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Muskego Chiropractor Explains How Chiropractic Care Can Get Rid Of Your Shoulder Pain And Help You Get Moving Again!

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Muskego Chiropractor

As a Muskego Chiropractor for almost 13 years, I’ve noticed that most humans don’t think about their shoulders too much unless they’re experiencing shoulder pain and need a chiropractor. That’s why it may be a surprise to learn that your incredible shoulder joint, with its encircling muscle groups, ligaments and tendons known as the rotator cuff, has the most mobility of any joint in the entire body. In fact, most shoulder pain occurs in the rotator cuff. The rotator cuff connects your upper arm bone to your shoulder blade and also helps to lock the ball of your upper arm securely in its shoulder socket. Shoulder muscles in this area can become tight, and even weak, from overuse, and the nerves can become irritated making movement painful and limited.

While we’re probably not pointedly thinking about our shoulders, directly, we still expect them to enact a whole variety of actions throughout our day, sophisticated, intricate motions that aid us in all areas of our life – at work and at play.

None of these natural movements should, of themselves, cause shoulder pain ifwhen our shoulders are in a good state of health. Therefore, if we’re feeling shoulder pain, it’s not only because we’ve been overworking our shoulders in repetitive movements such as lifting over our head or other overhead arm movements, like throwing a baseball, swinging a golf club, or simply placing things on overhead shelves. In addition, it is because we’ve been doing these things even though we have an existing problem that continues to need correcting. What does this mean for you? It means that these kinds of repetitive movements are destined to inflame the nerves in the shoulder, place pressure on the joints, produce pain, and cause wear and tear of the tissues encasing the joints because the movements are being impeded by a shoulder impingement problem that already exists.

The degree of a shoulder impingement syndrome can extend from a minor “catching” pain upon a particular motion, especially raising your arm(s) above your head, to close to a complete inability to use the shoulder. Nevertheless, even when the problem is only “slightly noticable,” it is vital to neither discount the problem nor continue an activity while in pain. Shoulder impingement can become very serious. It’s generally progression is from “bad to worse.” Never, ever, mask shoulder pain with pain killers and then continue work or play activities. Some shoulder challenges, like Rotator Cuff Syndrome, if left untreated, can frequently result in surgery and an extended rehabilitation.

As your Muskego chiropractor I will look for the reason for your shoulder pain and treat the challenge at its root. Your chiropractor will help to restore natural mobility to your shoulder joint and will provide rehabilitation exercises that will not only further decrease the shoulder pain you are currently experiencing, but will help you to deter shoulder challenges in the future. Don’t wait until it’s too late. Call me if you’re in the Muskego area. Otherwise, see your chiropractor today!

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Your Chiropractor in Oxnard Offers An Alternative Solution to Your Allergy Problems

Friday, September 17th, 2010

Oxnard Chiropractor

Donald Bolt, DC, your Chiropractor in Oxnard, understands that allergic reactions can make your daily existence  difficult. A stroll in the park, snuggling with your favorite feline, a shellfish dinner, or even something as tiny as a nut is likely to bring about such miserable symptoms as itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, or a skin rash.

But then, from time to time a sufferer’s allergic reactions can escalate from merely bothersome to critical and life-threatening as the air passageway starts to constrict and inhaling and exhaling becomes strained. Such progression of symptoms can frequently produce a state of extreme stress plus a trip to the emergency room.

Allergies can, without a doubt, end up as an extremely serious upheaval and cause you to feel unable to participate in daily life. In point of fact, if you are one of the many men and women who have allergic reactions, it might even appear to you that, on occasion, the environment is a surprisingly antagonistic space and that the world out there you is, virtually, out to get you!

