In having discussions with the patients of our Walnut Creek Chiropractic office, the majority are in agreement that we spend too much time in the car. Whether it is commuting to work, picking up the kids from school, or simply running errands, long hours in the car are a staple of the east bay [...]
In the United States, nearly half of migraine sufferers are never diagnosed. Even those who are tend to experience life-limiting symptoms. In fact, migraines cost 113 million lost work days each year, and cause sufferers to miss an average of seven days of family time each month! More than half of people with migraines [...]
(My daughter Emme at 1 month old) First of all, this is a bit of a misleading title because the first step in analysis is to check newborns for a misalignment. While the likelihood of a misalignment is very high after a newborn undergoes the delivery process, it remains possible that the newborn is [...]
Occipital Neuralgia is one of the most common diseases that people frequently confuse with migraines and other types of severe headaches due to the fact that THE SYMPTOMS ARE VERY SIMILAR! Occipital Neuralgia is a neurological disease that occurs due to the inflammation and irritation of the nerves exiting from the top of your spinal [...]
The number one stress on your body is not traffic, family or your job. Most people don’t recognize this stress because it is constant, beginning with our first breath outside the womb. Without this stress our bodies would be weak, our bones brittle. You probably have guessed that the stress that I am talking [...]
When it comes to severe neck and back pain, many people are desperate to find a way to make the pain stop. Concerns about the severity of the pain, along with the potential thought that they can lose function in their arms and legs lead people down the path of having a spinal surgery. [...]
Chronic pain takes many shapes and forms, but we know that it has a huge social and economic burden. The Institute of Medicine reports that roughly 116 million, or 30% of the population suffer from pain lasting a year or longer. Although chronic pain isn’t a life threatening issue, it’s certainly a problem that [...]
Got Migraines? If you are prone to migraines, then you can probably feel one coming on, long before it actually arrives. These headaches can be debilitating and almost impossible to get over. You become nauseous and any type of light hurts not only your eyes, but splits your head wide open. In the past, [...]
Almost all of my Walnut Creek Chiropractic practice members ask me what type of exercise they should be doing and what things they should avoid. This is such important information because doing the correct things between visits can help support your body’s ideal position and retrain the muscles and ligaments surrounding the spine to [...]
The truth is that there is a proper position for the headrest that can increase your safety when riding in a car. The problem is that most people (including car dealers) don’t know what this position is, and therefore people are not properly fitted to their headrests when purchasing a new car. Before I [...]
