Would it surprise you to know that chiropractors like me, your chiropractor in Dallas, treat almost as many patients with knee pain as we do patients with back problems? It’s true! But, we, chiropractors, would likely have far less patients with knee problems if more people came in sooner for back care. That’s right! Keeping your back in alignment can help prevent knee pain!

How is that possible? The answer is that the musculoskeletal system of the body operates in a compensatory, “chain-reaction” manner. Which is to say that when one area of the musculoskeletal system isn’t functioning correctly, the rest of the system shifts and tilts in order to compensate for the problem.  For instance, pain in the patella (kneecap), also known as Patella Femoral Syndrome (Knee Cap Pain) is frequently due to imbalances in the quadriceps muscles of the thigh that connect to and move the patella. These imbalances often start in the lower back, particularly in the sacroiliac joint. It’s not unlike the old song, “…the knee bones connected to the thigh bone…”. We are one, whole, organic structure from our head to our toes. That is why challenges are never isolated. So, it’s not just your back that’s the culprit! For example, reduced foot mechanics in response to foot pain generally causes painful knee problems as well. In addition, poor knee tracking due to inappropropriate gait patterns, such as pronation (walking like a duck with toes pointed out rather than straight ahead), can cause stress on the knee joints and extreme pain over time. And, finally, excess body weight and, sorry, ladies, but the wearing of high heels on a regular basis more often than not causes knee problems over time.

Happily, chiropractic care can reestablish healthy muscle balance, restore appropriate movement to the patella and other knee joints, and adjust subluxations of the sacroiliac joints or bones of the foot. Knee replacement surgery in an attempt to relieve knee pain should be a last resort!
It it vitally important that you never ignore knee pain, or “play through” knee pain, or continue walking in those lovely Jimmy Choo heels when your knees are aching. Pain is the body’s way of letting you know that there’s a problem that needs correcting. If knee problems are left untreated, knee joint tissue, particularly the cartilage, will continue to erode. If the bones begin to rub on one another, changes such as bone spurs can occur.

As we age, certain musculoskeletal problems tend to increase, such as knee pain and degerative joint disease (osteoarthritis). However, no matter what your age is today, right this minute you are younger than you will ever be again. See your Dallas Chiropractor today…for tomorrow’s sake!

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Corona Chiropractor

Your Corona Chiropractor offers a potent non-surgical, drug-free approach to decreasing hip pain and often eliminating it altogether. Whenever possible, surgery should be seen as a final option. Therefore, before you schedule a surgery to replace that hip, ask yourself the following questions: Is it impossible for you to get a good night’s sleep because your hip pain wakes you up in the night? When you get out of bed in the morning, and/or when you step out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it hard at first to move your legs? Do you feel pain whenever you rotate or twist them or when you cross your legs? If these symptoms sound familiar, it is likely that you have imbalances and alignment problems in your lower extremities that are not only causing your hip pain, but can lead to osteoarthritis in your hips in the future if not treated. The good news is that chiropractic treatment can help whether or not degenerative changes have already taken place!

You may be getting older and it may be true that your hip joints aren’t what they used to be. Even so, did you know that your hip pain and related problems, which usually signal age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be created by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In fact, rather than being the root cause of your condition, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is often the consequence of a prior injury (or injuries) to your hips.

Hip problems commonly have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, like walking for example. If you tend to walk “pronated” like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, sooner or later you will experience pain in your hips as a result of the asymmetrical stress on your hip joints and your body’s efforts to compensate. Fortunately, you can learn to change your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can show you how to do it.

Moreover, you may have developed gait changes because of an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical alterations generate pain in the hip(s). There is no doubt that, if not treated, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, which is the wear and tear that creates degenerative changes.

Other situations that can frequently adversely affect the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that necessitates your moving your body in atypical ways. Also, transporting a child (or grandchild) on one hip can create hip pain. Even the way you sit or driving for prolonged periods of time on a regular basis can cause hip injury and pain.

So you can see that not every pain is caused by “old age,” even though we may experience more pain as the result of the progressive activity of untreated injuries.

In addition to your adjustments, as an integral part of your chiropractic management, your Corona Chiropractor will provide appropriate rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also study your gait and may recommend simple pattern changes.