You might wonder as to why it is that other human beings appear so unaffected by the identical environmental challenges that send your system into overwhelm. Others seem either unaware of or completely unresponsive to the would-be irritants that lie in wait at each and every turn, while your system reacts, or rather overreacts, to them. Why you? It’s a valid question. The fact is that a number of men and women, not unlike you, have a hyperactive immune system that more or less “freaks out” when you are exposed to everyday substances most notably pollen, dander, shellfish, or nut products.

Can your Chiropractor in Oxnard help you in obtaining a significant decrease in your allergy symptoms? The answer is a unquestionable “Yes,” and the treatment may well surprise you. Scores of chiropractic patients have noticed that they experience freedom from their allergy symptoms following a chiropractic treatment, despite the fact that chiropractic care doesn’t essentially target allergies, per se. The real reason for the decrease in allergy symptoms is because chiropractic manipulation affects the entire nervous system, including the autoimmune system, which is the source of your allergic responses. In the event that there’s a perturbation within the nervous system, along with other problems, the autoimmune system, whose responsibility it is to assist you to adjust and respond appropriately to your surroundings, will sometimes become under-active or overactive. Where your allergies are concerned, the breakdown is the latter (it becomes overactive).

Because chiropractic treatments are intended to diminish or even entirely remove disruptions within the nervous system and bring back symmetry and tranquility to the whole body, in addition to a variety of corrections, the adjustments generate homeostasis to the autoimmune system at the same time. A healthy immune system reacts in a healthy way to so-called allergens in the atmosphere.

So, as stated above, your Chiropractor in Oxnard doesn’t literally target allergy symptoms, though that doesn’t indicate your allergies won’t get better or go away for good. On the other hand, one could point out, instead, that relief from your allergies is purely the consequence of your rebalanced nervous system. If you would like to get back into a happy relationship with your environment as quickly as is possible, phone Dr. Bolt, your Chiropractor in Oxnard, today. He can help you to enjoy your environment again!

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Your Cincinnati Chiropractor Can Help You Avoid Work Injuries

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Cincinnati Chiropractor

As a Cincinnati Chiropractor I treat many seniors who are affected by balance problems. In fact, dizziness, “wooziness,” and other balance-related conditions affect at least 9% of adults, aged 65 and older. Good balance is crucial, of course, in helping older adults in staying independent and to avoid falling down and incurring injuries that are commonly extremely serious or even fatal. But, did you know that falls contribute to a large number of work injuries for workers under 65 years of age, including those in their twenties and thirties? That’s right! Balance challenges can occur at any age. In fact, those who work at “dangerous heights” like construction workers, roofers, oil platform employees, windows cleaners, or anywhere else where a ladder is necessary are far more likely to sustain serious injury if their balance isn’t good.

The most important capacity of good balance is to help us to manage and maintain our body position, whether we are standing still or moving, and whether we are on the ground or high up on a platform. Good balance helps us to walk without staggering, arise from a sitting position without tottering, and to climb stairs without missing a step. In other words, good balance is extremely important to our health and well-being.

What come as a surprise to you is that you could have a balance abnormality without being aware of how threatening it is. On occasion an individual can “shake off” a dizzy sensation and it may not return for a while. But, when precipetous dizziness happens at a critical moment, it is too late to shake it off and a fall is most likely inevitable.

When you have the sensation that you, personally, are spinning or that things around you are moving, it is known as “vertigo.” Nearly 40% of people in the U.S. will have at least one experience of dizziness that is acute enough to seek out a health professional, like your Chiropractor at Cincinnati Chiropractic. However, if you are involved in any of the activities listed above, having a chiropractor check your balance prior to a distinct episode of vertigo, make adjustments if needed, and then help you to maintain good balance, may save you from serious injury or worse.

Balance disorders are dangerous at any age. It is crucial for you to be diagnosed and treated without delay if you feel as if you may have a possible balance disorder. Often guidelines are helpful. Therefore, if you can answer “yes” to any of the following questions, even if the experience is seldom or infrequent, it is highly recommended that you discuss the symptom(s) with a chiropractor as soon as possible:

• Have you experienced a feeling of being “unsteady?”

