So, I have been working at Active Life Health and Wellness for almost 3 months and I have seen so many miracles here, it’s amazing! I have seen peoples’ lives change in just a few months. Patients come in for pain like neck pain, back pain, herniations, scoliosis, even pain in their extremeties that no one thought was related to the spine like TMJ and shoulder/leg/arm pain that is destroying their life or at the least preventing them from doing something. After following through with their prescribed care, doing their home therapies, and coming to all appointments, patient’s actually, physically, change their lives by changing their posture and their spine. People have been able to come off of their prescription medication; from heart medication to reflux medication. It’s truly amazing and what we do here really does change lives. I have seen patients fulfill there physical goals like wanting to travel with their loved ones and starting to work out at the gym. I love what I do and I love watching these patients lives change.
Emily Miller
Case Manager
Non-Specific Neck Pain and Chiropractic
What is Non Specific Neck Pain?
Everyone feels a certain amount of pain in the neck at some point in their life. There might be a sudden onset of sharp pain where you find yourself massaging your neck and wondering what exactly caused the sudden stinging neck pain. Mostly the underlying cause is not a disease or a degenerative story; rather it is either bad posture or prolonged strain to the neck.
Symptoms of Non-Specific Neck Pain
Always remember that your neck supplies nerves to the shoulders, arms and hands. This means that any disruption in the neck can cause an equal amount of disruption in the areas that it transfers messages to. Analogically, when a route becomes dysfunctional on the road, it affects every trade that takes place via that route.
With stiffness in the neck, the pain is carried along to the aforementioned parts and can cause weakness, numbness and the like. These symptoms can hamper your everyday functioning. When the passageway for nerves is irritated, the messages carried forward to other parts of the body are distorted with painful signals. Hence, even though non-specific in nature, neck pain requires special attention.
Dealing with the Issue
Wondering why you should visit a chiropractic practitioner for a condition that is harmless? Well. The answer is that such sudden onset of pain can be dealt with under this practice. Under chiropractics, the purpose is not alleviation of neck pain but also providing guidance for preventing neck pain in future. The fact that posture and pain in neck are well connected in nature, your doctor can guide you to maintaining a good posture which will protect you against non specific neck pain.
Without the use of medicine, you can quickly be on the road to recovery with this method. Utilizing the techniques of spine manipulation, a chiropractic practitioner will first locate the area of concern followed by a careful application of force on the spinal joints.
Why a Chiropractic Practitioner?
Several people believe that chiropractic is a pseudoscience and does not result in successful healing of your neck pain. On the contrary these doctors, if they feel you need attention from doctor with a different medical background, will recommend you further to another professional for proper treatment. Additionally, these doctors make you undergo thorough examinations before application of any spine related techniques.
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Chiropractic Care to Relieve Symptoms of Pregnancy
A woman has to get used to the uncomfortable symptoms of pregnancy for 38 to 42 weeks. There are ways to relieve such pain through medication, but they can pose potential side effects on the mother and the child. Chiropractic care, on the other hand, has shown to have remarkably alleviated the symptoms of back problems associated with pregnancy. Therapy, nutrition and exercise are the basics of the treatment that makes chiropractic and pregnancy go hand in hand.
Chiropractic Care for Pregnancy
Chiropractic treatments are non-invasive and address the misalignment in the spine to alleviate pain. Studies have also shown chiropractic care to have no known side effects on pregnant woman and the innate child. It promotes development in the mother and the baby. The Webster Technique is commonly employed to treat pregnant women, as it tends to apply as less pressure on the abdomen as possible.
Common Symptoms of Pregnancy
Back pains are very common during pregnancy. Women put on extra weight during the period, thus increasing the pressure on the spine. This leads to nerve stress, which can halt the development of a child. Other common symptoms during pregnancy include:
- Pelvic pain
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Morning sickness
- Heartburn
- Shortness of breath
- High blood pressure
- Swollen ankles
- Hormonal changes
Complications That Can Arise
Dislocation of the vertebra, or better known as vertebral subluxation, can interrupt the nervous system and affect the ability of communication within a body. Subluxation can result in:
Nerve Tension – Muscles around the spine become tight and experience inflammation on areas with misalignment in the spine. This adds stress on the nerves, and these nerves lead to various parts and organs in the body, like muscles, glands and blood vessels. Neglecting nerve tension can cause degeneration in various body systems.
Body Imbalance – Subluxation in the neck can lead to head tilting on one side. The righting reflex in the brain causes lower cervical spine to bend on the opposite direction of the head tilt. This can cause one side of the pelvis to draw up, making one leg appear shorter than the other. The uneven distribution of weight puts more stress on the joints. Extremely painful for the mother, it may even cause problems for the baby to get into the right birthing position.
A visit to the chiropractor throughout pregnancy can help you get started with the treatment, and can make the pregnancy and delivery comfortable and faster.
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Natural Approaches to Preventing and Handling Arthritis and Arthritic Pain
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at 6:00pm we will be hosting a FREE TO THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP on how to naturally reduce arthritic pain and live better. Arthritis is a general term used to describe more than 100 chronic diseases of the joints, bones and muscles. Come learn what the differences are, who is at risk and how to prevent it, and natural solutions to ease this often crippling condition.
The workshop will be located at:
Active Life Health and Wellness
4250 Simmons St., Ste 100
North Las Vegas, NV 89032
Any questions please call 702.636.2843
Please be there before or BY 6:00pm. We look forward to seeing you!
Las Vegas Chiropractor describes intermediate neck exercise
Here is a simple exercise that you can do at home with no exercise equipment.
It works the longus capitis, longus colli, SCM (sternocleidomastoid) muscles.
The purpose of this exercise is to increase neck strength and muscular endurance.
The benefits are improved stability, functional strength and injury prevention.
Begin by lying on the back with the head extended off the table, maintaining a chin tuck position.
Slowly extend the head back towards the floor and then raise the head, returning to the initial neutral starting position and repeat as instructed.
Move slowly through the range of motion.
Slowly return to start position.
Repeat for prescribed repetitions and sets.
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