Your neck has to balance and support the equivalent of a 10-13lb. bowling ball!

A popular response to neck pain is taking drugs to cover up the problem (asprin, analgesics, pain pills) or treating its symptoms (muscle relaxers, massage, hot packs).

But neck pain isn’t caused by lack of asprin or drugs!

The chiropractic approach to neck pain is to locate its underlying cause. This begins with a complete case history and thorough examination. Special attention is given to the structure and function of the spine, and its affect on the nervous system.

Many patients with neck pain have lost the normal forward curve in the neck. This can affect the brain stem and spinal cord

Is the proper spinal curve present? Are the nerve openings between each pair of spinal bones free and clear? Is the head balanced? Are the shoulders level? These and other considerations are used to create a plan of specific chiropractic adjustments to help improve the motion and position of spinal vertebrae.

With improved structure and function, neck pain often diminishes or totally disappears– without addictive drugs or harmful side effects!

While a massage feels good, it doesn’t address the underlying structural problems often associated with neck pain.

One study, published in the Journal of Manipulatice and Physiological Therapeutics found that patiuents who received chiropractic care reported significant improvement in their neck function and reduction in their neck pain wheras those taking pain-killers did not.

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Some estimates suggest 25% of the population has a headache right now! A comprehensive U.S. study reported that 10 million Americans suffer from moderate to severe disability from various forms of headaches.

There are many types of headaches. A frequent and overlooked cause of headaches is the malfunction of spinal bones in the neck and upper back.

When bones of the spine lose their normal position or motion, sensitive nerves and blood vessels to the head can be affected. When spinal nerves and related tissues are stretched or irritated, they can produce throbbing headaches. Asprin and medications may cover up these warning signs, but do not correct the underlying structural cause.

Many people experience correction and relief through chiropractic care.

If a through examination reveals reduced range of motion, loss of normal spinal curves, or mechanical restrictions, chiropractic care should be considered. After a complete explination, you’ll recieve a care program designed for your unique spinal problem.

Loss of normal spinal curves is a common cause of many types of headaches.

Specific chiropractic adjustments can help correct spinal joint dysfunction created by the various chemical, emotionsl and physical stresses in our lives.

Many patients report headache relief. Others find that the correction of their condition takes longer because their spinal problem has existed undetected for many years. Every patient responds differently. Benifit from the drug-free results millions have enjoyed by consulting a chiropractic doctor.

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Stress has been with us since the beginning of time. Every era has faced its share of threatening situations. Today, the stress of work, project deadlines, personal conflicts, and the demands on our time and money, take a huge toll on our health.

It may suprise you that your “feelings” of stress may have nothing to do with the stress in your life. Poor posture, prolonged sitting, an accident, or even an old injury can lead to spinal stress. Chronic pain and muscle tension can cause you to experience nervousness and irritability.

How well do you adapt to stress?

For some, it’s an upset stomach. For others, recurring headaches, back pain, or muscle stiffiness. Still others respond with nervous twitches, allergic reactions, or sensitivities to chemicals. Regardless of your particular response, the function of your nervous syste is involved. That’s why chiropractic can be so helpful.

The chiropractic approach to stress is to help normalize the function of your nervous system by removing interferences caused by the Vertebral Subluxation Complex or spinal joint dysfunction.

Finding the “weak links” in your spine (the major communication pathway of your nervous system) and helping restore better function, can make a profound difference in your response to stress.

It may not be possible to remove the stress from a busy life. However, with the help of your chiropractic doctor, you can respond better to the unique challenges you face.

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The lumbar spine is the most frequently injured area of the spine.

Chiropractic care helps restore function to spinal joints that are fixated and not moving properly. Besides helping to relieve pain, chiropractic care can also help reduce inflammation. Muscles, tendons and ligaments depend upon proper joint movement for peak performance. Injuries to these tissues can reduce range of motion, decrease blood supply, and literally “take you out of the game.”

Sports injuries among youngsters are often ignored as “growing pains.” Regular chiropractic checkups can help avoid problems seen later in adults.

