Can Whiplash Treatment Outcomes be Predicted Early on?
Whiplash Associated Disorders (WAD) usually affect the neck and most of the injuries which lead to them occur in car crashes. It’s estimated that about half of all people with WAD will suffer the consequences of their injuries for the long term, with chronic pain. But can whiplash treatment outcomes be predicted early on? A […]
Read MoreWhat is the Best Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain?
If you’ve been living with chronic low back pain for 3 months or more, your condition is considered chronic. Does that describe you? Then, that’s probably why you’re here. You may have given up hope of finding an effective treatment to help with that nagging pain. But giving up hope is so not you. You’re […]
Read MoreCarpal Tunnel Syndrome: Confusing and Debilitating, but Treatable
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a widely misunderstood ailment. Symptoms include pain, numbness and tingling in the hand and wrist. CTS can really slow you down. We don’t realize how much function in this part of the body matters until something goes wrong and we’re in pain. This post is for those of you struggling with […]
Read MoreSpinal Decompression Therapy in NYC
Spinal decompression therapy in New York helps those patients who suffer from spinal problems and back and neck pain. While the source of this pain may emanate from the spinal areas, it can also affect the extremities of the body, arms and legs etc. One of the conditions that can cause this pain throughout the […]
Read MoreRelieving the Strain and Pain of “Tech Neck”
Ah, the Information Age! We love our little screens, don’t we? Those little screens are ever near, lighting up our lives with all kinds of vital information, like what Kim K word to the Grammys. We don’t want to miss a minute! And while we’re gathering all that vital information, our heads are bent over […]
Read MoreStretching Doesn’t Mean You can Skip the Chiropractor
If you stretch regularly, then hats off to you. You’re doing your body a great favor by keeping it suppler and more mobile. But just because you’re a stretching master doesn’t imply that you can weasel out of coming to see me. What I do and what you do on your own definitely work together. […]
Read MoreSnow Shoveling Tips to Keep You off the Shelf
Snow. It must be shoveled. Someone’s gotta do it. And if that someone is you, you’re no stranger to the sheer dread of going out there, shovel in hand, to get it the heck out of everyone’s way. It’s a dirty job but someone (you) has got to do it. Think of it as a […]
Read MoreChiropractic is a Preferred Alternative to Risky Opioids
I’m not a big fan of opioids, as you may have discerned from some of my previous posts. Chiropractors know that drugs which kill sensations which are important messages from the central nervous system don’t address the pain’s source. They don’t heal, for that reason. And in the case of opioids, they’re highly addictive. In […]
Read MoreFrosty Weather Causing Joint Pain? Give It the Deep Freeze
It’s that time of year. The time of year when hardy Northeasterners like to play tougher than Jason Statham when it comes to the cold. You know who I’m talking about. Those people who wear board shorts to grab a Saturday morning coffee. Sometimes they wear those board shorts with flip flops, too. “It’s not […]
Read MoreWhat Can Trigger Point Injections New York Do for You?
Trigger Point Injection New York is another way that your pain can be treated. Trigger point injections is a method of pain treatment used to treat muscle areas which have trigger points and knots that form when the muscles are unable to relax. Since knots can usually be felt underneath the skin, these trigger points […]
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