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Sometimes, even for chiropractors, the success of chiropractic treatment and its ability to help people get rid of pain and get their life back again can seem, well, almost miraculous. When I hear from chiropractic patients who’ve not only gotten rid of their pain through chiropractic treatment, but also more life and energy, stress relief and relaxation, and a greater ability to get a good night’s sleep, I feel gratified.

Still, a research article I read recently in the scientific periodical, Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family Health, brought tears to my eyes (and I’m generally a pretty macho guy!). The research detailed the case of a severely disabled sixteen year old girl experiencing spasticity and sleep disturbances due to Cerebral Palsy. Her family was most distressed about her inability to sleep through the night. The girl, confined to a wheelchair, had metal rods surgically fused from her neck down to the base of her spine since the age of seven.

The mother of the girl hoped that chiropractic treatment could correct her daughter’s spinal subluxations and relieve her often abhorrent pain. As one can imagine, the examination was difficult. Fortunately the chiropractor was able to diagnose that there were several subluxations that could be safely adjusted. Care was initiated at a frequency of twice per week. By her sixth adjustment, the girl was sleeping normally through the night. By her ninth visit she showed an improvement in her muscle spasticity as measured by specific instruments.

Yet, even though full recovery was not expected, “the patient and her family were able to return to a normal sleep schedule as well as enjoy improved quality of life,” the research authors noted.

“Improved quality of life.” Can anyone ask for more from treatment Not likely!  But, let me tell you, more chiropractors hear those words from their patients than medical doctors do.

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Oxnard Chiropractor

Dr. Donald Bolt, your Chiropractor in Oxnard, knows that allergies can make your daily life  miserable. A walk in the park, a yarn ball toss with Fluffy, a seafood pasta, or merely something as tiny as a nut is able to produce such miserable complaints as itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, or a skin rash.

But unfortunately, now and again an individual’s allergic reactions can go from just plain bothersome to acute and life-threatening as the air passageway begins to close and breathing becomes strained. Such development of symptoms can readily produce a state of acute anxiety and a trip to the ER.

Allergic reactions can, indeed, become an exceptionally troublesome disburbance and cause you to feel incapable of taking part in daily life. In fact, if you are one of the numerous men and women who have hypersensitivity, it may even seem to you that, every once in awhile, your surroundings are a pretty antagonistic place and that the planet around you is, virtually, out to get you!

Perhaps you question why it is that other people seem so unaffected by the exact same environmental challenges that send your body into overwhelm. Other people seem either unaware of or completely unresponsive to the would-be irritants that lurk at just about every turn, while your body reacts, or rather overreacts, to them. Why you? It’s a valid question. The fact is that quite a few individuals, like yourself, have a hyperactive immune system that literally “goes berserk” when you are exposed to common substances including pollen, dander, shellfish, or nuts.

Can your Chiropractor in Oxnard help you in gaining relief from your allergy symptoms? The answer is a resounding “Yes,” and the explanation may surprise you. Many chiropractic patients have realized that they enjoy freedom from their allergy symptoms following a chiropractic treatment, although chiropractic care doesn’t actually target allergies, per se. The real reason for the lessing of allergy symptoms is because chiropractic manipulation influences your whole nervous system, which includes the autoimmune system, which is the cause of your hypersensitive responses. In the event that there’s a hindrance in the nervous system, in conjunction with other problems, the autoimmune system, whose responsibility it is to enable you to adapt and react appropriately to your environment, can easily become under-active or overactive. When it comes to your allergies, the reaction is the latter (it becomes overactive).

In view of the fact that chiropractic adjustments are intended to diminish or even entirely do away with disturbances within the nervous system and recreate equilibrium and harmony to the entire body, along with a variety of corrections, the manipulations provide homeostasis to the autoimmune system as well. A vibrant immune system responds normal to so-called allergens within the natural environment.

