"Patients Benefit When Professionals Work Together."

Undulation exercises were noted as an aid to chiropractic care in an article entitled
"Fluid Movement Facilitates the Chiropractic Adjustment" published today in Dynamic Chiropractic.

The article was co-written by Kimberly Kohr, DC, a chiropractor from North Bend, WA
and Anita Boser, LMP, CHP, a structural integration practitioner and author from Issaquah, WA.

Patients ultimately benefit when health professionals work together. Anita Boser developed undulation exercises, which improve mobility of the spine, from her training as a structural integrator, a discipline that aligns the body's muscles and fascia and teaches people to move in ways that support alignment. Chiropractors restore joint mobility, spinal alignment and function of the nervous system most commonly through manual manipulation.

These modalities complement each other and can result in better patient outcomes when combined. Carrie Babcox, DC of Issaquah Family Chiropractic endorses the combination, "Undulations are an excellent and fun way to get the patient engaged in their own body awareness and treatment." She notes that a patient with chronic back pain noticed improvements after following a prescription of 45 minutes of daily undulation. "Simply getting the patient to get up and walk every 45 minutes wasn't enough, but getting her to undulate helped her progress more quickly and reduce the irritation she was feeling."

Health care services that previously were considered alternative, such as chiropractic, massage and acupuncture, are becoming more main stream. The National Institutes of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine reports that 4 in 10 Americans seek care from alternative sources and that chronic pain is the number one reason people turn to these sources.

As the nation focuses on health care reform and staggering health care costs, new, effective strategies will become more popular. Jill Massengill, DC of Straight Chiropractic in North Bend notes improvement in her patients that practice undulation. "These exercises create strength and flexibility in the spine. By doing the exercises at home, my patients are empowered to take charge of and improve their health without extra expense."

For more information about undulation exercises, contact Anita Boser at 425-765-2713,
anita@anitahellerworker.com or www.vitalselfinc.com