“Straight” chiropractors and “Mixers”?? A question of focus. Some chiropractors focus mainly on the musculo-skeletal health of their patients—helping to reduce pain, stiffness, and restriction. Chiropractic can offer great relief to patients by freeing up restricted joints, not only in the spine but in many other joints of the body. In many cases, muscle…
Can you go to the chiropractor if you feel ok? (If you don’t feel any symptoms) Yes. Just because you don’t feel any symptoms doesn’t mean your spine is moving the way it should do. Symptoms often only appear when the spine is functioning very poorly. Chiropractic is great at alleviating pain and symptoms, but…
At what stage is pain too bad to visit a chiropractor? It is fine to visit a chiropractor when you are in pain (many people do), but it depends on the degree of pain. If your back or muscles feel tight, it hurts to move, or you can’t move much, a chiropractor can adjust…
When A Chiropractor Cannot Help You There are few instances where a chiropractor cannot help you. Here are some (but not all) of them: SUPER-acute Back Spasms If your lumbar spine has become so tight or inflamed that you cannot stand up, it is usually too inflamed for a chiropractor to work on. (Especially if…
Are chiropractors Doctors? What do they study? In most countries in the world, you don’t need a medical degree to be a chiropractor. It is a completely separate course to medicine. Most people are surprised that on average chiropractors study for the same, or even more, contact hours (4826 hours) than a medical doctor (4667…
How to fix pain between the shoulder blades It’s amazing how many people come in to see me with a pain between the shoulder blades on one side, over the Rhomboid muscle. They usually describe it as a ‘knife in the back’ type pain, or a burning tightness. Most people think that it’s the muscles…
How to use a massage gun on your feet. Percussion massage on the sole of the foot is a fabulous way to relieve sore feet and to relax overworked foot muscles. While we are on our feet all day the muscles that support the arch and keep us balanced are working hard, and they can…
Increased Lower Back Arch Everyone should have a bit of a forward tilt to their pelvis—it’s part of the shock absorption of the spine—but if the tilt is excessive, it increases the arch of the lumbar spine too much, compressing the spinal joints. Compacted joints can cause inflammation, lumbar pain, and even sciatica or degeneration…
How To Fix Kneecap Pain Pain at the front of the knee, underneath, over or above the kneecap is really common and usually is very easy to fix with a couple of exercises. You can do it at home and the results are surprisingly quick—within a day or two in many cases. The patella, or…
Upper Lumbar Pain On One Side Flank pain at the side of the lower back always needs to be checked out carefully by a professional to see if it’s kidney related. But in many cases it’s actually a pain that comes from the lower back. Certain positions can overstretch muscles on the side of the…
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