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Many of us have had sinus-related headaches, right? You know, these are the headaches that hurt over the sinuses (above the eyes or in the cheek bones next to your nose) and when you blow your nose, it’s not pretty! Sinus infections often lead to sinus headaches – wouldn’t you say that’s a true statement? [..]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a condition that results from pressure applied to the median nerve on the palm side of the wrist that causes numbness, tingling, weakness, and/or muscle damage affecting the thumb side of the hand and fingers, including the thumb, index, 3rd, and thumb side of the 4th finger. There is literally [..]

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition surrounded by much controversy in what establishes a diagnosis, what are the consistent historical features, and most importantly, what can be done about it – the treatment strategies. Doctors seem polarized, either they "believe in it" or they don’t. The result is a frustrated patient because after multiple attempts, they [..]

Last month, we discussed 10 facts about whiplash in attempt to dispel some of the myths about this topic. Due to the amount of information available, we couldn’t cover them all. So, here are 10 more interesting facts about whiplash: Much has been published on the association between ongoing whiplash symptoms and litigation. There is [..]

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition associated with tight, sore muscles with generalized, whole body pain which can dramatically affect a person’s lifestyle. However, there are ways to fight back! Last month, we discussed the benefits of water exercises and this month, we’re going to illustrate some specific exercises that can be performed in water. Remember [..]

When it comes to research regarding whiplash, many articles have been published that appear to conflict or contradict each other. The goal of this article is to report the "facts" about whiplash.It is more common to have a delay in the onset of whiplash symptoms. Symptoms may start about two hours after the initial injury [..]

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition associated with tight, sore muscles with generalized, whole body pain which can dramatically affect a person’s lifestyle. However, there are ways to fight back! Last month, we discussed the benefits of water exercises and this month, we’re going to illustrate some specific exercises that can be performed in water. Remember [..]

Low back pain can arise from many conditions, one of which is a mouthful: spondylolisthesis. The term was coined in 1854 from the Greek words, "spondylo" for vertebrae and "olisthesis" for slip. These "slips" most commonly occur in the lower back (90% at L5 and 9% at L4). According to experts, the most common type [..]

The word "Ergonomics" is thrown around a lot when it comes to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). The term comes from the Greek ergon, meaning "work", and nomos, meaning "natural laws." By definition, ergonomics means "…the study of efficiency in working environments." Wikipedia describes it as, "…the study of designing equipment and devices that fit the [..]

When we hear the term headache, we don’t usually think about the neck. Rather, we focus on the head, or more specifically, the part of the head that hurts. But, during a consultation, a doctor of chiropractic will usually find some connection or correlation between the patient's headaches and their neck. The key to this [..]

Low back pain can emanate from many anatomical locations (as well as a combination of locations), which always makes it interesting when a patient asks, "…doc, where in my back is my pain coming from?" In context of an office visit, we take an accurate history and perform our physical exam to try to reproduce [..]

Neck pain is one of those conditions that affect most people at some point during their lifetime.  Because of the way we are anatomically built, the neck is particularly vulnerable to injury (it has to hold up an average head weight of 15 pounds (~7 kg) which can be quite a job, especially when we [..]