President Duterte’s Neck Problem President Duterte is frequently seen on TV being interviewed or making speeches and he has what may seem to some as a nervous tic on the right side of his neck. Looking at this interview photo we see, as we see so many times, how he props up the right side of his head. As a spinal expert I see that as a sign of cervical instability. Chiropractors learn a lot about body biomechanics, biochemistry, physiology…
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Gadget Apps and Posture Co-morbidities A recent sampling of a group of young people in their twenties confirmed what I feared could happen and it is happening. Posture problems are getting worse and affecting an even larger percentage of the population, especially the children. What’s behind it? What could be having such a broad-based negative influence on so many people? If you liked this post, say thanks by sharing it! Follow…
Parlor sink Radiculopathy Martha Welling has become self-conscious about the way her hair has looked these days so she has visited her hair dresser more often – like almost weekly. She then started to experience an increase in neck pains, pain and numbness running down her arm and an in crease in headaches. These are signs of parlor sink radiculopathy. All these problems had already been successfully controlled by earlier chiropractic care, so she wondered if there was a connection between…
Spinal injury and a sedentary life style lead to drying out of the spinal discs because the discs are like a sponge. They get water and nutrition from motion as they are moved and squeezed with normal everyday activity. When the disc does not move properly there is limited circulation into it. The gel in the disc dries out, the associated ligaments, cartilage and tendons dry out, and muscles go into spasm. Even bone degenerates. This causes pain. If you…
With everyone spending more and more time in regular use of their gadgets chiropractors are concerned about the higher incidence of Forward Head Posture we see with our patients. In early years this can alter normal development of the spine subjecting children to Kyphosis or Kyphoscoliosis. As we open this topic I would like to point our readers to a National Posture Campaign that can provide useful tools to improve posture. The best way to make the case is to let…
The theory of Chiropractic revolves around the concept that spinal misalignments (subluxations) may adversely affect body function. Every year we have patients undergo chiropractic care for neck complaints that also have a medical history involving abnormal thyroid function; so this blog will present the different scenarios of why chiropractic can been helpful to some patients with abnormal thyroid function. Most people are surprised to hear that neck problems can be the cause of their Thyroid disease; sometimes regarding autonomic facilitation.…
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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…
Martha had dropped her cup of tea more than once and naturally began to worry about what that meant. Her doctor had her undergo an MRI of the neck area and the results were quite shocking to her since she had so little neck complaints over the years. What was so surprising was the advanced levels of spinal disc degeneration with associated disc bulging that was there in black and grey on the MRI image and how the discs had…
Martha has been suffering from arm and hand pain and numbness with gradually increasing severity. It all began with frequent earlier neck pains and some reoccurring headaches. These are symptoms of a neck in trouble that is now pinching or irritating nerves that go into the arms and hands and / or other nerves that go from the neck up into the head. Signs to look for are limited neck movements; that is, the neck exhibits a restricted range of motion. IT’S EASY TO CHECK… Turn…