by Tejasvit Kour | May 2, 2014 | Headaches
Headaches (HA) can be tremendously disabling, forcing sufferers away from work or play into a dark, quiet room to minimize any noise and light that intensifies the pain. According to the National Headache Foundation, there are over 45 million Americans who suffer from...
by Tejasvit Kour | May 1, 2014 | Back Pain
Previously, we discussed osteoarthritis (OA) and degenerative disk disease (DDD) as causes of low back pain (LBP) in the geriatric population. This group of conditions often co-exist in this population, so we will continue with this topic… A unique condition...
by Tejasvit Kour | Apr 4, 2014 | Advanced
This month we take a close look at manipulation of the joints of the lumbar spine and the relationship to Lumbar disc protrusion. Often lumbar manipulation involves some degree of rotation. Lumbar spine manipulations that are primarily rotational in nature are often...
by Tejasvit Kour | Apr 3, 2014 | Advanced
Where Does Back Pain Come From? In 1934, William Mixter, MD and Joseph Barr, MD, established that herniation of the lumbar disc could put pressure on the nerve root or the cauda equina, resulting in sciatica. Their paper on the topic appeared in 1934 in the New...
by Tejasvit Kour | Apr 2, 2014 | Whole Body Health
One of the tenets of chiropractic care is to manage the health of and restore function to the patients entering our office, not limited to any one system of the body but rather THE WHOLE PERSON. With this primary care responsibility, knowledge and understanding of the...
by Tejasvit Kour | Apr 1, 2014 | Advanced
THE INFLAMMATION MODEL A light bulb uses electrical energy to generate light. But, the electrical energy is not created by the light bulb. The electrical energy is created in a location far away and brought to the light bulb using electrical wires. Pain is an...
by Tejasvit Kour | Mar 10, 2014 | Whiplash
Whiplash is an injury commonly associated with motor vehicle collisions (MVC) caused by a rapid forward and backward “whipping” of the neck. What varies between each case is the degree of injury and what anatomical parts of the neck are actually injured. Let’s take a...
by Tejasvit Kour | Mar 9, 2014 | Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) can’t occur in men because it’s a women’s disease, right? In fact, if a man claims to have FM, then he is simply lying (probably just trying to get out of working and/or on disability), right? Unfortunately, that’s what MANY people (and even some...
by Tejasvit Kour | Mar 8, 2014 | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) was first reported in the late 1800s and the first surgery to treat the condition was performed in 1933. In the beginning, CTS surgery was rarely performed, reportedly because the nerve pinch was present somewhere before the median nerve...
by Tejasvit Kour | Mar 7, 2014 | Neck Pain
“Boy, my neck is killing me! Honey, where is the ibuprofen?” Isn’t this the FIRST thing people think of when they have an ache or pain? The general public does NOT usually think, “….Boy, do I need to see my chiropractor—my neck is killing me!” So, the question of the...
