What is Scoliosis?

Scoliosis is when the spine has an abnormal sideways curve. It may look straight when looking at the spine from behind. The curve could be a S-shaped or C-shaped. Females are more likely to have scoliosis and for it progress to require treatment. Early diagnosis is the key! Chiropractic can help to diagnosis the scoliosis and recommend non-invasive pain reduction treatments.

Have a Sports Injury?

Whether it is from sport, exercise, or any activity Chiropractic can help. It is important to stay active in life.  Chiropractic care and treatment for minor sports injuries are generally to treat muscle, nerve, tendons, ligament, or any structures throughout the body.  Reducing pain in any of these most often affected areas of injuries are primary focused upon to start an athlete on a healing process: Neck, Shoulder, Elbow, Achilles, and Knee.

The signs of an active person injury is dependent on the type of sports injury. It can be aches or tenderness, a bruised skin mark, a bone looks out of place, reduce movements, or noise when moving the body part.  And may require an image tests of X-ray, CT Scan, or MRI to understand and diagnosis the injury.

What causes Sciatica?

Sciatica refers to pain that moves from the lower back downwards the hips, buttocks, thigh, calf, or foot. The sciatic pain follows a nerve pathway towards one or both legs. The nerve is located just above the tailbone and is as thick as a thumb. Most often sciatica nerve pain occurs when the lower back has a herniated disc, bulging disc, bone spurs, or pressure that was placed on the large nerve from poor posture. Thus, resulting a pinch nerve in the lower back. This will generate inflammation leading to pain and numbness that may affect usually one leg.

In most cases, sciatica pain will reduce with the correct treatment. Although, with severe sciatica cases that are associated with serious leg weakness or bowel or bladder changes might need surgery.