Tight spinal joints create pain by having pain nerves overstimulated. Tight muscles themselves are also pain-sensitive if they do not go through the normal relaxation phase that a muscle needs to do to release lactic acid and other breakdown products and take in new oxygen-rich blood. Upper neck joints, nerves and muscles, when irritated, refer…
DetailsDuring the discussion and examination of a patient the chiropractor will find out how severe the headache feels, what type of pain it is (sharp, dull, throbbing, shooting, deep ache, burning, etc) and how long a headache will last. The time of the day, week or month that a headache comes on can also help…
DetailsRight now, 2 million Australians are suffering back pain. They are spending over a billion dollars on medications, tests and treatments and causing over 7 billion dollars per year in lost productivity. At a personal level, people lose income, curtail their sport and stop doing the recreational things they enjoy. Guilt and frustration creeps…
DetailsPerceptions of India Delhi was smoggy, dirty and claustrophobically busy. Flying to Northern India’s rural and tea-growing districts was a welcome contrast, with our group staying in Siliguri, which only had 7million people in a non-starving level of existence. Here the family unit is paramount and many a family of 5 could all fit…
DetailsThe use of cold or heat has already been mentioned. The speed at which we feel good enough to take weight on a joint again and use it all day is affected by such things as: – The severity of your impact or fall; – What structure has been injured; such as a pulled muscle,…
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