Living in pain makes life miserable. You may believe that you are in too much pain to allow an adjustment. While there is that small possibility, you may be surprised at how painless and how much relief realignment can bring. It’s in your best interest not to jump the gun and make this assumption. Going [...]
Subluxations are the medical term for misalignments in the skeletal structure. Subluxations can happen for a variety of reasons and the effects stemming from them can vary from patient to patient. The one commonality is that misalignments harm your health and wellbeing. They need to be corrected. How to tell if you may be dealing [...]
While you may walk away from a crash thinking “I’m ok” that may not be the whole truth. When your body is hit with an abrupt trauma such as that in an auto accident it is flooded with chemicals like dopamine and serotonin which enable your fight or flight mechanisms which allow you to keep [...]
Back pain can surely get in the way of a good restful night’s sleep. A bad sleep position can cause lower back pain to get worse throughout the night and last into the next day. This is due to the fact that some positions put more pressure on the hips, back, and neck unnecessarily. Maintaining [...]
When you are living with pain on a daily basis, it can wear you down and cause a loss of exuberance for life. Simply said, pain steals joy. It is very easy to slip into the trap of negative self-deprecating and self-punishing thinking and eventually depression. The problem with that is that you get caught [...]
Back pain feels like it permeates your very being. It’s nearly impossible to get comfortable or ignore. There isn't one single cause of back discomfort. The back is a complicated structure made up of joints, ligaments, muscles, and bones. It is possible to strain muscles, rupture disks, sprain ligaments, and irritate joints. All of these [...]
When many of us think of orthotics, we assume foot pain. The truth is your feet are your base. If they are not properly aligned and working, the rest of your body ends up thrown off and out of alignment. This can result in ankle pain, knee pain, hip issues, and back problems. When you [...]
Pregnancy can be one of the most amazing and joyous times of a woman’s life. You have been gifted with a soon to come a cute little new member of your family. While happiness may be abundant within you and your partner, it can take a toll on your body and affect how you feel [...]
As we age we lose flexibility. Some of it is due to genetics, but most of it is due to a change in lifestyle. When we are children, we run, jump, play, skip, do cartwheels, we are little monkeys who climb trees. Falls are easy to endure and we bounce right back up again. As [...]
Researchers recently set out to explain visually and scientifically just how well chiropractic works to help patients alleviate back pain. What they found was even more impressive than they expected. Using MRI scan technology they were able to document the positive changes made in each patient’s health. Patients who experience chronic low back pain generally [...]