Your hip pain won’t vanish by itself. Hip pain is a signal that something needs correcting. If neglected, there is a good possibility that you will eventually require that hip replacement surgery. So, don’t put off until tomorrow, what truly needs to be done today. Your Corona Chiropractor can get you out of pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!

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Take arthritis for example. In point of fact, with the exception of pharmaceuticals, traditional medicine fails to address this age-related affliction. What is the reason? The answer is that most medical doctors treat the symptoms of arthritis. The chiropractic approach is to discover the origin of the condition and treat the pain at its source.  For more than one hundred years, chiropractors, like your Chiropractor in Santa Clara, have been helping individuals suffering from back pain and other problems caused by arthritic changes in the musculoskeletal system.

Arthritic changes occur as your body ages because, over time, wear of certain joints takes place as a consequence of repetitive stresses, as well as years of poor gait, bad posture, and lack of beneficial movement. Chiropractic adjustments reestablish motion in your joints and ease any vertebral misalignments that may be producing irritation and restriction. In addition to causing arthritic changes in the spine and increasing pain, did you know that misaligned vertebra can also lower your resistance and immunity? It’s an irrefutable fact, and this may be one of the reasons why it may seem that as you get older you develop more health problems and that it often takes longer for you to feel better again. Studies have shown that older individuals who are under chiropractic care stay healthier. In fact, you could say that, as you get older, chiropractic treatment is good for what ails you!

Chiropractors are experts when it comes to the health of the musculoskeletal system, from the small, growing frame of an infant to the full-grown body of an aging adult.  Your chiropractor understands the aging process and has exceptional observational and diagnostic skills that aid in locating spinal misalignments and joint problems. A chiropractic examination can, in fact, frequently reveal some age-related conditions before they’ve begun to create noticeable pain. Furthermore, your Chiropractor in Santa Clara can evaluate your posture and analyze your gait to identify faulty patterns that could generate further arthritic changes.

So, if feeling your age has become a painful experience, make an appointment with your Santa Clara Chiropractor today!

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Wichita Chiropractor

I am aware from more than twenty years experience as a Chiropractor in Wichita helping people suffering from the pain of sciatica that the condition can be extremely disabling. Sciatica sufferers are regrettably all too familiar with the kind of deep pain that frequently radiates through the lower part of their body, accompanies their waking hours each day and inhibits almost all of their daily activities.

Are you wondering if your low back pain could be caused by sciatica? You are probably suffering from sciatica if your pain travels from your low back, through one or both sides of your buttocks, down the large sciatic nerve in the back of your leg(s), and possibly penetrates into your knee(s). Also, sitting, as well as movement, can be painful. Often lying down will decrease, or sometimes even temporarily get rid of the pain. Even so, it’s important for you to know that sciatica will not go away without appropriate treatment.

Radiculopathy

A radiculopathy is a medical term used to describe a condition where a disc has protruded from its normal position in the vertebral column and is putting pressure on the radicular nerve, or nerve root, that forms part of the sciatic nerve in the lower back. Such pressure is extremely painful.

Prolonged sitting, especially with bad posture, can create imbalances in the muscles enclosing the spine and additional pressure on the intervertebral discs. Generally, a particular event or injury doesn’t cause sciatica, but rather sciatica tends to progress over time as a consequence of general wear and tear on the structures of the lower spine. Eventually the lower spine can lose its ability to function normally during everyday stresses.

When this happens, the intervertebral disc develops small fissures or cracks, which then let the soft nucleus to protrude the disc outward. Pain is created as the disc pushes on sensitive tissues. This condition is often known as a ruptured, or slipped, disc. Sciatica is the result of the disc pressing on the spinal nerve. With chiropractic manipulation and management, which usually includes postural exercises, most disc problems, including sciatica, can be totally alleviated.

Periformis Syndrome

Another cause of sciatic pain is periformis syndrome. Periformis syndrome occurs when the periformis muscle, which is superficial to the sciatic nerve, goes into spasm and irritates the nerve. In combination with chiropractic treatment, this kind of sciatica can be significantly relieved by sciatica stretches that your chiropractor will suggest.

