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 roughly [...]
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: ignoring [...]
Unlocking the Secret to a Pain-Free Life: How Chiropractic Care Can Help Relieve Your Low Back Pain Are you one of the millions of people who suffer from low back pain? It's a condition that can be incredibly debilitating, affecting every aspect of your life, from work to leisure activities. But what if there [...]
Can a Chiropractor Help With a Torn Rotator Cuff? Can a chiropractor help with a torn rotator cuff? The short answer is yes. For most rotator cuff injuries — including partial tears and many full-thickness tears — chiropractic care combined with physical therapy produces outcomes that match or exceed surgical intervention, without the recovery [...]
Why Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Acupuncture and Massage Work Better Together Why These Four Treatments Work Better Together Most musculoskeletal conditions aren't one problem. They're three or four problems layered on top of each other — a joint that's restricted, a muscle that's compensating, a nervous system that's stuck in a stress response, and soft [...]
Back pain can range from inconvenient to incapacitating. If you're experiencing severe pain that doesn't go away, you should ask yourself "who do I see for back pain?" With so many different types of providers and techniques out there, it can be tough to find the right answer. To top it all off, you [...]
Telemedicine and Chiropractic With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting CDC recommendations to stay home and practice social isolation, it leaves many moderate and high-risk patients with a dilemma. Do I venture out to the chiropractor’s office and potentially risk infection (for more information about the precautions at our office click here) or do [...]
Weak Hip Abductors: What the Symptoms Look Like, Why It Happens, and How to Fix It If your knee collapses inward when you squat, your hip aches after a run, or your low back tightens up after long walks — there's a reasonable chance your hip abductors aren't holding up [...]
Question Answered About Back Pain "Why do I need to come back for low back pain?" Recently I was working with a patient from Waukee and a common question came up. The question however threw me for a loop not because it isn't something that I haven't explained often but from who it came from. [...]
