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Chiropractic Boosters Tell It like It Is
Chiropractic Boosters Tell It like It Is.
It's astonishing how so many sick persons put off trying chiropractic until after they've tried just about everything else. Chiropractic sources estimate as many as half of the millions of persons who went to chiropractic doctors last year had already tried other healing methods for their illnesses and health complaints without success. That means millions might have benefitted from chiropractic care right from the first, rather than later.
While that sad situation is alarming enough, what concerns chiropractors even more are the untold millions of persons still "out there" who need… View the article
It's astonishing how so many sick persons put off trying chiropractic until after they've tried just about everything else. Chiropractic sources estimate as many as half of the millions of persons who went to chiropractic doctors last year had already tried other healing methods for their illnesses and health complaints without success. That means millions might have benefitted from chiropractic care right from the first, rather than later.
While that sad situation is alarming enough, what concerns chiropractors even more are the untold millions of persons still "out there" who need… View the article
Untreated Minor Overuse Injuries Can Become Major
Untreated Minor Overuse Injuries Can Become Major.
Almost any ongoing, repetitive irritation, stress, strain, sprain, physical tension, prolonged tautness, or pressure can produce an overuse injury to any involved part of the body.
A repetitive activity as simple as painting walls or ceilings can bring on overuse injury. Such injuries are called bursitis, tendinitis, myositis and other inflammations depending on the tissues involved.
OVERUSE INJURIES PAINFUL
Such injuries come across surprisingly painful, tenacious, crippling and sometimes resistant to treatment. That's why chiropractic doctors worry about those of us who repeatedly put our mobility… View the article
Almost any ongoing, repetitive irritation, stress, strain, sprain, physical tension, prolonged tautness, or pressure can produce an overuse injury to any involved part of the body.
A repetitive activity as simple as painting walls or ceilings can bring on overuse injury. Such injuries are called bursitis, tendinitis, myositis and other inflammations depending on the tissues involved.
OVERUSE INJURIES PAINFUL
Such injuries come across surprisingly painful, tenacious, crippling and sometimes resistant to treatment. That's why chiropractic doctors worry about those of us who repeatedly put our mobility… View the article
Test Your Own Kids for Pelvic Torsion and Short Leg
Test Your Own Kids for Pelvic Torsion and Short Leg.
No one really knows how many millions of adults now living with serious health problems would be healthy today if regular chiropractic checkups had been a part of their growing years.
But this much we do know: a recent survey of chiropractic practices revealed that more than half the adult patients exhibited spinal distortions and faulty bodily functions directly related to seemingly minor injuries at birth or childhood accidents, mishaps, or injuries which were never treated properly, if at all. Yet, many childhood accident-related structural problems can be… View the article
No one really knows how many millions of adults now living with serious health problems would be healthy today if regular chiropractic checkups had been a part of their growing years.
But this much we do know: a recent survey of chiropractic practices revealed that more than half the adult patients exhibited spinal distortions and faulty bodily functions directly related to seemingly minor injuries at birth or childhood accidents, mishaps, or injuries which were never treated properly, if at all. Yet, many childhood accident-related structural problems can be… View the article
Care of Constipation Without Laxatives
Care of Constipation Without Laxatives.
Folks who take a laxative every time they think: their bowels should move could be headed for health problems. Laxatives are, after all, drugs, and like other drugs carry the risk of adverse side effects from habitual use.
Some of the problems brought on by frequent, prolonged, or habitual use of laxatives follow:
Can lead to addiction and the ultimate destruction of neurological and muscular control of the large intestine. Can deplete bodily fluids, salts, and essential vitamins and minerals. Can bring on dizziness, fatigue, skin irritation, diarrhea, irregular heartbeat,… View the article
Folks who take a laxative every time they think: their bowels should move could be headed for health problems. Laxatives are, after all, drugs, and like other drugs carry the risk of adverse side effects from habitual use.
Some of the problems brought on by frequent, prolonged, or habitual use of laxatives follow:
Can lead to addiction and the ultimate destruction of neurological and muscular control of the large intestine. Can deplete bodily fluids, salts, and essential vitamins and minerals. Can bring on dizziness, fatigue, skin irritation, diarrhea, irregular heartbeat,… View the article
The Good Patient's Advantage - Why It Pays Off
The Good Patient's Advantage - Why It Pays Off.
Have you ever wondered what doctors mean by the expression "good patient?" Is it an arbitrary designation doctors attach only to those patients who never complain and who never ask questions?
Not on your life. Chiropractic doctors want and expect patients to voice concern about their health problems and to ask meaningful questions about treatment and what the doctor wants them to do. A patient's active involvement in his or her own recovery is the first step toward being a good patient.
WHY BE GOOD?
But why,… View the article
Have you ever wondered what doctors mean by the expression "good patient?" Is it an arbitrary designation doctors attach only to those patients who never complain and who never ask questions?
Not on your life. Chiropractic doctors want and expect patients to voice concern about their health problems and to ask meaningful questions about treatment and what the doctor wants them to do. A patient's active involvement in his or her own recovery is the first step toward being a good patient.
WHY BE GOOD?
But why,… View the article
Are you at risk of developing chronic low back pain?
Are you at risk of developing chronic low back pain?
Are you at risk of developing chronic low back pain from an injury? In a study published in The Spine Journal researchers from the Netherlands combined the results of three randomized, controlled trials of 628 workers on medical leave for low back pain. The trials drew from a wide base of professions, comparing results among construction, healthcare, industrial, airline, and office workers.
The researchers considered psychological factors like overall job satisfaction and fear of movement triggered by past experiences of pain (kinesiophobia) as well as physical factors like age,… View the article
The researchers considered psychological factors like overall job satisfaction and fear of movement triggered by past experiences of pain (kinesiophobia) as well as physical factors like age,… View the article
Overuse Injuries From Exercise
Overuse Injuries From Exercise.
No chiropractic doctor wants to throw cold water on a patient's enthusiasm for exercise. Done correctly and within the patient's physical limitations, exercise improves health and fitness and brings on a sense of well-being that can't be obtained in any other way.
CHIROPRACTORS CONCERNED
Part of a conscientious doctor's job, though, is to point out possible health pitfalls in a patient's life ... and chiropractors do worry about those patients who endanger themselves through high-intensity exercises or sports activities beyond their current capabilities.
"Some go too far, too fast," is… View the article
No chiropractic doctor wants to throw cold water on a patient's enthusiasm for exercise. Done correctly and within the patient's physical limitations, exercise improves health and fitness and brings on a sense of well-being that can't be obtained in any other way.
CHIROPRACTORS CONCERNED
Part of a conscientious doctor's job, though, is to point out possible health pitfalls in a patient's life ... and chiropractors do worry about those patients who endanger themselves through high-intensity exercises or sports activities beyond their current capabilities.
"Some go too far, too fast," is… View the article
Get Chiropractic Care Fast For Injuries
Get Chiropractic Care Fast For Injuries.
Everyday, thousands of active people adults as well as kids-suffer neuromusculoskeletal injuries that send them to the chiropractic doctor for care. Though it's quite a mouthful, neuromusculoskeletal injury translated into everyday English merely means injuries involving the nerves, muscles, bones, ligaments, and joints the kind of injuries that happen to people in motion while playing, exercising in sports, painting the house, yard work ... most any activity, really.
IGNORED MINOR INJURIES OFTEN BECOME CHRONIC
A serious injury demands immediate attention and usually gets it, while a so-called minor injury is… View the article
Everyday, thousands of active people adults as well as kids-suffer neuromusculoskeletal injuries that send them to the chiropractic doctor for care. Though it's quite a mouthful, neuromusculoskeletal injury translated into everyday English merely means injuries involving the nerves, muscles, bones, ligaments, and joints the kind of injuries that happen to people in motion while playing, exercising in sports, painting the house, yard work ... most any activity, really.
IGNORED MINOR INJURIES OFTEN BECOME CHRONIC
A serious injury demands immediate attention and usually gets it, while a so-called minor injury is… View the article
Chiropractors Take Sinusitis Seriously
Chiropractors Take Sinusitis Seriously.
Sinusitis is nothing to fool around with. The condition demands immediate chiropractic attention because repeated acute attacks may bring on a chronic sinusitis condition.
The sinuses are air pockets, hollows within certain frontal bones of the skull which connect to the nasal cavity. Like the nose itself, sinuses are lined with moist mucous membrane. Sinusitis is an inflammation of one or more of those membranes. They become infected, inflamed, swollen, and impacted with mucus, pus, and other fluids and debris.
WHAT TRIGGERS SINUSITIS?
Sinuses may become inflamed and infected while the victim… View the article
Sinusitis is nothing to fool around with. The condition demands immediate chiropractic attention because repeated acute attacks may bring on a chronic sinusitis condition.
The sinuses are air pockets, hollows within certain frontal bones of the skull which connect to the nasal cavity. Like the nose itself, sinuses are lined with moist mucous membrane. Sinusitis is an inflammation of one or more of those membranes. They become infected, inflamed, swollen, and impacted with mucus, pus, and other fluids and debris.
WHAT TRIGGERS SINUSITIS?
Sinuses may become inflamed and infected while the victim… View the article
Study Shows Chiropractic Care Saves 40 Percent On Health Care Costs
Chiropractic Care Saves 40 Precent On Health Care Costs
A recent study finds that low back pain care initiated with a doctor of chiropractic (DC) saves 40% on health care costs when compared with care initiated through a medical doctor (MD), the American Chiropractic Association(ACA) announced today. The study, featuring data from 85,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield beneficiaries, concludes that insurance companies that restrict access to chiropractors for low back pain treatment may inadvertently pay more for care than they would if they removed such restrictions.
Low back pain is a significant public health problem. Up to 85 percent of… View the article
Chiropractic Prescription: A Healthy Nervous System
Chiropractic Prescription: A Healthy Nervous System.
The most modem, gleaming drug store staffed with a dozen learned pharmacists would make a sad showing compared with the human body's genius in formulating the chemicals it needs for its own life and well-being. Indeed, the entire multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry cannot begin to match the chemical wizardry of just one human body -- yours, for example.
FILLING YOUR OWN PRESCRIPTION
Guided and prompted by its own nervous system, your body, besides all its other chores, works night and day as a sort of "super pharmacist" concocting, producing, assembling and… View the article
The most modem, gleaming drug store staffed with a dozen learned pharmacists would make a sad showing compared with the human body's genius in formulating the chemicals it needs for its own life and well-being. Indeed, the entire multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry cannot begin to match the chemical wizardry of just one human body -- yours, for example.
FILLING YOUR OWN PRESCRIPTION
Guided and prompted by its own nervous system, your body, besides all its other chores, works night and day as a sort of "super pharmacist" concocting, producing, assembling and… View the article
Work-Related Sciatica
Work Related Sciatica.
Sciatica is a common complaint when patients visit a chiropractor. Sciatica symptoms can include pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. Causes can include a slipped disk, pelvic injury, tumors, or piriformis syndrome. Generally the pain is caused by the compression of one of the five spinal nerves that give rise to each sciatic nerve. Because of this, chiropractic can be an extremely effective method at treating the symptoms and cause of sciatica.
A recent study showed that among patients with severe sciatica requiring hospitalization, 91% were able to return to work full-time within twenty-one days… View the article
Chiropractors Win In Court Over Medical Establishment
Chiropractors Win In Court Over Medical Establishment.
