by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 4, 2015 | Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disease that results in generalized pain spread out over the body and affects over 5 million people in the United States alone. Because no one has yet determined the cause of FM, both the diagnosis as well as the treatment poses a big...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 3, 2015 | Whiplash
Whiplash is a slang term for an injury to the neck that’s typically associated with a motor vehicle collision (MVC). A better term for “whiplash” is “whiplash associated disorder” (WAD) as it includes specific history and exam findings. There are usually two phases to...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 2, 2015 | Advanced
The cost of healthcare is extremely high in the United States. According to the California HealthCare Foundation, these are the most recent numbers (1): United States Health Care Spending 2012 2014 (projected) Total Health Spending $2.8 Trillion $3.1 Trillion Health...
by Tejasvit Kour | Feb 1, 2015 | Whole Body Health
During the course of the history and examination with new patients, it’s quite common to encounter seemingly unrelated complaints that may benefit from chiropractic care. For example, last month we looked at alternative nutritional approaches to treating high...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 7, 2015 | Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) affects most of us at some point in life, and usually its cause is mechanical. We typically do not think about low back pain resulting from a virus or bacteria, though we might be quick to recall times when LBP occurred suspiciously close to an...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 6, 2015 | Neck Pain
In the nervous system, there are three primary areas that regulate our balance: the cerebellum (located in the back of the brain), the dorsal columns (located in the back of the spinal cord), and the inner ear (the “vestibular” part of our cranial nerve VIII). There...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 5, 2015 | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) can present with a very mild, occasional numbness or tingling in the thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers and may never progress much beyond that point. But, for other patients, CTS is a painful, rapidly progressive problem that requires...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 4, 2015 | Fibromyalgia
WHAT IS FIBROMYALGIA? FM is a relatively common chronic disorder where widespread pain, diffuse tenderness, and potentially a host of other symptoms may be present. The word “fibromyalgia” is derived from the Latin term “fibro” (fibrous tissue) and the Greek term...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 3, 2015 | Whiplash
Whiplash injuries commonly result from motor vehicle collisions (MVC) and are caused by a sudden jolt that initiates a startle response that has been found to tighten the muscles deep inside the neck, which has been reported to increase the risk of injury to the...
by Tejasvit Kour | Jan 2, 2015 | Advanced
The Importance of Understanding the Relationship Between Vehicle Crush and Patient Injury The headline and front-page photographs were stunning and unbelievable. On Saturday, November 22, 2014, the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper led with this...