So, as stated previously, your Chiropractor in Oxnard doesn’t really target allergies, but that doesn’t mean your allergies won’t get better or go away completely. On the other hand, you could say, instead, that relief from your allergies is solely the result of your well-adjusted nervous system. If you would like to get back into harmony with your surroundings as soon as you can, connect with Dr. Bolt, your Oxnard Chiropractor, today. He can help you to start living your life again!

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Just going for a walk, let alone fetching a tossed ball or running in the park, can be very difficult and prohibitively painful for a dog with arthritis. To put it another way, arthritis can take the fun out of doing what dogs do best…have fun! As a active veterinarian in Decatur I am pleased to ease your mind by telling you that treatment for canine arthritis is not solely reduced to the use of painkilling drugs. Dogs suffering from arthritis may be able to benefit from the physiotherapy that helps to improve joint mobility, just like humans are. Physiotherapy, in humans, helps to lessen arthritic inflammation and increase function of the affected joints and limbs. So, how does physiotherapy affect canine joints and limbs, and what regimens are most effective?

Though physiotherapy for dogs isn’t new, until recently there hasn’t been adequate research done to sufficiently document its effects on canine arthritis. However, according to a new study, the results of which were published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research, validation of the efficacy of physiotherapy in decreasing arthritic pain and immobility has been made by researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna.

The researchers analyzed the movements of the joints in the front and back legs of dogs through the use of a expressly-designed treadmill and delicate computer algorithms. While the researchers took notes and measurements, the dogs performed three types of exercises: walking uphill, walking downhill, and walking over low obstacles.

The experiments showed that the three exercises had express and specific effects on the movements of the dogs’ joints. Walking uphill caused significantly greater bending at the hip, as opposed to walking downhill, which caused the hip to be less bent and the tarsal joint to be less extended. But, the most significant effects came when the dogs walked over low obstacles. This resulted in additional bending of all joints except the hip and shoulder, and greater extensions of the carpal and stifle joints.

You may be curious, at this point, what all of of this means for your dog? One for, it’s an indication that walking uphill is an easy exercise that you could provide to help to improve your dog’s joint flexibility, especially at the hip joint, and that providing low obstacles could help to improve the bending of the joints in the forelimbs and hind limbs. Adding low obtacles should be avoided, however, if your dog has recently had surgery for the tibia, because such activity could result in increased bending of the joints and potentially strain the tendon that joins the knee to the shin.

And, as a dog loving Decatur veterinarian, I would like to make one final suggestion for “man’s best friend,” since walking downhill wasn’t  shown to be effective anyway, after you’ve exercised your dog uphill, perhaps a ride in the car back down the hill would be a nice treat!

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Finding a San Jose chiropractor is genuinely one of the very best things that you can do to assist your arthritis and lumbar pain. Chiropractors are doctors who concentrate entirely on working on the musculoskeletal system, and arthritis is a joint malady. Chiropractic treatment has aided many people in delaying the process of arthritis by getting their joints in motion. Motion is necessary for joint health. A good chiropractor is very competent in caring for low back pain, even when it is brought on by arthritis

If you have never gone to a chiropractor in the past, you could be a bit concerned about what is going to take place once you are in the chiropractic office. It might help to supply a quick picture of what you can look for. You’ll be asked about your medical background, which will oftentimes include a family background of arthritis. The chiropractor would likely inquire about your day-to-day lifestyle and may offer explicit changes that will be very useful in lessening the inflammation attributable to arthritis. And, finally, you will receive a scrupulous examination. After the assessment is completed, the chiropractor will let you know if chiropractic assistance can assist your back pain, and also decrease your painful arthritic difficulties. Then you’ll learn about the precise treatment you will should have.

A chiropractic adjustment reduces pain gently and organically, and it is a painless process. And, the most terrific aspect of going to a chiropractor for your low back pain and arthritis is that you can feel assured that the root cause of your pain is being dealt with effectively, and that the comfort you experience doesn’t involve masking the warning sign of pain, but actually eradicating the source of your malady.

