Imagine trying to balance a bowling ball on a stick To make it more difficult, tilt the stick forward while trying to maintain balance of the bowling ball. That's what it's like trying to support your head on your neck fit loses its natural curve! Your neck was created with a built-in shock absorber called a curve or lordosis. This was formed by design because the curve acts like a spring and absorbs the shock of your head resting on your neck. Think of the same bowling ball now resting on a large spring.., can you see and feel the difference? When your neck loses its curve, the ligaments supporting your neck become stretched and lose their ability to maintain the curve. This can occur from a motor vehicle accident, chronic poor posture or uncorrected vertebral subluxation complexes.
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Back pain can surely keep you from doing a good deal of your normal routines. Lower back pains can keep you from exercise, wearing fancy shoes and even dancing your night away. Upper back pain can keep you from lifting heavy objects, stretching your arms to their required or expected capacity, and, in the case of severe upper back pain, even from breathing properly.
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Back pain affects so many people, that it has become as common as the headache. Our modern lifestyle of sitting for hours at work, not minding our posture. Carrying things and standing up carelessly can make back pain even more difficult to deal with. Even with modern medications and physical therapy, you may still have back pains and have to accept them until the right chiropractor, orthopedist or therapist comes along.
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Doctors of Chiropractic deliver 94% of all manipulative procedures for many back problems including spinal stenosis. If your doctor determines that your condition would benefit from chiropractic care, part of the treatment plan will most likely include a form of spinal manipulation called chiropractic manipulative therapy C.M.T.I or 'adjustments'. The purpose of the adjustment is to normalize the improper spinal motion found within the vertebral subluxation complex, therefore reducing nerve interference.
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The most common cause for a true pinched nerve is herniated disc, which is sometimes, although not accurately called a slipped disc, and is the most common cause of severe back pain and sciatica. A disc becomes herniated when the jelly doughnut-like inside ruptures out to the point that it “pinches” the nerve. Special testing such as CT Scans or MRIs are recommended to assess the severity of the disc disorder, and can be very helpful in determining the best treatment plan. Your Doctor of Chiropractic may use a special technique to treat your pinched nerve, such as traction, and specialized spinal rehabilitation exercise and stretching programs.
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The human body was fashioned together in an absolutely incredible way. We contain approximately 11 trillion cells, each interconnected and intimately functioning together. The central nervous system (brain, brain stem, and spinal cord) is connected to the peripheral nervous system (spinal and peripheral nerves) and controls the way we move and function. Our skull protects our brain and most of our brain stem, and our spine provides protection to the spinal cord and spinal nerves.
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Herniated Disk - Also known as a ruptured or protruding disk, a herniated disk extends beyond its own area into a surrounding region. Compression of the nerve root can cause pain. And pressure on the fibers in surrounding ligaments can cause pain. Although an accident involving lifting could be the cause of a herniated disk, it's not necessarily so. For many, the cause is unknown; pain can occur suddenly or gradually over time. Relief for the pain can come from walking instead of sitting or standing, and surgery is rarely required right away, if at all in the event relief from pain happens within a limited amount of time. During this time (up to several weeks) any of the following might be effective to use, depending upon your healthcare provider: medication, physical therapy or non-frequently, steroid spinal injections.

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