Imagine this:You’ve just finished a long day at work. Your shoulders feel like they’ve been shrink-wrapped. Your neck is stiff. You stretch, rub, maybe even twist your head side to side like you’re trying to crack open a safe. You think, “Man, my muscles are just so...
Do you have pain, numbness, or tingling that starts in your buttocks and travels down the back of your leg? You might have a condition called piriformis syndrome. This painful problem happens when a small muscle in your hip irritates the sciatic nerve. As a...
Have you ever woken up with a stiff, achy lower back that just wouldn’t loosen up no matter how much you stretched? Or maybe you’ve been dealing with nagging low back pain that comes and goes, but never seems to fully go away? If so, you may be...
Shocking Results: Chronic Pain Ages the Brain by Up to 20 Years As a chiropractor in Ashland, Oregon, I’m always seeking to better understand the far-reaching impacts of chronic pain on our patients’ overall health and wellbeing. A fascinating study...
Meet Sarah. She’s your typical high-performing professional: always on the go, constantly “pushing through” discomfort, and never letting a stiff neck slow her down. But lately, that tightness has been showing up more often. Her upper traps feel like piano wires, her...
