Do you take anti-inflammatory drugs?
Why?
Are you aware that they are not an analgesic (pain killer) as such? They are designed to reduce the inflammation process due to an injury or similar. Inflammation is swelling and redness, usually because the blood supply to an area has increased in an effort to deal with an irritant and [...]
Here in Australia, it’s national Chiropractic Care Week May 18-24.
The focus this year is on the theme “It’s not just back pain. It’s the Big Picture.”
Visit the website of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia [link here] to get more information.
Remember, poor spinal health can affect all areas of life.
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Do I really need this surgery?
Well, that’s not for me to say.
But with people being more careful with their dollars, a lot of people are really looking at lower cost alternatives. They are actually thinking that there might be alternatives! Instead of just blindly allowing surgeries to be performed on them without fully understanding the [...]
Jaw pain! Clicking! Grinding noise! Clunking! Headaches! Face Pain! Jaw restriction! Also many reputed vague and indeterminate symptoms throughout the entire body such as ear pain or shoulder pain. All can be symptoms of a malfunctioning TMJ.
Trauma, biting on a hard object, being hit on the side of the face in the jaw joint region, [...]
Two quick notes for today:
BetterSpines.com is officially two years old!
And, in Brazil recently, the Chiropractic profession won a ruling preventing them from harassment by physical therapists. The therapists were claiming that Chiropractic was a physiotherapy technique, not a profession in its own right! And that Chiropractors were illegally practicing physiotherapy. Funny isn’t it. The medical [...]
So there you are. Sudden pain to the front of the chest. Real pain. It comes and goes. What do you do?
You get yourself to the E.R., that’s what you do. No second guessing, no what-ifs, ands or buts. Go straight to the E.R. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $100.
They take blood, monitor [...]
Throw away that cervical collar! If you want the fastest recovery from whiplash, read on.
A new multi-faceted program is underway in South Australia, aimed at speeding recovery time and maximising patient outcomes after a whiplash injury. Ref: The Australian Chiropractor, March 2009.
Recommendations include keeping active and doing specific exercises to strengthen the neck.
What is now [...]
Discusses the college training of a Doctor of Chiropractic.
Chiropractic education, despite many misconceptions, is in fact comparable with that of medical doctors. As discussed previously in Yes, Chiropractors are real Doctors, the college and clinical hours required are astonishing to most people. The above video describes better than I could the rigorous requirements to become [...]
This was just too cute to pass up:
Hedgehogs find home at rescue
“After arriving at the rescue, she was diagnosed with scoliosis, an unusual condition for a hedgehog. A story about her in the International Hedgehog Association News captured the attention of the National Scoliosis Foundation in Boston, and Buttercup racked up frequent flier miles to [...]
We all know that our spines have natural curves. These curves are in a front to back orientation, or you could see them from the side. Scoliosis is when there is a lateral or sideways curve when viewed from behind. This is not a good thing. It may curve in an “S” shape or a [...]