Chiropractic doctors finally had their "day in court." A lawsuit filed by four chiropractors in 1976 accused the American Medical Association and other medical groups of conspiring to prevent U.S. chiropractors from practicing, though they are licensed in all 50 states.
The chiropractic doctors sought no monetary damages. Instead, one of the lawsuit's main thrusts challenged the medical establishment's refusal to acknowledge the efficacy of chiropractic.
Federal Judge Found AMA Conspired Against Chiropractors Permanent Injunction Issued
DENOUNCED CHIROPRACTIC'S EFFECTIVENESS
For most of this century, the relatively small but lively chiropractic… View the article
Chiropractic doctors finally had their "day in court." A lawsuit filed by four chiropractors in 1976 accused the American Medical Association and other medical groups of conspiring to prevent U.S. chiropractors from practicing, though they are licensed in all 50 states.
The chiropractic doctors sought no monetary damages. Instead, one of the lawsuit's main thrusts challenged the medical establishment's refusal to acknowledge the efficacy of chiropractic.
Federal Judge Found AMA Conspired Against Chiropractors Permanent Injunction Issued
DENOUNCED CHIROPRACTIC'S EFFECTIVENESS
For most of this century, the relatively small but lively chiropractic… View the article
Bursitis Often Needs Chiropractic Attention
Bursitis Often Needs Chiropractic Attention.
Physically active persons who may appear to be the perfect picture of health are the chief targets of bursitis. So if you are a highly active person, don't be surprised if suddenly you develop an agonizing case of bursitis.
BURSITIS DEFINED
The word bursitis means "bursa inflammation." Bursas are small flat sacs containing a thin layer of slippery fluid and are located in the body where parts move over one another, especially around tendons and joints as in the shoulder.
These bursal sacs help reduce friction and thereby facilitate the gliding action… View the article
Physically active persons who may appear to be the perfect picture of health are the chief targets of bursitis. So if you are a highly active person, don't be surprised if suddenly you develop an agonizing case of bursitis.
BURSITIS DEFINED
The word bursitis means "bursa inflammation." Bursas are small flat sacs containing a thin layer of slippery fluid and are located in the body where parts move over one another, especially around tendons and joints as in the shoulder.
These bursal sacs help reduce friction and thereby facilitate the gliding action… View the article
Chiropractic Exam for Baby
Chiropractic Exam for Baby.
Getting a newborn baby started right in life includes a chiropractic examination as soon as possible. The exam takes only a few minutes, is as easy to complete as ABC and most chiropractic doctors are happy to make this critical evaluation of the new baby's skeletal structure - particularly the shoulder and hip joints and, of course, the baby's spine.
WHY AN EXAM FOR BABY?
Why, you may ask, does a newborn baby need a chiropractic examination?
The baby should be seen by a chiropractic doctor right away… View the article
Getting a newborn baby started right in life includes a chiropractic examination as soon as possible. The exam takes only a few minutes, is as easy to complete as ABC and most chiropractic doctors are happy to make this critical evaluation of the new baby's skeletal structure - particularly the shoulder and hip joints and, of course, the baby's spine.
WHY AN EXAM FOR BABY?
Why, you may ask, does a newborn baby need a chiropractic examination?
The baby should be seen by a chiropractic doctor right away… View the article
Chiropractic Offers Hope for CTS Including Wrist, Hand, Arm Pain
Chiropractic Offers Hope for CTS Including Wrist, Hand, Arm Pain.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is not a new malady. As far back as men and women have used their hands and fingers in repetitive motions, they have suffered from an overuse injury we now call carpal tunnel syndrome.
CTS A COSTLY AND PAINFUL AFFLICTION
In recent years, however, the magnitude of the CTS problem has increased tremendously due to the proliferation of assembly line jobs and computer keyboard operations requiring repetitive wrist, hand, and finger operations. The total annual cost of CTS nationwide, including time lost… View the article
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is not a new malady. As far back as men and women have used their hands and fingers in repetitive motions, they have suffered from an overuse injury we now call carpal tunnel syndrome.
CTS A COSTLY AND PAINFUL AFFLICTION
In recent years, however, the magnitude of the CTS problem has increased tremendously due to the proliferation of assembly line jobs and computer keyboard operations requiring repetitive wrist, hand, and finger operations. The total annual cost of CTS nationwide, including time lost… View the article
Examination By Touch
Examination By Touch.
Stated as simply as possible, the reason doctors examine patients is to find out what is wrong and how best to treat the problem. Of all the possible examinations available, examination by touch is one of the most time-honored, respected examination methods doctors use.
Many high-tech exams such as CAT scan and EEG often fill a definite need, but most doctors rely extensively on their sense of touch in the physical examination of a patient. Such examination by carefully feeling with the hands and fingertips is called palpation.
Palpation — A time-honored, respected… View the article
Stated as simply as possible, the reason doctors examine patients is to find out what is wrong and how best to treat the problem. Of all the possible examinations available, examination by touch is one of the most time-honored, respected examination methods doctors use.
Many high-tech exams such as CAT scan and EEG often fill a definite need, but most doctors rely extensively on their sense of touch in the physical examination of a patient. Such examination by carefully feeling with the hands and fingertips is called palpation.
Palpation — A time-honored, respected… View the article
Detecting Scoliosis In Children
Detecting Scoliosis In Children.
Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine that usually shows up (if it's going to) during adolescence... and is more common than people may realize.
The condition is most likely to appear between the ages of 10 and 15, when a child's body seems to be growing "every which way." It affects about one out of ten adolescents to some degree.
While very mild cases occur at about the same rate in both girls and boys, girls are about eight times more likely to develop more severe cases.
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
In… View the article
Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine that usually shows up (if it's going to) during adolescence... and is more common than people may realize.
The condition is most likely to appear between the ages of 10 and 15, when a child's body seems to be growing "every which way." It affects about one out of ten adolescents to some degree.
While very mild cases occur at about the same rate in both girls and boys, girls are about eight times more likely to develop more severe cases.
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
In… View the article
Hidden Spinal Curvatures: Out of Sight - Out of Mind
Hidden Spinal Curvatures: Out of Sight - Out of Mind!
You might think a spinal curvature would be easy enough to detect in a person, but the unpracticed eye cannot always tell whether there's a spinal curvature or not.
Normal spines have normal curves that produce a slight rounding in the shoulder area and an inward curve in the lower back. But curvature is different. Curvature means an abnormal curve is developing, usually sideways.
TWO BROAD CATEGORIES
Such curvatures come in an almost infinite variety of degrees and configurations, but for our purpose here, there… View the article
You might think a spinal curvature would be easy enough to detect in a person, but the unpracticed eye cannot always tell whether there's a spinal curvature or not.
Normal spines have normal curves that produce a slight rounding in the shoulder area and an inward curve in the lower back. But curvature is different. Curvature means an abnormal curve is developing, usually sideways.
TWO BROAD CATEGORIES
Such curvatures come in an almost infinite variety of degrees and configurations, but for our purpose here, there… View the article
Head Ache?
Head Ache?
A recent study examined 100 patients who were admitted to a neurological unit with recent onset headaches (described as a headache that “appeared for the first time ever in the last twelve months. Patients with past history of headache were excluded from this study unless a change in character of the previous headache had been the reason for the referral). 90% of the subjects had headaches for the very first time, while 10% had previous - but now different - headaches.
A physician examined each patient and each was given a CT scan with and without intravenous contrast.… View the article
Bad Mattresses Produce Bad Backs
Bad Mattresses Produce Bad Backs.
No one seems to know why so many people buy poorly-designed and poorly-constructed mattresses, hang on to the sagging things for years, seldom get a good night's sleep and get up most mornings with the same chronic backache that worsens as time goes by.
ONE-THIRD OF YOUR LIFE IN BED
Hanging on to an old, tired mattress seems to be a recurrent human trait. Most people are very resistant to throwing out their old mattress and buying a new one. Yet, the odds are they'll live one-third of their lives on… View the article
No one seems to know why so many people buy poorly-designed and poorly-constructed mattresses, hang on to the sagging things for years, seldom get a good night's sleep and get up most mornings with the same chronic backache that worsens as time goes by.
ONE-THIRD OF YOUR LIFE IN BED
Hanging on to an old, tired mattress seems to be a recurrent human trait. Most people are very resistant to throwing out their old mattress and buying a new one. Yet, the odds are they'll live one-third of their lives on… View the article
"Slipped" Sacroiliac Joints Need Expert Care
"Slipped" Sacroiliac Joints Need Expert Care.
Slipped sacroiliac joint. Doctors call it sacroiliac dysfunction. Either way it's a bizarre jumble of letters spelling painful low back trouble.
ANATOMY OF THE SACROILIAC JOINTS
The two sacroiliac joints are an integral part of the pelvis which bears at least half the body's weight - that of the trunk and innards, the spinal column, head, and arms.
Three bones make up the pelvis: the sacrum, which is the central wedge-shaped bone at the base of the spine, and the two hip bones at the right and left… View the article
Slipped sacroiliac joint. Doctors call it sacroiliac dysfunction. Either way it's a bizarre jumble of letters spelling painful low back trouble.
ANATOMY OF THE SACROILIAC JOINTS
The two sacroiliac joints are an integral part of the pelvis which bears at least half the body's weight - that of the trunk and innards, the spinal column, head, and arms.
Three bones make up the pelvis: the sacrum, which is the central wedge-shaped bone at the base of the spine, and the two hip bones at the right and left… View the article
Untreated Neck Problems Tend To Get Worse
Untreated Neck Problems Tend To Get Worse.
While the design of the spine is most splendid, it is also very susceptible to the knocks, bumps, and jolts of everyday living. This is particularly true of the neck portion of the spine, that graceful body part between the head and shoulders called the cervical spine.
There you'll find a highly complex arrangement of muscles, ligaments, cartilages, blood vessels, nerves, spinal discs, and spinal bones (vertebras), along with the voice box, the wind-pipe, and the gullet, all fitting snugly into an area about the length of one's hand.View the article
While the design of the spine is most splendid, it is also very susceptible to the knocks, bumps, and jolts of everyday living. This is particularly true of the neck portion of the spine, that graceful body part between the head and shoulders called the cervical spine.
There you'll find a highly complex arrangement of muscles, ligaments, cartilages, blood vessels, nerves, spinal discs, and spinal bones (vertebras), along with the voice box, the wind-pipe, and the gullet, all fitting snugly into an area about the length of one's hand.
7 Simple Tips For Aging Women
7 Simple Tips For Aging Women.
Some of the things that concern aging women are health problems like osteoporosis and arthritis. But, many are also concerned about the way that they look, as time goes by. If that sounds like you, here are a few suggestions that will help keep you looking good. These are in no particular order of importance. They are all worthwhile.
Get plenty of rest. Sleeping well can help you look and feel better, too. There is even some evidence that people, who get a good night’s sleep, are less likely to be overweight or obese.… View the article
Decompression Therapy for Spinal Discs
Decompression Therapy for Spinal Discs.
Decompression Therapy for Herniated Spinal Discs
Herniated and degenerated spinal discs pressing on spinal nerves are among the most common causes of lower back pain. It’s a medical fact that damaged discs seldom retract on their own because they are under constant internal pressure Disc-Decompression Table Therapy, which is available in this office, is designed to relieve pressure on vital structures of the lower spine and spinal nerves by reducing pressure inside the discs.
