A Unique, Multidisciplinary Approach to Pain Management
If you have ever seen a contortionist in a circus or know someone who can bend their thumb back far enough to touch their wrist, you have seen an example of someone who is double-jointed. However, the term "double-jointed" is actually something of a misnomer, since the super-flexible person you saw most likely has the exact same number of joints as those of us who are less stretchy. The medical te...
Read More →
After receiving a big media boost from Dr. Oz (the popular television and radio health expert), raspberry ketones have become the new rage among some people looking to lose weight. But what exactly are they, and is there really any evidence that they could help you slim down? Raspberry ketones are a natural phenol produced by raspberries that gives them their particular scent. A study conducted b...
Read More →
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) in the US and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) in the UK, is a disease characterized by persistent, disabling fatigue, often made worse by exercise. CFS sufferers also commonly complain of muscle and joint pain. CFS is believed to affect between two and four people in every thousand, and has been re...
Read More →
Many of us probably recall our childhood visits to the pediatrician. And some of us might even remember being amused and surprised when the doctor used a little hammer to tap just below our knee and our lower leg jumped in response ALL BY ITSELF! Later in life, we may have learned that physicians use this simple test to judge the health of our nervous system. Even more specifically, we may have ...
Read More →
The impetus for many people to seek chiropractic help is acute or chronic pain, most commonly in the lower back or neck and shoulders. Although patients want the chiropractor to help with the underlying problem, lessening their pain is a very important part of allowing them to get on with life in some degree of comfort. Chiropractic treatment for pain rests on the principle that healing will occur...
Read More →
When you're young it's easy to believe you're invincible and that accidents and injuries are things that only happen to other people. However, when kids play a contact sport such as football, there's a very real risk of injuries that can affect them for the rest of their lives. Of the more than one 1 million players who participated in high school football last year, two high school football playe...
Read More →
What Exactly is a "broken back?" The general description "broken back" can be applied to so many different types of spinal injury-ranging from the unnoticeable to the severe-that it doesn't say much about what's actually happened. Technically, a broken back describes a medical condition where the vertebrae have become dislocated or fractured at any place on the spinal column. The placement of the...
Read More →
Chiropractors in Chicago not only have to worry about spinal adjustments and back posture but our patients overall wellness and well being. For many years, the medical profession considered the mind and body to be separate spheres with little effect on each other. However, researchers have begun to take much greater notice of the connection between the two in recent decades. Not only is it obvious...
Read More →
If you need yet another good reason to quit smoking for good, here it is. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Kentucky has found that women who smoke may be at greater risk of suffering from chronic pain than those who do not. We want to help our chiropractic patients from Chicago Chiropractic be healthy and smoking is not part of that equation. Researchers surveyed over 6000 wom...
Read More →