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As a chiropractor I laud that benefits of exercise to all my patients. In fact, I offer community lectures on the subject because I believe that a regular routine of both aerobic and weight-bearing exercises is important for overall health and longevity. Many of my patients use lightweight dumbbells in their workouts and that’s great. But, it’s important to use them correctly in order to avoid injury. So, I’m happy to pass along an exercise that outlines the proper use of dumbbells, offered by Karen Voight, the creator of a line of fitness DVDs, including “Sleek Essentials.”

• Grasp a 3- to 5-pound dumbbell in each hand and stand with your feet hip-width apart, toes facing forward. Bend your knees and sit back on your heels to avoid putting stress on your lower back. Begin with your elbows bent and tucked in to the sides of your body, palms facing forward.

• Use your abdominal muscles to support and brace your spine as you simultaneously bring your left arm in front of you and your right arm behind you.

• Pause when your dumbbells are at shoulder level and make sure your elbows do not “lock out.”

• Bend your arms and return to the start position. Repeat the exercise, this time extending your right arm to the front and your left arm to the back.

• Continue to alternate arms for a total of 16 repetitions. Rest for 30 seconds and repeat for a second set.

For more information, write Karen Voight

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Corona Chiropractor

Your Corona Chiropractor offers a highly successful non-invasive, drug-free approach to easing hip pain and frequently getting rid of it altogether. Whenever possible, surgery should be seen as a final option. Therefore, before you schedule a surgery to replace that hip, think about the following questions: Does hip pain keep you up at night and make it impossible for you to get a good night’s sleep? When you arise in the morning, and/or when you step out of your car, are you stiff and do you find it hard at first to move your legs? Do you feel pain whenever you rotate or twist them or when you cross your legs? If these symptoms sound familiar, it is likely that you have asymmetries and misalignments in your lower extremities that are not only causing your hip pain, but can eventually lead to degenerative joint disease in your hips if not treated. The good news is that chiropractic treatment can help whether or not degenerative changes have already begun!

It may be true that you’re getting older and your hip joints just aren’t what they used to be. But, did you know that your hip pain and related problems, which normally signal age-related degenerative conditions, may not actually be generated by osteoarthritis? That’s right. In many cases, instead of being the original source of your problem, osteoarthritis of the hip joint is often the outcome of a prior injury (or injuries) to your hips.

Hip problems frequently have to do with asymmetry or imbalance when you are in motion, as in the case of walking. If you tend to walk “pronated” like a duck, with your toes pointing away from your body, sooner or later you will experience pain in your hips due to the asymmetrical pressure on your hip joints and your body’s efforts to compensate. Fortunately, you can make changes in your gait pattern at any age, and your chiropractor in Corona can show you how to do it.

Moreover, you may have developed gait changes due to an ankle sprain or knee strain, and since “the knee bone’s connected to the hip bone,” these biomechanical alterations cause hip pain. There is no doubt that, if not remedied, your hip joints will suffer further consequences, namely, the wear and tear that leads to degenerative changes.

Other activities that can frequently injure the hip joints are starting a new job or beginning a new sport that makes it necessary for you to move your body in uncommon ways. Also, transporting a child (or grandchild) on one hip can cause hip pain. Even the way you sit or driving for prolonged periods of time on a regular basis can cause hip injury and pain.

So you can see that not every pain is caused by “old age,” although we may start to feel more pain as the result of the progressive activity of untreated injuries.

In addition to your adjustments, as an integral part of your chiropractic management, your Corona Chiropractor will suggest appropriate rehabilitative exercises that include gentle muscle stretching and strengthening, and will also evaluate your gait and may recommend simple pattern changes.

Your hip pain won’t vanish on its own. Hip pain is a symptom telling you that there’s a problem that needs to be remedied. If ignored, it is very likely that you will eventually require that hip replacement surgery. Remember the old adage, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Your chiropractor in Corona can eliminate your hip pain, get your body back into balance, and help you get to back to enjoying your life again!

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