• Has the room seemed to spin around you?

• Has there ever a time when you felt as if you were moving when you knew you were standing still?

• Have you lost your balance and/or fallen down?

• Have you ever felt as if you were falling?

• Has your vision ever become “blurred?”

• Have you ever felt disoriented, or lost a sense of time, place or identity?

As discussed above, balance problems are not confined to a particular age group. From the time we learn to walk until we take our final step, our falling down is an ever-present possibility. If you work in a job that makes your falling down a “critical” event, you need to have your balance checked. Don’t wait until you sustain a work injury! Call a Chiropractor today, and if you’re in the Cincinnati area, I’d love to be your Cincinnati Chiropractor!

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Your Santa Barbara Chiropractor Can Help Ease Your Age-Related Back Pain

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Santa Barbara Chiropractor

No doubt you’ve heard the saying, When you consider the alternative, getting old isn’t so bad.” But, if the aging process is creating pain in your body, you are painfully aware that aging is no joke! As a Santa Barbara chiropractor, I give care to many patients suffering from age-related challenges that likely would not have taken place if the primary cause had been addressed earlier in life, especially when it relates to musculoskeletal breakdowns. Pain in the back, neck, hips, knees, and even the feet are commonly the result of undue stresses due to poor posture, improper gait, and repetitive overuse. If we only knew then how our aging body would feel now, eh? However, as they say, “hindsight is 20-20.”

Back pain is number one on the list as the most prevalent musculoskeletal condition to evolve as we age. Age-related back pain is most often produced by spine osteoarthritis, or Spondylosis, a degenerative disorder.

Spinal osteoarthritis is caused by advanced deterioration and weight-bearing pressure on the spine that, over time, undermines discs, joints, and surrounding ligaments. The specific area(s) and degree of the degenerative process of spondylosis is individual, varying from person to person. It is likely to affect the cervical (neck), thoracic (mid-back), or lumbar (low back) areas of the spine. Spondylosis symptoms are individual as well, depending on the severity of degeneration, and can extend from low-amplitude pain and numbness to severe sensory loss and muscular atrophy.

Calcium is deposited in the tissues around the vertebrae due to repetitive stresses that negatively affect the cartilage surrounding the joints Adjacent nerves, blood vessels, and soft tissue can be constricted by these calcific deposits, also called bone spurs. This type of compression is at the root of Spondylosis.

Whether or not you are suffering from spondylosis, regular chiropractic care and overall chiropractic management can significantly delay age-related degeneration of your spine. No, “you can’t un-ring a bell” or “turn back the hands of time,” but it’s never too late to give your spine the attention it deserves. Chiropractors are experts when it comes to treatment of the spine. See your chiropractor in Santa Barbara today, for the health of your spine.

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If You Suffer From Hip Pain, Your Corona Chiropractor Offers Chiropractic Treatment That Can Help You Get Out of Pain Now!

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Corona Chiropractor

Your Corona Chiropractor offers a valuable non-surgical, drug-free approach to relieving hip pain and often eliminating it altogether. As most of us know, surgery should be a last resort whenever possible. Therefore, before you schedule a surgery to replace that hip, think about the following questions: Is it out of the question for you to get a good night’s sleep because your hip pain wakes you up at night? When you get up in the morning, and/or when you get out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it difficult at first to move your legs? Do you feel pain in one or both hips when you cross your legs or rotate or twist your hips? If so, you may have asymmetries and misalignments in your lower extremities that, in addition to causing your hip pain, can eventually lead to degenerative joint disease in your hips if not treated. The good news is that chiropractic treatment can help whether or not degenerative changes have already taken place!

You may be getting older and it may be true that your hip joints aren’t what they used to be. Nonetheless, are you aware that your hip pain (and related problems), which point to age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be produced by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In many cases, instead of being the original source of your problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is often the result of a previous injury (or injuries) to your hips.

