by Erika Putnam, DC | Sep 12, 2019 | Chiropractic Care, Health & Wellness, Maintaining An Active Lifestyle
Back care never seems that important until it’s you who is facing sitting out for the season or potentially postponing the hunt you have been planning for two years. All of a sudden you wished you knew more about back care and prevention. Being faced with surgery or...
by Erika Putnam, DC | Feb 12, 2019 | Chiropractic Yoga, Maintaining An Active Lifestyle
Today I playfully suggested to my yoga students at The Wave, “let’s wear red next week for Valentine’s Day.” I reasoned that red is a festive, bold color and seems fitting for a daring heart opening class. They seemed to know what I meant by heart opening. They also...
by Erika Putnam, DC | Jan 15, 2019 | Maintaining An Active Lifestyle
When a 6’4” Montana cowboy type, manly man with a grey beard and work stained Carhartt’s says he picked me to be his chiropractor because I do yoga, a wide smile came across my face. Not to stereotype, but this isn’t the type of guy I expect to walk in and have an...
by Erika Putnam, DC | Aug 13, 2018 | Chiropractic Care, Maintaining An Active Lifestyle
If you spend more than 30 minutes in the saddle you likely have a keen awareness of where your bike seat meets your sitting bones. Has it ever occurred to you that an unequal sensation in your haunches may be an indicator that your pelvis is misaligned? Over the last...
by Erika Putnam, DC | Feb 13, 2018 | Chiropractic Care, Health & Wellness, Maintaining An Active Lifestyle
As we approach Valentine’s Day, the season of chocolate covered strawberries, I boldly ask the question “How are you doing on your New Year’s Resolutions?” Are you still committed or did your enthusiasm wane a little with each week or at your first setback? If you are...
by Erika Putnam, DC | Jan 27, 2018 | Chiropractic Care, Maintaining An Active Lifestyle
It took me 16 days to tag a Dall sheep in Alaska last year. If it weren’t for my yoga practice, I don’t think I could have stayed mentally strong or returned home injury free. I’m 49 years old, so my yoga doesn’t look like sitting cross-legged under a tree and...
