I just read about a recent Consumer Reports survey of its readers that I, as your chiropractor, found “highly satisfying.” The survey, which included 14,000 Consumer Reports subscribers, found that “hands-on” therapies, led by chiropractic care, were the top-rated treatments for people suffering from back pain. In fact, chiropractors were given the highest “satisfaction with [...]
Low back pain affects many people, an amazing 80% in fact, making it second only to the common cold in its pervasiveness. However, unlike the common cold, waiting for your back pain to “run its course,” and taking prescription or over-the-counter remedies while you wait, is not the remedy. Usually most back pain won’t leave [...]
When the body is seen from behind, a normal spine is straight without much deviation from side-to-side. However, if the spine is observed to have a lateral, or side-to-side, curvature, the person might have an affliction called scoliosis.The affliction shouldn’t be confused with bad posture, even though it often gives the appearance that the individual [...]
There are quite a few men and women today battling weight loss, notably too much weight around the middle. Yet, the need to lose weight is, most often, more than a simple cosmetic issue. The fact of the matter is, if people are carrying around additional weight in the front of their body, their back is going to suffer as [...]
Low back pain is second in frequency only to the common cold. It affects more than 80% of human being. Although many people are aware that the common cold is due to a viral infection, back pain is often puzzling to its sufferers. Your Chicago chiropractor is an expert at solving the puzzle.
Anatomy
To understand back [...]