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Chiropractic Works…Just Ask a Friend

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:44:57 +0000

If you’ve ever been to a chiropractor, you know from your own healing experience that chiropractic works. So, you are probably as dismayed as I am about how much misinformation and out-and-out lies are out there about chiropractic treatment. My mom used to tell me never to believe anything I hear and only half of what I see, and that was decades before the Internet. Nowadays anyone can write a blog, or write on someone else’s blog, about anyone or anything and not have to back up one word of what is written with any hard facts at all. So, it is extremely disheartening that a very few, but extreme and outspoken critics of chiropractic are making such an effort to keep people away from the chiropractic help they need.

If you are someone who is suffering from pain and injury, and the only medical advice you’re getting is that you should take drugs or have surgery (or both), I know that it is difficult for you to find out the true facts about chiropractic treatment — what it is and how it can help you with out drugs or surgery. I know that there are enough distortions and complete untruths written about chiropractic to keep you confused and, yes, even frightened enough to stay away from the very treatment that will get you out of pain and help you to get your life back.

I know from my own experience that chiropractic works. If you have never been to a chiropractor, my advice is for you to speak with a friend or someone you trust who has been to a chiropractor. Ask them about their experience and tell them about your concerns. Believe me, people who have gone from pain and disability to pain-free mobility and renewed energy and activity are more than willing sing the praises of this wonderful, natural, drug-free approach to health. But, I warn you, once you get them started telling you about the benefits of chiropractic treatment, it may be hard to get them to stop!

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What’s In a Name?

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:15:49 +0000

What’s in a name? Many times the origin of particular words and terms, and the deeper meaning, has been lost through time. “Chiropractic,” for instance, came from the two Greek words, cheir and praxis, which literally means “hand and action” or “done by hand.” Chiropractic is definitely a “hands on” healing technique. An experienced chiropractor can not only “feel your pain,” but “feel your pain’s” origin.

That’s one of the reasons chiropractic works so well. In these days of “advanced technology,” we can sometimes “lose touch” with the things that matter. Chiropractors never get out of touch with their patients. They know what matters when it comes to diagnosing problems within the musculoskeletal system, and then treating those problems naturally, with a “healing touch” rather than a handful of drugs.

Chiropractic has been a recognized form of health care for more than 112 years. It is practiced in all 50 states, as well as Canada, UK, and in more than 100 nations across the world. The number of people who choose chiropractic treatment is growing every year. Why? I’ll say it again: Chiropractic works!

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Celebrate National Chiropractic Month…And Get Rid of Your Headache

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:54:29 +0000

This October, during National Chiropractic Month, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is encouraging families to consider chiropractic care as a treatment for several types of headaches. While many people associate chiropractic care as a treatment for back pain, there is growing documentation that chiropractic is also effective in the treatment of cervicogenic headaches, migraines and cluster headaches.

Research is proving spinal manipulation to be an effective treatment option for headaches. Not only does drug-free, conservative chiropractic care provide almost immediate relief from pain, it also has far fewer side effects than prescription medications.

Additionally, doctors of chiropractic are trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling—all of which are
important components in the management of chronic headache pain.

If you frequently suffer from headaches, the American Chiropractic Association recommends 1) taking a break and stretching every 30 minutes to one hour is you spend a large amount of time in one fixed position, such as in front of a computer; 2) doing low-impact exercises that may help to relieve the pain associated with primary headaches; 3) drinking at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day to avoid dehydration that can lead to headaches; 4) avoiding slouching; 5) eating a low-fat, high-complex carbohydrate diet demonstrated by a recent study to dramatically lower the frequency, intensity, and duration of migraine headaches; 6) reducing stress at home and working by planning ahead and engaging in breathing and relaxation exercises; 7) getting plenty of sleep and maintaining a regular sleep schedule.

Celebrate National Chiropractic Month by calling your local chiropractor because chiropractic works!

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Stop Suffering Now! Chiropractic Works and Can Help to End Your Hip Pain

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:50:08 +0000

Do you feel pain in one or both hips whenever you twist them or when you cross your legs? Does the pain wake you up in the night and make it impossible to get a good night’s sleep? When you arise in the morning, or when you get out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it initially difficult to move your legs? If you answered in the affirmative to any or all of these questions it is likely that you have imbalances and alignment problems in your lower extremities that, in addition to creating hip pain, can over time lead to degenerative hip joint disease if not treated.

Though hip pain and related problems are usually signs of age-related degenerative conditions, particularly osteoarthritis of the hip joint, osteoarthritis isn’t always the culprit. In fact, instead of causing the original problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint can be the eventual result of injury to your hips at a previous time.

Damage as the result of biomechanical issues, such as an ankle sprain or knee strain, can produce changes in your gait that create hip pain. Moreover, your gait may reposition to counterbalance new activities such as a job change, an alteration in the way you sit, a new sport or activity, or if you start driving for long periods of time on a regular basis..

In addition, gait asymmetries can occur from leg length discrepancies, foot pronation conditions, even carrying a baby or small child on your hip. Strictly speaking, anything that generates an asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion can develop into painful hip problems.

As part of the chiropractic management of your hip problem, along with adjustments, your chiropractor may prescribe orthotics. Your chiropractor will also offer applicable progressive rehabilitative exercises that include muscle stretching and strengthening.

Hip pain won’t disappear on its own. Hip pain means that something needs correcting. Your chiropractor can help to get you out of pain, get back into balance, and get your life back!

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