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Heel pain is one of the most common problems podiatrists treat, but many believe their treatment options end there. Chiropractic care offers an alternative to medications or shoe supports that only lessen pain by treating the source of the pain. The most common source of heel pain is a condition known as Plantar Fasciitis. This

There is definitely a cause and effect relationship between the neck and the upper extremity. Meaning, at the base of your neck, is a network of nerves called the brachial plexus. These nerves innervate the upper extremity the shoulder, upper arm, the elbow, and all the way down into the wrist, hand, and fingers. A

Chiropractic care gets excellent results with fibromyalgia. Why? Because when there is a pain in the neck, the back or the upper and lower extremities, nine times out of ten it involves a pinched nerve. Chiropractic is the first line of defense for a pinched nerve as it takes pressure off the nervous system with

Acid Reflux/GERD Acid Reflux Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a condition in which the stomach contents (food or liquid) leak backward from the stomach into the esophagus (the tube from the mouth to the stomach). This action can irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn and other symptoms. Of course, heartburn has nothing to do with the

Headache Relief A headache or cephalgia is a pain anywhere in the region of the head and neck. It can be a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and neck. In our office, most headaches are not coming from the head, but are instead coming from the neck. Particularly the upper

There is a definite relationship between the hips, pelvis, sacrum the low back and the knees. When a patient gets a specific chiropractic adjustment or alignment to his lower back and/or pelvis/hips, there is a beneficial effect to the knees. Why? I’m glad you asked. This is based on the concept of the ‘kinetic chain”

Peripheral neuropathy is a malfunction of the motor, sensory and autonomic nerves that connect the spinal cord to muscles, skin and internal organs. It most commonly affects the hands and feet, causing weakness, numbness, tingling and pain. The Peripheral neuropathy course is variable; it can come and go, slowly progressing over many years, or it

Sacroiliac Joint or SI Joint Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction or SI Joint Pain is one of the most undiagnosed problems in all of the medicine. Most conventional medical doctors are not trained to look for this. The good news is in our office we get excellent results by using a specific procedure that is part of

Sciatica is a set of symptoms including pain that is usually caused by spinal cord pressure/a pinched nerve of one of the last three spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve. The last three spinal nerve roots (L-3, 4, 5), forms the sciatic nerve (right and left) that goes into the buttock

There is definitely a relationship between the neck and the shoulder, and the shoulder and the neck. They both effect each other. First of all, the shoulder is the most moveable joint in the body, therefore it is the most prone to injury of any joint in the body. The shoulder is a ball and