Chiropractic Helps Senior Citizens Stay Active

Aging isn’t easy.  Your risk of certain medical conditions increases, and often your mobility decreases.  This can lower your quality of life.  In addition, when you have a spinal condition the problems can be worse.  There is good news, however!  Research released in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics suggests that receiving regular chiropractic care offers many beneficial effects. Researchers set …

Pinched Nerve Relief with Chiropractic and Laser Treatment

Radicular pain, or radiating pain, is caused by interference or pinching of the spinal nerves.  The pinched nerve causes tingling, pain, or numbness in parts of your body far from the actual source of the problem. If your spine is injured, there are a number of things that can affect the nerves and cause pain. Injured ligaments and muscles can …

Sciatica Relief with Cold Laser and Spine Decompression

Sciatica is a pain that originates in the low back and radiates through the buttock, pain down the back of the thigh, into the calf, and down to the foot.  Numbness, pins and needles sensation, and tingling are also symptoms of sciatica. Sciatica is usually caused by irritation or compression of the roots of the sciatic nerve, which originate in …

American College of Physicians Recommends Conservative Care over Opiods.

We’re in the middle of one of the biggest drug crises in history—the opioid epidemic. Pain meds are being prescribed at an alarming rate for patients suffering from acute and chronic pain, which has opened up the gates for overuse and abuse. In 1991, the number of opioid prescriptions was 76 million, but in 2011, that number quadrupled to 219 …

Thanksgiving Travel and Deep Vein Thrombosis: Knowing the Signs Can Save Your Life

Thanksgiving is one of the most busiest holidays for travel, whether it’s taking a road trip or a plane flight.  Sitting for several hours in a car or plane can lead to deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT’s can form in the legs when blood pools and clots from prolonged sitting.  Movement is important for circulation in the legs.  The contraction and …

Neurosurgeon Recommends Chiropractic Care for Pregnancy Back Pain

For many women, pregnancy is a wonderful experience. There are, however, many changes and challenges the mom-to-be can expect, and back pain is one of them. The development of back pain during pregnancy primarily relates to the weight gain associated with the growing fetus. The extra weight gained adds stress to the pregnant woman’s spine. The discs or cushions within …

Piriformis Syndrome: A Pain in Your Butt

Patients come into my office bent over in severe pain, often leaning on their spouse for support and staggering to walk.  Sometimes they had experienced this pain before, and had a MRI that showed bulging discs. The discs may not be the culprit. The piriformis muscle is a small muscle in your buttock area that lies underneath the larger gluteus …

Sciatica Relief

Sciatica is a term that describes symptoms of pain, numbness, and/or weakness that radiates down the leg. The symptoms usually follow along the sciatic nerve, which starts in the lower back and goes down to the buttocks and leg.  Another term for sciatica is lumbar radiculopathy. The vast majority of sciatica symptoms result from lower back disorders between the L4 …