Back Pain

What is that "Clicking" in my neck, shoulder or hip?

What is that "Clicking" in my neck, shoulder or hip?

Most likely it is your connective tissues that click over other tissues as you move your joints. It is benign unless there is pain associated with the movement.

How to get back into working out

How to get back into working out

If you are truly committed to getting back into working out and have the time and motivation to do it, pick an activity you truly love that you are capable of doing without hurting yourself

How can chiropractors benefit your health?

How can chiropractors benefit your health?

Back and neck pain are the chief complaints for which patients seek chiropractic help. Through manual spinal manipulation, chiropractic care is a holistic therapy that focuses on maintaining healthy musculoskeletal and nervous systems to ensure overall wellness.

Baseball And Chiropractic

Baseball And Chiropractic

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Sometime last October, around the time I was racing from Chicago to Pittsburgh to St. Louis back to Chicago, I did something to my neck. Maybe opening a car door the wrong way, picking up a piece of luggage that was too heavy, I'm not even sure.

Back Pain Dos and Don'ts

Back Pain Dos and Don'ts

Do you spend more than an hour a day in your car? You’re not alone -- 85% of Americans commute by car, reporting an average of 50 minutes a day behind the wheel. Bad positioning in your vehicle can quickly add up to back pain. Here’s how to make your commute less taxing on your back.

Back pain and worse hazards of sitting in chairs way too much

Back pain and worse hazards of sitting in chairs way too much

This article is of interest for people with minor low back pain who could use some tips on how to cope with spending too much time in chairs. If you are having more serious or chronic back pain. If you have a fresh case of back pain that’s kind of freaking you out. 

Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic is the method of natural healing most chosen by those seeking complementary/alternative health care for acute and chronic conditions.

Chiropractic Adjustments can "PUMP YOU UP"

Chiropractic Adjustments can "PUMP YOU UP"

MRI Technology can finally demonstrate the diffusion of water within your discs after a single adjustment to the spine. A 2014 study visualized gas, water and nutrient transport and aided in the removal of metabolic waste products that were associated with pain. More of these kind of studies need to be published to educatepeople of the benefits of Chiropractic over time rather than opting for the quick fix of meds or surgery that lead to further degenerative conditions.

Twisting and Bad Posture Can Create Problems For Your Back

Twisting and Bad Posture Can Create Problems For Your Back

There are several distinct symptoms of having back pain, as a result of twisting. If when you twist your body to the left or the right and you receive sudden or sharp pain, bend over to pick up something, or when you sit down in a chair or your bed than and it is uncomfortable then you need to evaluate how you are going to fix this problem. Also, if you feel like your back is not straight or distorted, your ribs stick out improperly, or you have knots or pain below your neck you may have a twisted back.
 

Never Wake Up with Neck Pain Again

Never Wake Up with Neck Pain Again

Waking up with a pain in your neck is, well, a pain in the neck. You know it probably came from you sleeping “funny,” but what exactly does that mean? The answer starts with a quick anatomy lesson. Your spine is made up of three parts: the lumbar, thoracic, and cervical spines. The cervical part is at the top, and it’s essentially what you know as your neck.

Preventing Chronic Back Pain

Preventing Chronic Back Pain

Patients with acute low back pain rarely take sick leave but frequently develop chronic symptoms, a study from the journal Spinesuggests.

Chiropractic More Effective for Back Pain than Medical Care

Chiropractic More Effective for Back Pain than Medical Care

This study based used a practice-based, observational model to look at the effectiveness of intervention in a selected group of patients with both acute and chronic lower back pain (LBP).  It compared the efficacy of chiropractic intervention with standard medical care in both types of LBP.

Always cold? Here's why

Always cold? Here's why

Feeling chilly when the AC is blasting is one thing. But if you're always shivering, or your hands and feet feel like blocks of ice while everyone else nearby says the temperature feels toasty, then it's time to investigate.

Can Poor Sleep cause Chronic Health Problems?

Can Poor Sleep cause Chronic Health Problems?

Your long term health and wellness could be the contribution of the quality of sleep you get each night.  Maladies range from poor circulation, insomnia, sleep apnea, breathing problems, snoring, fibromyalgia, leg cramps, asthma, restless leg syndrome, acid reflux and muscle and joint pains. Research has shown that poor sleep can even lead to heart disease and migraine headaches.

Chiropractic care helps cure America’s painkiller epidemic

Chiropractic care helps cure America’s painkiller epidemic

Opioids are painkilling medications that resemble opiates in their pharmacological effects. They are manufactured by big drug companies in the United States, and all too commonly prescribed by doctors to patients who are suffering pain. However, opioids such as Oxycodone, codeine, Dilaudid, Vicodin, and methadone, and morphine are highly addictive and often abused by patients or bought and sold illegally

How does an Auto Accident cause Whiplash?

How does an Auto Accident cause Whiplash?

Cars today are designed with rubberized, plastic bumpers that are spring loaded to reduce the high cost of car repairs. Fender benders that used to cost $3,000 now only leave a $500 paint scratch!  The problem is that @ 2/3rds of accidents are rear-enders, which causes a plastic deformation then spring loads the struck car forward.  Even low impacts create a hyper-extension of the neck... loading into the seatback then the seat rebounds forward. 

Can your Back Pains be related to Adrenal Stress?

Can your Back Pains be related to Adrenal Stress?

Lower back pain is the most common cause of job related disability and leading contributor to missed work. Low back pain may be due to degenerative arthritis, herniated disc, sprain or strains and even imbalances of the hips, knees and feet. Americans spend over 50 Billion dollars per year trying to diagnose this pain via X-ray, CT Scans and MRIs. 

Do you know anybody with Scoliosis?

Do you know anybody with Scoliosis?

You have heard of kids getting checked by nurses at school, but what can they actually do? Most go undetected unless a severe abnormality of the spine, shoulders, hips or rib cage can be easily seen. Then what... braces, supports...surgery! 

Do you need a 2nd Opinion?

Do you need a 2nd Opinion?

I hear often that "I went to my Medical Doctor and he prescribed me medicine" as if that was a cure to there problem. If you have a disc that is degenerating or numbness that keeps returning worse over the years, then it might be time to seek another opinion. It is important to look at the whole body instead of treating the symptoms with pain killers. People spend 80% of their medical costs in the last 6 months of Life. Your health is easier to maintain than to wait for a crisis to manifest!

Spinal Problems Affect Immune System

Spinal Problems Affect Immune System

Research has shown the immune system is under direct control by the nervous system. White blood cells have receptor sites for chemicals produced by the nervous system called neuro-hormones and neuro-modulators.