Back in the Game Spine & Sports

Chiropractic Therapy for Hip Pain and Function Each year, surgeons perform hundreds of thousands of total hip arthroplasties (hip replacements), and the most common reason is osteoarthritis of the hip. This condition isn’t caused by an underlying disease, rather it’s d

Surgical Vs. Non-Surgical Care for Rotator Cuff Tears The shoulder is a complex structure that consists of four joints that work together to allow for a large range of motion. Unfortunately, this flexibility results in instability and an elevated risk for injury. Perhaps the well-known shoulder injury is a rotator cuff tear, which will affect at lea

Low Back Pain and the Hamstrings Have you ever considered how important your hamstrings muscles are in relationship to your lower back? Most people do not think about those tight muscles on the back of the upper leg / thigh as having much to do with low back pain (LBP); however, it is one of the most important muscles groups to

Posture and Headaches Headaches (HA) play a significant role in a person’s quality of life and are one of the most common complaints that chiropractors see. This comes as no surprise, as one survey reported 16.6% of adults (18 years and older) suffered from migraines or other severe headaches during the last thr

NFL Great Says, "Chiropractic Was The Key To Keeping Me In The Game." If the greatest player in the history of the National Football League said, “Chiropractic was the key to keeping me in the game,” do you think chiropractic care could help you with your back pain and other aches and pains? Well, that’s exactly what happened. Jerry

Where Does Low Back Pain Come From? “Were does the pain come from?” is probably the most commonly asked question we hear as chiropractors and frequently, the patient is not told the answer to this simple question. The problem is, the question is not so simple. This is because there are many structures in the low back th

The Neck and Headache "Connection" When we hear the term headache, we don’t usually think about the neck. Rather, we focus on the head, or more specifically, the part of the head that hurts. But, during a consultation, a doctor of chiropractic will usually find some connection or correlation between the patient’s heada