Hip problems frequently have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, like walking for instance. If you “pronate” when you walk, like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, it is inevitable that you will feel pain in your hips due to the asymmetrical tension on your hip joints and your body’s efforts to compensate. Fortunately, you can learn to correct your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can help you to do it.

Moreover, you may have undergone gait changes as the result of an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical accommodations produce hip pain. There is no doubt that, if not treated, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, i.e, wear and tear that produces degenerative changes.

Other activities that can occasionally injure the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that makes it necessary for you to move your body in unfamiliar ways. Also, ferrying a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even your sitting position or driving for extended periods of time on a routine basis can cause hip injury and pain.

So you can see that not every pain is caused by “old age,” even though we may experience more pain due to the progressive nature of untreated injuries.

And important aspect of the chiropractic management of your hip problem, in addition to your adjustments, your Corona Chiropractor will offer individualized rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also study your gait and may recommend simple pattern changes.

Your hip pain won’t disappear on its own. Hip pain is a sign that something needs correcting. If neglected, there is a good possibility that at some point you will require that hip replacement surgery. So, don’t wait until it’s too late. Your chiropractor in Corona can relieve your hip pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!

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Your Chiropractor in Wichita Is An Expert When It Comes to Treating Sciatica

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Wichita Chiropractor

As a Wichita Chiropractor for over twenty years, I have assisted hundreds of individuals suffering from the pain of sciatica, I’m truly aware from experience just how incapacitating sciatic pain can be. Those who suffer from sciatica are regrettably all too familiar with the deep radiating pain that accompanies their waking hours each day and interferes with almost all of their daily activities.

Are you concerned that your low back pain might be generated by sciatica? You are probably experiencing sciatica if your pain radiates from your low back, through one or both sides of your buttocks, down the large sciatic nerve in the back of one or both legs, and possibly radiates into your knee(s). Moreover, sitting, as well as movement, can be painful. Commonly lying down will reduce, or occasionally even temporarily eliminate the pain. However, you should be warned that sciatica will not go away without proper care.

Radiculopathy

A radiculopathy is a medical term that describes a condition where a disc has protruded from its normal position in the vertebral column and is creating pressure on the radicular nerve (nerve root) that forms part of the sciatic nerve in the lower back. Such pressure is extremely painful.

Prolonged sitting, especially in an improper position, can cause imbalances in the muscles enclosing the spine and additional pressure on the intervertebral discs. A particular event or injury isn’t commonly the cause of sciatica, but rather sciatica has a tendency to develop over time as a consequence of everyday wear and tear on the vertebrae of the lower spine. After a while the lower spine can lose its ability to function normally during ordinary stresses.

Ultimately, the intervertebral disc undergoes small fissures or cracks that then let the soft nucleus to protrude the disc outward. Pain is generated as the disc pushes on sensitive tissues. This occurrence is commonly known as a ruptured, or slipped, disc. If the disc presses on the spinal nerve, a person can develop sciatica. With chiropractic treatment and management, which usually includes postural exercises, most disc conditions, including sciatica, can be completely relieved.

Periformis Syndrome

Another condition that creates sciatic pain is periformis syndrome. Periformis syndrome develops when the periformis muscle, for whatever reason, goes into spasm and irritates the sciatic nerve, is superficial to the nerve In addition to chiropractic manipulation, this kind of sciatica can be significantly relieved by sciatica stretches that your chiropractor can recommend.

It is vital for you to seek chiropractic attention if you are experiencing sciatic pain. If you are in the Wichita area, as your Wichita Chiropractor, I invite you to come in to see if I can get you out of pain and help you to get your life back!

