Crohn’s Disease and Chiropractic

Crohn’s Disease and Chiropractic

Crohn’s disease is a debilitating disorder that affects many aspects of a patient’s life.  Traditional medicine offers a wide variety of medications, with side effects, and surgeries.  Chiropractic could be an alternative or complementary treatment option. What is Crohn’s Disease? Crohn’s disease is an IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease.  It can affect the small intestine, in the … [Read more...]

What to Expect in Your First Chiropractic Session

What to Expect in Your First Chiropractic Session

Depending on the type of chiropractor one visits, the expectations about the treatment procedures differs.  Then end result, however, should be that the patient finds that proper alignment can reduce symptoms, and perhaps help the body heal itself. Types of Chiropractors In general, there are two types of chiropractors:  straight and mixed.  The straight chiropractor believes that … [Read more...]

Diabetes and Chiropractic

Diabetes and Chiropractic

Diabetes can lead to many lifelong complications.  Traditional medical treatments have side effects and don’t necessarily resolve the underlying issues.  Chiropractic care may provide new answers to this long-term disease. Causes and Symptoms of Diabetes Diabetes is a chronic disease of high blood sugar.  When the body doesn’t have enough insulin, or it no longer responds to this … [Read more...]

Low Back Pain and Exercise

Low Back Pain

Suffering with Low Back Pain How often do you suffer with Low Back Pain?  Do you feel like it’s something that you should just deal with or do you seek out treatment from a licensed Chiropractor?  Low Back Pain can be from a number of conditions or diseases including but not limited to the following: Sciatica, Scoliosis, Piriformis Syndrome, subluxation, trauma, Whiplash, sacral … [Read more...]

The Nervous System

The Nervous system

Do you ever wonder how everything in your body communicates with each other?  The answer is your nervous system.  The Nervous System is the most important system of the entire human body and controls and coordinates every organ and body part accordingly.  The nervous system is composed of two parts: the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS).  The Central Nervous … [Read more...]

Pain, the Nervous System, and Chiropractic

Pain and Muscle Weakness

You've probably heard the phrase that, “Pain is the last thing to come on but the first thing to go away?”  This is very much true and helps doctors in the treatment of their patients.  The main difference between medical doctors and chiropractors is that chiropractic physicians do not prescribe medications; however, they interest their patients in the proper form, diet, and exercise.  This … [Read more...]

Tight Muscle Pain

Tight Muscle Pain

Do you wake up with unrelenting Tight Muscle Pain that never seems to dissipate?  Muscle pain can be caused from several different reasons including but not limited to the following: muscle trauma, hypertonicity due to poor posture and repetitive overuse injuries, and more.  Some repetitive stress injuries include tendonitis and bursitis.  Some treatment for tendonitis includes icing … [Read more...]

Neck Pain Discomfort

Neck Pain

Have you recently been involved in a car accident and now you’re experiencing Neck Pain Discomfort?  Thousands of Americans are involved in car accidents every single minute and they are left with debilitating back pain that shows up post-accident.  Many times individuals don’t seek ambulatory care upon getting in an accident because they experience no pain or discomfort at the time. Pain … [Read more...]

Kids and Chiropractic

Mom and baby

Childhood should be a time of fun, growth, and preparation for a healthy and happy adulthood.  Many times children spend this time with problems such as fatigue, poor concentration, headaches, and back pain.  Problems with a child’s spine can start as early as childbirth.  80% of all childbirths result in some trauma to the baby’s spine.  This can result in Nerve Impingement Syndrome.  … [Read more...]

Children and Scoliosis

Children and Scoliosis

A scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine resulting in a “C” or “S” shaped curve.  Scoliosis is typically first detected between the ages of 10 and 16 years of age.  Scoliosis is eight times more common in females than males.  Unfortunately, Scoliosis affects more than 20 million people in the United States alone.  For most Scoliosis the cause is unknown although genetics, … [Read more...]

 
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