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San Francisco Chiropractor talks about a New York Times article that explains repetitive stress injuries and forward head syndrome in children from digital media. This study involves over 30,000 teenagers and has shown that TV viewing, computer use and computer gaming (screen time) were consistently associated with back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and recurrent headaches. This is and should be very...
8/4/2010 11:32:21 AM
Most patients who suffer from neck injuries or aches and pains in the neck and upper back area, have decreased energy and fatigue throughout the day. Sleep quality is often times affected and even with a good night of sleep, fatigue seems to be a linking symptom to neck pain most of the times. Most patients who have neck pain suffer from poor posture and forward head syndrome which can create a hump...
8/4/2010 11:31:50 AM
Chronic low back pain is among the most common patient complaints not just in my office, but nationally. Chronic low back pain can be caused by a variety of reasons. 25 percent of Americans have had a back pain complaint within the past three months and this statistic has been this way for years. The rate of spinal surgery, injections, medication and other invasive treatments for back pain has been...
8/4/2010 11:31:26 AM
When a new patient comes into my office, I do a complete Neurological and Orthopedic examination as well as a review of organ systems. I explain to patients that your brain controls everything in your body, every cell, every tissue, every organ. The way it does that is by sending signals of life through the nervous system which sits within the spinal cord and into the various organs. The nerves that...
8/4/2010 11:30:56 AM
An article from the Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery in 2004 covers the relationship between immune dysfunction and vertebral misalignment. "Among 120 atopic dermatitis patients who received spinal correction treatments every day, 106 [88%] showed improvement in skin itching and 86 [72%] showed improvement in skin condition. Among 240 atopic dermatitis patients who did not receive spinal correction...
8/4/2010 11:30:28 AM
Most of us spend countless hours each day sitting behind our desks, in front of the computers, or driving to and from work. As a result - gradually and over time - our posture slowly starts conforming to these circumstances. We begin to find ourselves slouched with our heads in a forward position, and it isn't until we hear our friends, family, co-workers comment about our posture that we actually...
8/4/2010 11:30:05 AM
Every mom wants the absolute best for their kids from the moment the baby is in the womb til way into adulthood. To know that your baby is in the breech position and have to go through C-section without actually having a choice. What most moms with breech babies don't know is that there are soo many ways to help turn breech position babies. Webster Technique is only one of many things you can do to...
8/4/2010 11:29:43 AM
Often times in my practice I see patients who come in with tension or cluster headaches and migraines that have tried EVERYTHING. Nothing has been helpful from injections to meditation and everything in between. They've been to multiple chiropractors, lots of neurologists, acupuncturists and migraine specialists, but NOTHING has helped. I can only imagine how difficult it must be for someone to experience...
8/4/2010 11:22:49 AM
New study that just came out TODAY! The study evaluates the relationship between lack of motion in a child's neck and chronic tension headaches in healthy children. We see and help many patients with headaches, it is always amusing to me that no physician has looked into the cervical (neck) spine of headache patients to find the root cause of the problem. Medication is not the way to go unless all...
8/4/2010 11:22:24 AM
This is an example of what corrective care chiropractors are doing. A 5 year old patient diagnosed with ADHD and treated by a pediatrician with methylphenidate (Ritalin), Adderall, and Haldol since he's been 2 years old and without any success other than the side effects that may have affected his nervous system negatively. He gets under the care of a corrective care chiropractor and he recognizes...
8/4/2010 11:22:03 AM