How Does This Happen?
The causes of knee injuries are mostly obvious and fairly common. They include slips, falls, jerks, sports injuries, direct trauma, twisting injuries, work-related kneeling injuries, sprains, and strains. As the knee is the largest joint in the body, it is well supported by various ligaments, tendons, and muscles. A cartilage or meniscus [...]
How Does This Happen?
The most frequent cause of headaches is from imbalances in the neck. When bones lose their proper orientation due to previous trauma, sleeping incorrectly, toxins in the environment, or stress, they cause nerve interference. Bones out of place or spinal subluxations lead to headaches and many other problems. Left uncared for these [...]
Chronic back pain is one of the most common complaints from patients and can be completely debilitating if not treated properly. 50 billion dollars is spent annually on the treatment of back pain in this country. The chronic variety, is the most dangerous. It is defined as pain that lasts longer than three months. It [...]
I was trying to explain chiropractic to a 5 year old, with little success. It’s different from medicine and occasionally meets with resistance. It’s based on the principle that the body is a self-healing organism. Our bodies can heal themselves best when they are in good alignment. Chiropractors work with the inborn mechanisms of repair. [...]
How Does This Happen?
The largest nerve in the body called the sciatic nerve runs from the back of the hips to the leg. Irritation of the sciatic nerve is called “sciatica”. It can be caused by misalignments of the lower back, misalignments of the pelvis, narrowing of the spinal canal, spinal discal conditions, vertebral slippage, [...]
1. WHAT IS SUBLUXATION?
A subluxation is when one of the bones in your spine is out of place and irritates (pinches) a nerve. This can cause pain, spasm, numbness, and loss of health. It’s serious.
2. WHY SO MANY VISITS?
The goal of our treatment is to get you better by correcting subluxations (bones irritating nerves). I [...]
How Does This Happen?
The obvious causes of arm or leg pain include slips, jerks, jolts, and accidents. Less obvious are causes like, problems with circulation, arthritis, problems stemming from the spine, fractures, infections, and less commonly still, tumors.
What Can I do To Help Myself?
Usually ice is advisable. A classic home therapy involves the anagram R.I.C.E.
R [...]
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SYMPTOMS
o Dragging fatigue that gets worse as the day goes on
o Exhaustion at the end of the day
o Irritability, nervousness, and anxiety
o Depression, apathy
o Impaired memory and concentration (this is also known as “fibrofog”)
o Dizziness
o Headaches (often called migraines when they are sufficiently intense)
o Insomnia (difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or [...]
How do people become accident-prone? Is it just misfortune or, could there be a reason why certain people suffer accident after accident, through no apparent fault of their own?
Mild brain injuries from even low speed accidents are extremely common and often go undiagnosed by doctors. The brain is an especially fragile organ and when it’s [...]
Chiropractic and medicine are completely different. Medicine supposes there is something wrong with you. Their focus is to find out what’s wrong and either chop it out surgically, or cover the problem with drugs.
The chiropractor assumes there is a lot more right with you, than wrong. He knows the body can heal itself, and works [...]