WHY WE NEED HEALTHY SPINAL DISC
The bones of the spine (vertebrae) are separated and cushioned from… View the article
Decompression Therapy for Herniated Spinal Discs
Herniated and degenerated spinal discs pressing on spinal nerves are among the most common causes of lower back pain. It’s a medical fact that damaged discs seldom retract on their own because they are under constant internal pressure Disc-Decompression Table Therapy, which is available in this office, is designed to relieve pressure on vital structures of the lower spine and spinal nerves by reducing pressure inside the discs.
WHY WE NEED HEALTHY SPINAL DISC
The bones of the spine (vertebrae) are separated and cushioned from… View the article
Good posture leads to a healthier life
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Poor posture can lead to back pain, neck pain, and decreased quality of life. Practicing good posture supports the spine and maintains its strength and stability. Slouching means the body has to work harder to keep your balance, which can negatively impact muscles and ligaments, and can cause headaches, tiredness, or general pain.
A healthy back has three natural curves. The forward curve at the neck is called the cervical curve, the outward curve in the upper back is called the thoracic curve, and the inward curve of the lower back is the lumbar curve. Poor posture and… View the article
Walking Your Way To Fitness
Walking Your Way To Fitness.
If your physical fitness has slid so far down-hill that you have lost the desire to improve it, that is a sad situation. But it's not hopeless.
Maybe you can reverse your downhill slide by just starting a walking program today. Nothing strenuous. Just a little bit of walking helps. The idea is to get started and let the joy of walking take it from there.
It seems that walking triggers a desire for more walking. Then, as your physical vigor begins to return, you'll want to walk more ... which… View the article
If your physical fitness has slid so far down-hill that you have lost the desire to improve it, that is a sad situation. But it's not hopeless.
Maybe you can reverse your downhill slide by just starting a walking program today. Nothing strenuous. Just a little bit of walking helps. The idea is to get started and let the joy of walking take it from there.
It seems that walking triggers a desire for more walking. Then, as your physical vigor begins to return, you'll want to walk more ... which… View the article
Many Turning to Chiropractic
Many Turning to Chiropractic.
Sick and tired of being sick and tired, countless persons each year are turning to chiropractic for the first time. While some have only minor complaints, others suffer from the pain and misery of serious health problems, and many turn to chiropractic as a last resort - after other healing methods have failed them.
WORD-OF-MOUTH PRAISE
Why the dramatic upturn in chiropractic's acceptance? In general, chiropractors say their ever-increasing popularity is due mainly to word-of-mouth praise by a nation of satisfied patients, but specifically here are some other reasons people more and… View the article
Sick and tired of being sick and tired, countless persons each year are turning to chiropractic for the first time. While some have only minor complaints, others suffer from the pain and misery of serious health problems, and many turn to chiropractic as a last resort - after other healing methods have failed them.
WORD-OF-MOUTH PRAISE
Why the dramatic upturn in chiropractic's acceptance? In general, chiropractors say their ever-increasing popularity is due mainly to word-of-mouth praise by a nation of satisfied patients, but specifically here are some other reasons people more and… View the article
Where Is Your pain?
Where Is Your pain?.
Ruthlessly harsh acute pain is impossible to ignore. Most of us have known that vicious side of pain - pain so intense, reckless and unyielding it sends us immediately for professional help.
COMMON CHRONIC PAIN
But right now we're focusing on common chronic pain. Typically, these pains are the chronic headaches, back pains, arm and shoulder pains, hip and leg pains, neck pains, joint pains, arthritic pains, referred pains and organ-related pains - determined reminders that something may be wrong, but in the victim's view, not yet alarming enough to do anything… View the article
Ruthlessly harsh acute pain is impossible to ignore. Most of us have known that vicious side of pain - pain so intense, reckless and unyielding it sends us immediately for professional help.
COMMON CHRONIC PAIN
But right now we're focusing on common chronic pain. Typically, these pains are the chronic headaches, back pains, arm and shoulder pains, hip and leg pains, neck pains, joint pains, arthritic pains, referred pains and organ-related pains - determined reminders that something may be wrong, but in the victim's view, not yet alarming enough to do anything… View the article
Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI)
Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI)
Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) are common among people who work in manufacturing or with computer systems on a daily basis, particularly over the course of years. Repetitive strain injuries are injuries of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that can be caused by doing repetitive tasks, forceful movements, or maintaining awkward positions. They may affect muscles, tendons, nerves, and soft tissues and symptoms include pain, numbness, tingling, or stiffness. Common places to get repetitive strain injuries are in the knees, neck, back, and wrists.
But why do some people develop RSI while working on a factory floor for… View the article
What Is Chiropractic?
What Is Chiropractic?
Many sick, hurting persons in need of chiropractic care put off trying this drugless health care method because they don't know what chiropractic is and how it works. It's bad enough to be ill and in pain, but to be unaware of the very method that might help can be a tragedy.
If you have a health problem, but are reluctant to try chiropractic because you don't know much about it, perhaps this brief explanation will help you make a decision to find out more.
WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?
Chiropractic is a… View the article
Many sick, hurting persons in need of chiropractic care put off trying this drugless health care method because they don't know what chiropractic is and how it works. It's bad enough to be ill and in pain, but to be unaware of the very method that might help can be a tragedy.
If you have a health problem, but are reluctant to try chiropractic because you don't know much about it, perhaps this brief explanation will help you make a decision to find out more.
WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?
Chiropractic is a… View the article
Sound Digestion Requires Sound Nerves
Sound Digestion Requires Sound Nerves.
If you eat three times per day and live for seventy-five years, your digestive system must swing into high gear 82,125 times. But that's not counting a couple of snacks each day and an occasional late night snack which must be digested also. All in all then, your digestive system works diligently most of the time.
The importance of good, sound digestion can hardly be stressed too much since its purpose is to physically and chemically change the foods we eat—the grains, dairy products, meats, and vegetables—into a form our bodies can… View the article
If you eat three times per day and live for seventy-five years, your digestive system must swing into high gear 82,125 times. But that's not counting a couple of snacks each day and an occasional late night snack which must be digested also. All in all then, your digestive system works diligently most of the time.
The importance of good, sound digestion can hardly be stressed too much since its purpose is to physically and chemically change the foods we eat—the grains, dairy products, meats, and vegetables—into a form our bodies can… View the article
Try Chiropractic First
Try Chiropractic First.
It's not surprising that many patients with health problems eventually turn to chiropractic because their previous doctors have said "nothing more can be done" or "you'll have to learn to live with it." Most people find such conclusions unacceptable and thus many find their way to a chiropractic doctor for diagnosis and treatment in a last ditch effort to regain lost health.
DIAGNOSIS MORE THAN A NAME
That's the usual first step in conquering illness—the diagnosis—discovering what is wrong and the cause, if possible. In the past, though, non-chiropractic doctors often would merely put a… View the article
It's not surprising that many patients with health problems eventually turn to chiropractic because their previous doctors have said "nothing more can be done" or "you'll have to learn to live with it." Most people find such conclusions unacceptable and thus many find their way to a chiropractic doctor for diagnosis and treatment in a last ditch effort to regain lost health.
DIAGNOSIS MORE THAN A NAME
That's the usual first step in conquering illness—the diagnosis—discovering what is wrong and the cause, if possible. In the past, though, non-chiropractic doctors often would merely put a… View the article
Why Whiplash Injury Needs Early Chiropractic Attention
Why Whiplash Injury Needs Early Chiropractic Attention.
Any sudden acceleration or deceleration of the human body that snaps the head and neck backward, forward, or to the side can seriously injure the neck's tissues. Technically, such injuries are termed hyperextension and hyperflexion injuries. Popularly they are called whiplash.
WHIPLASH EASY TO COME BY
The cause may be almost any misdirected action involving momentum or force such as a fall on the stairs, a sports mishap, a fall on ice ... any accident which causes a snapping movement of the head and neck.
AUTO ACCIDENT… View the article
Any sudden acceleration or deceleration of the human body that snaps the head and neck backward, forward, or to the side can seriously injure the neck's tissues. Technically, such injuries are termed hyperextension and hyperflexion injuries. Popularly they are called whiplash.
WHIPLASH EASY TO COME BY
The cause may be almost any misdirected action involving momentum or force such as a fall on the stairs, a sports mishap, a fall on ice ... any accident which causes a snapping movement of the head and neck.
AUTO ACCIDENT… View the article
When Acute Back Pain Strikes
When Acute Back Pain Strikes.
It doesn't take a charged event like an auto accident, a sports injury, or a fall on the stairs to bring on acute back pain and trouble. Sometimes merely bending over to tie one's shoelaces will do the trick — or lifting a bag of groceries from the car — or picking the baby up to give her a hug —or countless other simple, innocent human activities, any of which can trigger back pain in an instant.
And it happens all the time. Back pain hits individual Americans by the thousands every day —… View the article
It doesn't take a charged event like an auto accident, a sports injury, or a fall on the stairs to bring on acute back pain and trouble. Sometimes merely bending over to tie one's shoelaces will do the trick — or lifting a bag of groceries from the car — or picking the baby up to give her a hug —or countless other simple, innocent human activities, any of which can trigger back pain in an instant.
And it happens all the time. Back pain hits individual Americans by the thousands every day —… View the article
X-Ray Pictures Help Doctor Diagnose Patient's Problems
X-Ray Pictures Help Doctor Diagnose Patient's Problems.
Nerve interference causes many health problems. Normally, our nervous system's impulses help keep us healthy by coordinating our bodily functions and, directly or indirectly, tying everything together, making each of us an organism, a living being, rather than just a collection of parts.
PINCHED NERVES DISRUPT HEALTH
Trouble arises, though, when interference with normal transmission of nerve impulses disrupts the coordination, harmony, and integrity of some of the body's functions, and thus fragments its wholeness to some extent. This brings on sickness, pain and other physical problems. So, whenever there's a health problem,… View the article
Trouble arises, though, when interference with normal transmission of nerve impulses disrupts the coordination, harmony, and integrity of some of the body's functions, and thus fragments its wholeness to some extent. This brings on sickness, pain and other physical problems. So, whenever there's a health problem,… View the article
Studies Prove Chiropractic Works
Studies Prove Chiropractic Works!
A number of studies validating chiropractic have made their way into the scientific literature in recent years. Indeed, chiropractic treatment is becoming one of the most validated healing methods due to scientific studies tracking its effectiveness. Such studies are of particular interest to any one in doubt about the efficacy of chiropractic care.
CHIROPRACTIC PROOF
• A Gallup Poll revealed...
#1 — 90% of chiropractic patients questioned said their chiropractic treatment was effective.
#2 — 80% were satisfied.
#3 — 75% said most of their expectations were met. • A 1992 Study...of more than two million… View the article
• A Gallup Poll revealed...
#1 — 90% of chiropractic patients questioned said their chiropractic treatment was effective.
#2 — 80% were satisfied.
#3 — 75% said most of their expectations were met. • A 1992 Study...of more than two million… View the article
Tailor Your Exercise For Your Body's Needs
Tailor Your Exercise For Your Body's Needs.
Everyone agrees that exercise is essential to physical fitness, yet there is often dis-agreement about what kind of exercise and how much exercise are necessary to achieve and maintain a reasonable level of fitness ... a degree of fitness that allows you to do most of the things you want to do when you want to do them without undue pain or fatigue.
For instance, most persons engaged in hard, manual labor or strenuous sports activities are sure they are getting plenty of exercise ... and perhaps they are. Still,… View the article
Everyone agrees that exercise is essential to physical fitness, yet there is often dis-agreement about what kind of exercise and how much exercise are necessary to achieve and maintain a reasonable level of fitness ... a degree of fitness that allows you to do most of the things you want to do when you want to do them without undue pain or fatigue.
