Do You Need Surgery For A Disc Herniation In Your Neck or Back or Is It Time For A 2nd Opinion? Almost weekly, a person comes in and tells me either… They had surgery because an MRI showed a disc herniation pinching a nerve that may have helped for a while and then worsened over […]
Happy World Spine Day Texarkana!
October 16th is #WorldSpineDay and this year we encourage you to take some basic steps to improve your spinal health which will also improve your overall health. Unfortunately, we tend to only think about spinal health when our neck, shoulders, or back hurts which for far too many people is every day. Proper and full […]
Spinal Manipulation Improves Neuropathic and Postoperative Pain.
The Chiropractic Adjustment Improves Pain and Reduces Inflammation in the Central Nervous System <Study>. An interesting paper published in JMPT in 2016, once again reinforces the idea that there is a lot more going on with spinal manipulation (AKA a chiropractic adjustment) than you would think. The paper, “Effect of Spinal Manipulation on Neuropathic and […]
Your Neck’s Major Impact On Balance, Movement, and Brain Function
A study published in Experimental Brain Research looked at the neck’s influence on brain’s balance and knowing where we are in space. Researchers found that neck movement had a major impact on our brain’s ability to maintain these systems (the vestibular system). This is very important for people with losses of neck motion, neck pain, […]
Our Understanding of the Extreme Importance of Spinal Health Goes Way Back…
Did You Know? The understanding that the spine is involved in health and wellness… and the practice of using manual manipulation as a way of healing dates back to the time of the ancient Greece. Hippocrates considered the father of medicine once said, “Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many […]
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