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The Link Between Whiplash and Jaw Pain

While neck pain is most commonly associated with whiplash associated disorder (WAD), patients often report jaw or temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain following a car accident, sport injury, or slip and fall. Common symptoms associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) include pain in the jaw joint area (in front of the ear), neck and shoulder pain, ear […]

Why is it always on a Friday evening that something goes wrong? If it’s not a plumbing issue, it’s a healthcare issue. Always when it’s harder to get access to the help you need. Back pain is no different. Perhaps you injured your back playing sport or you sat for too long at work, but […]

Injuries to the ankle may seem like they heal quickly as pain subsides generally within a week, but in truth, it can take a lot longer than that, it’s common that repeat injuries occur because the original injury hasn’t been treated properly. At Back & Body New York, we use evidence based therapy to treat […]

Proper weightlifting techniques and protocols are necessary to avoid injury and being laid up out of training. Unfortunately, even the best intentions sometimes still can’t help someone avoid injury and so we see them in our practice seeking our many treatment options to get out of pain, into recovery and ultimately back in the gym. […]

Before looking at next year’s insurance policies for renewal, have you maximized this years? Did you know that your insurance allows you a certain number of chiropractic visits each year? If you’ve not used them, then there’s several reasons why you should and the good news is you’ve still got time. So why should you […]

Shoulders are a particularly complex area of the body. Many of our Midtown patients suffering shoulder pain often come in to see us as their original diagnosis was incorrect and their acute pain changed to chronic pain. It’s an unfortunate but common problem because of the complexity of the shoulders. When we treat shoulder pain […]

Are you suffering from back pain, neck pain, hip pain, knee pain or any other joint pain? Do you have a problem with your back or neck that is irritating to you but you keep putting it off in the hope it will get better? If you have answered yes to any of the above […]

New York is something of a runner’s haven. We have Central Park which is a beautiful area to run in and running helps us keep and stay fit. Of course there is a down side, risk of injury is relatively high with runners with one of the most popular injuries being runners knee (or patellofemoral […]

One of the many conditions we treat here at Back and Body NY is acute trauma, predominantly from athletics injuries. The most common injuries we see are to the neck, knee and ankles. Sometimes, diagnosis may be tricky depending on the injury and so imaging is another way to understand the scope of the injury […]

Is there a “normal” or “best posture” out there? If so, what is it? Posture is largely inherited; however, there are also environmental, social, and other forces that can affect posture. Some say “good posture” is the position that places the least amount of strain on the body, particularly the muscles and ligaments that hold […]