For instance, most persons engaged in hard, manual labor or strenuous sports activities are sure they are getting plenty of exercise ... and perhaps they are. Still,… View the article
Back-To-School Checkup
Back-To-School Checkup.
Most bumps, falls, jolts, bangs, scrapes, sprains and strains that happen to a kid during a long, hot summer of vacation adventures don't cause any lasting physical problems. Most kids bounce right back to normal because their bones, ligaments and cartilages are flexible and elastic.
Yet some childhood mishaps that are seemingly minor and inconsequential can and do lead to very real problems, sometimes soon, sometimes later.
MINOR MISHAPS MISLEADING
For example, it is quite common that a torsion of the pelvis (twisting misalignment), caused by a seemingly minor childhood mishap, has made one leg… View the article
Most bumps, falls, jolts, bangs, scrapes, sprains and strains that happen to a kid during a long, hot summer of vacation adventures don't cause any lasting physical problems. Most kids bounce right back to normal because their bones, ligaments and cartilages are flexible and elastic.
Yet some childhood mishaps that are seemingly minor and inconsequential can and do lead to very real problems, sometimes soon, sometimes later.
MINOR MISHAPS MISLEADING
For example, it is quite common that a torsion of the pelvis (twisting misalignment), caused by a seemingly minor childhood mishap, has made one leg… View the article
Seven Foolish Reasons Not to Get Chiropractic Care
Seven Foolish Reasons Not to Get Chiropractic Care.
FOOLISH REASON NUMBER 1
"I don't believe in chiropractic,"
Fortunately, chiropractic is a science, not a religion. So, belief is not relevant. Here are some facts you may not know that should give you complete confidence in chiropractic.
A 23-member government panel reviewed nearly 4,000 back pain studies and concluded that chiropractic's method of spinal manipulation is a superior treatment to conventional medical treatments for low back pain. For the first time, the U.S. government took a pro-chiropractic position.
After a two-year inquiry a New Zealand Commission wrote… View the article
FOOLISH REASON NUMBER 1
"I don't believe in chiropractic,"
Fortunately, chiropractic is a science, not a religion. So, belief is not relevant. Here are some facts you may not know that should give you complete confidence in chiropractic.
A 23-member government panel reviewed nearly 4,000 back pain studies and concluded that chiropractic's method of spinal manipulation is a superior treatment to conventional medical treatments for low back pain. For the first time, the U.S. government took a pro-chiropractic position.
After a two-year inquiry a New Zealand Commission wrote… View the article
Back Pain From Swayback
Back Pain From Swayback.
Persistent low back pain, back weakness and other back miseries are often caused by swayback, a condition in which an exaggeration of the lower spine's inward curve throws an unnatural mechanical stress on spinal ligaments, back muscles and vertebras and sometimes pinches spinal nerves. This can lead to a variety of health problems far beyond any pain involved.
MANY PERSONS NEVER KNOW WHY
In many cases though, without ever knowing the cause, some persons suffer from swayback-induced back problems because a mild exaggeration of the normal spinal curves may go unnoticed to… View the article
Persistent low back pain, back weakness and other back miseries are often caused by swayback, a condition in which an exaggeration of the lower spine's inward curve throws an unnatural mechanical stress on spinal ligaments, back muscles and vertebras and sometimes pinches spinal nerves. This can lead to a variety of health problems far beyond any pain involved.
MANY PERSONS NEVER KNOW WHY
In many cases though, without ever knowing the cause, some persons suffer from swayback-induced back problems because a mild exaggeration of the normal spinal curves may go unnoticed to… View the article
Chiropractic Tune-ups Boost Your Health
Chiropractic Tune-ups Boost Your Health.
Gone are the days when most patients waited until intense pain or illness forced them to do something about it. Instead, today many chiropractic patients are joyfully taking on part of the responsibility for their own health. They are paying attention to what they eat, they are getting more exercise one way or another, and many are voluntarily scheduling
chiropractic "tune-up" visits every two, three or four weeks.
PATIENTS LOVE TUNE-UPS
Tune-ups are what doctors of chiropractic have always called maintenance care. Sometimes called once-a-month care, tune-ups are optimum care, designed to keep… View the article
Gone are the days when most patients waited until intense pain or illness forced them to do something about it. Instead, today many chiropractic patients are joyfully taking on part of the responsibility for their own health. They are paying attention to what they eat, they are getting more exercise one way or another, and many are voluntarily scheduling
chiropractic "tune-up" visits every two, three or four weeks.
PATIENTS LOVE TUNE-UPS
Tune-ups are what doctors of chiropractic have always called maintenance care. Sometimes called once-a-month care, tune-ups are optimum care, designed to keep… View the article
Frequent Chiropractic Care For Spinal Weakness
Frequent Chiropractic Care For Spinal Weakness.
Are you letting part-time residual spinal problems cheat you out of full-time health? If so, maybe you can do something about it.
RESIDUAL PROBLEMS
Residual problems—spinal weaknesses which gradually become weaker —allow the vertebras to lose their proper alignment in the spine. Then, the misaligned vertebras (subluxations) pinch, irritate, compress, impinge, or otherwise compromise spinal nerves exiting between the vertebras. Invariably this causes back pain and stiffness and may cause internal health problems as well.
CAUSES OF SPINAL WEAKNESS
The chief reasons for residual spinal weakness are three:
#1 — Genetic… View the article
Are you letting part-time residual spinal problems cheat you out of full-time health? If so, maybe you can do something about it.
RESIDUAL PROBLEMS
Residual problems—spinal weaknesses which gradually become weaker —allow the vertebras to lose their proper alignment in the spine. Then, the misaligned vertebras (subluxations) pinch, irritate, compress, impinge, or otherwise compromise spinal nerves exiting between the vertebras. Invariably this causes back pain and stiffness and may cause internal health problems as well.
CAUSES OF SPINAL WEAKNESS
The chief reasons for residual spinal weakness are three:
#1 — Genetic… View the article
Whiplash Treatment in Montgomery
Whiplash Treatment in Montgomery
Over 2 million people report injuries caused by automobile accidents each year[i]. If you are involved in a car accident, even if you feel fine, you must seek medical and chiropractic car immediately. Studies have shown that impacts at speeds as low as 15mph can cause serious damage to the soft tissues in the neck, resulting in back pain, neck pain, or whiplash.
Whiplash is a common condition caused by abnormal force on the neck, causing pain and soft tissue damage. You may also hear a chiropractor refer to whiplash as cervical sprain or a hyperextension… View the article
Keeping Your Master System Healthy
Keeping Your Master System Healthy.
Think about it: when you feel healthy, you feel whole. There's no divisive pain in the back or the stomach or the arms or legs or anywhere else. No infirmities. No vague, fleeting pains or numbness. Instead you experience an all over good feeling, a feeling of wholeness that comes when the systems of the body work in sweet harmony, like a well-tuned, well-directed orchestra. To put it another way, you feel complete rather than like an assortment of ill-fitting, badly-functioning parts.
THE MASTER SYSTEM OF NERVES
Such expansive feelings of… View the article
Think about it: when you feel healthy, you feel whole. There's no divisive pain in the back or the stomach or the arms or legs or anywhere else. No infirmities. No vague, fleeting pains or numbness. Instead you experience an all over good feeling, a feeling of wholeness that comes when the systems of the body work in sweet harmony, like a well-tuned, well-directed orchestra. To put it another way, you feel complete rather than like an assortment of ill-fitting, badly-functioning parts.
THE MASTER SYSTEM OF NERVES
Such expansive feelings of… View the article
Chiropractic Care For Asthma
Chiropractic Care For Asthma.
For centuries, asthma was thought to be an emotional disorder that displayed itself physically. It was considered to be "all in the head," not to be taken seriously. Today, no thinking person believes that for a moment. Asthma is a very real physical disorder.
WHEEZING, GASPING, MOANING, CAN'T GET ENOUGH AIR
Asthma is certainly aptly named. The word comes to us from the ancient Greek and means "to breathe hard," a translation no asthma victim is likely to dispute. Attacks are sometimes ghastly, leaving the victim exhausted but genuinely relieved that the ordeal is… View the article
For centuries, asthma was thought to be an emotional disorder that displayed itself physically. It was considered to be "all in the head," not to be taken seriously. Today, no thinking person believes that for a moment. Asthma is a very real physical disorder.
WHEEZING, GASPING, MOANING, CAN'T GET ENOUGH AIR
Asthma is certainly aptly named. The word comes to us from the ancient Greek and means "to breathe hard," a translation no asthma victim is likely to dispute. Attacks are sometimes ghastly, leaving the victim exhausted but genuinely relieved that the ordeal is… View the article
Agonizing Spinal Disc Failure
Agonizing Spinal Disc Failure
Believe it or not, there is no such thing as a slipped disc, though most people use the expression when referring to spinal disc problems. Even doctors occasionally refer to agonizing disc failure as slipped disc, The disc's structure - a tough outer wall encasing a rubbery, spongy core - allows them to compress repeatedly while recovering their shape instantly (like a sponge) as they help the spine absorb the shocks, knocks, blown disc, and the like.
The correct scientific term is herniated nucleus pulposus. But patients prefer to say slipped disc, so… View the article
Believe it or not, there is no such thing as a slipped disc, though most people use the expression when referring to spinal disc problems. Even doctors occasionally refer to agonizing disc failure as slipped disc, The disc's structure - a tough outer wall encasing a rubbery, spongy core - allows them to compress repeatedly while recovering their shape instantly (like a sponge) as they help the spine absorb the shocks, knocks, blown disc, and the like.
The correct scientific term is herniated nucleus pulposus. But patients prefer to say slipped disc, so… View the article
Dizziness: Must You Learn To Live With It?
Dizziness: Must You Learn To Live With It?.
Many persons have resigned themselves to a lifetime of faint spells, lightheadedness, and other forms of intermittent dizziness, all because some doctor or doctors have told them: "you'll have to learn to live with it."
Many of these persons have never been to a chiropractor for their dizziness, have never had a thorough chiropractic examination, and are unaware of chiropractic's strong reputation in the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness and some of its causes. So asking a person to "learn to live" with a dizziness problem when no chiropractic… View the article
Many persons have resigned themselves to a lifetime of faint spells, lightheadedness, and other forms of intermittent dizziness, all because some doctor or doctors have told them: "you'll have to learn to live with it."
Many of these persons have never been to a chiropractor for their dizziness, have never had a thorough chiropractic examination, and are unaware of chiropractic's strong reputation in the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness and some of its causes. So asking a person to "learn to live" with a dizziness problem when no chiropractic… View the article
A Powerful Combination: Nutrition with Chiropractic
A Powerful Combination: Nutrition with Chiropractic.
Many chronic disease conditions arising from nutritional deficiencies do not respond to nutritional therapy alone. But when a patient gets chiropractic treatments and also follows a corrective nutritional regimen, results are often astounding. Here's why:
Each of the body's trillions of cells is a microscopic factory responsible for compounding chemicals essential for the body's life and health. In all, thousands of different chemicals are manufactured within the body and delivered to other cells as needed.