If you are experiencing sciatic pain, it is extremely important for you to seek chiropractic attention. If you are in the Wichita area, as your Wichita Chiropractor, I look forward to helping you to get out of pain and get your life back!

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Sacramento Chiropractor

Injuries are not uncommon with any sort of sport. It is beneficial to discover what injury is apt to happen in a particular sport and then to do as much as you can to avoid it. The truth is, however, that sports injuries can’t always be avoided. Consequently, it’s important to be in good physical shape to make incurring injury less likely, or less traumatic.   Prior to beginning a sport, such as golf, the most important thing you can do is to be sure that you have an appropriate fitness level. By cultivating a healthy lifestyle, making sure your joints are mobile and your muscles are limber, preparing your body prior to activity, using proper form and good postures while actively playing, and giving yourself plenty of cool down and relaxation time, you just might keep your body safe from injury.

It isn’t simply amateur golfers who suffer from injuries. Approximately, one-third of pro golfers play injured at any given time. On the positive side, all-round good health and fitness can decrease the number of injuries that you may acquire and may conceivably deter them completely.

It is vital for you to have proper body strength in the muscle regions most employed when golfing. However, before you make an effort to build muscle strength, it’s prudent to make sure your spine is aligned and has good mobility. A proficient golf swing is contingent upon your spine’s facility to adequately rotate adequately. Back injuries are the most common type of injuries suffered by golfers. To insure that your spine is in proper alignment and there is effectual movement in the vertebrae, see your chiropractor in Sacramento. Chiropractic management can go a long way in helping you to avoid back injury.

Once you’re “straightened” it’s time to strengthen. A safe, injury-free day on the green depends upon your being prepared for your golf game. You can warm up your muscles and make injuring them less likely by doing golf stretching and flexibility exercises. Full body range of motion (ROM) exercises will enhance flexibility, often rather speedily, in all regions of the body. In addition, elastic band conditioning can provide targeted golf range of motion improvements and can increase needed power in the shoulders, hips and deep muscles of the core. Sports professionals, like your chiropractor, are including elastic band training in their golf conditioning programs because the bands offer dynamic resistance that regular weight lifting does not provide.

Quite a few golfers have painful “Golfer’s Elbow” along with back injuries. There is a minute difference between golfer’s elbow and tennis elbow though they are nearly identical injuries. Tennis elbow affects the outside of the upper arm whereas golfer’s elbow impinges the inner arm. Golfer’s elbow, like tennis elbow, can be a reaction to a single extreme action, such as (in golf) thrusting down on the mat at the driving range or hitting a hard fairway surface. Repetitive stress from smaller shocks, however, is generally the cause. In addition, it can occur for those who suddenly start playing too much golf. For instance, if individuals that generally play golf once or twice a month elect to play in a tournament, they are potentially at risk for contracting the injury.

Golf makes exclusive requirements on the body. Fatigue can be a problem because the game usually lasts longer than most other sports. Once the body is fatigued, poor posture and decreased coordination often follow. This combination can create an assortment of injuries. In addition, as a result of the constant swinging of the golf clubs, the shoulder muscles are prone to injury. Just as attention should be given to make certain that your muscles are stretched and warmed up before starting your golf game, be sure that you rest your body suitable between games.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is, often, a surprising injury associated with golf. But, because it a condition that happens as the result of repetitive stress, numerous games of golf played over several months repetitively may cause this injury. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be a an extremely damaging injury producing disability and occasionally necessitating surgery. However, if a health professional, such as your chiropractor, diagnoses it at an early stage, chiropractic treatment and, frequently, the use of a brace will relieve the problem.

Injuries are assumed to be an inescapable part of life for many golfers. However, a healthy, mobile spine, dedicated preparation, appropriate exercise and muscle conditioning, attaining and sustaining a an appropriate fitness level, and prudent rest and recuperation after your game is over, can help to make injuries a good deal less a part of your golfing experience.

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San Diego Chiropractor

As a Chiropractor in San Diego, I counsel many individuals who come to my clinic who want to lose weight. I know how hard it can be, and I also know how important it is to lose those extra pounds. What’s the harm in being just a few pounds overweight? Over time, they can add up to a large number of health issues from heart and pulmonary diseases and diabetes to back challenges and joint degeneration. Surplus poundage puts undue stress on organs, like the heart, as well as on joints in the low back, hips, and knees. Over half (62%) of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to recent studies. That is a very significant number and an enormous dilemma (no pun intended).

