World Osteoporosis Day

World Osteoporosis Day is October 20th!

WOD is dedicated to raising awareness of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.

Osteoporosis is a disease where decreased bone strength increases the risk of a broken bone.

When having osteoporosis you are at greater risk of breaking about any bone in your body. In fact, the first sign of osteoporosis for many people is a broken bone.

By using hands-on approach for treatment, chiropractors can help prevent osteoporosis from getting worse as well as treat an osteoporosis-related injury.

Your long term bone and muscle health starts now! Take early action by following these tips:
Regular exercise
A bone healthy diet
Consulting a doctor about osteoporosis
　
Sources: Wikipedia. http:// bjdonline.org. Freed Chiropractic Clinic, Ally Wilson. September 26, 2016,

Can Chiropractic Care Benefit Your Child?

June 14, 2016

Can chiropractic care benefit your child?

Many spinal problems seen in a someone as early as birth. Birthing can cause stress on an infant’s spine and developing nerve system. Colic, breathing problems, nursing difficulties, sleep disturbances, allergic reactions and chronic infections can often be traced to nerve system stress. These common newborn complaints are often caused by spinal and cranial misalignment.

Since significant spinal trauma can occur at birth, many parents have their newborns checked right away. As an infant grows, and learns to walk, crawl, and sit, this can affect spinal alignment. Chiropractic care can keep your child growing on the right track.

Did you know chiropractic pediatric care is not only for newborns?

Getting your child regular check ups with the chiropractor can prevent or help conditions such as ear infections, asthma, allergies, and headaches (to name a few). Regular check ups or adjustments can help prevent health complaints later see in adults.

It is important to understand that the Doctor of Chiropractic does not treat conditions or diseases. The expertise of the chiropractor is in checking the child’s spine for mis-alignments that impair nerve system function therefore affecting overall body function.

Sources

ICPA "Can children benefit from chiropractic care" http://icpa4kids.org

June 14, 2016 Freed Chiropractic Clinic, Ally Wilson

A Study Of Over 20,000 Neck Adjustments Reveal...

A Study of over 20,000 Neck Adjustments Reveal...

 

 

Data was collected from patients after researchers set out to identify symptoms that could predict whether patients would feel "better" or "worse" immediately following neck adjustments. Patients in this study presented symptoms such as: reduced neck/shoulder/arm movement, neck pain/ shoulder pain/ arm pain/ headache, upper/mid-back pain.

Researchers determind that 95% of patients with the symptoms were immediately improved following a neck adjustment!
 
Pain is usually the first symptom to appear. Whether you suffering from headaches, shoulder, neck pain, or leg pain---complete healing takes time.

Tissues that do not fully heal and joints that do not move properly are prone to re-injury.

Sources:
Chiropractic natural health newsletter Vol. 28, Isuue 8
08/01/2016 Freed Chiropractic Clinic, Ally Wilson

Why is pain shooting down from my back to my legs?

Why is pain shooting down from my back to my legs?

 

The most common reason the pain or numbness or tingling will be shooting down your leg from your back is that you are having a disc problem in your lower back. Disc problems such as, disc bulges, inflammation, disc herniation's, disc extrusions are all very painful. A disc problem can take awhile to heal. Good news is that whether you choose Chiropractic care or surgery, the healing process will take about the same time with possibly the same results. So instead of the extra pain, give chiropractic a try.

You can also have tight muscles that compress or entrap nerves. This can happen with your hip flexors or even your hamstrings. As muscles start to bunch up and the muscle fibers adhere together forming scar tissue it then starts to wrap up the nerve fibers and create additional compression on your nerves. A chiropractor can diagnose and help to relieve the entrapped nerves.

If you are having an episode of this, get an ice pack out of the freezer and call us. We will be able to diagnose your problem correctly.
Any back problem that is extending into your leg, is not going to go away over night. You will need regular and frequent care to feel better for the long term.




Sources:
Active family chiropractic
08/08/2016 Freed Chiropractic Clinic, Ally Wilson

Do you or someone you know suffer from pulmonary disease?

                                           Do you or someone you know suffer from pulmonary disease?

Asthma affects over 17 million Americans as well as COPD.
Often, during the warm months children and adults with a lung disease can have flare ups.

Pulmonary diseases cause many symptoms such as blockage of airways, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, wheezing, and a cough to name a few. Many individuals with this disease have resolved maintenance of the illness by using inhalers. However, Chiropractic care has been shown to help improve the condition with regular chiropractic treatments.

Chiropractic treatment involves the realignment of the spine and therefore the nerves. Chiropractic manipulation can eliminate obstruction during nerve impulse conduction to the lungs and airway. When adjusted, your body is restored to its natural state of alignment, nerves can then function as they should, allowing the lungs to function properly.

Chiropractic care can also benefit by fixing musculoskeletal alignment problems in the ribcage and spine. When this is done, the thoracic cavity is free to expland like it should.

There is a study performed by Graham and Pistolese. The study was performed on 81 asthmatic patients before the start of chiropractic care and two months after their care. The results of this study showed improvment in 90.1% of patients 60 days after chiropractic care. The patients also reported nearly 50% reduction of frequency of asthma attacks.

Life style changes like chiropractic care can be an asset in the lung disease treatment process.

 

June 20, 2016, Ally Wilson, Freed Chiropractic Clinic
Sources

"Pulmonary disease eased bby Chiropractic" http://www.chironexus.net/2013/10/pulmonary-disease-eased-chiropractic/
"With chiropractic care, Asthma symptims can decrease" http://pathoflifechiro.com/reasearch/asthma.html
"Chiropractic care in the treatment of asthma"
http://lasvega.informermg.com/2013/03/30/chiropractic-management-for-asthma-sufferes-part-1-of-4/

Can your knee/leg/or foot pain be helped by your chiropractor?

Plantar Fascitis is an inflammation of the fascia of the bottom of the foot.  This can be a very painful condition and can be difficult to treat because it is constantly aggravated when walked upon.  Ask anyone whom has ever had it and they will tell you how miserable it is.  It is often mis-treated because treatment many times is just focused at the inflammed fascia itself and not the cause of the condition.

Plantar fascitis, many times, is caused by a fallen arch (over-pronation of the foot) therby stretching the fascia, irritating it, leading to inflammation (-itis).  This also causes it to pull on the insertion @ the calcaneous which can lead to a heel spur (often in combination with tight gastroc msucles).  It's also noteworthy that over-pronation will lead to a change in the biomechanics of the stance and gait which could cause knee pain, hip pain, leg pain and even low back pain.  It has been estimated that this problem is the #1 cause of knee degeneration leading to knee surgery because it causes excess wear and tear on the knee (bet your orthopedic surgeon never told you that).

What can a chiropractor do?

Not all chiropractors are trained to treat this but at Freed Chiropractic we will evaluate the biomechanics of your gait (walk) and your stance.  We can then address the overpronation (or other dysfunction), correct and stabilize it to eliminate your current discomforts along with reducing the likely hood of future problems.

We are conceerned with not only getting you out of any current discomfort you may be in but taking a proactive approach to your condition and fixing it before there is degeneration rather than a reactive approach and waiting for something to get worse before addressing it.

Please check out our webpage FreedChiropracticClinic.com to learn more about chiropractic care in general and call Freed Chiropractic today to set up a free consultation on how we may be of benefit to you or someone you care about.

Dr. Freed