Tag Archive: neck pain

When a “Sinus Infection” is a Neck Problem

I have patients that have been told they have a sinus infection, when what is really causing their runny nose and headache is a problem in their neck.   I’ve written about sinus  infection and a great non-drug way to treat it.  Believe it or not, the neck can cause symptoms that look and feel a lot like a sinus infection.  Please…

Vertigo

Have you ever been accused of being a dizzy person?  Do you or someone you know suffer from the feeling that the whole world is spinning out of control?  Have you ever wanted to learn about vertigo?  Are you bored out of your mind looking for something to do?  If you answered yes to any of…

Once you start going to a chiropractor, don’t you have to keep going back every week for the rest of your life?

There is a lot of misinformation about chiropractic out there.  I call them chiropractic myths.  In an effort to clear up the confusion, I will be taking these myths head-on.  I chose to write about this specific myth first, because it is one of the most frequent myths I have heard the last 20 years….

Back and Neck Pain – Most Common Cause

For the last 20 years I have been treating people with back and neck pain.  Besides helping get my patients out of pain, I consider teaching my patients how to prevent their back and neck pain to be my most important job.  I spend time each visit with my patients teaching them how to stay…

Demystifying Back Pain Treatment

As a chiropractor, I sometimes hear my patients tell me that they started a new exercise to help their back pain only to discover that the exercise made the pain worse.  Why would a certain exercise make one person’s back pain better but hurt someone else?  Why does one person rave about a treatment for back pain…

Dance Your Pain Away While Sitting!

Sitting is really hard on your back and neck.  I can’t think of a daily activity that causes more problems than sitting.  The other day I had a lot of computer work to do, so I decided to listen to some music while I worked.  Soon I found myself groovin’ to my tunes while I worked….

Your MD Is The Not The Person To See For Back Pain

If you have back pain and you go to a medical doctor, you are going to the wrong person. In the same way that if you had chest pain and you went to your chiropractor you would be going to the wrong person. The big difference is that if you come to me with chest…