It is likely no surprise to you to learn that the human body was not intended to schlepp around surplus weight in the form of body fat. A mere excess of 20 or 30 pounds can literally overload and encumber the joints and muscles of the body. Extra weight in the abdominal region, for example, makes it necessary for the body to compensate (counterbalance the weight) by tilting the pelvis forward. The tilt creates compression in the joints of the low back. Joint compression inhibits nerve activity and causes painful inflammation. A larger percentage of people who are overweightexperience low back pain generated by  an impingement of the sciatic nerve or spinal misalignments that restrict nerves due to weight-bearing stresses. If left untreated, misaligned vertebra in most cases develop into new arthritic changes in the spine over time, as well as continue to irritate the degenerative changes that have already taken place.

How can chiropractic help? Perhaps, it should go without saying that a “normal” body weight is essential in order for the musculoskeletal system to act and respond in the way it is built to. Chiropractic treatment can not only ease the pain generated by excess weight compensation, but it can aid in weight reduction. Here’s how. Chiropractic adjustments relieve nerve impingements in the spine and assist in getting motion back into the joints of the musculoskeletal system, particularly in the low back, hips, and knees. And, obviously exercise and physical activity is a lot easier, and more beneficial for the body, when the the joints have good mobility and the spine is aligned. The added benefit of exercise the, in addition to helping with weight reduction, it can actually slow the potential for degenerative changes as over the years.

It is always best to discuss diet and exercise alternatives with a healthcare professional, like your chiropractor. In addition to helping men and women suffering from back pain and joint inflammation, chiropractors can provide trained advice on the particular lifestyle corrections that can help an individual to stay healthier, more vital, and more active through the years. It isn’t a foregone conclusion that arthritis and immobility an inescapable part of the aging process. The human body was created for a lifetime of pain-free movement.

So, if those extra few pounds have started to add up to a lot of pain, as your chiropractor in San Diego and someone who cares deeply about your overall health, I can help. Make an appointment today!

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Visiting a San Jose chiropractor is truly one of the most beneficial things that you can do to gain relief from your arthritis and back pain. Chiropractors are doctors who practice entirely in treating the muscular and skeletal system, and arthritis is a joint condition. Chiropractic care has helped many people to slow the process of arthritis by getting their joints moving. Movement is very important for joint health. A good chiropractor is extremely skilled in treating back pain, even when it is caused by arthritis

If you have never gone to a chiropractor before, you might be a bit concerned about what is going to occur once you are in the office. It might help to give a quick overview about what you can expect. You will be asked about your medical history, which will conceivably include a family history of arthritis. The chiropractor will want to know about your current lifestyle and may offer specific modifications that will be beneficial for lessening the inflammation produced by arthritis. And, finally, you will receive a complete examination. After the examination is complete, the chiropractor will let you know if chiropractic management can help your back pain, as well as relieve your painful arthritic symptoms. After that you will be told about the specific treatment you will require.

A chiropractic adjustment relieves pain gently and naturally, and it is a painless process. And, the most wonderful aspect of going to a chiropractor for your back pain and arthritis is that you can feel certain that the cause of your pain is being addressed, and that the relief you experience is not masking the symptom of pain, but genuinely treating the origin of your affliction.

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To make things worse, for some individuals, and perhaps you’re one of them allergic reactions can progress from just plain irritating to dangerous and life-threatening as the air passageway begins to close and breathing becomes a problem. This evolution of symptoms can frequently generate a state of panic.

In fact, if you are one of the many individuals who have allergies, it may even seem to you that, from time to time, your environment is a very antagonistic place and that the world around you is, in deed, out to get you!

You may question why it is that other individuals seem so unaffected by the environment, while your body reacts, or rather overreacts, to it. It’s a valid question. The answer is because some individuals, like you, have a hyperactive immune system that literally “freaks out” when you are confronted with everyday substances such as pollen, dander, shellfish, or nuts.

