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 [...]
6 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Sleep Are you consistently waking up each morning feeling unrefreshed? You’re not alone. Millions of people suffer from sleep deprivation. Poor sleep can contribute to numerous health problems, but the good news is that most issues can be solved by changing your habits. Here are 6 ways that you [...]
Back and Neck Pain Tips There are lots of things you can do to address your low back pain. Back and neck pain is some of the most common complaints we hear from people of all ages, and the discomfort can really interfere with your day-to-day activities. If you’ve ever suffered from acute or [...]
Turf Toe “Turf toe” means that the strong fibrous ligaments connecting your big toe to your foot have been stretched too far and have been “sprained. This most commonly happens when your big toe is extended forcibly toward the top of your foot. This may happen abruptly from a fall or when something lands [...]
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 [...]
Upper Cross Syndrome Your posture plays an important role in your overall health. Poor posture leads to chronic strain and discomfort. “Upper cross syndrome” describes poor posture that results from excessive tightness in your shoulders and chest with weakness in your neck and mid-back. This combination forces your shoulders to roll inward and your [...]
Lumbar Disc Lesion Your spine consists of 24 individual vertebrae stacked on top of each other. Flexible cushions called “discs” live between each set of vertebrae. A disc is made up of two basic components. The inner disc, called the “nucleus”, is like a ball of jelly about the size of a marble. This [...]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome : 3 Things you don't know It's generally known that pain and numbness of the hands can be caused by "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"; however, what people commonly refer to as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is actually more specifically Carpal Tunnel Entrapment. Most patients with these symptoms will come in with pain, numbness, [...]
Whiplash and Chiropractic Whiplash is a common term for an injury to the neck and head that is caused by rapid acceleration or deceleration of the head relative to the body. The neck muscles are overpowered by the mass of the head moving or stopping very quickly and injury occurs. It is commonly called [...]
What’s the Best Shoe for Small Feet? We often hear the question "What's the BEST shoe for small feet?" And as parents, we often seek to maximize the family budget. One common cost-saving technique involves choosing shoes that toddlers and children “will grow into”. This week we will review a paper that examines this [...]
