Childbirth Epidurals, Headaches and Back Pain

Recently, a nice young woman we’ll call Mrs. X came in to Chiropractic Advantage for some help. She was complaining of severe headaches and back pain. The headaches had started two years earlier, when Mrs. X received an epidural injection during childbirth. Evidently, the procedure did not go off ideally, and there was some leakage of spinal fluid at the injection site. Many of our patients have gone through...

Back Pain Overtreated by M.D.’s

If the brakes on your car were squealing, what would you think of your mechanic if he/she did expensive diagnostic testing on your car, then supplied you with and expensive set of earplugs to cover up the squealing sound? Crazy? Yes, but that’s the approach your medical doctor is likely to take when your back or neck sounds the pain alarm on you! According to researchers at Harvard Medical...

Chiropractor or Pain Medication? What’s Best?

Say your back is hurting and you are in a lot of pain. Should you go to the urgent care and get medication, or go see a chiropractor? Well, often times chiropractic care can help, but it’s not going to be as immediate as taking a painkiller. The painkiller isn’t going to get at the root of your problem, but will quickly mask it for a while. Those of...

Back Pain Solved by Wallet-ectomy

Quite frequently a man will come into Chiropractic Advantage with a particular kind of back pain. It may have started after a long drive, or from sitting a lot, say, in jury duty. Sometimes the pain goes down the buttock to the back of the knee. During the examination, I notice a bit of a limp, a hesitance to bend backward at the waist. If he’s really in trouble,...

Headaches? Joint Pain? Make a Juice Garden Run and ask for “Vampiro”

Back when I worked in retail, a co-worker announced one day that he was making a run to Oki Dog, and would anyone like him to pick up something? Sure, I said, still innocent at that point of the fact that an Oki Dog contained two hot dogs, pastrami, chili beans, and melted cheese inside a giant flour tortilla. My usual diet being mostly coffee and Cheetos at that...

Keep on Truckin’

A medical doctor, a lawyer, and a trucker are having lunch together at the local diner. Which one would you trust to best explain chiropractic to you? I hope you picked the trucker. For many years, truckers and chiropractors have had a sort of symbiotic relationship. The truckers keep chiropractors busy, and we keep them working. For a guy (or gal) who is self-employed, being unable to drive because...