90% of women who have chiropractic care during pregnancy wish they would stay pregnant for another 6 months. Ok, ok, that was a joke. But what is no joke is that research supports chiropractic care as one of the safest and most effective options for assisting with pregnancy related low back pain. Why it Matters: Even with all the changes that occur in a woman’s body during pregnancy, what doesn’t…
Pregnancy can make you more sick than that last “girl’s weekend” in Vegas. But, while what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; what happens during pregnancy doesn’t stay in pregnancy. Over half of women with back pain during pregnancy will continue to have back pain after pregnancy. Oi vey. Why it Matters: Chiropractic care has been shown to be one of the safest and most effective ways to help relieve…
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…
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…
