A study that cross-checked other studies was published in January 2010 in The American Journal of Medicine, and it concluded there may be a fairly modest association between prevalence of back pain incidents for current smokers and former smokers. The correlation was higher in young people than adults. Smoking is known to also delay healing [...]

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After lifting a garage door, Mitchell suddenly felt pain in his low back, and the pain radiated into the right thigh. He even had times where both thighs were totally numb. Any activity made his constant low back pain worse. Mitchell suffered for 10 months, and early on Mitchell went to his doctor who sent [...]

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Scott was diagnosed with a herniated disc and had low back surgery. He did okay, but as anticipated with surgery, he began having low back pain again. He didn’t want another surgery and was looking for options. He called the Busch Chiropractic Pain Center to see if the DRS Protocol™ would be an alternative to [...]

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Statins are a prescription drug category for lowering cholesterol and some may decrease inflammation inside the arteries. They are highly prescribed, even to patients that do not have a real cholesterol problem. Fundamentally, they can cause liver toxicity, inflammation and even cell damage. When on a statin, you will be having frequent blood tests to [...]

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David is a truck driver and simply got up from his chair and for the next two weeks was in misery.  He had low back pain and his left leg went numb when he sat for just few minutes.  He was very worried because his busiest season was coming right up.  He just couldn’t to [...]

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Julia had suffered with low back and buttock pain for over 20 years.  She knew she had a herniated disc, and it was progressively affecting her with constant pain that was getting worse. In the last nine months, she was having problems with daily living because she was in pain whether she was sitting, walking [...]

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  ACE (Angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors are prescribed for high blood pressure or hypertension.   ACE Inhibitors affect and impair an enzyme that causes the constriction of our blood vessels. This is partially what lowers blood pressure, but Ace inhibitors can create deficiencies of sodium and zinc because they affect the hormones that regulate sodium and water balance.  [...]

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For over six weeks, Tess had suffered and extraordinary amount of constant pain in her low back and left leg.  She was living on pain pills and she also had a pain patch.  Tess had suffered with this problem for years and sometime along the way was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease.  However, her last [...]

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There is a nutritional cost when we take prescription drugs.  Drugs will actually inhibit natural processes in our bodies and create negative side effects and deficiencies.  The United States is obsessed with taking prescriptions, and it is well known that when we get sick most will run to the doctor for antibiotics. However, because our [...]

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Carrie contacted Busch Chiropractic Center after suffering for close to four years with neck pain, headaches and tingling in her right hand.  She was hopeful Dr. Busch would be able to help her as previous treatments she had done were only giving her temporary relief.  Carrie had tried pain medications and standard chiropractic care, but [...]

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