Common
Conditions and Treatment Options
Children
| Pregnancy
| Sports
| Accidents
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Scoliosis
Children
Parents, your children are not immune to vertebral subluxation.
I'm sure you would agree that children are harder on their bodies
than adults. Many children receive their first vertebral subluxation
during the birthing process.
Children
tumble and fall all day long and they suffer from emotional
and chemical stresses that are placed on their nervous system.
The nervous system maintains and controls all functions of the
body, so it makes sense to keep your child's nervous system
as healthy as possible.
Adjustments given to children are safe and gentle and different
from those given to adults. In fact, children feel just as good
as you do after an adjustment. So, it's no wonder they enjoy
coming to see this doctor. Chiropractic care ensures the best
of health and well being for all ages.
Back
Pack Safety
A study,
published in the medical journal Spine, found that the use
of backpacks during the school day - and the weights of the
backpacks - are associated with back pain. Another study,
presented during a meeting of the American College of Sports
Medicine, concluded that children hunch their bodies forward
and lower their heads to accommodate the burden of wearing
heavy backpacks.
This news
comes as no surprise to the ACA, which has educated the public
for years about backpack "ergonomics." In fact,
the ACA believes the issue is so important that it passed
a resolution urging schools across the country to put textbooks
on CD-ROM - so children won't need to lug heavy books in their
backpacks.
"This
new back pain trend among kids isn't surprising when you consider
the amounts of weight they carry in their backpacks - often
slung over one shoulder," said Dr. Scott Bautch of the
ACA's Council on Occupational Health and a noted ergonomics
expert. "Many of these kids are carrying a quarter of
their body weight over their shoulders for a large portion
of the day. That's the equivalent of a 180-pound man carrying
around a 45-pound load. "
Luckily,
backpacks have undergone a radical evolution since their rather
humble origins - with many backpacks now designed ergonomically
to reduce stress on a child's body. Years ago traditional
schoolbags, many of which were nothing more than sacks, were
the rage. But the backpack of today has adapted to keep up
with our changing lives. Kids not only pack heavy schoolbooks
into their backpacks, many of them also strap popular electronic
devices -- such as laptops, cellular phones, MP3 players,
CD players, and personal digital assistants (PDA) -- into
specially designed compartments inside their backpacks that
distribute the weight more evenly.
But even
ergonomically designed backpacks must be worn properly and
not overloaded with unnecessary items, says the ACA. Backpacks
should not weigh more than 10 percent of a child's body weight,
they should have wide, padded straps, and should be worn over
both shoulders. For more information see Backpack Safety America
Pregnancy
Chiropractic if you are pregnant?
Absolutely!
Keeping your spine free from the vertebral subluxation complex
is one of the best things you can do if you are pregnant.
If there's one group of people who need chiropractic spinal
checkups more than any other, it's pregnant women. Pregnant
women are taking more responsibility for their bodies: reading
more, asking more questions, eating better, exercising more
and exploring ways of optimizing health. Chiropractic care
should be considered an essential part of the pregnant woman's
health care regimen.
All this
is extremely important for the pregnant woman who needs to
have her body as healthy and strong as possible in order to
handle the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth. Chiropractic
care will help ensure that the reproductive and other systems
so essential for a healthy pregnancy receive an un-interfered
with nerve supply from the spinal column. The slightest interference
to the nerve supply could adversely affect the mother and
the developing fetus. This clinic uses very low force techniques
to adjust expecting mothers and babies.
Sports
Sports and chiropractic have a long history together. There
have been numerous studies on the benefits of chiropractic
adjustments and how it relates to a better performance on
the field.
Adjustments
improve reaction times, better eye-hand coordination, smaller
blind spots, and of course better ranges of motion (which
means more speed).
But the
most important of them all is: if the spine is sitting in
proper alignment, there is less likely a chance of getting
hurt.
Athletes
who use Chiropractic:
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Emmitt Smith
Joe Montana
Lance Armstrong
Bruce Jenner
John Stockton
Brett Butler
Rocky Marciano
Franco Columbo
Ryne Sandberg
Robert Parish
John McEnroe
And many more!!
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Accidents
Any automobile accident, major or minor can have a great influence
on the integrity and the structure of the spinal column. The
first order of business after an automobile accident is controlling
those life-threatening situations such as hemorrhages, breathing
difficulties, broken bones, etc. These and other medical emergencies
are specialties of emergency medicine.
Whiplash
is a modern and a serious injury to the neck and spine caused
by the sudden violent snapping forward of the head and neck
then followed by a backward whipping type motion of the head.
This impact puts tremendous strain on the neck resulting in
torn muscles and stretched ligaments and spinal damage. The
force of an impact during an automobile accident, even if
safely buckled in, can be transmitted from the automobile
and absorbed by the spine of the occupants, causing spinal
subluxations.
These
spinal misalignments may take months or even years to surface.
By then you may not even associate the neck stiffness, persistent
headaches, dizziness, burning between the shoulder blades,
numbness or tingling sensations in the hands or the reduced
ability to turn or bend your neck, with the real cause, that
fender bender which has long been fixed.
Spinal
misalignments that are created in the spine during an accident
often remain in the body and prevent you from healing properly.
This is another reason why so many people say that "they
just haven't felt right since the accident," and also
why they may continue not to feel right for months or even
years after an automobile accident. Approximately 85% of all
disorders involving the neck have been the result of automobile
accidents. Whiplash can also occur with other traumatic events
such as roller-coaster rides or wrestling around. If left
untreated the condition will only worsen.
If you
or anyone you know has been in an automobile accident, even
if there's no obvious symptoms right away, they should be
examined by a qualified Chiropractic physician. The damage
from spinal misalignments may take months or even years to
surface and an examination today could save an automobile
accident victim from much pain and illness later in life.
Chiropractic
care can be the difference between true recovery, healing
and strength or lingering pain, sickness and disability.
Scoliosis
Scoliosis is tragic. It causes both physical pain and emotional
suffering. This sideways bending of the spine shows up as
abnormal posture and then finally, deformity. If allowed to
advance, it can interfere with the lungs, heart and many other
vital organs.
There
is Hope!
Scoliosis
affects boys and more frequently, girls between the ages of
8 and 18. The cause varies. Some are born with this spinal
deviation (congenital). Others get it from assuming a distorted
head or hip position (habitual). Sadly, in many cases the
cause is still unknown. In the beginning, when it is easiest
to correct, there are rarely symptoms. However, an alert parent
may notice that a high shoulder or low hip makes clothing
fit poorly. Back and leg pains may develop but are often overlooked
as merely "growing pains."
Neglect
is the biggest danger. If allowed to run its course, scoliosis
can steadily worsen. Early detection is critical. Severe cases
can involve surgery. This procedure attaches steel rods to
the spine to force it to straighten. Chiropractic care has
helped many young women avoid the unhappy effects of scoliosis.
The procedure is simple.
First,
a thorough examination helps detect scoliosis in its early
stage. Then, corrective action can begin at once. The primary
course of care is a program of specific chiropractic adjustments.
These help improve the function and structure of the spine.
Muscles strengthen. Posture can improve. Chiropractic care
has helped countless young women reclaim their health, posture
and their self-esteem.