In order to function as chemical factories, all the different kinds of cells, including the… View the article
Many chronic disease conditions arising from nutritional deficiencies do not respond to nutritional therapy alone. But when a patient gets chiropractic treatments and also follows a corrective nutritional regimen, results are often astounding. Here's why:
Each of the body's trillions of cells is a microscopic factory responsible for compounding chemicals essential for the body's life and health. In all, thousands of different chemicals are manufactured within the body and delivered to other cells as needed.
In order to function as chemical factories, all the different kinds of cells, including the… View the article
The Many Faces of Back Pain Call for Chiropractic Care
The Many Faces of Back Pain Call for Chiropractic Care
Look at the possible factors involved in back problems and back pain. Those listed here are just the tip of the back pain iceberg. Given the right conditions, any physical activity can bring on a back attack. Indeed, merely sitting, standing, or sleeping the wrong way can elicit back trouble.
No wonder eight out of ten persons suffer significant back pain at least once in their lifetime. For many, untreated back trouble becomes a permanent fixture.
But few back pain factors stand alone. Nearly all… View the article
Look at the possible factors involved in back problems and back pain. Those listed here are just the tip of the back pain iceberg. Given the right conditions, any physical activity can bring on a back attack. Indeed, merely sitting, standing, or sleeping the wrong way can elicit back trouble.
No wonder eight out of ten persons suffer significant back pain at least once in their lifetime. For many, untreated back trouble becomes a permanent fixture.
But few back pain factors stand alone. Nearly all… View the article
Migraines During Pregnancy
Up to 32% of women experience migraine headaches repeatedly throughout their lifetime. However, women may often find that the increased beta-endorphins during pregnancy help with the headache symptoms that they found painful before pregnancy. Taking medications is often not an option expecting mothers want to risk, so what’s the next step? Chiropractic care can be very useful in treating the many aches and pains of pregnancy.
A licensed chiropractor can often identify and treat the underlying cause of the migraines, using spinal manipulations and lifestyle suggestions to maximize the treatment of migraines in patients.
For more information on migraine treatment contact Health Star Chiropractic. Their licensed chiropractors provide migraine treatment and chiropractic care in
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Brandes JL. The influence of estrogen on migraine: A systematic review. JAMA. 2006 Apr 19; 295(15):1824-30.
Chiropractor in Montgomery: Seven Levels of Injury Chiropractors Treat
Seven Levels of Injury Chiropractors Treat.
Chiropractic doctors successfully treat most musculoskeletal injuries. Reduced to simple English, musculoskeletal injury means injury involving the muscles,bones, ligaments, and joints the kind of injuries that happen to just about everybody at some time or other.
Discussed here are seven levels of musculoskeletal injuries chiropractic doctors routinely treat. Vertebral misalignments (subluxations) and pinched spinal nerves requiring chiropractic expertise may be involved with any of these injuries.
LEVEL ONE - MODERATE TO SEVERE MUSCLE STRAINS AND LIGAMENT SPRAINS.
Can be deceiving with far more damage than at first apparent ... so victim may not… View the article
Can be deceiving with far more damage than at first apparent ... so victim may not… View the article
How Pinched Nerves Can Affect You
How Pinched Nerves Can Affect You.
Many people still don't know about pinched spinal nerves and how they cause pain in the back, neck, arm and shoulder, and hip and leg. They don't know how chiropractic heals — why it's often the very treatment they need for their back misery and related illnesses and conditions. What's worse they may never find out about chiropractic unless you tell them. So tell a friend what chiropractic has meant to you and your family. You'll be glad you did and so will your friend.
If vertebras become even slightly misaligned… View the article
Many people still don't know about pinched spinal nerves and how they cause pain in the back, neck, arm and shoulder, and hip and leg. They don't know how chiropractic heals — why it's often the very treatment they need for their back misery and related illnesses and conditions. What's worse they may never find out about chiropractic unless you tell them. So tell a friend what chiropractic has meant to you and your family. You'll be glad you did and so will your friend.
If vertebras become even slightly misaligned… View the article
U.S. Government Panel Recommends Manipulation for Back Pain
U.S. Government Panel Recommends Manipulation for Back Pain.
Having an acute low back attack?
Try chiropractic.
That's the word from the U.S. government in a report reverberating throughout the healing arts community.
In compiling the report, a 23-member panel (which included medical physicians) reviewed nearly 4,000 back studies before reaching its conclusions and preparing federal guidelines for treatment of acute low back pain - guidelines which are expected to be seen as the standard of care.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR BACK PAIN
The report, issued by the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, clearly… View the article
Having an acute low back attack?
Try chiropractic.
That's the word from the U.S. government in a report reverberating throughout the healing arts community.
In compiling the report, a 23-member panel (which included medical physicians) reviewed nearly 4,000 back studies before reaching its conclusions and preparing federal guidelines for treatment of acute low back pain - guidelines which are expected to be seen as the standard of care.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR BACK PAIN
The report, issued by the federal Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, clearly… View the article
Whiplash Symptoms Years Later? These Montgomery chiropractors may be able to help
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Most chronic pain from auto injuries is a direct result of injury to the ligaments of the spine. These injuries are often in the facet capsular ligaments, but studies have also shown injury to the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligament and the alar ligament.
Whiplash injuries are often thought to be self-limited. This is a misconception, even for those whiplash injuries that include ligament trauma. Even though clinical experience and medical literature make it clear that a significant number of whiplash patients have chronic pain, the conventional thought is that the patient should be completely restored in a… View the article
Body's Warnings Demand Chiropractic Attention
Body's Warnings Demand Chiropractic Attention.
The warning signals depicted here are some of the more common signals calling for chiropractic evaluation, interpretation, and care. Other warning signals indicating health problems of a chiropractic nature include irritability, nervousness, and sleeplessness.
And there are others called paresthesia — usually described as feeling like pins and needles, but may show up as hot or cold spots, stinging, burning, crawling or electric-shock sensations and the like.
Actually, the body sends an unending stream of totally selfish, urgent messages telling how it feels and what might be done to bring it contentment… View the article
The warning signals depicted here are some of the more common signals calling for chiropractic evaluation, interpretation, and care. Other warning signals indicating health problems of a chiropractic nature include irritability, nervousness, and sleeplessness.
And there are others called paresthesia — usually described as feeling like pins and needles, but may show up as hot or cold spots, stinging, burning, crawling or electric-shock sensations and the like.
Actually, the body sends an unending stream of totally selfish, urgent messages telling how it feels and what might be done to bring it contentment… View the article
Pinched Spinal Nerves Shatter Body's Health
Pinched Spinal Nerves Shatter Body's Health.
Once we understand that the word "health" comes from an Old English word meaning "whole," then health—or the lack of it— takes on new meaning. To be healthy is to be whole, but when we lose our wholeness, we lose our precious health.
Health requires that the thousands upon thousands of bodily parts, organs, glands, muscles, bones, nerves, and other complex tissues work together in coordination and harmony for the whole body's welfare. It's when a part or system fails to perform normally and in concert with the other bodily parts and… View the article
Once we understand that the word "health" comes from an Old English word meaning "whole," then health—or the lack of it— takes on new meaning. To be healthy is to be whole, but when we lose our wholeness, we lose our precious health.
Health requires that the thousands upon thousands of bodily parts, organs, glands, muscles, bones, nerves, and other complex tissues work together in coordination and harmony for the whole body's welfare. It's when a part or system fails to perform normally and in concert with the other bodily parts and… View the article
How Pinched Nerves Affect Your Health
How Pinched Nerves Affect Your Health.
Misaligned vertebras called "subluxations" pinch nerves and alter normal nerve impulses.
This drawing illustrates in a very general way where nerves go and the health problems created by pinched nerves.
WHAT CAUSES SPINAL SUBLUXATIONS?
INJURIES
Home Injuries Sports Injuries Work Injuries Auto Injuries Overuse Injuries Childhood Injuries Falls Birth Injuries OTHER CAUSES
Weak Ligaments Muscle Spasms Congenital Defects Unequal Leg Length Spinal Imbalance Emotional Tension Mental Strain Fatigue
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SUBLUXATIONS? SEE YOUR CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR!
Spinal subluxations must be realigned so normal… View the article
Misaligned vertebras called "subluxations" pinch nerves and alter normal nerve impulses.
This drawing illustrates in a very general way where nerves go and the health problems created by pinched nerves.
WHAT CAUSES SPINAL SUBLUXATIONS?
INJURIES
Home Injuries Sports Injuries Work Injuries Auto Injuries Overuse Injuries Childhood Injuries Falls Birth Injuries OTHER CAUSES
Weak Ligaments Muscle Spasms Congenital Defects Unequal Leg Length Spinal Imbalance Emotional Tension Mental Strain Fatigue
WHAT TO DO ABOUT SUBLUXATIONS? SEE YOUR CHIROPRACTIC DOCTOR!
Spinal subluxations must be realigned so normal… View the article
Getting Pain Relief at the Source
Getting Pain Relief at the Source
Pain, more than any other symptom, brings people to chiropractic doctors. Indeed, pain is the chief complaint of at least eighty percent of first-time chiropractic patients. It may be a headache, backache, shoulder ache, or an ache or pain involving any area of the body, including pain originating from internal disorders. Sad to say, many such people - before seeing a chiropractor - had been taking pain killers - quite often prescribed - sometimes for years - but had yet to gain permanent relief from their pain.
BILLIONS OF… View the article
Pain, more than any other symptom, brings people to chiropractic doctors. Indeed, pain is the chief complaint of at least eighty percent of first-time chiropractic patients. It may be a headache, backache, shoulder ache, or an ache or pain involving any area of the body, including pain originating from internal disorders. Sad to say, many such people - before seeing a chiropractor - had been taking pain killers - quite often prescribed - sometimes for years - but had yet to gain permanent relief from their pain.
BILLIONS OF… View the article
Montgomery Herniated Disk Treatment
Montgomery Herniated Disk Treatment
About 35% of men and 45% of women will experience a herniated disk in their lifetime[i]. Of these people, most experience over a year of pain, but seeking chiropractic treatment could greatly reduce the suffering involved.
If you are experiencing back pain, neck pain, or numbness mainly on one side of your body, you may be suffering from a herniated disk. A herniated, or slipped, disk is a serious condition that requires the attention of a licensed chiropractor or other medical practitioner. This condition occurs when all or part of the spine is forced through a… View the article
Chiropractic Stress Treatment
Chiropractic Stress Treatment
In a world of more and more two-income households, longer work weeks, and less pay, stress is an inevitable response to daily struggles.
There are three major sources of stress: our environment, our bodies, and our emotions. Environmental stresses often stem from work, family obligations, or other pressures. Bodily stresses can be poor nutrition, poor sleep, or even physical injury. Emotional stresses are often our reactions to bodily or environmental stressorsEnvironmental, bodily, and emotional stresses can take a toll. Most people will experience one of these kinds of stress at least once in their life, but add… View the article
Nature, Patient, and Chiropractor Help Injuries Heal
Nature, Patient, and Chiropractor Help Injuries Heal.
When you suffer from a musculoskeletal injury, you stand a better chance for satisfactory healing if you understand how the body responds to injury, chiropractic doctors say. That's because informed patients tend to follow the doctor's instructions and treatment plan more closely than patients who know nothing of how injuries heal.
An uninformed patient usually thinks of injury in simplistic terms such as bruise, dislocation, sprain, strain, laceration, wound or some other label. But doctors work from a much broader definition of injury and the more a patient thinks like a… View the article
When you suffer from a musculoskeletal injury, you stand a better chance for satisfactory healing if you understand how the body responds to injury, chiropractic doctors say. That's because informed patients tend to follow the doctor's instructions and treatment plan more closely than patients who know nothing of how injuries heal.
