Midwives, doulas, and OB-GYN’s can all be important during pregnancy. Each has a special role to play. Whether its support, education, or even delivery; your prenatal team is there to make sure you have a safe and memorable birth experience. But, when it comes to relieving pregnancy related back pain there is no better choice than a chiropractor. Why it Matters: Chiropractors around the world work hand in hand with…
Headaches are a topic I personally love. They tend to be a lot more complex than most people realize. There are actually several different kinds: classic migraines, non-classical migraines, tension headaches, cluster, cervico-genic (resulting from pain in the neck), and a few more! Each type has its own set of symptoms that set them apart from another and it’s important to know those differences. A lot of my new patients…
Each joint in your body, from your ankle to the bones in your neck, are designed to have a particular range of motion, specific to the joint. Your elbow for example: it can flex, extend, and rotate. Your low back can flex from side to side as you bend. When the joints are working properly, we have what we call “full range of motion.” Sometimes, these joints become stuck or…
The Joint Dysfunction Old-school chiropractic philosophy was very simple. A joint dysfunction, also called a subluxation, is a BOOP (Bone Out Of Place). The general idea is that a vertebra or extremity bone rotates out of position and physically puts pressure on the nerve that runs right alongside of it. I don’t criticize that old school oversimplification because they didn’t have the complex testing and diagnostic equipment we have today.…
This topic, as many of you already know, is very close to my heart right now. My wife is pregnant. Very soon we get to find out the sex, and we can stop calling it “it”. It’ll start to feel so much more real when I can say he or she. I honestly don’t care if its a boy or a girl, as long as it has the right number of fingers,…
Patients with knee pain are one of the fastest growing demographics in our offices. I think it’s because we’ve started doing a much better job educating the public that we are much more than “back doctors”. I describe chiropractors as Musculoskeletal specialists; that means wherever you have muscles and joints, we can treat that area. Sounds like pretty much all over the whole body doesn’t it? The knees are just…
July’s topic of the month is Leg Pain. So let’s, for a moment, investigate what I believe to be the leading cause of musculoskeletal leg pain: a fallen arch. A fallen arch is shown on the left as a flat arch. With a normal arch, shown in the middle, there is about an inch of distance between the ground and the top of the arch on the inside of your…
There is a reason why all professional sports teams (NFL, MLB, NBA, etc.) have chiropractic physicians on staff. Because chiropractors help each person be all they can be. Sounds like an ad for the army doesn’t it? To professional athletes, who are expected to perform at such high standards all the time, even the tiniest of ailments can throw off their game greatly. They are so highly tuned for what…
