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Create a Pivotal Practice Series: What is a Pivotal Practice?

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Friday, October 12, 2018

Pivotal Health Solutions offers a wide selection of innovative products to enhance your overall practice. From adjusting tables to cold lasers, we encourage practitioners to take advantage of these products and create their very own Pivotal Practice.

30 Best Exercises For Lower Back Pain

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Tuesday, September 04, 2018

The increasing amount of time people spend pursuing sedentary activities these days means that lower back pain is an issue which affects pretty much all of us at some point or another. Whether it’s too much time sat hunched over a laptop in the office, or slouched on the sofa watching TV or playing video games, huge numbers of people treat their lumbar spines with absolute contempt.


Fortunately for most, the discomfort that this modern day lifestyle inflicts upon us, can be relatively easily remedied with a good deal of stretching, to alleviate the pain, and strengthening, to help prevent problems persisting in the future. Nick Catlin from Jen Reviews discusses and demonstrates 30 ways to stretch, relieve, strengthen and prevent lower back pain. 

What Adjusting Table is Right For You?: ErgoStyle™ ES2000 GEN II [Infographic]

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The ErgoStyle™ Adjusting Table line has engineered a product that allows the doctor to deliver an adjustment like never before. Chiropractors who perform their adjustments on a regular bench often suffer from neck, back, elbow, shoulder and wrist pain. The ErgoStyle™ Adjusting Table line eases these symptoms.

We put together an infographic to break down the ErgoStyle™ ES2000 GENII to show you all of it's rich features and available options.

Chiropractic Tables Designed with Instrument Adjusting in Mind

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Friday, August 10, 2018

Instrument adjusting techniques in the chiropractic setting are used to focus on adjusting specific spots or areas of the body with special tools. Targeting these areas can be a workout for practitioners because of the squatting, bending and reaching it may involve. That is where PHS Chiropractic comes in to save the day (along with your back and energy!).

We Moved!

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Friday, July 20, 2018

Things are finally starting to feel a little less chaotic around here now that we have settled into our 2 new locations. That's right, we moved!

At the beginning of May, Pivotal Health Solutions Headquarters in Watertown, SD moved about 1.5 miles down the road to a larger facility.  At the beginning of June, our Custom Craftworks plant in Eugene, OR also moved to a larger building! 

Which ErgoStyle™ Table is Right for You?

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Tuesday, July 03, 2018

The ErgoStyle™ Adjusting Table line has engineered a product that allows the doctor to deliver an adjustment like never before. Chiropractors who perform their adjustments on a regular bench often suffer from neck, back, elbow, shoulder and wrist pain. The ErgoStyle™ Adjusting Table line eases these symptoms because of it's rich features.

Missed Causes of Lower Back Pain

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Wednesday, June 27, 2018

This blog was curated from an article in Dynamic Chiropractic published on July 1, 2018, Vol. 36, Issue 07. The author of the original article is Marc Heller, DC. The original article can be viewed here.

When I read the chart notes of other chiropractors, I am usually disappointed. They list what vertebrae are fixated or misaligned. They may describe the involved fascia and muscles. In diagnosis, I see terms such as lumbar or pelvic dysfunction, lumbar or pelvic strain or sprain, etc.

Text Neck: Assess and Adjust

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Wednesday, June 20, 2018

A common presentation in a chiropractic clinical practice is the patient with neck pain and stiffness. Patients usually report limited range of motion on rotation of the head and neck. Some patients say the restriction is pain-limited, while others report just a painless feeling of stiffness.

7 Reasons Why Chiropractic Is About More Than Back Pain

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Friday, June 15, 2018

Do your patients think their care is simply about resolving their back pain? It's time to educate them that while chiropractic is about that, it's also about so much more. 

Research has demonstrated that chiropractic can actually help keep your body healthy and active and can be incorporated into anyone's lifestyle as a preventative regimen.

Running Injuries? Try Joint Mobilization and Soft Tissue Repair.

Posted by PHS Chiropractic on Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Any serious runner knows that their legs take a serious beating. From joint pain to soft tissue damage, these athletes often see it all. While many seek care from an orthopedic practice, many others look to alternative rehabilitation such as soft tissue repair or joint mobilization to ease their pain and get them running again. Writer and runner Elena Sonnino of U.S. News & World Report shares her experience.