Sources of Chronic Pain Chronic pain can arise from many sources.  Common sources include injuries that do not completely heal, long-term disease processes and injuries to the nervous system.  There are many potential sources of chronic pain, but they all have in common a state of injury or disease that has failed to completely resolve.  There are also categories of psychogenic chronic pain, such as phantom leg syndrome, that work...

Chiropractors are experts trained in the neuromusculoskeletal system.  They diagnose and treat disorders of the spine and other body joints by adjusting the spinal column or through other corrective manipulation. Chiropractors provide conservative management of neuromusculoskeletal disorders including, but not limited to, back, neck, arms, legs, knees, shoulders, hips, and head pain (over 80 percent of conditions treated).  They also...

Chiropractic Adjustments Have you been living with pain that over-the-counter medications do little to ease or control?  Due to the high costs of traditional medical care and concerns about the side-effects of drugs, many are looking toward alternative drug-free healthcare approaches to address the root causes of their pain.  Perhaps this is a reason that chiropractic is among the world’s increasingly expanding healthcare professions in...

Chiropractic and Acupuncture Did you know that Chiropractic and Acupuncture is the best way to get long term drug free pain relief from Golfer’s elbow, Tennis elbow, and Carpal tunnel? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful disorder of the wrist and hand.  The carpal tunnel is a narrow tunnel formed by the bones and other tissues of your wrist.  This tunnel protects your median nerve. The median nerve gives you feeling in your thumb,...

Headaches and Migraines The majority of recurring headaches are of two types: tension headaches and migraine headaches.  Headaches affect everyone at some point and are due to a wide variety of causes, such as drug reactions, tightness in the neck muscles, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), low or high blood sugar, or stress and fatigue.  Chiropractic care is the best way to...

Headache Relief With Chiropractic Treatments Chiropractic treatments for headaches help patients to get relief from headache.  Headaches are a common problem and many factors such as poor posture and stress can lead to different types of headaches.  Sometimes misalignments in the vertebrae cause nerve irritation and exert pressure on the nerves leading to the brain.  This may lead to cluster headaches and migraines.  Chiropractic...

Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments The word “subluxation” comes from the Latin words meaning “to dislocate” (luxare) and “somewhat or slightly” (sub).  A subluxation means a slight dislocation (misalignment) or biomechanical malfunctioning of the vertebrae (the bones of the spine).  These disturbances may irritate nerve roots and the blood vessels which branch off from the spinal cord between each of the vertebrae.  This...