Structure vs Function

Structure vs Function

Do you really need those X-Rays?  Evidence suggests NOT.   There are many differences between how clinicians approach spinal treatment and/or pain.  Some approach generally from a structural model, pointing out misalignments on x-rays and indicating that these...
Moving Well

Moving Well

  Movement is a full body endeavor.  Somewhere along the way, most of us lose our ability to move well much too soon. Our current state of general thinking on exercise however, likes to break movement into individual parts.  We go to the gym to work our legs, our...
Chiropractic and Low Back Pain

Chiropractic and Low Back Pain

It’s true. Chiropractic is most notoriously associated with low back pain.  Many chiropractors somewhat resent this stereotype because we can treat so much more. Low back disc surgery is the third most common surgery in America. LBP is the second most common ailment...
Chiropractic and Pain Control

Chiropractic and Pain Control

Treating pain, in my opinion, is a high calling.  Not that it makes for a better profession, I just think it is an important undertaking. I specify this notion because sometimes chiropractors downplay pain and act like they are called to something higher.  It’s true...