In general, most patients think that the diagnosis of a lumbar disc bulge means that surgery is inevitable. This couldn’t be further from the truth. There are so many misconceptions that revolve around low back pain that it’s always hard to decide where to start. I have covered many of these issues in the past […]
As a practicing chiropractor here in sunny Mesa I can tell you that seeing injured workers in my office is a rare event. Even rarer is a patient who was injured at work who was sent in by his or her HR department to my office for care. Almost always it is a current patient […]
Now, before I state that our office does very well with disc bulges in the neck, I need to preface this with the fact that we’ve had 2 patients in the past 6 months end up in surgery. That being said, the vast majority of patients who have cervical disc bulges accompanied by pain in […]
The answer to chronic low back pain is NOT nothing. Choices for care include chiropractic manipulation or physical therapy. I know that it seems intuitive that rehab exercises for chronic low back pain would be a good idea. However, I can’t say that I’ve ever been completely on board with this idea. While not every […]
This is one of those “I’m a chiropractor so this will be biased” articles. This bias is further accentuated by the fact that I’ve written a Migraines and Epilepsy book. This article describes that ONE thing that EVERY single headache sufferer needs to do, and yet rarely do. I understand headaches very well. Migraines. Tension […]