Normalizing spinal function helps speed the healing of these soft tissues and reduce the deconditioning effect of being on the sidelines.

An aerobic exercise program or a plan of brisk walking can improve muscle tone and help you recover from strains, sprains, and other activity-restricting health problems.

Help prevent sports injuries by proper stretching, warm-up and cool-down exercise, and by staying fit.

Whether you golf, play tenins, bicycle, or bowl, the best treatment for sports injuries is prevention!

Ask your Doctor of Chiropractic for a care plan based on your age, condition, and health objectives. Find out if chiropractic care can help restore your health, improve your performance, and increase your competitive edge.

Proper spinal function is essential for peak performance at work or play.

Problems can start with the spine and affect the extremities, or they can begin with an extremity, like a knee or an ankle and then create further compensation problems in the spine. Either way, many sports-related injuries involve the spine.

Professional athletes, “weekend warriors” and those who just want to remain fit, are discovering the benefits of regular chiropractic care.

Chiropractors are experts in the care of the bones, nerves, muscles and connective tissues that make up about 60% of your body. All of the joints in your body are part of this musculo-skeletal system and its optimal function is necessary for overall good health. Ask your Doctor of Chiropractic for more information about a care program that may include specific spinal adjustments, exercise recommendations, nutritional advice or other conservative methods of care based on your health history, age, current condition and lifestyle.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated more than 100,000 auto crashes annually may be fatigue-related.

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be suffering from sleep debt that can be greatly affecting your life. Sleep is not merely a break from our busy routines, it is essential for good health, proper mental and emotional functioning and ultimately our safety.

Insufficient sleep may result in reduced productivity and concentration, impaired memory, decreased learning and logical reasoning abilities, and can also lead to increased feelings of stress causing difficulty in all areas of life. There is also mounting evidence that long-term sleep debt may be a factor in managing the difficulties associated with diabetes, obesity and a weakened immune system. A National Sleep Foundation pool found that 60% of American adults experience sleep problems at some time.

Your daily cup of coffee consumed to help perk you up, along with alcohol and nicotine, are all common contributors to disrupted sleep patterns.

Though everyone’s individual sleep needs vary, most healthy adults need an average of eight hours of sleep each night. However, the quality of sleep is usually more important than the quantity of sleep. Getting enough sleep without interruptions from your environment or internal factors is more likely to help maintain your body’s natural sleep pattern and result in more restful and restorative sleep.

Sleep is one of the most important functions for the brain to operate properly. Healthy sleep is required for your nervous system to regulate responses to external stimuli.

Conditions that may contribute the greatest amount of continual stimulation to the brain include physical pain, lack of sufficient oxygen, hormonal changes, unsuitable sleep environment, poor diet and exercise.

Lost productivity due to sleeplessness has been estimated to cost the national economy as much as $100 billion annually.

Your chiropractor is an expert in the nervous system and the elimination of the interferences that may be the cause of other seemingly unrelated problems that can ultimately disrupt your sleep.

A physical examination and an in-depth sleep history may reveal how and why your sleep is being disturbed. This can start you on a plan of action to improve the quality of your sleep and overall well-being. Drugs and sleep aids may not address the cause or the cure the problem while traditional chiropractic can provide a healthy alternative.

It is very common for patients to advise their chiropractors that they sleep much better after being adjusted for reasons other than sleep deprivation.

Virtually everyone occasionally suffers from a poor night of sleep. Certain individuals may be particularly vulnerable including students, shift workers, travelers, parents and persons with acute stress, depression or chronic pain. Poor sleep can be a symptom of larger problems. When combined with appropriate chiropractic care and a healthy sleep surface environment, you can create a foundation for an improved night’s sleep.

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Arthritis is a relatively generic term that actually encompasses a variety of different conditions. There are a various types of arthritis. Some of the more common are described Table 1. Figure 1A shows relatively normal joints making up the cervical spine, or bones of the neck. However Figure 1B shows significant degeneration of the joints.

