LAVACA COUNTY
CHIROPRACTIC
‘Back Pain’
How To Know if You Have a Spinal Disc Problem
When patients ask me for advice on how to know if you have a spinal disc problem, there’s a story that comes to mind every time.
Not too long ago, a friend of mine was over to help me out with one of my weekend projects.
He had been out with his family for some celebration – I don’t remember exactly what for – and the first thing he did was go into the bathroom to change.
Not 30 seconds later as I was getting some things together in the next room, I heard what I can only describe as a “yelp” come from the bathroom.
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Waterbeds were something else, weren’t they?
It’s still crazy to think there was actually a time where so many of us were sleeping on vinyl “mattresses” that were filled with gallons and gallons of water inside of our carpeted bedrooms.
What’s crazier still is that… they were actually pretty durable.
(more…)These Low Back Pain Relief Exercises Can Help You Recover Quicker
Bottom Line:
When back pain strikes, your first instinct might be to sit down or lie down until your discomfort subsides. But get this. Recent studies strongly suggest that medications and rest are actually a couple of the least effective ways to find relief!
What’s more, research also tells us that it’s often a lack of daily movement that causes back pain to begin in the first place! And, actually, most of us already know that, don’t we?
(more…)When to Have Back Surgery and When to See a Chiropractor Instead
Bottom Line:
Many people think that surgery is the ultimate once-and-for-all “fix” for a problem area of their spine that has been injured.
They may believe that the answer to the question of when to have back surgery is if they’ve been living with it for more than a month or so.
And while in a very small percentage of back pain cases surgery has reportedly provided some level of relief… It’s also true that the permanent changes that surgery makes to your anatomy can cause a host of new problems to appear, and that’s in addition to the inherent risks that come along with such invasive procedures.
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