An uninformed patient usually thinks of injury in simplistic terms such as bruise, dislocation, sprain, strain, laceration, wound or some other label. But doctors work from a much broader definition of injury and the more a patient thinks like a… View the article
Auto Accident Document
Auto Accident Document.
At the scene ... Auto Accident Reminders
Get help for the injured. Call police. Until police arrive, do what you can to prevent another accident from oncoming traffic. FILL OUT THIS FORM! Admit no liability. Notify your insurance agent or company.
KEEP THIS FORM IN YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT
Copyright © 2010 Health Star, Inc
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At the scene ... Auto Accident Reminders
Get help for the injured. Call police. Until police arrive, do what you can to prevent another accident from oncoming traffic. FILL OUT THIS FORM! Admit no liability. Notify your insurance agent or company.
KEEP THIS FORM IN YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT
Copyright © 2010 Health Star, Inc
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Outsmarting Back Trouble
Outsmarting Back Trouble.
As treacherous as back trouble can be, some can be avoided or at least minimized, by practicing the three stages of "Back Awareness".
#1 PRACTICAL BACK HINTS
Lifting Objects - Before grasping the object, squat as low as possible. The idea is to bend at the knees rather than the waist. Grasp the object and lift it by standing up while keeping the object close to the body. This keeps low back stress at a minimum.
Long Auto Trips - A small firm pillow or rolled up towel placed at… View the article
As treacherous as back trouble can be, some can be avoided or at least minimized, by practicing the three stages of "Back Awareness".
#1 PRACTICAL BACK HINTS
Lifting Objects - Before grasping the object, squat as low as possible. The idea is to bend at the knees rather than the waist. Grasp the object and lift it by standing up while keeping the object close to the body. This keeps low back stress at a minimum.
Long Auto Trips - A small firm pillow or rolled up towel placed at… View the article
Tired of Living with Chronic Back Pain?
Tired of Living with Chronic Back Pain?.
Of all the physical problems we humans suffer, chronic low back pain surely qualifies as one of the worst, at least in terms of lost work time, lost play time, and pain and anguish.
Many conditions are far more perilous, but none surpass low back pain's ability to incapacitate an otherwise healthy man, woman or child. When you're a victim of back pain, your life may not be in immediate danger, but living a normal life suddenly becomes impossible.
SPINE STRONG BUT VULNERABLE
The spine's vertebras (spinal… View the article
Of all the physical problems we humans suffer, chronic low back pain surely qualifies as one of the worst, at least in terms of lost work time, lost play time, and pain and anguish.
Many conditions are far more perilous, but none surpass low back pain's ability to incapacitate an otherwise healthy man, woman or child. When you're a victim of back pain, your life may not be in immediate danger, but living a normal life suddenly becomes impossible.
SPINE STRONG BUT VULNERABLE
The spine's vertebras (spinal… View the article
Computer Operators Risk Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Computer Operators Risk Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
When computers and word processors first came on the office scene who thought they might be detrimental to the operator's health? Yet we know today that operating such equipment-an absolute necessity in most offices has created a dramatic escalation in the number of carpal tunnel syndrome cases, a repetitive-motion-type injury we'll call CTS for short.
This wrist and hand malady results from performing the same motions day after day for hours at a time, as when a person types at a word processor constantly.
INSIDE THE WRIST… View the article
When computers and word processors first came on the office scene who thought they might be detrimental to the operator's health? Yet we know today that operating such equipment-an absolute necessity in most offices has created a dramatic escalation in the number of carpal tunnel syndrome cases, a repetitive-motion-type injury we'll call CTS for short.
This wrist and hand malady results from performing the same motions day after day for hours at a time, as when a person types at a word processor constantly.
INSIDE THE WRIST… View the article
Sudden Back and Neck Pain from Microtraumas
Sudden Back and Neck Pain from Microtraumas.
The young man slumped in a chair across the desk from the doctor. "All I did was turning my head," the man said, "and BAM, suddenly I got this agonizing pain in my neck. And it won't go away." He looked worried.
In another chiropractor's office across town a middle-aged woman told a similar story. "I was in the grocery checkout line and I dropped a penny. When I bent over to pick it up, something popped in my lower back. They had to phone my son to come and… View the article
The young man slumped in a chair across the desk from the doctor. "All I did was turning my head," the man said, "and BAM, suddenly I got this agonizing pain in my neck. And it won't go away." He looked worried.
In another chiropractor's office across town a middle-aged woman told a similar story. "I was in the grocery checkout line and I dropped a penny. When I bent over to pick it up, something popped in my lower back. They had to phone my son to come and… View the article
The Importance of Good Posture
The Importance of Good Posture.
Good posture helps prevent back problems. In fact, good posture is so important to good spinal health, a patient's posture is one of the first signs a chiropractor notes.
WHAT IS GOOD POSTURE?
Spinal balance is the key. Generally, in the standing posture, balance occurs when the inward curve of the lower spine is reasonably shallow, the head is directly above the sacrum and the curves of the spine contribute to balance rather than detract from balance. Good posture also demands a level pelvis. As the body bends, flexes, sways and… View the article
Good posture helps prevent back problems. In fact, good posture is so important to good spinal health, a patient's posture is one of the first signs a chiropractor notes.
WHAT IS GOOD POSTURE?
Spinal balance is the key. Generally, in the standing posture, balance occurs when the inward curve of the lower spine is reasonably shallow, the head is directly above the sacrum and the curves of the spine contribute to balance rather than detract from balance. Good posture also demands a level pelvis. As the body bends, flexes, sways and… View the article
Get Help Early For Sciatica
Get Help Early For Sciatica.
A nyone who has ever experienced severe sciatica never forgets the excruciating pain, for sciatica, at its worst, ranks among the worst of human sufferings.
BIG NERVE-BIG JOB
The sciatic nerve, as big around as a forefinger in some places, is the body's largest nerve and its longest. Beginning in the lower spine, it serves the entire length of both the left and right legs, running through the buttocks and the back of the thighs before splitting above each knee into two branches, which then run side-by-side down each leg into the… View the article
A nyone who has ever experienced severe sciatica never forgets the excruciating pain, for sciatica, at its worst, ranks among the worst of human sufferings.
BIG NERVE-BIG JOB
The sciatic nerve, as big around as a forefinger in some places, is the body's largest nerve and its longest. Beginning in the lower spine, it serves the entire length of both the left and right legs, running through the buttocks and the back of the thighs before splitting above each knee into two branches, which then run side-by-side down each leg into the… View the article
The Broad Scope of Chiropractic
The Broad Scope of Chiropractic.
Chiropractic is not unconventional nor is it an alternative to medicine. It is an established, unique, effective health care method in its own right, serving millions of satisfied persons, and taking a back seat to no other healing method.
TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON
The scope of chiropractic is as broad as the nervous system which affects every tissue and every cell to some degree. Because chiropractors work chiefly with the spine and nerves, most persons see them as the doctor of choice for back pain and back problems.
But many persons are… View the article
Chiropractic is not unconventional nor is it an alternative to medicine. It is an established, unique, effective health care method in its own right, serving millions of satisfied persons, and taking a back seat to no other healing method.
TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON
The scope of chiropractic is as broad as the nervous system which affects every tissue and every cell to some degree. Because chiropractors work chiefly with the spine and nerves, most persons see them as the doctor of choice for back pain and back problems.
But many persons are… View the article
Treating Chronic Headache - Without Pills
Treating Chronic Headache - Without Pills.
About one in six Americans suffer from chronic headaches of one type or another - headaches that usually last a long time and recur frequently. In severity, chronic headaches may range from rather mild pain to excruciating pain of the worst sort, but all have one feature in common: they always return, sometimes worse than before. Often, in desperation, the headache victim turns to pain pills to turn off the pain.
PAIN PILLS IGNORE TRUE CAUSES
Unfortunately, pain pills do nothing totreat the underlying causes - the true causes -… View the article
About one in six Americans suffer from chronic headaches of one type or another - headaches that usually last a long time and recur frequently. In severity, chronic headaches may range from rather mild pain to excruciating pain of the worst sort, but all have one feature in common: they always return, sometimes worse than before. Often, in desperation, the headache victim turns to pain pills to turn off the pain.
PAIN PILLS IGNORE TRUE CAUSES
Unfortunately, pain pills do nothing totreat the underlying causes - the true causes -… View the article
Chiropractic Fundamentals in 3 Short Lessons
Chiropractic Fundamentals in 3 Short Lessons.
LESSON #1
NERVES - OUR MASTER SYSTEM
(a) Nerves go everywhere, even into the most remote and far-distant areas of the body.
(b) Through nerve impulses, our nervous system - the master system - monitors, integrates, directs, modifies and unifies the countless functions of the body's systems, organs and glands.
(c) Ideally, nerve impulses flow smoothly and harmoniously, providing a health momentum.
LESSON #2
PINCHED NERVES DESTROY HEALTH
(a) Nerves fan out from the spinal cord and exit between vertebras which… View the article
LESSON #1
NERVES - OUR MASTER SYSTEM
(a) Nerves go everywhere, even into the most remote and far-distant areas of the body.
(b) Through nerve impulses, our nervous system - the master system - monitors, integrates, directs, modifies and unifies the countless functions of the body's systems, organs and glands.
(c) Ideally, nerve impulses flow smoothly and harmoniously, providing a health momentum.
LESSON #2
PINCHED NERVES DESTROY HEALTH
(a) Nerves fan out from the spinal cord and exit between vertebras which… View the article
The Family Practice - A Chiropractic Tradition
The Family Practice - A Chiropractic Tradition.
In a world overflowing with high cost, high tech, impersonal doctoring, most chiropractic doctors still serve their patients in the time-honored chiropractic tradition as both spinal health professional and family doctor.
As spinal professionals, chiropractors concern themselves chiefly with the integrity of the patient's spine and the spinal nerves supplying vital nerve energy to all parts, areas, and organs of the body.
As family doctors, drawing on their remarkable knowledge of the spine and nerves, chiropractors treat a wide variety of human illnesses, diseases, conditions, pains and problems in all… View the article
In a world overflowing with high cost, high tech, impersonal doctoring, most chiropractic doctors still serve their patients in the time-honored chiropractic tradition as both spinal health professional and family doctor.
As spinal professionals, chiropractors concern themselves chiefly with the integrity of the patient's spine and the spinal nerves supplying vital nerve energy to all parts, areas, and organs of the body.
As family doctors, drawing on their remarkable knowledge of the spine and nerves, chiropractors treat a wide variety of human illnesses, diseases, conditions, pains and problems in all… View the article
Injured Ask: How Long Will It Take, Doctor?
Injured Ask: How Long Will It Take, Doctor?.
Many of us injure ourselves partly because we tend to rush headlong into activities-sports, recreational happenings, yard work and the like-without properly conditioning our bodies for the sudden added physical load, and partly because a lot more of us are a lot more physically active these days.
That's why nerves, muscles, ligaments, bones, tendons and joints get hurt from time to time.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE, DOCTOR?
Then, human nature being what it is, we expect to be fully healed instantly. After all, we reason, if… View the article
Many of us injure ourselves partly because we tend to rush headlong into activities-sports, recreational happenings, yard work and the like-without properly conditioning our bodies for the sudden added physical load, and partly because a lot more of us are a lot more physically active these days.
