Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Untitled






Today in 1963 #MartinLutherKing gave us the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech. He was speaking for jobs and freedom. Peacefully making change



MLK1.jpg

Monday, August 12, 2013

Second Attempt






This is a blog, true story!

Can a Chiropractor Help With Herniated Discs?






While most chiropractors are known for fixing back issues, mostly “cracking” or “popping” your back, there are other chiropractors out there that help with more than just that. There are a few options when going to a chiropractor that you can choose from, depending on your ailment(s). Having a herniated disc is actually somewhat pretty common issue that, in numerous cases there is no pain, restrictions on movement, or any of the other side effects; that is common for others.  

Herniated Discs and how an Arizona Chiropractor Can Help





A herniated disc and/or bulging disc is a protrusion or “sticking out” of a disc. It usually isn’t visible with anything other than an MRI or X-ray. Imagine holding squeezing a ball between your hands, the ball being the disc. If you squeeze unevenly, that extra bulge on either side of your hands is how a herniated disc sits.  In most cases people are diagnosed with a herniated or bulging disc, but have no idea how it happened or any kind of injury that would have caused this. While injuring you back can cause this, the main cause of a herniation is due to uneven pressure placed on the disc caused by muscle imbalances. Muscle imbalances pull your bones and joints, most notable in the spine and pelvis, out of place. This causes the body to have extra uneven wear and tear.

Pain from this herniation is pretty common, but differs depending on the muscles that are being pulled and placement of the herniated disc. While seeing a chiropractor can in fact help relieve a lot of the pain, it typically lasts only a few days. In a lot of cases if the pain is severe enough, it has been sought out to use cortisone injections into the spine; which helps numb the disc while at the same time adding a steroid between the vertebrae’s on either side of the disc. Also there is the option of electrical stimulation; essentially this is a device that controls two to four sticky foam pieces attached to some wires. You place the pads on your back around the disc. When on there are different settings that stimulate the muscles to help relax them.

While a chiropractor is meant to manually move the bones and joints being pulled out of place, into proper position and does help alleviate issues in a treatment plan. Typically seeing a chiropractor on occasion isn’t entirely useful without a plan to help keep the muscles from unbalancing. This treatment plan should include stretching and corrective exercising.

A herniated disc can happen in any part of the spine, because of this, there can be no side effects for some and for others there can be slight to extremely bad side effects. To help alleviate any side effects due to a herniated or bulging disc, you should seek a chiropractor to help manually balance your body out, while at the same time doing proper exercising and stretching.  This helps keep the muscles and joints from having uneven pressure, which in the end will help an already herniated disc, or future herniated discs. If the herniation is severe enough that seeing a chiropractor and exercises don’t help much, there are options available. Talk to your doctor about your options and remember to stretch!