LAVACA COUNTY
CHIROPRACTIC
‘Back Pain’
The Brain + Spine Connection
Bottom Line:
Every thought and movement in your life occurs through your brain and/or spinal cord – which together are referred to as your central nervous system.
The spinal cord carries nerve signals from the brain to other parts of the body and receives sensory input from the body and transmits that information back to the brain. Your spinal column is the armor that protects your spinal cord as it travels down through your body and branches off into the nerves that power that brain-body connection.
Every moment, millions of messages are moving along your spinal cord to maintain the necessary balance between your brain and body you need to function. Ensuring your spine as a whole is feeling and functioning at its best is important, and we’re here to help.
Recent research has shown that our hands-on chiropractic adjustments can positively impact the chemistry of your brain!
(more…)Disc Issues and Chiropractic
Bottom Line:
Disc herniations, bulges, protrusions, and extrusions are some of the most common reasons people visit a chiropractor.
In fact, most people see a chiropractor not just because they have lower back disc issues found on imaging but because these conditions have caused a significant impact on their quality of life.
The good news? You can get natural, non-invasive treatment for a herniated disc. The research doesn’t lie and backs up what we’ve witnessed for years – chiropractic care provides outstanding results for people with spinal disc issues.
(more…)Facet Joints: Gliding Your Way to Better Health
Bottom Line:
If you’ve had neck or back pain that you could pinpoint with your finger or felt a sharp pain in your back when moving, the cause may have been some sort of dysfunction with one or more of the facet joints of your spine. So, what are the facet joints?
Think of these joints as the “knuckles” of your spine that glide, slide, and stabilize.
They add flexibility to your spine so you’re able to bend and twist your back and also help to keep you from “over doing” any of those motions (i.e., hyperextending or hyper flexing).
Ensuring your facet joints are functioning at their best is important to making sure you’re able to move freely. If you think you might need facet joint pain treatment in Hallettsville, you’ve come to the right place! Here’s what you should know.
(more…)How to Prevent Sciatica Pain
Bottom Line:
As we discuss how to prevent sciatica pain with our sciatica patients, we often notice that many of them will make the comment that they don’t know how they hurt their back when the pain started. If you know the causes of sciatica you know this is a logical statement to make.
It’s easy to understand how lifting a heavy object or sustaining a forceful impact of some kind or simply moving in an awkward position could result in an injury to your back. The pain that comes with that injury tells you that you could have pinched a nerve and that’s why you’re experiencing sciatica symptoms. Easy to understand.
But, what we’re about to tell you as we learn about how to prevent sciatica pain naturally may surprise you. Research has shown that too much sitting may be one of the most common reasons you find yourself experiencing sciatica pain. This is also completely understandable.
As the leading sciatica pain specialist in Lavaca County, we’ve seen the very real impact sitting too much has on our patients. Here’s why.
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