Wellness Chiropractic

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There is a 30-40% decreased risk of heart disease in people who walk three hours or more per week. That's just 30 minutes a day, six days a week.

Bright morning sunlight can decrease pregnant women's depressive symptoms by about 50%.

Smokers are 1.7 times as likely to suffer from hearing loss than non-smokers.

Walking, even at a moderate pace, can transform stiffening blood vessels into pliable ones.

Stress, not physical injury, is the major cause of back pain.

Your own brain makes it impossible to tickle yourself, by anticipating the sensation and desensitizing the signal from your skin.

Electrical signals traveling through the brain at any given time are strong enough to power a light bulb.

A cup of espresso has less caffeine than a regular cup of coffee.

Aspirin was discovered during experiments with a waste product of fabric dyes.

According to a recent study, a good night's sleep actually helps rescue memories that were lost during a stressful day.

Harvard researchers have found that by age two children have developed memories strong enough to enable them to repeat tasks shown to them months earlier.

Clearly, Americans don't miss many meals. But when we do, it's most likely to be lunch.

Drinking a glass of grapefruit juice before you eat a spinach salad enables your body to absorb two to four times as much iron.

Your blood passes through the kidneys 300 times a day.

Studies show breast-fed babies score 5 points higher on IQ tests than those who are formula-fed.

The chances of a serious adverse reaction to the DPT vaccine is 1 in 1750, while the chances of dying from pertussis is 1 in several million!

A square inch of your skin contains 15 feet of blood vessels.

A study showed that workers smelling peppermint were more accurate, making 25% fewer mistakes.

Tomatoes are actually fruit, but were placed in the vegetable category because of an 1893 Supreme Court ruling.

Carrots were first grown as a medicine, not a food.

Food takes twenty-four hours to complete its 30 foot path through your body.

According to the American Lung Association, most people lose about 30% of their breathing capacity between the ages of 30 and 70.

Ultraviolet rays from the sun can darken the color of scar tissue, making it more noticeable.

Tea drinkers have a lower rate of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Music students outperform non-music students in achievement tests in reading and math.

Humans have the biggest brain-to-body ratio of any living thing.

Noise is one of the leading causes of hearing loss in the 28 million people with impaired hearing in the United States.

Stomach ulcers are caused either by bacterium called Helicobacter pylori or by use of pain medications such as aspirin and ibuprofen.

Researchers at Tufts University have identified seven foods rich in antioxidants: blackberries, blueberries, kale, prunes, raisins, spinach, and strawberries.

Eating a small piece of cheese after meals can help protect your teeth from tooth decay.

Wellness Chiropractic Center opened February 2000, in Watertown, Wisconsin. Our doctors and staff are committed to improving your health through quality chiropractic care and education provided in a caring and comfortable family-friendly environment.

We work with people of all ages toward the goal of optimal health. We aim for early detection and correction of nervous system interference; realizing that the spine's first trauma occurs during the birth process.

We offer the latest in chiropractic care and technology including the Activator Technique and Myovision computerized spinal scan for nervous system interference detection.