility, and stability, all in an effort to correct a patient-specific problem. These exercises can also improve your overall health, fitness, and quality of life. Dr. Pete Lazarnick “Dr. Pete” wants you to achieve the highest point of rehabilitation and physical fitness with his non-invasive methods. Contact your Carrollton chiropractor to begin your road to optimal health! With therapeutic exercise, Dr. Pete will work with you to: - Increase your mobility - Improve your balance - Reduce your overall rigidity - Release any muscles, tendons, or fascia that are contracted - Mobilize your joints - Improve your circulation - Improve your respiratory capacity - Improve your coordination - Improve your posture Therapeutic exercise has also been proven to reduce stress and improve sleep quality. With all of its numerous benefits, everyone should be partaking in therapeutic exercise. Think you mig

Dr. Pete Lazarnick “Dr. Pete” is readily available to you when accidents happen unexpectedly in everyday life, such as whiplash injury due to a sporting mishap or auto accident. According to Mayo Clinic, “whiplash is a neck injury due to forceful, rapid back-and-forth movement of the neck, like the cracking of a whip.” The sooner you come in to see your Carrollton chiropractor, the sooner we can get you on the road to recovery! Symptoms of whiplash include: - Neck pain and stiffness - Worsening of pain with neck movement - Loss of range of motion in the neck - Headaches, most often starting at the base of the skull - Tenderness or pain in the shoulder, upper back or arms - Tingling or numbness in the arms - Fatigue - Dizziness - Blurred vision - Ringing in the ears (tinnitus) - Sleep disturbances - Irritability - Difficulty concentrating - Memory problems - Depression We offer a variety of services to help manage pain and treat whiplash damage, such as chiropractic adjustments, therape

As the days get shorter, we at the Carrollton chiropractic office of Dr. Peter Lazarnick (Dr. Pete) want to remind our patients of the importance of Vitamin D. This nutrient, made in the skin in response to sunlight, is what allows our body to absorb calcium and build strong bones. It is essential for the prevention of osteoporosis and related problems such as hyperkyphosis (extreme forward curvature of the spine). Our bodies do not produce their own calcium. We absorb it from what we eat. Vitamin D turns on and off our body’s ability to absorb calcium, although few people in modern America are at risk of absorbing too much. But lack of calcium is a common problem, and the reason is that many people do not get enough sunlight for their bodies to manufacture Vitamin D. There are other sources of Vitamin D. It can be found in fatty fish oil, egg yolks, and beef liver, and both it and calcium are commonly supplemented in breakfast cereal, milk, plant-based milk substitutes, and orange jui

Scoliosis is a condition a lot of people have heard of, but not much is known about. It is a sideways curvature in the upper spine that causes people’s shoulders and hips to be uneven. At the Carrollton chiropractic office of Dr. Peter Lazarnick (Dr. Pete), we monitor patients for early signs of this condition’s development and help them to manage its symptoms without drugs or surgery. Not all cases of scoliosis are severe. They may be caused by the legs being uneven lengths or damage to the back muscles. But in most cases, scoliosis develops for unclear reasons in teenagers going through their growth spurt and will become worse until the growth spurt ends. It can occur in children of either sex but tends to progress more in girls. Scoliosis is not always painful during its early development, but it may eventually cause chronic back pain. One of the most common treatments for scoliosis is a plastic brace worn under the clothes. It is worn until the child stops growing in height. If the