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Your San Diego Chiropractor Wants You to Know That Just a Few Additional Pounds Can Make a Big Difference in the Long Run

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

San Diego Chiropractor

As a Chiropractor in San Diego, I counsel many individuals who come to my clinic who want to lose weight. I know how hard it can be, and I also know how important it is to lose those extra pounds. Before you decide to add a little more “stretch” to the fabric in your wardrobe, there’s something important that you should know regarding those few additional pounds you may have gained. Over time, extra weight can add up to a surprising number of health issues from heart and pulmonary diseases and diabetes to back pain and joint degeneration. Even a few additional pounds put undue stress on organs, like the heart, and on joints in the low back, hips, and knees. Regrettably,more than half (62%) of men and women in America are overweight or obese, according to recent studies. That is a very significant percentage and an enormous national health issue (no pun intended).

Though we try to pretend otherwise, most of us know that the human body was not intended to schlepp around surplus weight in the form of body fat. A mere excess of 20 or 30 pounds can, in point of fact, overload and overburden the musculoskeletal system. Extra weight in the tummy, for example, makes it necessary for the body to compensate (counterbalance the weight) by tilting the pelvis forward. The tilt puts pressure on the joints of the low back. Painful inflammation results as this joint compression hinders nerve activity. Most men and women who have a “spare tire”experience low back pain generated by  a pinched sciatic nerve or misalignments of the spinal column that impinge nerves as a result of weight-bearing stresses. If left untreated, misaligned vertebra not only continue to irritate the degenerative changes that have already taken place, but can create new arthritic changes in the spine in the future.

Here are the ways in which chiropractic treatment can help. First of all, to be clear, a moderate body weight is necessary in order for the musculoskeletal system to function in the way it is designed to. That said, in addition, chiropractic adjustments relieve nerve impingements in the spine and help to get mobility back into the joints of the musculoskeletal system, such as in the low back, hips, and knees. And, certainly exercise and physical activity are a lot easier, and healthier for the body, when the spine is in alignment and the joints have good motion. Not only will exercise help with weight reduction, but it can actually inhibit degenerative changes as we age.

Healthcare professionals, like your chiropractor, can advise you regarding your diet and exercise choices. In addition to caring for people suffering from back pain and joint inflammation, chiropractors offer proficient suggestions on the particular lifestyle changes that can help an individual to stay healthier, more energetic, and more active through the years. Arthritis and immobility due to aging don’t have to be unavoidable. The human body was created for a lifetime of pain-free movement.

So, if you’ve been thinking that a few extra pounds won’t hurt, think again! As your chiropractor in San Diego, and someone who cares deeply about your overall health, I’d like to help you to make healthier choices. Make an appointment today!

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Chiropractor in San Jose Reveals That Chiropractic Treatment Will Help to Greatly Reduce Low Back Pain Caused by Arthritis

Friday, February 12th, 2010

San Jose Chiropractor

Right now there is a variety of treatment options from which you can decide  as it pertains to your low back pain and soreness in many parts of your body as a result of arthritic transformations, not to mention visiting your chiropractor in San Jose. But unfortunately, a large number of men and women who are suffering from painful arthritis and lumbar pain all the same suppose that they have to search for a medical doctor as the lowest risk way to discover a treatment method for their pain. However, you might be surprised to find out that not many medical doctors are able to be beneficial people wipe out, or naturally minimize the difficulties of lumbar pain resulting from arthritis. Instead of being accustomed to detecting and treating the root cause of the soreness you are feeling, medical doctors habitually start treating simply your symptoms, that one could do not just for pain reduction, but to genuinely decelerate arthritic changes in your body.

Finding a San Jose chiropractor is actually one of the very best things that you can do to assist your arthritis and low back pain. Chiropractors are doctors who focus completely on taking care of the musculoskeletal system, and arthritis is a joint problem. Chiropractic care has aided many individuals in decreasing the process of arthritis by getting their joints in motion. Motion is necessary for joint health. A good chiropractor is extremely proficient in the treatment of low back pain, even when it is because of arthritis

If you have never gone to a chiropractor previously, you might be somewhat concerned about what will occur once you are in the office. It might help to offer a quick picture of what you can anticipate. You’ll be asked about your medical history, which will oftentimes include a family account of arthritis. The chiropractor will likely inquire about your present-day diet and lifestyle and may propose explicit changes that will be very helpful in lessening the inflammation attributable to arthritis. And, finally, you will receive a scrupulous examination. After the testing is finished, the chiropractor will let you know if chiropractic care can help your back pain, and also reduce your painful arthritic difficulties. of your visit Then you’ll learn about the actual therapy you are going to should have.

