Morrison Chiropractic Blog

Moving Into the New Year Written by: Brian Morrison, D.C. Don’t just sit there!  “Sitting is the new smoking,” wrote Dr. James Levine in his book, Get Up!: Why Your Chair is Killing You and What You Can Do About It. In an L.A. Times interview, he proclaims: “Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is…

We’re on TV!! Dr. Brian Morrison has spent many years working with the University of Maryland School of Medicine to teach 4th year medical students about pain management. Specifically he has spent much of his time teaching his student alternative treatment methods to decrease the over-prescription of opioids, given that our country is currently facing…

Fighting the Opiod Epidemic; Rethinking Pain Treatment Last month our very own, Dr. Brian Morrison, was shown in a PBS NewsHour segment (his cameo can be seen at 7.5) that focused on the treatment of pain and the worsening opioid epidemic in the United States. NewHour’s Christopher Booker reported that “Pain is the most common reason…

Gardening Safety Tips Gardening season is upon us! And you know what that means, right? Low back pain! Let’s review a few tips to help get you through the season without difficulty. 1) Start each session with 5-7 repetitions of the cat-camel (or cat-cow) exercise. This exercise is performed from the quadruped position, or the…

Involved in a Minor Car Accident? Be Sure to Visit Your Chiropractor. I recently watched a webinar on auto accident injuries. I wanted pass along a few pieces of information that can help minimize your injuries in the unfortunate event that you are involved in an accident. Keep the top of your headrest set at…

If You or a Loved One Has Been in a Car Accident This Winter School is closed again, traffic is creeping along, and the roads are not in the best of conditions. Even though today’s snow storm doesn’t really compare to our most recent blizzard, we have definitely noticed people wanting to just stay in…