Showing posts with label lower back pain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lower back pain. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
A Recently Published Study Shows the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Care for Back Pain.
A recently published article in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine found that many people who use chiropractic and other forms of alternative medicine for treatment of back pain find benefit from the services. For a review of the article: go to MedicalNewsToday, or for the full text, go to: JABFM.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
What causes Lower Back Pain when you wake up in the morning?
As a chiropractor, I get asked this question a lot, from people in their sixties and also from people in their twenties and thirties. Usually the symptoms are described as severe soreness and stiffness during the night while sleeping and/or when first getting up in the morning. For most people, the lower back pain and discomfort tends to ease up after thirty minutes to an hour after waking up.
So what is happening? Most doctors will just tell you that you have arthritis. While this may be possible, it is not exactly true. Arthritis is not a disease, but rather a process that can happen to a person’s joints, were the movement of the joints slowly decreases over time and allows stiffness and discomfort to set in. So, typically what has happened to someone who experiences pain at night while sleeping or stiffness in the morning upon waking up, is that the joints have stiffened up due to injury, lack of use, or chronic problems. Just like all the other tissues in our body, the joints need a constant supply of fresh nutrients and constant removal of waste products in order to stay healthy.
Unlike muscles, which have a blood supply to bring fresh nutrients in and take away waste products, the joints rely on movement. The movement of our joints acts as sort of a pump that is constantly exchanging fluid with the tissues around them. This allows for the delivery of fresh nutrients that can rejuvenate and repair joints as well as the removal of harmful waste products such as lactic acid. Through either acute injuries or chronic progressive miss-use, our joints tend to lose their normal movement, which allows for joint breakdown to occur, resulting in pain. The pain is usually worse at night or in the morning because a person has been very still for a prolonged period, resulting in more build up of harmful wastes. After moving around, the extra movement helps remove some of the waste and the joints begin to feel better, at least until the next morning.
Getting adjusted by a Chiropractor can help relieve this type of pain and discomfort as well as help restore the normal movement of the joints to prevent further occurrences.
For more information, go to our website www.thefixchiro.com
So what is happening? Most doctors will just tell you that you have arthritis. While this may be possible, it is not exactly true. Arthritis is not a disease, but rather a process that can happen to a person’s joints, were the movement of the joints slowly decreases over time and allows stiffness and discomfort to set in. So, typically what has happened to someone who experiences pain at night while sleeping or stiffness in the morning upon waking up, is that the joints have stiffened up due to injury, lack of use, or chronic problems. Just like all the other tissues in our body, the joints need a constant supply of fresh nutrients and constant removal of waste products in order to stay healthy.
Unlike muscles, which have a blood supply to bring fresh nutrients in and take away waste products, the joints rely on movement. The movement of our joints acts as sort of a pump that is constantly exchanging fluid with the tissues around them. This allows for the delivery of fresh nutrients that can rejuvenate and repair joints as well as the removal of harmful waste products such as lactic acid. Through either acute injuries or chronic progressive miss-use, our joints tend to lose their normal movement, which allows for joint breakdown to occur, resulting in pain. The pain is usually worse at night or in the morning because a person has been very still for a prolonged period, resulting in more build up of harmful wastes. After moving around, the extra movement helps remove some of the waste and the joints begin to feel better, at least until the next morning.
Getting adjusted by a Chiropractor can help relieve this type of pain and discomfort as well as help restore the normal movement of the joints to prevent further occurrences.
For more information, go to our website www.thefixchiro.com
Dr. Calvin Shanks opens The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions in Paducah, KY!
On June 14th, 2010, when The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions officially opens, Paducah, KY will join the ranks of cities such as Atlanta, GA, Colorado Springs, CO, Kansas City, MO, Tucson, AZ, and Austin, TX as home to a new, unique style of Chiropractic office.
When asked what makes The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions unique, Dr. Shanks replied: “We have an open door policy that requires no fixed appointments and affordable pricing with optional monthly and family plans. Our office is stylish, trendy, and comfortable; you won’t even feel like you’re in a doctor’s office!”
Dr. Shanks, a practicing Chiropractor for over nine (9) years, was quoted as saying “I wanted a way to give people what they wanted: no hassles, no waiting, as little paperwork as possible, and above all else, to be affordable for everyone, especially with the increasing health care costs that families are faced with today.”
Chiropractic is based on correcting “subluxations” or misalignments of the spine in order to improve a person’s health. Common symptoms that people seek the help of Chiropractor for are lower back pain, headaches, and neck pain. Chiropractors generally use their hands to adjust or mobilize the joints of the spine. Some Chiropractors also employ other physical therapy modalities such as electric stimulation and intersegmental traction.
When asked what types of treatments would be available at The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions, Dr. Shanks responded, “We will be offering spinal adjustments only.” When asked why, her further explained, “The other therapies are very effective, but in order to provide simple, accurate, and affordable care, I elected to just stay with spinal adjusting. There are many simple and easy things that I can share with clients that they can do at home that will help out as well.”
The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions opens Monday, June 14th, 2010. The office is located in The Village Business Center behind The Home Depot in Paducah. For more information, the website is www.thefixchiro.com.
On June 14th, 2010, when The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions officially opens, Paducah, KY will join the ranks of cities such as Atlanta, GA, Colorado Springs, CO, Kansas City, MO, Tucson, AZ, and Austin, TX as home to a new, unique style of Chiropractic office.
When asked what makes The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions unique, Dr. Shanks replied: “We have an open door policy that requires no fixed appointments and affordable pricing with optional monthly and family plans. Our office is stylish, trendy, and comfortable; you won’t even feel like you’re in a doctor’s office!”
Dr. Shanks, a practicing Chiropractor for over nine (9) years, was quoted as saying “I wanted a way to give people what they wanted: no hassles, no waiting, as little paperwork as possible, and above all else, to be affordable for everyone, especially with the increasing health care costs that families are faced with today.”
Chiropractic is based on correcting “subluxations” or misalignments of the spine in order to improve a person’s health. Common symptoms that people seek the help of Chiropractor for are lower back pain, headaches, and neck pain. Chiropractors generally use their hands to adjust or mobilize the joints of the spine. Some Chiropractors also employ other physical therapy modalities such as electric stimulation and intersegmental traction.
When asked what types of treatments would be available at The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions, Dr. Shanks responded, “We will be offering spinal adjustments only.” When asked why, her further explained, “The other therapies are very effective, but in order to provide simple, accurate, and affordable care, I elected to just stay with spinal adjusting. There are many simple and easy things that I can share with clients that they can do at home that will help out as well.”
The Fix, Chiropractic Solutions opens Monday, June 14th, 2010. The office is located in The Village Business Center behind The Home Depot in Paducah. For more information, the website is www.thefixchiro.com.
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