ART aka Active Release Technique

So I am leaving today to travel to Las Vegas for a training trip. I know you are thinking I am going to have fun, and I will, but I won't be in a casino. I am training this weekend for Active Release Technique also known as ART. I have been interested in the technique for some time, but have just now had the opportunity to take the class/clinic. I am pretty excited. I will be learning all of the lower extremity protocols and how to implement them on my current and new patients in the Cedar Park and Leander Texas are. As a chiropractor, I continually focus on how I can provide excellent care for my patients and athletes that I treat. I feel ART will help me continue in that model and help me fix more people. To me, that makes for an exciting weekend. I will keep you posted......

Need immediate answers for your sports injury including IT band syndrome, plantar fascitis, hamstring pain, knee pain? Then call the clinic at 512.257.2225 or go to www.tugglechiropractic.com

Helping out athletes

As a Cedar Park Chiropractor, I really enjoy helping out as many people as I can. Lately, due to my training in Graston Technique, I have seen a large influx of athletes and student athletes. Their sports injuries are slowing them down and they are coming in to the clinic to get better. I am really enjoying helping them return to what they are doing as soon as possible. That is a great part of my job.

Also, really excited about the end of the triathlon season. It means that several friends and patients are participating in Ironmans this month. We have IM Arizona, IM Florida and IM Cozumel in November alone. Excited to see what is to come.

Getting Rest

I think as someone who thinks about physical exertion on a regular basis, I have been giving a lot of thought into rest. Many of my chiropractic patients in Cedar Park and Leander ask me about this. It is pretty simple knowledge that athletes know our muscles grow, not during exercise, but during rest. We know that getting the rest we need is necessary (we say we know anyway), but do we really rest? We should, we need to, but sometimes don't want to.

Here are some ideas to help us rest:

1)Getting a full nights sleep - This means getting 8 hours of uninterrupted rest.

2)Alternating our workouts so that we get recovery days - This means we must challenge the body with heavy days, but must allow the body to rest after these hard days.

3)Listening to our body - Sometimes we may begin to exercise but just feel like we can't. I am not talking about not into it, but our body just isn't feeling it. This is a great time to back off and ditch a workout.

Taking the time to rest and listen to our bodies is a great way to actually improve our athletic performance as well as preventing injuries.

A press release I submitted on 03/08/2010

We have been recently informed by several major insurance companies that non-surgical spinal decompression is being covered by health insurance. “This is very exciting news for our patients. Now, we are able to help people with a great therapy that has already helped many people in Cedar Park and Leander, Texas but now we will be able to help many more that have insurance coverage available” stated John Tuggle, D.C. Chiropractor at Wellness & Better Health Chiropractic.
Non-surgical spinal decompression had been used for many years in helping alleviate neck and low back pain associated with disc bulges, disc herniations as well as chronic back pain that have not been helped by other non invasive procedures. The machine used at Wellness & Better Health Chiropractic is a Triton DTS unit made by Chattanooga Systems that has been producing therapy equipment for over 60 years and is considered the industry leader.
Dr. Tuggle stated “ We began using DTS in 2006 in addition to our standard chiropractic therapies and felt it would compliment everything that we had been doing, but would continue to help improve patients that no longer improved from chiropractic or physical therapy. DTS is used by orthopedic surgeons, pain management doctors and chiropractors alike. We really enjoy being able to help people return to the activities they love and now with some insurance companies covering the therapy as it is becoming more integrated into our healthcare model it is definitively a win-win.”
Dr. Tuggle has been practicing gentle chiropractic care in the Austin, Cedar Park and Leander area since 2001 and focuses his care on chronic problems and sports related injuries. He is certified in Graston Technique. Dr. Tuggle re-iterated that DTS therapy is not covered by all insurance companies, but a quick call to his office would determine if a patient’s insurance would cover this treatment.

Working on the web

Today I am spending time updating my web site. I am looking for other people to cross link my site to so that we can help out one another, both on and off the web. Let me know if you are interested.

Being part of the wellness community is a great thing and I want to be able to help out as many people as I can. I look forward to work pretty much everyday.

Great day

I am amazed that the most simple small things can make life so great. I spent the past weekend with my girls camping and will tell you that simple stuff = the big memories. I love it and thank God for a blessed family.