In leg pain the soft tissues that are damaged are responsible for the pain. These tissues are mainly ligaments, hip cartilage, muscle, and tendons occasionally from nerves, blood vessels and bone. So when the correct tissues are identified the solution becomes much clearer. Naturally, the body initiates a full healing process, but often enough the healing is incomplete, leaving scar tissues and weakened structures that cause instabilities of the joints. Over time these misalignments contribute to degenerative joint disease. If…
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A symptom is something that indicates the presence of something else. We know that when you step on the tail of a dog it barks in the mouth, because of the nerves. Pain or numbness in the upper extremities can be a local phenomenon but more commonly it is the result of a neck condition pinching or irritating the nerves that run down the arms to the hands. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
A symptom is something that indicates the presence of something else. In lower back and hip pain the soft tissues that are damaged are responsible for the pain. These tissues are mainly nerves, ligaments, spinal discs, cartilage, muscle, tendons and connective tissues. Rarely does lower back pain comes from the bones except in fractures. So when the correct tissues are identified the solution becomes much clearer. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
People can hurt their mid back area from poor posture habits at work or during sleeps. Injuries area a common cause of mid back pain: vehicular injuries, sports injuries, and some work injuries. Naturally, the body initiates a full healing process, but often enough the healing is incomplete, leaving scar tissues and weakened structures that cause instabilities of the spinal joints and eventual misalignments of the spine. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
People can hurt their upper back area from wrong position like watching TV or during sleep; from poor posture habits at their work station or from performing excessive fitness or sports activities. Injuries area a common cause of neck pain: vehicular injuries, sports injuries, and some work injuries. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
A symptom is something that indicates the presence of something else. In neck pain the soft tissues that are damaged are responsible for the pain. These tissues are mainly nerves, ligaments, cartilage, muscle, tendons and connective tissues; occasionally from intervertebral discs, lymph nodes, blood vessels and bone. So when the correct tissues are identified the solution becomes much clearer. Looking at the different tissues they are injured or irritated by several things: If you liked this post, say thanks by…
Chiropractic Spinal Health Wellness, general
Chiropractic Focus – Why Chiropractic maintenenace care makes sense
Posted on 12/09/2013Mary just saw her chiropractor for her regular maintenance visit and was having a lunch with her friend, Stella. She explained that she had been doing this for years following her initial course of spinal correction, going about 4 to 5 times a year some years and then 10 to 12 times other years, depending on how life goes. So her friend asked her: “Why do you undergo Chiropractic maintenance? Didn’t the doctor fix you the first time?” A simple…
Chiropractic Spinal Health Wellness, general
Wellness focus – Introducing the Stress Massage
Posted on 12/02/2013I treated myself to a new massage experience at Mabuhay Chiropractic Clinics, located in Las Pinas / Alabang, offering an advanced “stress massage” in their SM Southmall clinic, to help people reduce their stress and to introduce the connection between spine and nerves, between posture and general health. It only took 30 minutes for the therapist to focus on massaging the back and neck, apparently stimulating nerves at their spinal root; then focusing on the hands and feet, the next nerve…
Chiropractic Spinal Health Wellness, general
Health Focus – Doc! Fix me I am Broken
Posted on 11/25/2013
Christian Welling, an accomplished high school athlete, has encountered an acute hip injury after stumbling on the last few steps going down the stairs. The pain is excruciating! Mary his mother wall called by the school and she immediately took him to the hospital emergency room. Fortunately there was nothing broken so she next took him to the family chiropractor because she knows that a physical problem needs a physical solution. If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing…
Chiropractic Fitness Health Spinal Health Wellness, general
Chiropractic Focus – Lordosis and Kyphosis explained
Posted on 11/22/2013The word scoliosis is a word we have all heard before; it is the lateral bending of the spine mostly observed to the left and right and back again to form the letter ‘S’. Two other terms that you may have heard somewhere are Lordosis and Kyphosis, and these are forward bending of the spine and backward bending of the spine, respectively. At the time of birth we all have a spine shaped in a ‘C’ or in the fetal…