A chiropractic adjustment reduces pain gently and organically, and it is a painless approach. And, probably the most fantastic factor of going to a chiropractor for your lumbar pain and arthritis is that you can feel certain that the source of your pain is being dealt with effectively, and that the comfort you experience doesn’t entail masking the warning sign of pain, but truly eliminating the basis of your condition.

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Sacramento Chiropractor: Golf Injuries Can Be Prevented

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Sacramento Chiropractor

With any type of sport, injuries are not uncommon. You can often times avoid getting injured in a particular sport by discovering what injury is apt to happen, and then do as much as you can to avoid it. Sadly, sports injuries can’t always be avoided. As a result, it’s advantageous to take excellent care of your body to make injury less likely, or less traumatic.   The most valuable thing that you can do is to be sure that you have the proper fitness level prior to starting to play a sport, such as golf. You will probably keep your body safe from injury if you adhere to these general guidelines: Maintain a healthy lifestyle; keep your joints mobile and your muscles limber; prepare your body prior to activity; use proper form and good postures while actively playing; give yourself plenty of cool down and relaxation time.

It isn’t simply amateur golfers who get injured. Close to a third of pro golfers playing in the same time frame are playing with injury. The good news is that overall good health and fitness can decrease the number of injuries that you may incur and may possibly deter them altogether.

Effective body strength in the muscle areas most utilized during golf is crucial. However, before you try to build muscle strength, it’s essential to make sure your spine is aligned and has good mobility. A injury-free golf swing is contingent upon your spine’s facility to efficiently move in a rotational manner. Back injuries are the most widespread kind of injuries suffered by golfers. To insure that your spine is in appropriate alignment and there is efficient movement in the vertebrae, see your chiropractor in Sacramento. Chiropractic treatment can go a long way in helping you to prevent back injury.

Once you’re “straightened” it’s time to strengthen. Being prepared for your round of golf is essential to safe, injury-free action on the green. Golf stretching and flexibility exercises will warm up your muscles and make injury them less likely. Complete body range of motion (ROM) exercises will enhance flexibility, fairly fast, in all regions of the body. Furthermore, elastic band conditioning offers functional golf range of motion improvements and can increase needed strength in the shoulders, hips and deep muscles of the core. Sports professionals, such as your chiropractor, are adding elastic band training to their golf conditioning programs because the bands provide dynamic resistance that general weight lifting does not provide.

Along with back injuries, a large number of golfers suffer from “Golfer’s Elbow.” There is a small difference between golfer’s elbow and tennis elbow though they are almost the same. Whereas the outside of the upper arm is disturbed in tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow impinges the inner arm. Golfer’s elbow, like tennis elbow, can result from a single intense action, such as (in golf) hitting the mat at the driving range or thrusting down on a hard fairway surface. Repetitive stress from smaller shocks, though, is more commonly the protagonist. In addition, it can happen to those who all of a sudden begin to play too much golf. As a case in point, if players that ordinarily play golf once or twice a month elect to enter into a tournament, they are conceivably at risk for developing the injury.

