How Many Chiropractic Visits Do You Actually Need? We Tracked 4,443 Patients to Find Out "Chiropractor Promises He'll Have You Good As New After 328 More Visits." That's a real headline — from The Babylon Bee, a satire site. The joke: a guy comes in with a crick in his neck from a [...]
Spinal Stenosis Without Surgery: What the New Research Says, What It Doesn't, and Where Conservative Care Fits If someone told you that you have spinal stenosis, you probably heard one of two things next. Either "it's degenerative, it only gets worse," or "you'll probably need surgery eventually." Neither one is the whole story, [...]
Why 96% of People Trust Chiropractic Care Once They Try It — And What's Stopping the Other 56% From Ever Finding Out A national survey released this month by Synchrony/CareCredit put a number on something I see in this office almost every week: people don't distrust chiropractic care because they've tried it and [...]
Why Upper Cross Syndrome Keeps Coming Back You've probably done the exercises. Chin tucks. Band pull-aparts. Pec stretches. Maybe some shoulder blade squeezes. Your chiropractor, physical therapist, or personal trainer told you to pull your shoulders back and down, lift your chest, keep your head up. It helped. For a while. Then the tightness [...]
My Back Still Hurts After Surgery.What Do I Do Now? BACK PAIN SERIES — PART 4 OF 4 This is Part 4 of a four-part series we are working on. Each will be linked as they are published online. Part 1 covers what is the best non-surgical treatment for back pain. Part 2 [...]
You Need Surgery. Now What? A Guide to Prehab and Preparation By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Getting told you need back surgery is a lot to process. There's relief in finally having an answer — and fear about what comes [...]
Disc Herniation, Lumbar Disc Lesion, Stenosis, Pars Fracture, and Arthritis: What Type of Back Pain Do You Have — and What Actually Helps? By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa BACK PAIN SERIES — PART 2 OF 4 This is Part 2 [...]
What Is the Best Non-Surgical Treatment for Back Pain?A Guide to Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Care BACK PAIN SERIES — PART 1 OF 4 By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. It affects [...]
Why Chiropractic Isn't Working — And How Integrated Care Changes That By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Most clinics do one thing. They do it reasonably well. And when they hit the edge of what they can offer, they send you somewhere [...]
Recovery Isn't a Luxury—It's the Path to Healing In today's world, where busyness is praised and exhaustion is normalized, recovery has been wrongly labeled as indulgent. We hear it all the time: "I'll rest when things slow down." "I can push through it." "I just need to toughen up." But here's the reality: [...]
