Top 10 Reasons to see a Chiropractor first for your back pain or neck pain.
Top 10 Reasons to see a Chiropractor first for your back and neck pain. You want to get to the root of the problem, not just mask the symptoms. Chiropractors correct the underlying issues leading to pain and dysfunction, not just the symptoms (pain). You don’t want to be a drug addict. Chiropractic comes with no risk of addiction, like many prescription pain medications. **Chiropractic is not a gateway drug to heroin like many prescription drugs are. You don’t like blood. Chiropractic involves no cutting, surgery or risk of infection. You want to heal fast but safely as well. Chiropractic works fast and and the treatments themselves are fast, giving you more time to enjoy life and your favorite activities. You want to feel and function better, stronger, faster! Like going to the gym, you will get stronger and healthier with chiropractic care, pain medications only reduce pain. With chiropractic, your pain will go away and your spine and nervous system health will improve as well! You don’t want to die. The 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. is preventable medical mistakes. Over 250,000 people a year. That’s almost 685 people a day. The equivalent of 2...
read moreFive Strategies To Heal And Avoid Back Pain – The Checklist From The Chiropractor
Five Strategies To Heal And Avoid Back Pain – The Checklist From The Chiropractor. Avoiding back pain, pinched nerves, disc herniations, sciatica and other back problems is more likely if you have a consistent back health daily plan. It should be short, and easy to execute. A little bit of prevention has been shown to go a long way. The secret to healing your back and avoiding back pain in the future is consistency and repetition of the right activities. These solutions to back pain will work for most people. If you haven’t done all of these at the same time, consistently for a period of time, you should try. For the specifics, you may need help, but it’s fairly simple. Back Health Check List One: Stretch Stretching your low back, stretching your mid back and stretching your neck will help a lot. Increased blood flow, greater flexibility, pain relief and improved future function will all result by stretching gently for 60-90 seconds a stretch. Regular stretching may reduce your headaches, migraines, shoulder pain, sciatica, low back pain, neck pain, stiff neck, leg pain and a host of other issues. Stretching daily for 5-10 minutes can change your life. Stretching...
read moreDoes Whiplash Pain Go Away On It’s Own?
When will my whiplash pain disappear? Ask Dr. Lou – Neck Pain Expert Will your whiplash pain go away on it’s own? This depends on several factors related to you and the accident. A few of the most important questions are listed below. – Did you have any previous injuries, problems or pain in the neck? – How hard was your car hit? – Were you wearing a seatbelt? Did you neck hit the door, dash, headrest or steering wheel? – How fast were all cars moving? – From which direction were you hit? – How old are you? – What is your job? – In what position do you sleep? – How is your overall health? – Do you get headaches? – Do you work at a desk? – How is your stress level? You get the idea. Whiplash pain is always a sign that damage has been done. The extent of the damage depends on many factors and usually makes it easier to predict how long it will take of you to feel better. Another legitimate question that you should ask is “Once I feel better, how long before proper function of...
read morePainful Parenting is no fun. Can’t lift your kids? Call Dr. Lou.
Parenting In Pain Hurts Everyone. We’ve all had moments where back pain, headache, neck pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, sciatica pain or some other ache has prevented us from the Saturday morning LEGO party on the living room floor. Maybe you can’t pick up your kid because of one of the aforementioned pains. If you can’t play with your kids, odds are, you are thinking “I’m too young for this.” There are many causes of headaches, joint pain, sciatica, muscle pain, stiffness and the like. They all fall under the “Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal” umbrella, which is the chiropractors domain. Why not go to your PCP? Maybe you should. Recognize though that when all you have is a hammer, all you will see is a nail. IF you are looking for non-surgical, drug free solutions to painful parenting problems that are preventing you from playing with or holding your kids, chiropractic may be your answer. It’s proven safe and effective. In fact, chiropractic is statistically safer than driving to Shaws for popsicles. Here’s a story about a painful parenting incident at LL BEAN on December 2, 2016. ...
read moreOne leg is shorter than the other! What’s that mean? A short leg?!
You’ve been told “One leg is shorter than the other.” Do you have a short leg? When you have a short leg, the discrepancy may be anatomical or may be functional. Either one leads to problems. (Dr. Lou’s video linked here.) Problems like pain, arthritis, immobility, hip pain, knee pain, ankle pain, foot pain, low back pain. Dysfunction in the joints often leads to nerve dysfunction called vertebral subluxation and this condition leads to reduction in function throughout the body. Often without you even feeling it. Anatomical leg length discrepancies are due to one leg actually being physically shorter than the other. The bone is short. Functional discrepancies are due to muscle tension, spinal and pelvic subluxation, low back torsion or scoliosis and a number of other causes. When all leg bones are the same length but wear and tear, tension, imbalance and asymmetries are present, these are issues that can be corrected. When a leg bone is anatomically shorter than the other side, heel lifts and shoe modifications will balance things out. If you’ve been told that you have a leg length difference, you should call our office, be evaluated by an expert and then...
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