What Conditions Does Chiropractic Help?
I Feel Better, Why Should I Come Back?
I understand this thinking. I grew up only ever going to the doctor when I was sick too. In fact even today it's hard for me to schedule a yearly physical with my family doctor. However, I do get adjusted every week even though I don't have musculoskeletal...
When Should you see a Chiropractor?
Well the obvious answer is you should always see a chiropractor, but I will get to that in a minute. First and foremost if you are having a pain symptom it is time to stop in and get evaluated and treated. Even if chiropractic care is not right for you, Dr. Myers...
Chiropractic Care Helps with Back Pain
Chiropractic care can be effective at treating both acute and chronic pain. Chronic pain is considered any pain that has been persistent for longer than 3 months. Acute pain is a pain that just started and by definition will decrease in intensity and respond to...
Back Pain Doesn’t Just Happen
Most of my patients present with back or neck pain that just gradually started. This can be frustrating for patients, because it is more obvious and understandable when you hurt your back from shoveling snow or a fall. This is one part of care that I enjoy, teaching...
22 Million People Visit a Chiropractor
According to WebMD.com an estimated 22 million people visit a chiropractor annually. This is exciting because it means more people are embracing chiropractic care as a main treatment for musculoskeletal pain. Big fancy wording, means back and neck pain, arm and leg...
Chiropractic Helps Low Back Pain
Low Back Pain and Chiropractic Article A new paper that has come out that reviewed back pain studies over a period of five years. In case you don't feel like reading I will give you the low down. They determined that chiropractors are well suited for diagnosing and...
Chiropractic Care can Help Your Headaches
JMPT Research Review for Chiropractic and Headaches Chiropractic care can help reduce headaches! Cutting right to the chase and the meat and potatoes. The article link above is a study review determining the effectiveness of chiropractic care for headaches....
What Makes Elements Chiropractic Different
The is an old question that is often presented to business owners that is called the elevator question. If you got in an elevator with somebody and had 30 seconds to explain what you do for a living and get them interested in your product or service what would you...
New Year Aches and Pains
With the winter weather and New Year's Resolutions finally here I start to see a lot of aches and pains that can be alleviated with chiropractic care. Starting with the dreading winter weather a lot of slip and falls and shoveling or even snow blowing cause pain and...
Is Posture Really That Important?
We have all had our Mom tell us to sit up straight and stop slouching at some point in our life. The reality is, Mom was right. Go figure! When you have poor posture there are a couple of effects on your body. Starting with your spine. When you slouch or lean...
Massage is now Available at Elements Chiropratic
We are excited to announce our affiliation with Creekside Wellness Center. We are located in the same building right across the hall from each other. Our offices have been working together for years, but finally we had the opportunity for Creekside Wellness to move...
What Does a Subluxation Feel Like?
First let's define a subluxation. A subluxation is a misalignment of a bone. This misalignment in the spine can put pressure on your spinal nerve roots and can result in pain, inflammation and limited range of motion. A subluxation can also occur in your wrists,...
MRI Shows Effects of Chiropractic Adjustment
This video gets a little technical but it is an amazing example of how the central nervous system changes with just one chiropractic adjustment. Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) is a clear fluid that runs through the brain and spinal cord and supplies nutrients and...
5 Misconceptions About Chiropractic
The general public often has a very skewed vision of what chiropractors actually do in the health care model. In fact other doctors often have the same misconceptions about chiropractic. I saw this picture posted on Twitter a few days ago and thought it would be...
Opioid Induced Constipation
Have you been watching the silly drug commercials lately? These long drawn out commercials that talk about all the side effects and interactions with other medications? They can ruin a tv show in my opinion. Seeing the same people playing golf, or walking on the...
Wellness Care for Low Back Pain Prevention
As I was enjoying my second cup of coffee on a lazy Saturday morning, I watched CBS This Morning and was excited to see a segment about back pain and wellness care. There was a recent study that showed conservative physical therapy was not effective at treating low...
Raking and Aching
The leaves are so beautiful this time of year. Until you start raking them all up and putting them in bags before the snows covers them all up. This can be a very daunting task and I see a lot of patients every year that hurt themselves from all the raking, bending,...
Is Chiropractic Valid?
For starters let's just look at the education of a chiropractor. I have talked about this in the past on blogs so I won't bore you with the same information, but more of a realistic look. A chiropractor has a degree from a four year university/college then goes on...
Sitting and Low Back Pain
I'm sure by this point you have heard somebody say that sitting is bad for your back and health. Our culture has shifted into being primarily office based jobs. If you compare our current jobs to the average job of Americans over the past 100 years you will see that...
Chiropractic Helps Fight off Head Colds
I know that chiropractors often get bad reputations for thinking they can "cure" everything. Not all of us are into vitamin and supplement crazes or diet fads that have nothing to do with nutrition. Chiropractic adjustments help your body in a lengthy list of ways....
Chiropractic is Science Based Medical Care
Each week I write about chiropractic and how it helps various conditions. I use imperial evidence to show that chiropractic is a vital science. Last week the Gallup poll came out that gave us a good insight into how chiropractic is helping literally millions of...