Who Does Arthritis Affect?

More than 27 million people are affected by osteoarthritis (OA), making it the most common type of arthritis in the U.S. OA of the knee and hips is the most common cause of arthritis-related disability in the U.S. Most people with OA are over the age 45. Overall, more women are more likely than ment o develop OA. Radiographic signs of OA are sometimes seen in people as young as their 20’s.

What Causes Arthritis?

While some forms of arthritis can be hereditary, others can be related to immune system dysfunction. The cause of many forms of arthritis is idiopathic, or unknown. Primary osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, is referred to as “wear-and-tear” arthritis, because it is known that the joints can wear out faster when used more or inappropriately. It is sometimes assumed that arthritis is a “normal” consequence of aging. However, not all people within any advanced age group develop arthritis. There are other factors that can lead to the development of osteoarthritis. For example, if there is a condition whereby your joints are under increased pressure during regular daily activities, those joints are likely to degenerate at an advanced rate.

Examination Procedures for the Diagnosis of Arthritis

While the diagnosis of arthritis is often assumed by the history and exam, sometimes other tests are ordered. This can include blood tests, usually if rheumatoid or another variant is a possibility, and X-rays of the involved and related joints. X-rays can show signs of arthritis and help to delineate which form a person may have.

Common Chiropractic & Other Conservative Treatments

Pain from arthritis is commonly helped from Chiropractic care, including spinal adjustments, manual stretching, exercises and traction. Chiropractic Biophysics® care can help restore normal alignment of the spine and pelvis thereby taking pressure off of the joints. Diminishing this pressure may diminish or stop the rate of degeneration of the spine, hips and other related joints.

Common Medical Interventions

Commonly, medical intervention for osteoarthirits is to diminish the symptoms with the use of pain killers and anti-inflammatories. This only hides the symptoms though, and the problem is likely to worsen. When the problem worsens, corticosteroid injections into the involved joints are a common procedure medical doctors recommend. This also only works to hide the symptoms. Surgery, including total joint replacement, is the last medical effort used to treat osteoarthritis. There are no joint replacement surgeries available for the spine though. Surgical attempts to help people with chronic spine pain are much less successful than those for other joints of the body.

Chiropractic Care May Have a Positive Influence on Arthritis

                Many thorough studies have been performed on patients with symptoms that are often related to arthritis, in particular osteoarthritis and have shown Chiropractic care to be beneficial.^1-17

Chiropractic Biophysics^® (CBP^®) care, by correcting or improving the overall structure of the spine can have an additional positive benefit of diminishing abnormal pressure on the affected joints.

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Short-Term Treatment, Long-Term Improvement:

Abnormal spinal structure anyplace from the neck to the lower back adds increased pressure on the bones and discs of the spine, causing pain in the back, shoulders or legs, and numbness or tingling in the hands or feet.

For many patients, traditional chiropractic adjustments give only temporary relief, without addressing the underlying problem. Chiropractic Biophysics goes beyond these conventional, temporary methods to actually correct abnormal spinal structure permanently.

During Chiropractic Biophysics treatment, spinal traction is used to reduce mechanical stress — which can lead to arthritis and degeneration over many years — on the vertebrae and discs. Only a Certified CBP doctor should determine which form of traction is right for your problem. Additionally, a customized exercise program, specific to each individual, is designed to retrain and strengthen the muscles to maintain the new, corrected position of the spine.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Does Chiropractic Biophysics really work?

- In a recent clinical control trial published in the Index Medicus literature, patients receiving CBP care experienced an 86% reduction of low back pain. One year later, on average, these patients remained pain-free!

Will you only “crack my back?” That hasn’t helped me in the past.

-While traditional chiropractic adjustments are sometimes performed, CBP doctors also perform spinal traction during office visits, and assign personalized exercises for you to do at home.

What should I expect at my first visit?

