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.…
Browsing Category
Chiropractic
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.…
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.…
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:…
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.…
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…
Chiropractic Fitness Health Wellness, general
Wellness Focus – Heat and Ice, more about
Posted on 11/15/2013
It is interesting to hear different accounts of why heat or ice is a preferred treatment modality or for home self care.We see how emergency rooms typically recommend ice for the first 48 hours after an acute injury while physical therapists always use heat during a treatment session. Most MDs will advise their patients to put heat if after 48 hours or for any chronic condition. Sports trainers use both heat and ice as needed and chiropractors have specific times…
Chiropractic Fitness Health Wellness, general
Wellness focus – Are your children getting enough exercise?
Posted on 09/13/2013
According to the Active Healthy Kids Canada 2012 Report Card, lack of physical activity and too much inactivity have many negative effects; while lack of exercise tops the list of the biggest concerns about kids’ health, according to a new survey of American adults. Are Filipino parents mistaken by introducing their children to screen games and fast foods? Children are more at risk of suffering health consequences of a lifestyle with a lack of physical activity that prevents optimal physical…