Chiropractic care is especially important for maturing and elderly adults because of the dramatic changes that occur in your spine with increasing age. With age, spinal discs, joints, ligaments, muscles and other spinal tissues become weaker, less hydrated and less able to withstand daily... read more ⇒

Although the exact cause of "frozen shoulder” is unknown, it is thought to be an overactive autoimmune response. The body reacts with intense inflammation and scar tissue formation on the shoulder joint capsule causing shoulder pain. This condition can occur after an acute injury, a long period... read more ⇒

Beaches, sunshine, lake, shorts, pool, watermelon, tan, boat, ice cream, lotion, pina colada, swim lessons, vacation, family…all words that make me think of summer. My photo above features six of the words from the list above. It is from a long weekend on Lake Whitney with family! Brant... read more ⇒

If you were tuned into the Dr. Oz Show on March 3rd, you would have heard Dr. Oz assure his viewers that based on solid research. "Chiropractic is as effective as pain medication for chronic low-back pain...and that's good news!" What a great way to educate America that (Chiropractic care looks for... read more ⇒

Study Says Bed Rest Is Not Effective "Bed rest continues to still be widely used for treatment of sciatica...there is little objective data to support this view." Vrooman, PCAJ et. al., Lack of effectiveness of bed rest for sciatica. New England Journal of Medicine 1999; 340:418-23 Epidurals... read more ⇒

I first visited my chiropractor, because I had a pinched nerve in my neck that prevented me from turning my head without severe pain. It was horrible! I wasn’t able to drive or do anything that required me to turn my head quickly. All I wanted to do was to get out of pain!! My doctor was... read more ⇒

One of the fastest ways to "age" your body is to ignore pain in your spine! Hard to believe, but it’s true. Neglecting spinal problems will accelerate spinal degeneration. Think about it: Since sciatica can cause severe pain when sitting, standing, walking, bending and reaching...that pretty... read more ⇒

The BackLetter, edited by Sam Wiesel, M.D., states, “scientific studies on fusion surgery have set the bar for ‘surgical success’ at an extremely low level… this is not much of a return for a $50,000 operation.” According to a recent Stanford University medical study, Eugene Carragee,... read more ⇒

A clinical research study published in the American Journal of Medicine found that 62.1% of all bankruptcies in 2007 were related to medical debt! Most medical debtors were college educated, owned homes and had middle-class occupations. Three-quarters had health insurance! Out-of-pocket MEDICAL... read more ⇒

I used to have chronic muscle spams in my lower back due to an old high school wrestling injury. It would get so bad that I couldn’t sit still, it hurt to bend over, and I would even have trouble breathing! I couldn’t get into my car without a lot of pain. A family friend suggested that I go... read more ⇒