Rarely is there a day that goes by that a patient does not come into my office suffering with lumbago, or as it is more commonly known, low back pain. It is an increasingly common ailment that can have multiple causes. As chiropractic physicians, it is our job to find the actual cause of this …
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Patients tell me “I can’t sleep”, “I’m tired all the time, but when I get into bed at night, I just can’t fall asleep!” Why is this such a common problem? Understand that insomnia is a stress reaction. In fact it’s usually the first sign that your body is stressed out and out of balance. …
“Yesterday I bent over to pick up an empty laundry basket and I must have turned the wrong way. Well I heard a “pop” and I didn’t think anything of it but today I woke up and couldn’t get out of bed it hurt so bad.” This is an example of one of the most …
Did you know that a car accident you had 3-5 years ago could result in sudden weight gain? It’s true, many of my chiropractic patients in St. Petersburg who have experienced sudden weight gain (more than 20 pounds in one year’s time) had a rear end car accident approximately four years before the weight gain …
Tennis elbow is pain which is experienced in one or both elbows. It is caused by compression to a nerve known as the “ulnar” nerve. Many people refer to that area as “the funny bone” which is isn’t actually a bone but an area where the ulnar nerve is very close to the surface of …
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), cases of diabetes rose sharply this past year and CDC is blaming it on obesity. Since the year 2000, they have recommended increasing your physical activity and changing your diet. The result of this recommendation has not proved effective as many people don’t know what changes to …
So I have my spine here… When you look at the spine, you can see that it has curves and this is done for strength. Get the idea that if this was straight up and down, the head being up here, and you took a blunt hit to the head. Can you see how this …
Hi everyone! Did you know that you have an organ in your body that’s responsible for how you deal with stress? It’s called the adrenal gland. It’s a triangular shaped organ that sits on top of the kidney around the middle of your back on either side of your spine. Now the adrenal gland is …
