Maintaining a Health Back Between Chiropractor Visits

5 Helpful Tips For Managing Lower Back Pain

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Whether it is because you lifted a heavy piece of furniture or slept on your mattress the wrong way, lower back pain can be the worst. If the pain is bad enough, it can prevent you from doing your everyday activities. Here are five helpful tips for managing lower back pain. Put Ice on It It is a good idea to put ice on your lower back as soon as you feel pain.…

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Sciatic Pain: Why Chiropractic Is More Effective Than Traditional Medications

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When your sciatic nerve is compressed or irritated, you know it. As the largest nerve in your body, sciatic nerve inflammation causes intense, radiating pain down one or both of your legs. This pain is difficult to treat with traditional pain medications, and symptoms can last for months without effective treatment. You may also experience muscle weakness, or a tingling sensation.  Muscle Relaxers Don’t Affect Nerve Pain While some of your pain may be due to tight muscles, the pain caused by sciatica isn’t affected by muscle relaxants.…

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Acupuncture May Be Beneficial In The Treatment Of Fibromyalgia

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Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical practice, in which small needles are inserted at specific points in the skin.  The traditional belief was that these needles would balance a person’s chi or energy, curing many diseases.  While this practice is becoming more prevalent in Western medicine, the basic philosophy is much different.  Modern medicine contributes the health benefits to stimulation of the nervous system and an increase of blood flow, both of which stimulate the body’s production of natural painkillers.…

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