That's why nerves, muscles, ligaments, bones, tendons and joints get hurt from time to time.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE, DOCTOR?
Then, human nature being what it is, we expect to be fully healed instantly. After all, we reason, if… View the article
Stomach Exercises Help Prevent Back Pain
Stomach Exercises Help Prevent Back Pain.
To understand the importance of reasonably strong abdominal muscles in spinal stability, keep in mind that the human spine is made up of twenty-four separate bones (vertebras) stacked one on top another and held together by ligaments.
This arrangement of spinal bones is supported by back muscles and in the front by abdominal muscles. Neck muscles and the ribcage also help support the upper spine. But it is the abdominal muscles which compress the body's innards against the spinal column in front. Thus, (among other functions) those belly muscles playa very … View the article
To understand the importance of reasonably strong abdominal muscles in spinal stability, keep in mind that the human spine is made up of twenty-four separate bones (vertebras) stacked one on top another and held together by ligaments.
This arrangement of spinal bones is supported by back muscles and in the front by abdominal muscles. Neck muscles and the ribcage also help support the upper spine. But it is the abdominal muscles which compress the body's innards against the spinal column in front. Thus, (among other functions) those belly muscles playa very … View the article
Many Seniors Trust In Chiropractic Care
Many Seniors Trust In Chiropractic Care.
Around the age of fifty or so it's not at all unusual for a man or a woman to experience frequent bouts of back pain severe enough to take a lot of the fun out of life. Indeed, four out of five persons at some time during their lives suffer back pain, a percentage which comes pretty close to hitting everybody eventually. That's because — as we age — the youthful flexibility and suppleness of the body slowly fades away and is slowly replaced with encroaching stiffness, reduced range of motion, and pain.View the article
Around the age of fifty or so it's not at all unusual for a man or a woman to experience frequent bouts of back pain severe enough to take a lot of the fun out of life. Indeed, four out of five persons at some time during their lives suffer back pain, a percentage which comes pretty close to hitting everybody eventually. That's because — as we age — the youthful flexibility and suppleness of the body slowly fades away and is slowly replaced with encroaching stiffness, reduced range of motion, and pain.
Treating Migraine Misery
Treating Migraine Misery.
Migraine headache rules and at least partially ruins the lives of up to 20 million Americans.
And no wonder. Usually commencing near one or both temples, the throbbing migraine pain may spread throughout the entire head, even engulfmg the face and neck. When the pain becomes severe, the migraine victim may abhor light and prefer to suffer in the solitude of a darkened room. Speech may be slowed, words hard to fmd, thinking retarded, concentration and memory impaired. Sometimes the person sees spots before the eyes and loses some of the visual field, all … View the article
Migraine headache rules and at least partially ruins the lives of up to 20 million Americans.
And no wonder. Usually commencing near one or both temples, the throbbing migraine pain may spread throughout the entire head, even engulfmg the face and neck. When the pain becomes severe, the migraine victim may abhor light and prefer to suffer in the solitude of a darkened room. Speech may be slowed, words hard to fmd, thinking retarded, concentration and memory impaired. Sometimes the person sees spots before the eyes and loses some of the visual field, all … View the article
Chiropractic Proof
Chiropractic Proof.
A number of studies validating chiropractic have made their way into the scientific literature in recent years. Indeed, chiropractic treatment is becoming one of the most validated healing methods due to scientific studies tracking its effectiveness. Such studies are of particular interest to any one in doubt about the efficacy of chiropractic care.
CHIROPRACTIC PROOF
• A Gallup Poll revealed...
#1 — 90% of chiropractic patients questioned said their chiropractic treatment was effective.
#2 — 80% were satisfied.
#3 — 75% said most of their expectations were met.
• A 1992 Study...of more than… View the article
A number of studies validating chiropractic have made their way into the scientific literature in recent years. Indeed, chiropractic treatment is becoming one of the most validated healing methods due to scientific studies tracking its effectiveness. Such studies are of particular interest to any one in doubt about the efficacy of chiropractic care.
CHIROPRACTIC PROOF
• A Gallup Poll revealed...
#1 — 90% of chiropractic patients questioned said their chiropractic treatment was effective.
#2 — 80% were satisfied.
#3 — 75% said most of their expectations were met.
• A 1992 Study...of more than… View the article
Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is most recognizably caused by computer use, which is pervasive in the work world. However, studies have shown that those most at risk for developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are people working in manufacturing.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is characterized by numbness or tingling in the thumb and fingers nearest the thumb, pain in the wrist that extends to the elbow, and hand weakness. It tends to affect more women than men, affects 2-3% of the general population, and 90% of cases are in people over the age of 30.
The carpal tunnel is the U-shaped… View the article
Montgomery chiropractic: Spinal Manipulation May Increase Immune Function
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A recent chiropractic study found that spinal manipulation may improve the functioning of the immune system, even in patients who aren’t experiencing specific pain.
Researchers from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College investigated effects of spinal manipulation on interleukin-2, a signaling protein that controls immune responses. The study was based on 74 test subjects with no current symptoms or recent history of chiropractic manipulation. The patients were assigned to one of three treatment groups to receive either a control venipuncture treatment or two types of spinal manipulation. Each group was treated on a single day and blood samples were… View the article
When Whiplash Becomes Chronic Pain
When Whiplash Becomes Chronic
Over 30% of people in rear-end auto collisions will experience some kind of chronic pain. But who is most at risk? A new study from leading whiplash researchers succeeded in identifying patients at higher risk of developing chronic or long term pain.
The authors of the study followed 688 patients who had experienced a frontal or read-end collision and had exhibited whiplash symptoms within three days of the accident. Each patient underwent a thorough neurological exam and was evaluated for cervical range of motion (CROM) and intensity of pain levels. Based on this data, the patients… View the article
Where Nerves Go, What They Do and the Chiropractic Doctor
Where Nerves Go, What They Do and the Chiropractic Doctor.
No drawing or illustration can adequately represent the astounding complexity of the human nervous system. Nerves go everywhere, even into the most remote and far distant areas and cells of the body... a body so thoroughly saturated with nerves and twigs of nerves that if we could wish away all the body's bones, muscles, blood vessels and other tissues, we would still have a shadowy form of the body composed only of nerves.
HEALTHY NERVES UTTERLY VITAL
We humans are almost totally dependent on the nervous system to… View the article
No drawing or illustration can adequately represent the astounding complexity of the human nervous system. Nerves go everywhere, even into the most remote and far distant areas and cells of the body... a body so thoroughly saturated with nerves and twigs of nerves that if we could wish away all the body's bones, muscles, blood vessels and other tissues, we would still have a shadowy form of the body composed only of nerves.
HEALTHY NERVES UTTERLY VITAL
We humans are almost totally dependent on the nervous system to… View the article
7-Point Senior Plan Includes Chiropractic Care
7-Point Senior Plan Includes Chiropractic Care.
Some say the famous film star Bette Davis first coined the expression "growing old ain't for sissies." But no matter who first said it, it's true. The body begins to wear as it ages, bringing pains and discomforts we never had before, and
it often takes a great deal of courage to deal with them.
How slowly one's body wears down and wears out is quite often influenced by the frequency of chiropractic care and the quality of nutrition and exercise it gets.
Countless older persons have learned that frequent… View the article
Some say the famous film star Bette Davis first coined the expression "growing old ain't for sissies." But no matter who first said it, it's true. The body begins to wear as it ages, bringing pains and discomforts we never had before, and
it often takes a great deal of courage to deal with them.
How slowly one's body wears down and wears out is quite often influenced by the frequency of chiropractic care and the quality of nutrition and exercise it gets.
Countless older persons have learned that frequent… View the article
Six Basic Health Rules Include Chiropractic
Six Basic Health Rules Include Chiropractic.
More often than you may think, we humans can decide to improve our health, then take the necessary steps to attain and maintain improvement.
Is the effort worthwhile? Only a moment's reflection will tell you good health is without question one's most valuable asset.
Though the potential for better health may vary considerably from one person to another, most persons could attain and maintain a higher level of health merely by getting periodic chiropractic checkups of the spine and nerves, just as many of us look after our teeth and eyes.View the article
More often than you may think, we humans can decide to improve our health, then take the necessary steps to attain and maintain improvement.
Is the effort worthwhile? Only a moment's reflection will tell you good health is without question one's most valuable asset.
Though the potential for better health may vary considerably from one person to another, most persons could attain and maintain a higher level of health merely by getting periodic chiropractic checkups of the spine and nerves, just as many of us look after our teeth and eyes.
Learning To Relax With Chiropractic
Learning To Relax With Chiropractic.
The demands of modern American life leave many of us feeling anxious, stressed, and out of control. It seems that always there is more and more to do and less and less time to do it. And that's not good. Such stress contributes to high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcers, headaches, depression, and "nervous breakdown," to mention only a few stress-related physical and mental problems. Even backache may be brought on or worsened by a hectic lifestyle. Chiropractic doctors see such problems day in and day out. They see that the pressure cooker lives… View the article
The demands of modern American life leave many of us feeling anxious, stressed, and out of control. It seems that always there is more and more to do and less and less time to do it. And that's not good. Such stress contributes to high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcers, headaches, depression, and "nervous breakdown," to mention only a few stress-related physical and mental problems. Even backache may be brought on or worsened by a hectic lifestyle. Chiropractic doctors see such problems day in and day out. They see that the pressure cooker lives… View the article
Sports Injuries Can Happen To Anyone
Sports Injuries Can Happen To Anyone.
Sports injuries used to be pretty much confined to youngsters and professional athletes. Nowadays, though, you never know who will show up at the chiropractor's office suffering from some kind of sports or recreational injury. It could be a grandmother power walker as readily as a teenage basketball player.
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
And no wonder. It seems that just about everyone is caught up in the excitement of getting and staying fit as well as having a lot of fun from physical activity.
Countless millions of adults-persons who used to do… View the article
Sports injuries used to be pretty much confined to youngsters and professional athletes. Nowadays, though, you never know who will show up at the chiropractor's office suffering from some kind of sports or recreational injury. It could be a grandmother power walker as readily as a teenage basketball player.
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT
And no wonder. It seems that just about everyone is caught up in the excitement of getting and staying fit as well as having a lot of fun from physical activity.
Countless millions of adults-persons who used to do… View the article
Chiropractic treatment of migraines sees better results than drugs
Chiropractic treatment of migraines sees better results than drugs
A recent study from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington, Minnesota, compared chiropractic manipulation to amitriptyline, a commonly prescribed antidepressant used to treat migraines.
There are two main theories about the causes of migraines. One theory is that migraines are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain and may be triggered by food, hormones, stress, or other environmental factors. These triggers can cause the blood vessels in the brain to dilate, inflaming the vessels and irritating the surrounding nerve fibers, causing pain. The second theory is that migraines originate in the… View the article
Correct Lifting Protects Your Back
Correct Lifting Protects Your Back.
Right Lifting:
Arms and Legs do thework- not the Back
#1 • Squat
• Load between legs
• Back straight and vertical
#2 • Push up with legs
• Keep load close
#3 • Lift load with arms
• Keep load close
• Change direction with feet
• Don't twist body
Wrong Lifting:
Back does the work
Copyright © 2010 Health Star, Inc View the article
Right Lifting:
Arms and Legs do thework- not the Back
#1 • Squat
• Load between legs
• Back straight and vertical
#2 • Push up with legs
• Keep load close
#3 • Lift load with arms
• Keep load close
• Change direction with feet
• Don't twist body
Wrong Lifting:
Back does the work
Copyright © 2010 Health Star, Inc View the article
Results and Word of Mouth Built Chiropractic! Will You Help?