- A thorough health history and comprehensive examination will be conducted to determine weather your condition is within the realm of our care. A digital computerized postural analysis enables us to detect and measure abnormal positions of the head, shoulders, rib cage, pelvis, knees and feet. Finally, we will take spinal X-rays, which often hold the key to the underlying cause of your discomfort.

What happens next?

- Our CBP doctors will analyze your X-rays for bio mechanical problems and review the results of your exam and postural analysis. At a followup visit, the doctor will present a Report of Findings, explaining what he or she found, whether CBP can help you, how long it will take to correct any problems, and how much it will cost.

How long does Chiropractic Biophysics treatment take?

- Your length of treatment will depend upon your specific symptoms and underlying spinal problems. A typical patient will receive CBP care anywhere from 3 to 6 months, and their results often permanently.

Does insurance cover Chiropractic Biophysics Care?

- Because back pain is currently a major health problem in the U.S., CBP treatment is covered by most health insurance plans, as well as Medicare and auto insurance when applicable. Financing is also available.

Benefits of Chiropractic Biophysics Include:

- Reduction or elimination of pain

- Increased energy and vitality

- Improved, restful seep

- Greater flexibility and strength

- Noticeably straighter posture

Do you experience:

- Lower back and leg pain?

- Numbness or tinging in your legs, feet or hands?

- Neck, arm and shoulder pain?

- Pain in the upper or mid back?

- Recurring headaches?

- Low energy or chronic fatigue?

- Loss of sleep due to pain?

- Aching in your joints?

- Abnormal body posture?

- Scoliosis or spinal curvature?

These warning signs indicate that you may have a serious spinal problem. Don’t ignore them! Chiropractic Biophysics can help you correct these issues permanently and live free from pain.

Take advantage of or new patient special today!

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Begin lying on floor facing up.
Bend knees so feet are firmly on floor.
Extend arms upward toward ceiling.
Activate core muscles.
Lift hips off floor to attain a bridge position with knees, hips and shoulders in alignment.
Slowly return to start position.
Repeat for prescribed repetitions and sets.

Initially, you may develop some cramping in the back of your thigh. A simple hamstring stretch before and after may prevent this from occurring.
Slowly return to start position.
Repeat for prescribed repetitions and sets.

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Upon impact, your body pushes deeply into your seat. Your head, momentarily isolated by your neck, delays its reaction while your body quickly reaches the limits of your seat.

Then your body instantly changes directions, moving forward to the limits of your seat belt. Now your head starts moving backward in the opposite direction! Unrestrained by a seat belt, your head is jerked back and then forward beyond its normal limits.

A whiplash injury can straighten the natural forward curve in the neck, stretching the spinal cord. Symptoms can appear months and even years later.

                              Loss of curve          Normal side view

Don’t minimize your own injuries because your car has sustained little or no damage. An immediatete chiropractic examination is essential. Pain pills won’t heal inflamed tendons and ligaments. Muscle relaxers won’t heal torn muscles. A cervical collar won’t restore a graceful forward spinal curve.

Specific chiropractic spinal adjustments, because they can help restore proper motion and position of individual spinal bones, can help assure proper healing. Chiropractic doctors can help you get well and stay well after the trauma of a whiplash injury.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Why do I have pain in my arms and hands?

- Because the nerves to the arms and hards exit the spine through the injured area of the neck, numbness and tinging are common. Even lower back pain can result directy from the trauma or as a reaction to the loss of proper spinal curves.      

Why did my headaches start more than a week after my accident?

- Whether you’ve been in an accident, stressed at work or overexerted yourself in te garden, your body is constantly adapting to the environment. When your capacity to adapt is exhausted, symptoms can apperar. This can take days, weeks, months or years to occur.

Wil I ever be norma again?

- Many Chiropractic patients report improved spinal curves and an end to their symptoms. Those who delay seeking appropriate care often discover that scar tissue and spinal instability require periodic chiropractic checkups.

Irvine chiropractic uses a team apporach to better health. As you enjoy results, tell those you love. Explain how millions enjoy relief and better health by restoring the integrity of their spine and nervous system with the safe and natural remedy that is chiropractic care!

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