Do you have neuropathy? Chiropractic could have the answer to your pain.
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Chiropractic doctors practice natural, drugless, non-invasive health care and rely on the body's ability to self-heal. Sounds ideal, but just how does it work?
We look at the whole picture
Like other health-care providers, we follow a standard routine to gain information about the patient. We consult, review the case history, conduct a physical examination, and we may request laboratory analyses and/or x-rays. Unlike other health-care providers, however, chiropractic physicians also conduct a careful analysis of the patient's structure and pay particular attention to the spine. We also ask you about your life- Do you eat well? Exercise at all? How do you deal with stress? Do you have children? What do you do for work? And so on.
We seek the origin of the problem
Using this information, a diagnosis is made. Included in the diagnosis is the probable reason for your pain or discomfort. It is important to note that chiropractors seek the origin of the illness in order to eliminate it-we do not simply treat the symptoms. If your roof is leaking, do you simply catch the drips in a bucket for years on end, or do you repair the roof to prevent it from leaking? Similarly, if the migraine headache you've had all week is being caused by misaligned vertebra and an irritated nerve, do you continue to take pain killers indefinitely, or do you realign the vertebra to prevent the pain? You get the picture.
We fix the origin of the problem
Chiropractors have a term for misalignments: subluxations. A vertebral subluxation is a misalignment of the bones that protect the spinal cord. It's a leak in the roof. Or a kink in the wiring of your nervous system. The severity of the subluxation can vary, and there are a number of potential contributing factors that can be physical, emotional, mental, or chemical. The subluxation can be caused by any number of incidents, from birth trauma to an auto accident to simple repetition or over-use.
In this section, you will find articles on the mechanics of chiropractic care, its effects, and misconceptions.
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March Newsletter: Chiropractic Care for Neuropathy
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March Newsletter: Chiropractic Care for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)
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February Newsletter: Chiropractic Care for Fibromyalgia
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February Newsletter: How Your Chiropractor Can Help with Degenerative Disc Disease
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Struggling with back or neck pain due to degenerative disc disease? A visit to the chiropractor could relieve your pain.
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December Newsletter: Custom Orthotics Could Be What You Need to Fight Foot Pain
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December Newsletter: Healthy Eating Tips for the Holiday Season
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Worried about gaining weight during the holidays? The healthy eating tips will help you avoid piling on the pounds.
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How Posture Affects Your Health
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Why an Inactive Lifestyle Isn’t Good For You
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Do you exercise enough? You may be at risk of developing these health conditions if you lead a sedentary lifestyle.
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Common Causes of Back Pain
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Does Your Pain Worsen During the Winter? Cold Weather May Be To Blame
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How Your Shoe Choices Affect Your Back and Spine
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The Most Effective Ways to Improve Your Sleeping Position
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How to Help Improve Your Children's Quality of Sleep
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Does your child toss and turn at night? These suggestions may improve his or her sleep quality.
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Back Friendly Yard Work Tips
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Do you love to garden or engage in home improvement activities? Do so safely with these back-friendly tips.
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Health Statistics and You
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We are awash in numbers, thanks in large part to the proliferation of personal mobile devices and the wrong-headed use of so-called big data.1 But applying statistical tools to the same set of data can support competing theories and lead to contradictory results. Such conflicting outcomes, known as antinomies
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Meditation and Me
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For many of us, the practice of meditation seems like a totally foreign notion. In an era of full-time, morning-to-night distractions and distractibility, the concept of quietly sitting with nothing else to do seems impossibly ridiculous. Why would anyone do that, we ask, as we text message with one
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