Benefits of Chiropractic Care for Treating Migraine If you suffer from frequent headaches, then you are not alone. Out of 10 Americans, nine suffer from headaches. While some are frequent, others are occasional, some cause nausea and debilitating pain, and others are dull and throbbing. Today, an increasing number of people with migraines are turning…
Qualities to Look For In a Chiropractor With an increasing number of patients choosing more holistic and natural health care options, the popularity of chiropractors is increasing rapidly. Their non-invasive, preventative methods and their ability to improve patients’ overall health and well-being are greatly appreciated. The aim of chiropractic treatments is not only to ease…
The holiday season can be tough on your back. As you prepare to celebrate with family and friends, make sure to take precautions so you don’t spend your holiday vacation suffering with back pain.
If you have back pain, you’re not alone. Research reveals that 80 percent of adults experience back pain at some point in their lives. It used to be thought that the best treatment for back pain was rest, but it’s now known that exercise can help you recover quicker. Here are five exercises of easy to moderate difficulty to help reduce back pain and prevent future symptoms.
Your ACL and MCL are ligaments located in your knee that connect your thigh bone (femur) to your shinbone (tibia). These ligaments keep your tibia in place and protect certain parts from tearing such as the menisci. Menisci work as a cushion for your joints to help keep them protected.
If you are suffering from a mild discomfort, poor posture may make it worse. If you have a strained back, bad posture could further weaken and even break the muscle. The correct posture places pressure in the areas of the body designed to bear the load. By sitting the wrong way, you are placing weight on areas of your body that should not receive pressure. Incorrect sitting creates more maladies, putting other body parts at risk for injury.
We mistreat our spines. We slouch, we hunch, and we twist and turn in uncomfortable ways just to get comfortable in the short term. These short term alleviations create long-term problems for a body part that needs the best care it can get. Without setting long-term solutions, you will have issues the rest of your life…
One of the most common causes of lower back pain we see in the clinic is actually degenerative disc disease. This is when the disc between the vertebrae end up degenerating and cause mechanical lower back pain. Therefore, you can have radicular pain, a shooting pain, down the back of the leg, weakness, dumbness, and…
Natasha Hastings is a 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist with the Women’s 4×400 meter relay, as well as the Women’s 400-meter 2013 National Champion for the USA. She has been seeing Dr. Dan now for a little over a year. He’s helped in keeping her healthy. Natasha likes to be preemptive and come in before things…
Jenna McCoy’s son, Kel, had ear infections from October 2012 to March 2013. That’s when she started bringing him in for chiropractic care. Doctors were going to place tubes inside of his ears, but he had six weeks in between his appointments for that procedure. Jenna started bringing Kel in twice a week and, when…