Can your Ventura Chiropractor help with your allergy symptoms? The answer may surprise you. Even though chiropractic care doesn’t treat allergies, many men, women, and children notice that they experience freedom from their allergy symptoms after getting chiropractic adjustments.

The reason for this is because chiropractic adjustments affect the entire nervous system, including the autoimmune system. When there’s a disruption in the nervous system, in addition to other problems, the autoimmune system, whose responsibility it is to assist you in adapting and responding appropriately to your environment, can become under-active or overactive. In the case of your allergies, the breakdown is the latter (it becomes overactive).

Since chiropractic manipulations decrease or take away disturbances in the nervous system and bring the body back into balance and harmony, the adjustments bring that same balance and harmony to the auto-immune system as well. A healthy immune system reacts appropriately to so-called allergens in the environment.

So, as mentioned above, your chiropractor doesn’t actually treat allergies. You could say, rather, that relief from your allergies is merely the by-product of a well-adjusted nervous system. Make an appointment, today, to see your Ventura Chiropractor and get back into harmony with your environment.

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Tension headaches: Let’s face it, life can be a pain, now and then, and end up as a tension headache. The majority of us have experienced more than one. If you are someone who’s had a tension headache, then you know that it usually feels like a dull, aching head pain that is commonly accompanied by a feeling of tightness or pressure along your forehead or on the sides and back of your head. Sometimes, you might feel a tenderness of your scalp, neck and shoulder muscles, and occasionally you may experience a loss of appetite.

Tension headaches are generally characterized as mild to moderately intense. The severity of the pain varies from one headache to another in the same person, as well as from one individual to another You may experience tension headaches regularly or they may take place infrequently. If your headaches occur fifteen or more days a month for a minimum of three months, they’re considered chronic. If tension headaches are interrupting your life, chiropractic management may be the answer. Give your chiropractor a call.

Migraine Headaches: Migraine headaches are distinct from the average tension-related headache. According to the National Headache Foundation, migraines frequently take place on one side of the head only. They throb or pulsate and are accompanied by nausea or vomiting. One-fifth of migraine sufferers have auras, visual symptoms an hour before a migraine attack, and distrubances such as pulsating light, lines or dots.

Do you experience the painful symptoms of migraines? If you do, you know the upsetting, debilitating effects that this kind of challenge can have on your life. The pain of a migraine headache can incapacitate you for hours, for days, for a lifetime, and standard over-the-counter medications are not only ineffective but, like prescription drugs, they generally have alarming side effects. It’s time to really do something about the pain and get your life back! Chiropractic care has been proven to be powerful in relieving and eliminating migraine headaches. Get in touch with your chiropractor today!

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Many children’s pharmaceuticals often not only mask a child’s symptoms, but can produce serious side effects. Their goal to achieve a healthier state for their children has led moms and dads to find health care opportunities that support their child’s own natural ability to be healthy.

Chiropractic care is that option. All children function better with 100% nerve function. The immune system is controlled by the nervous system. When it is operating optimally, children stay healthier.  As the adage goes, “the best offense is a good defense.” Everyday, children are exposed to massive amounts of airborn, food-born, and contact bacteria. So many bacteria, in fact, that it would be inconceivable to immunize them against them all. Your Chiropractor has both knowledge and experience with colds, sore throats, ear infections, fevers, colic, asthma, tonsillitis, allergies, bed-wetting, infections, pains, falls, stomach-aches, and the hundred and one little (and big) things children go through as they in their childhood years.

A chiropractor is committed to helping keep your child healthy and strong so that the ailments that appear to be an inescapable part of childhood, either won’t affect your child as intensely or will not affect them at all. The function of chiropractic care is to eliminate interferences to the innate healing power running through the body. When that power is unleashed, the healing results that take place may often be profound.
Furthermore, a child has less tendency to be injured at play or in sports when his or her spine is in alignment. In addition, children who get adjusted on a regular basis don’t appear to experience as many “growing pains” as other children.
Each day at your  Chiropractor we have happily noticed that more and more parents are bringing their children to our clinic to help to take care of the questions and concerns they have regarding their children’s health. All children are deserve the right to live at their entire capacity. Chiropractic adjustments for children at your chiropractor is safe, gentle and effective.

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