The Real Difference Between MD’s and DC’s

The difference between Medical Doctors and Doctors of Chiropractic is something like this: Say you have a short circuit in your house. It starts a fire. An MD would show up, put the fire out, and tell you to call if it happens again. A DC would show up, put the fire out, and figure out what caused the fire in the first place so it never happens again.

In one situation, you’re always at risk. In the other, your risk has been eliminated. Read more

Where Is My Headache Coming From?

Headaches plague more than 50 million americans everyday. They can range from mild dull aches to full blown mind numbing migraines. As the types of headaches are varied so are the causes. One thing is for sure, the nervous system is somwhere in the mix and who is better trained at recognizing nervous system disorders than your local chiropractor? No one. We are specially trained at locating the cause of your disorder rather than chasing symptoms. The cause of a headache can be as simple as working on a “trigger point” and releasing it or as complex as evaluating degenerative joints in the neck coupled with dietary triggers. Did you know there is such a thing as medication overuse headaches? Its so common they actually have an acronym for it, MOH. Whatever the cause we have the tools needed to successfully treat 95% of all headaches.

Many people don’t realize that 70% of chiropractic patients start off as headache patients. Why? Because it works, simple as that.

Come in today to get evaluated. Don’t go another day in unnecessary pain. See how great life can be without headaches holding you back.

Relief for Aching Backs

 

About 80 percent of U.S. adults have at some point been bothered by back pain. The Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center recently surveyed more than 14,000 subscribers who had lower-back pain in the past year but had never had back surgery. More than half said pain severely limited their daily routine for a week or longer, and 88 percent said it recurred through the year. Many said the pain interfered with sleep, sex and efforts to maintain a healthy weight.

Back pain can be tough to treat. Most of the respondents had tried five or six different treatments. They rated the helpfulness of those treatments and their satisfaction with the health-care professionals they visited.

Hands-on therapies – chiropractic manipulation, massage and physical therapy – were among the top-rated. Read more