Should You See a Chiropractor during Pregnancy?
Acute or chronic back pain is uncomfortable, but it can be especially painful during pregnancy. If you’re expecting a little one and the added weight and strain is taking its [...]
What is a Facet Joint Injection?
What is a Facet Joint? A facet joint, sometimes called a Z-joint, is a synovial joint that sits between two adjacent vertebrae — the bones that make up the spine. [...]
What Does a Pain Management Doctor Do?
If you suffer from acute or chronic pain, you know how debilitating it can be. Whether your pain is caused by an accidental injury, back sprain, or even an existing [...]
Common Back Pain Causes
Many Americans live with some varying degree of back pain, and any back pain is too much pain to have to deal with. Our sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy eating and [...]
Alternative Treatments to Opioids for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain affects more Americans than cancer, diabetes and heart disease combined. The most common solution to chronic pain is prescribed opioids, which can have a detrimental, addictive influence [...]
American Chiropractic History of Treatment for Back Pain and Neck Pain
Since its inception in 1895, chiropractic has provided treatment for patients with back pain, neck pain, and headache. Throughout American chiropractic history, some chiropractors have claimed a relationship among the [...]
5 Ways to Keep Your Spine Healthy and Happy
Whether it's a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, or strained muscles, it can take some time to diagnose and treat the causes of back pain. And all the while, you're trying to navigate health insurance, [...]
How to Avoid Back Injuries
A lower back injury is not the only cause of lower back pain. Repetitive stress and poor posture can be detrimental to the spine by inducing muscle strain and [...]
Do You Have a Bulging Disc in Your Lower Back?
Bulging discs are common in adults and often associated with lower back and leg pain. Most often, the discs herniate (bulge out of place) in the lower back, also called [...]
Chronic Pain: Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment
Symptoms Chronic pain is often defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks. Whereas acute pain is a normal sensation that alerts us to possible injury, chronic pain is [...]