Results and Word of Mouth Built Chiropractic! Will You Help?.
In September 1895, there was only one chiropractic doctor and only one chiropractic patient. The doctor was Daniel David Palmer, the patient a janitor named Harvey Lillard. Together they made healing arts history when Palmer restored Lillard's hearing by realigning a misaligned vertebra in Lillard's spine.
From that humble beginning, Palmer developed the science of chiropractic, a healing method which recognizes the supreme importance of a properly-functioning nervous system.
Palmer found that pinched spinal nerves due to vertebral misalignments alter normal nerve impulses, and thereby… View the article
In September 1895, there was only one chiropractic doctor and only one chiropractic patient. The doctor was Daniel David Palmer, the patient a janitor named Harvey Lillard. Together they made healing arts history when Palmer restored Lillard's hearing by realigning a misaligned vertebra in Lillard's spine.
From that humble beginning, Palmer developed the science of chiropractic, a healing method which recognizes the supreme importance of a properly-functioning nervous system.
Palmer found that pinched spinal nerves due to vertebral misalignments alter normal nerve impulses, and thereby… View the article
Treating scoliosis with chiropractic care
Has your child recently been diagnosed with scoliosis? Many parents faced with this unknown seek answers to their questions, like whether or not she/he will need a back brace or can continue to play sports. But did you know that research suggests that chiropractic can effectively treat scoliosis?
Scoliosis is a lateral, or sideways, curve in the spine. Most cases start out mild but can turn severe over time, reducing space within the chest, limiting breathing and decreasing mobility. There are a number of causes of scoliosis, including bone abnormalities, cerebral palsy, or traumatic back injury, but researches don’t know what causes the scoliosis commonly found in girls reaching puberty.
Treatments for scoliosis can include wearing a brace, fusion of the spine, or chiropractic. Braces do not cure scoliosis or reverse a curve that’s already present, but they are intended to prevent the curve from progressing. Braces are often uncomfortable and embarrassing to school age children. Fusion of the spine is reserved for severe cases where the curve is more than 40 degrees.
Most medical doctors will not treat scoliosis unless the curve is more than 20 degrees. Consequently, many mild forms of scoliosis are not treated, even though children with scoliosis are more likely to develop chronic back pain as adults or to experience arthritis of the spine.
Chiropractic care for scoliosis includes spinal manipulation and physiotherapy. These treatments help to relax, strengthen, and stretch the muscles and ligaments around the spine. A chiropractor can safely treat less serious curves so that the condition can be monitored before it progresses.
In numerous case studies, spinal manipulation has moderated the curve of scoliosis patients. Additional research suggests that chiropractic care is a safe and effective way to reduce curvature and increase the patient’s function. One study found that after 4-6 weeks of treatment, spinal manipulation helped reduce patients’ Cobb angle (the measure of scoliosis curvature).
If your child has a mild case of scoliosis and you would like to prevent future problems, seek treatment from a licensed Montgomery chiropractor. Montgomery chiropractic care, such as that provided by Health Star Chiropractic, may be able to help you or your child with treating and managing pain.
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Morningstar MW, Joy T. Scoliosis Treatment Using Spinal Manipulation and the Pettibon Weighting System: A Summary of 3 Atypical Presentations. Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2006; 14:1
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Back To School Checkup
Back To School Checkup.
Most bumps, falls, jolts, bangs, scrapes, sprains and strains that happen to a kid during a long, hot summer of vacation adventures don't cause any lasting physical problems. Most kids bounce right back to normal because their bones, ligaments and cartilages are flexible and elastic.
Yet some childhood mishaps that are seemingly minor and inconsequential can and do lead to very real problems, sometimes soon, sometimes later.
MINOR MISHAPS MISLEADING
For example, it is quite common that a torsion of the pelvis (twisting misalignment), caused by a seemingly minor childhood mishap, has made one leg functionally… View the article
For example, it is quite common that a torsion of the pelvis (twisting misalignment), caused by a seemingly minor childhood mishap, has made one leg functionally… View the article
International Study Finds Chiropractic Best for Low Back Pain
International Study Finds Chiropractic Best for Low Back Pain.
Health care news from Canada could scarcely be better for American chiropractors and the American public. A far-reaching international health care study funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health concluded that without a doubt chiropractic treatment of low back pain is more effective than other methods and costs less as well. The study — called
"The Manga Report" —focused on two critical issues.
THE STUDY'S TWO MAIN ISSUES
#1 — Which is more effective for low back pain, chiropractic treatment or medical treatment?
#2 — Which costs less?
The… View the article
Health care news from Canada could scarcely be better for American chiropractors and the American public. A far-reaching international health care study funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health concluded that without a doubt chiropractic treatment of low back pain is more effective than other methods and costs less as well. The study — called
"The Manga Report" —focused on two critical issues.
THE STUDY'S TWO MAIN ISSUES
#1 — Which is more effective for low back pain, chiropractic treatment or medical treatment?
#2 — Which costs less?
The… View the article
The Amazing Discovery of Chiropractic
The Amazing Discovery of Chiropractic.
The discovery of chiropractic principles was inevitable. It's easy to see that now, more than one hundred years after the fact especially in light of the medical context of the late nineteenth century.
In those days, patent medicines were rampant and largely ineffective. The medical profession was attempting to organize itself, establish standards of competency and eliminate quackery within its own ranks, striving to become scientific. Here, in the health field, there was an enormous need to be filled and it was Daniel David Palmer's fate to fill it.
THE AMAZING DISCOVERYView the article
The discovery of chiropractic principles was inevitable. It's easy to see that now, more than one hundred years after the fact especially in light of the medical context of the late nineteenth century.
In those days, patent medicines were rampant and largely ineffective. The medical profession was attempting to organize itself, establish standards of competency and eliminate quackery within its own ranks, striving to become scientific. Here, in the health field, there was an enormous need to be filled and it was Daniel David Palmer's fate to fill it.
THE AMAZING DISCOVERY
Peptic Ulcers and Spinal Subluxations
Peptic Ulcers and Spinal Subluxations.
Peptic ulcers are sores, craters, or lesions, either in the small intestine or the stomach. The term "peptic" comes from pepsin, an enzyme which works in harmony with hydrochloric acid to digest food. Normally those digestive chemicals do not affect the lining of the stomach and intestine, but when the lining's resistance breaks down or too much acid is consistently produced, an ulcer is likely to develop.
NOT LIFE THREATENING
Generally ulcers are not considered life threatening, though they do make the lives of millions miserable and anxious, and complications of ulcers do… View the article
Peptic ulcers are sores, craters, or lesions, either in the small intestine or the stomach. The term "peptic" comes from pepsin, an enzyme which works in harmony with hydrochloric acid to digest food. Normally those digestive chemicals do not affect the lining of the stomach and intestine, but when the lining's resistance breaks down or too much acid is consistently produced, an ulcer is likely to develop.
NOT LIFE THREATENING
Generally ulcers are not considered life threatening, though they do make the lives of millions miserable and anxious, and complications of ulcers do… View the article
Eating Foods That Fight Aging
Eating Foods That Fight Aging.
The human body needs vitamins and nutrients to survive and stay fit. There are so many food options available that is hard to discern which will help you and which will harm you.
If you pay close attention to the foods that you put in your body, you will keep your skin, organs, and body from aging sooner than it should. You should begin by cutting foods high in fat and calories out of your system completely.
Consuming too much fast food can be detrimental to your heart, weight, and health, because most of these… View the article
Nature, Patient, and Doctor Help Injuries Heal
Nature, Patient, and Doctor Help Injuries Heal.
When you suffer from a musculoskeletal injury, you stand a better chance for satisfactory healing if you understand how the body responds to injury, chiropractic doctors say. That's because informed patients tend to follow the doc tor's instructions and treatment plan more closely than patients who know nothing of how injuries heal.
An uninformed patient usually thinks of injury in simplistic terms such as bruise, dislocation, sprain, strain, laceration, wound or some other label. But doctors work from a much broader definition of injury and the more a patient thinks like a doctor,… View the article
Give Shoulder Pain Chiropractic Care
Give Shoulder Pain Chiropractic Care.
Of the nearly half-billion American shoulders — two for every man, woman, and child —most shoulders work well enough most of the time. And that's good. We humans depend on our shoulders for free and painless movement in virtually every physical activity: driving, walking, eating, golfing, swimming, working, whatever. We can hardly do anything without some shoulder involvement, though it is sometimes ever so slight.
Even breathing requires an infinitesimal shoulder movement, as does merely turning the head or countless other ordinary activities.
SHOULDERS AT HIGH RISK
Yet for all the… View the article
Of the nearly half-billion American shoulders — two for every man, woman, and child —most shoulders work well enough most of the time. And that's good. We humans depend on our shoulders for free and painless movement in virtually every physical activity: driving, walking, eating, golfing, swimming, working, whatever. We can hardly do anything without some shoulder involvement, though it is sometimes ever so slight.
Even breathing requires an infinitesimal shoulder movement, as does merely turning the head or countless other ordinary activities.
SHOULDERS AT HIGH RISK
Yet for all the… View the article
10 Tips For Getting Fit Over 40
10 Tips For Getting Fit Over 40.
Exercise science has proven that you can become fit and healthy at any age. Here are 10 tips for getting fit over 40.
Check with your doctor. If you have any existing health conditions or you have been inactive for a long time, you need to get medical clearance before you start to exercise.
Evaluate your current fitness level. In order to develop an effective over 40 fitness program, you need to know what your current fitness level is. Cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition are all factors that… View the article
Montgomery Chiropractic: Get Chiropractic Care Fast For Injuries
Get Chiropractic Care Fast For Injuries.
Everyday, thousands of active people-adults as well as kids-suffer neuromusculoskeletal injuries that send them to the chiropractic doctor for care.
Though it's quite a mouthful, neuromusculoskeletal injury translated into everyday English merely means injuries involving the nerves, muscles, bones, ligaments, and joints the kind of injuries that happen to people in motion while playing, exercising in sports, painting the house, yard work ... most any activity, really.
IGNORED MINOR INJURIES OFTEN BECOME CHRONIC
A serious injury demands immediate attention and usually gets it, while a so-called minor injury is all too often ignored. But… View the article
A serious injury demands immediate attention and usually gets it, while a so-called minor injury is all too often ignored. But… View the article
Treating the pain of fibromyalgia
Treating the pain of fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is pain in the body's soft, fibrous tissues, including the tendons, ligaments, and muscles. Symptoms of fibromyalgia often include extreme fatigue, widespread pain, and troubled sleep. Patients often describe the pain as being intense in areas of the neck, back, and legs.
A chiropractor makes adjustments to the alignment of the neck and spine, reducing the pain of fibromyalgia throughout the body. Regular spinal manipulation can benefit sufferers of fibromyalgia by reducing pain, improving sleep quality, and minimizing fatigue. A 2009 study found that chiropractic adjustments resulted in instant relieg of pain for… View the article
A chiropractor makes adjustments to the alignment of the neck and spine, reducing the pain of fibromyalgia throughout the body. Regular spinal manipulation can benefit sufferers of fibromyalgia by reducing pain, improving sleep quality, and minimizing fatigue. A 2009 study found that chiropractic adjustments resulted in instant relieg of pain for… View the article