Botox for Migraines? Headache pain is one of the most common presenting complaints that we encounter as chiropractors. Headache pain, to include migraines, are among the disorders that evade traditional diagnostics. This means that the tests that are available to doctors like imaging and blood work and the like do [...]
Low Back Pain and Exercise: What Your Chiropractor Knows That You Don't Exercises for low back pain. It's easy to find a lot of misguided advice on the subject. Let's look at how we've arrived here. There has long been a focus upon the spinal disc among spine care providers of all stripes. There [...]
Understanding Chronic Myofascial Pain: Exploring the Mystery Behind Persistent Muscle Pain Living with chronic myofascial pain can be like living in a maze- constantly going in circles but never getting anywhere. It affects not only physical well-being but also the overall quality of life and state of mind. Let’s dive into the elements of [...]
Pain that Won't Go Away It's often in the muscles There are many kinds of problems and complaints that you might expect in a Chiropractic practice. Over the years I have come to recognize some common threads which underlie many if not all of the conditions which we encounter. Among the most common is [...]
Finding TMJ Relief Through Chiropractic Care Can a Chiropractor help with getting TMJ relief? The TMJ, or the temporomandibular joint, is unique in human anatomy. The TMJ is the articulation of a single bone, the mandible, with the skull - joining at two points, one point on either side; and at each point of [...]
Disc Bulges and Herniations Disc bulge vs. Herniation A disc is an articular joint that makes a disc bulge or herniation an injury to articular joint tissue. More specifically, they are made of cartilaginous tissue. These injuries are similar to sprains. Your discs are poorly vascularized, and as your spine matures it becomes even [...]
Why Sitting is the Worst We see a great deal of this. Pain with Prolonged sitting. At work. Driving. At school. Ever increasing cell phone use. We treat the elements: muscles, tendons, joints, posture and nerves. But why don’t you get better and stay better? This could become a deep dive, but we [...]
Ice vs Heat, Which Is Right For You? Even after many years of providing care and providing counsel in matters of self care we find one of the enduring points of confusion remains use and appropriateness of heat vs ice. These are two reasonably conservative interventions with long histories of use and effectiveness, as [...]
What’s Triggering Your Headaches & When To Seek Care No matter who you are or how healthy you feel, headaches can happen to anyone. 9 out 10 people across the country suffer from headaches, and in some cases, that occasional throbbing sensation can transform into the kind of pain that stops you in your [...]
Hidden Truth About Lower Back Pain Here at Grovetown Chiropractic, we have a common saying you might have seen: “It’s about more than back pain.” While we firmly believe chiropractic care is about getting to the root of an issue rather than simply addressing the pain you’re feeling, for the 1 in 5 Americans [...]