Bottom Line: The opioid epidemic has led many leading medical groups to emphasize the importance of conservative care for low back pain and neck pain. The world's largest medical society, the American College of Physicians, updated its low back treatment guide in 2017 to support conservative options, such as Chiropractic care. The guidelines were published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine and have been adopted by many leading healthcare organizations. Why … [Read more...] about Top Medical Groups Are Now Supporting Chiropractic
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Whiplash: A Little Goes a Long Way
Bottom Line: The term whiplash is the term used to describe the injuries that result from a rapid back and forth motion of the neck. These injuries can occur during a car crash, sports accident, or during a slip and fall. The most common symptoms of a whiplash injury are neck pain, headaches, and radiating pain into the shoulders, arms, and hands. Why it Matters: Pain after whiplash happens when the delicate ligaments supporting your neck have been damaged, and new research … [Read more...] about Whiplash: A Little Goes a Long Way
What Happens to My Body During a Car Accident?
Bottom Line: Your body wasn't designed to deal with the forces that occur in a car accident. Even though modern cars have an array of safety features, the damage from an accident can range from small aches to life-changing injuries. The force that both your vehicle and body absorb while driving along the road is known as kinetic energy. Your vehicle has been carefully built to displace the (kinetic) energy that occurs during an accident. However, no matter what type of car you have, … [Read more...] about What Happens to My Body During a Car Accident?
What to do if you are in an auto accident
Why you should seek care following a motor vehicle accident Say you’re stopped at a traffic light and the driver behind you doesn’t slow down in time. They end up running into you at a low speed, say 10mph. You’re startled and annoyed, but when you exit your car and look at your bumper you see just a small scratch and you’re relieved. You exchange information with the other driver and carry on with your day. However, later that day you strangely start to feel tightness and pain in your neck … [Read more...] about What to do if you are in an auto accident
Relief from Headaches
You don't have to live with headaches. How you can get relief quickly by treating the cause Headaches affect so many of us and can be hard to escape. Whether the pain is subtle or severe, it's that throbbing on the sides of your head that just won’t go away. It’s that pain behind your eyes that drives you mad as you try to concentrate at your desk. They can sometimes be constant, mild, and subtle-enough that we can half-ignore them as they put a haze over everything we do. Or … [Read more...] about Relief from Headaches
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