In order to properly be diagnosed you should seek the care of a chiropractor.  They will sit down with you privately and give you a complete physical and do a medical history.  Tests such as x-rays, MRI or CT scans may also be needed to get their diagnosis.  Once the tests have been gone over they will put a treatment plan together for you.

Your treatment plan can involve traction, manual adjustments, therapeutic exercises or ultrasound therapy.  The goal of the treatment is to get the disc back into place.  Traction will widen the disc space in order to allow the disc to be “sucked” back into place.  Another version is decompression, where the vertebrae are gently separated in order to make room for the disc to go back in.  This also relieves the tension and pain associated with the bulging discs.

With any treatment a chiropractor gives, they do an assessment on you during the treatment.  What this does is tells them if they are on the right track or not.  If they need to change your plan they will do so and get you on a plan to get back to normal.  The overall goal is to reduce pain and get you back to original condition.

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Sciatica is a type of pain that affects the sciatic nerve.  This nerve extends from the lower back and downeach leg.

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body.

Common symptoms of sciatica include:

• pain in the buttocks or leg that gets worse when you sit
• burning or tingling down the legs
• weakness or numbness in legs or feet
• constant pain on one side of the buttocks
• shooting pain that makes it difficult to stand up.

Ways to help prevent sciatica include:

• exercising often
• being a non-smoker
• eating healthy
• lifting with care
• keeping active.

40% of the population will suffer from sciatica in their lifetime

Pregnancy can cause sciatica

Massage therapy is the recommended treatment plan for sciatica

Sciatica can be a result of bad posture, muscle s train or spasm, being overweight, wearing high heels, sleeping on a too soft mattress or a slipped disc.

You can have an increased risk of sciatica if you have a job involving heavy lifting, twisting your back a lot or sitting for long periods of time.

As you get older or if you have diabetes increase your risks of having sciatica.

Things that you can do to assist your back pain include:

• sleep on a firm mattress
• during an attack sleep with a pillow between your legs
• do not sleep on your  stomach
• muscle spasms can be treated by applying hot or cold packs
• when you sit make sure your feet touch the floor
• sit in places that have firm back support.

1. Knee injuries are one of the common football injuries.  Players do a lot of running, jumping and tackling.  These types of moves put a great deal of pressure on the knee.  The ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury is tearing the ligament that connects the bones of the upper and lower knee.  The MCL (medial collateral ligament) is tearing the ligaments that attach the femur to the tibia.  Meniscus tear is a tear to the cartilage pad between the joints of the thigh and shin bones.
2. Sprains and breaks are another common injury.  A broken nose is one common break that can occur.  A sprained ankle is another top injury due to running down the field.  While running down the field you will encounter obstacles such as other players.
3. Head injuries are another football injury.  Sometimes, helmets come off during a brunt force from another player.  Or, a tackle can bring a player down on their head.  A helmet can only prevent some injury.
4. Shoulder injuries also occur on the field.  Shoulder dislocation can occur from a fall or hard hit. AC joint injuries happen and this is damage to one or both ligaments.  A stinging pain down the arm called a stinger is an injury brought on by a hit to the head.
5. Tendonitis is a painful inflammation around the heel.  The Achilles’ heel runs from the ankle down to the heal.  This is caused by running and pounding that occurs while playing.
6. Black eyes are also common.  A thrown football can hit you in the face and cause a black eye.  A knock to a players helmet can also cause one.

If you have regular headaches you may be dousing yourself with Tylenol or ibuprofen, in which case you may be masking the real problem which should be addressed. If you are finding yourself taking pain medications regularly for headaches you may want to make an appointment with a chiropractor to find out what is the real problem. 

Many people wouldn’t associate a chiropractor with headaches but, in fact, they may be able to help identify and then deal with the underlying issue that is causing your headaches in the first place.  Your spine may be out of alignment, for example, and this can cause headaches or even migraines.  In these circumstances you may need an adjustment to your spine or neck, and a chiropractor can make that adjustment for you and take the pain away. 

Chiropractors do not use surgical techniques, they find the cause of your pain and they use a variety of techniques to deal with the problem and reduce your pain.  In order to have the proper treatment plan your chiropractor will take a full physical and medical history.  They may also need to run a few tests such as an x-ray.  After getting all the necessary data from you they will find the diagnosis and form a treatment plan.  During your treatments they will also monitoryour progress and make adjustments as needed.

You don’t have to suffer from chronic headaches. If you would like to find out the cause of your headaches, seek a chiropractor to get a physical examination and assessment.

Chiropractors use a variety of non surgical and non medicinal techniques in order to soothe your pain and return your body back to it’s original state.  The chiropractor will do a full physical, medical history and run a variety of tests in order to properly diagnose you.  After runing the tests, the chiropractor will sit down with you and go over their results and design a treatment plan for you.

One of the most common treatments for whiplash is chiropractic adjustments.  These adjustments are controlled movement that allows the tissues to properly heal.  Adjustments also improve blood flow and fluid flow to the injured area.  This improved flow will decrease pain and joint degeneration.  Overall, adjustments have cause faster healing.

During your treatment plan the chiropractor will do an evaluation on how you are healing and how well the treatments are working.  If the chiropractor sees that the treatment is not working they will develop a new plan.  The overall goal is always to get you back to original condition.

According to the Golf Channel golf is now played by over 26 million Americans over the age of 18, with 45% of these being under 40, and 33% over 50.  22% of adult golfers are women. There are also over 6 million junior golfers between the ages of 15 and 17.

As in all physical sports, it is important to exercise your body and develop your technique in order to play both effectively and safely.

Dr Jay Greenstein is a both a chiropractor and a certified golf instructor.  He knows golf is about a whole lot more than a perfect swing.  In this video he applies chiropractic principles to help golfers improve their performance and avoid injury.

He sees a lot of golf injury on a regular basis.  “We see a lot of lower back pain, and a lot of shoulder pain” says Dr Greenstein.  But with good training golf injury can be avoided.  “We can improve range of motion, improve flexibility and deal with any problems before injury occurs”.

His key point is that stretching and flexibility are as important in golf as in any other sport.

Click on this short video clip from WUSA9 for more tips on how to develop your golf performance without injury. This television segment is circulated by The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (YES2CHIROPRACTIC.COM)

Driving requires us to maintain constant alertness and tension, and this alone can cause muscular pain.  Add to that extended periods of sitting and you have a recipe for serious back problems.

Doctors of Chiropractic are trained to improve structural positioning and can offer preventative advice in this area.

Watch this short video to discover four great tips to improve your driving position and prevent back pain.

Soft tissue injuries are injuries involving muscles and joints but not your bones.  These injuries can happen in an auto accident, work related accident or even bending the wrong way while bringing in your groceries.  Muscle strains can occur at any moment.

Your Las Vegas chiropractor will take a full medical history and physical in order to put together their massage plan.  They may also take x-rays, CT scan, MRIs or other tests to ensure a proper treatment plan.  As you go through your treatments the therapist will reevaluate your progress and adjust as needed.  The goal of your treatment plan is to get you back into your original state and increase mobility.

Another reason for massage therapy is stress.  If you have been in an auto accident the parts of your pain or areas where you are tense may be from the stress of the accident itself.  The massage will calm your nerves and prevent you from doing additional damage.