Golf makes distinctive requirements on our body. Fatigue can be a problem because the game ordinarily lasts longer than most other sports. Whenever the body is fatigued, bad posture and impeded coordination normally follow. This combination can create an assortment of injuries. Moreover, the shoulder muscles are prone to injury because of the continuous swinging of the golf clubs. Just as it is crucial for you to stretch and warm up before you start your golf game, be sure that you rest your body suitable between games.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is, perhaps, an unexpected injury associated with golf. But, as it a condition that occurs due to repetitive stress, numerous games of golf played over several months repetitively may create this injury. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be a severe injury creating incapacitation and on occasion necessitating surgery. However, chiropractic treatment and, sometimes the use of a brace will relieve the problem if a health professional, such as your chiropractor, detects it at an early stage.

Injuries are assumed to be inevitable part of life for many golfers. Nonetheless, a healthy, mobile spine, good preparation, appropriate exercise and muscle conditioning, reaching and sustaining a a good fitness level, and prudent rest and recuperation after your game is over, can help to make injuries much less a part of your golfing experience.

Dr. Yong Kim is a Sacramento chiropractor with over thirteen years of experience helping thousands of patients get out of pain and get their lives back. His office is located at 1707 Professional Drive, Sacramento, CA 95825. He has special training in the area of sports injuries. Dr Kim is himself an avid health enthusiast. For more information go to his website at http://www.sacramentochiropractor.org

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San Jose Chiropractor: Chiropractic Adjustments Can Take the Pain Out of Growing Older

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

It probably goes without saying that as we age our body doesn’t feel or respond the same way as it did when we were younger. It hardly seems right that as our mind appears to improve and become more “inventive,”  our body seems to become less “cooperative.” We’re stiff in the morning; many of the activities we do during the day make us sore in the evening; and, if we’re not truly careful, even a motion as simple as turning too fast or bending over to pick up a dropped piece of paper, can cause our back or some other muscle group to go into spasm. Fortunately, there is natural treatment available that is not only beneficial in slowing down the aging process of the body, but can aid us in avoiding some of those problems completely.

For an example, arthritis. Most of us would agree that, barring pharmaceuticals, traditional medicine doesn’t attend to this age-related condition. What is the basis for such a limited approach? The answer is that most medical practitioners are only concerned with the symptoms of arthritis. The chiropractic approach is to uncover the origin of the problem and relieve the pain at its source.  Chiropractors, like your San Jose Chiropractor, have been treating men and women suffering from pain caused by arthritis, and other age-related challenges, for over a century.

Repetitive stresses, years of poor gait and incorrect posture, and lack of beneficial movement cause wear of certain joints over time and create the arthritic changes the body experiences as you get older. Chiropractic adjustments bring back motion into your joints and decrease any vertebral misalignments that may be producing irritation and restriction. In addition, did you know that misaligned vertebra, along with causing arthritic changes in the spine and escalating pain, can also lower your resistance and immunity? It’s true, and this could be one of the reasons why it may seem to you that as you get older you experience more health problems and that it often takes longer for you to feel better again. Studies have shown that older individuals who are under chiropractic care stay healthier. In fact, you could say that, as you get older, chiropractic adjustments are good for what ails you!

Chiropractors are highly proficient when it comes to the health of the musculoskeletal system, from the small, growing frame of an infant to the full-grown body of a mature adult.  Your chiropractor understands the aging process and has exceptional observational and diagnostic skills that help in locating spinal misalignments and joint conditions. A chiropractic examination can, in fact, frequently reveal some age-related conditions before they’ve had a chance to create noticeable pain. Moreover, your San Jose Chiropractor can check your posture and analyze your gait to determine if there are any faulty patterns that might create further arthritic changes.

So, if feeling your age has become a painful experience, call your San Jose Chiropractor today!

Dr. David Hoewisch is a chiropractor in San Jose with over 25 years of experience helping thousands of patients get out of pain and get their lives back. His office is located at 1221 Lafayette St., Santa Clara, CA, 95050. Dr. Hoewisch has traveled around the world and is an avid outdoor enthusiast. He is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and learned sign language at an early age. He treats many deaf patients in his clinic. For more information go to his website at http://www.mysanjosechiropractor.com

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