(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 [...]
As a Walnut Creek Chiropractor I know a good deal about posture. Posture is a window to spinal alignment and body balance. Our body functions at full capacity when we are in balance. Therefore, structural integrity dictates how our body functions on every level. Benefits of Good Posture: Improves breathing capacity Improves brain function [...]
It’s no surprise that our culture of sitting in front of a computer increases our chances of suffering from neck pain. Forward head posture and slumped/rounded shoulders create abnormal stress on the cervical spine and increase likelihood for symptoms of pain, headaches, and neurological problems (like tingling/numbness in the arms/hands). However, the postural stress [...]
