What are you going to do? Is it going to hurt? Do you “pop and crack” the neck? These are typical questions asked before beginning treatment in an upper cervical chiropractor’s office. To answer these questions it is easiest to help understand what upper cervical chiropractic care is. Chiropractors in general are well [...]
Scoliosis Pain: Benefit From Chiropractic Treatment? Starting very early in my Chiropractic studies, I had the pleasure of learning from Dr. Fred Barge. Dr. Barge was one of the Chiropractic authorities in Scoliosis. I was able to see how he helped thousands of individuals. With Scoliosis screenings and tests, they are usually done way too [...]
Our office in Yarmouth has been helping individuals with trigeminal neuralgia since 2003. Unlike medical care, whose aim is to prescribe painkilling medication to help mask the pain, Upper Cervical Chiropractic care has the goal of increasing your bodies adaptive and healing potential by removing nerve irritation at the brain-stem (upper neck) level. In this [...]
The act of childbirth can be an extremely traumatic event –for both mother and child. The child is especially vulnerable to the forces placed on his/her spine. All forms of childbirth – c-section, vaginal birth, scheduled Cesarean or unscheduled Cesarean can stress a developing spine. The stress on the upper cervical spine is [...]
When I was younger I would get severe pain in my face and behind my eyes. This pressure felt like someone was taking a poker and stabbing me behind the eyes. Medications only helped a little and my parents did not know what else to do. This started a journey of suffering and pain. [...]
ADD and ADHD affects 11 percent of children in the United States. This disorder makes school difficult, disrupts families, and if severe enough it affects all aspects of a child’s life. ADD also affects adults causing them to have difficulty staying on task, finishing projects, and they often times struggle in the workplace. Our current health system [...]
Natural Colic Relief Treatment | Child Birth Trauma Can Cause Colic Your baby is excessively cranky, he cries at all hours of the night, and he spits up ten times more than other babies you have seen. You guessed it is called childhood colic. It is one of the most frustrating situations for a parent. [...]
Vertigo is not well understood by the public, that is unless you have suffered with it! We have had the opportunity of helping hundreds of Menieres Disease, Vertigo and Vestibular related cases a year. Most cases have been down the usual route: first to the primary care Physician, then referred to the HEENT, and a [...]
Are Your Migraine Headaches Coming From Your Neck? Migraine headaches are disabling to the person who suffers. Migraines are normally one sided, cause severe pain, vomiting and some people find it necessary to stay in a dark room until recovery. Migraine affects more women than men by a margin of 3 to 1. (1) The frequency [...]
What's vertigo? Vertigo is an awareness of spinning, rocking, or the entire world spinning, experienced even when somebody is perfectly still. Many kids try to create an awareness of vertigo by turning about for a period; this sort of triggered vertigo lasts for several moments and then fades. In contrast, when vertigo happens spontaneously or [...]