Your spine, or backbone, protects your spinal cord and allows you to stand and bend. Spinal stenosis causes narrowing in your spine. The narrowing can occur at the center of your spine, in the canals branching off your spine and/or between the vertebrae, the bones of the spine. The narrowing puts pressure on your nerves [...]
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Sciatica or sciatic pain is symptom of a back problem, and it is not a diagnosis of the actual problem itself. Sciatic pain refers to pain along the length of the sciatic nerve, the largest nerve in the body. The sciatic nerve branches off your spine at the pelvis and travels down each leg. A [...]
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Cervical Radiculopathy is a term that describes radiating nerve pain that can start with a disc problem such as herniated or degenerative discs in your neck (cervical) area. Your pain can run down into your shoulder, into your arm and on into your hands and fingers. Along with the pain, you can also experience numbness, [...]
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Steve was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD), and the solution was to have surgery – a lumbar fusion. He was a middle-aged, active guy and way too young to be off work. Yet he was because he was almost disabled with severe low back and leg pain and numbness. He hadn’t been working for over two weeks. [...]
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The above headline appeared on the October 1, 2004, “Newswise”, and the October 6, 2004 “News-Medical.net”. These news stories stemmed from a published report appearing in the September 20, 2004 issue of the peer-reviewed periodical, “Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research” Anxiety(JVSR). The report was a case study of a 19-year old female diagnosed with General [...]
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What do rock stars and Olympic athletes have in common? No, this isn’t the lead up to a punchline. Both share a need or desire for chiropractic care to enhance their demanding performances. Having been a team doctor for six Olympic competitions, my latest “gig” with Metallica has shown me that intense activity, endurance and [...]
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By: Peter F. Ullrich, Jr, MD Degenerative disc disease is one of the most common causes of low back pain, and also one of the most misunderstood. Many patients diagnosed with low back pain caused by degenerative disc disease are left wondering exactly what this diagnosis means for them. Common questions that are often on [...]
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by The American Chiropractic Association If you have a headache, you’re not alone. Nine out of ten Americans suffer from headaches. Some are occasional, some frequent, some are dull and throbbing, and some cause debilitating pain and nausea. What do you do when you suffer from a pounding headache? Do you grit your teeth and [...]
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by The American Chiropractic Association Many avid golfers contort their bodies into oddly twisted postures, generating a great deal of torque. Couple this motion with a bent-over stance, repeat 120 times over three or four hours, add the fatigue that comes with several miles of walking, and you’ve got a good workout-and a recipe for [...]
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