Back pain can be debilitating. You can’t walk, can’t run around with your friends or family, or engage in recreational activities without your back screaming at you. Very little may run through your mind except thoughts of finding relief. Here at NT Chiropractic we understand your dilemma, and we’re here to help. We offer non-surgical treatment to alleviate and hopefully eliminate your discomfort.
Neck pain is a pain in the neck. It can show up in any area of the neck from the base of the head to the top of the shoulders. This pain can spread to the upper back or even to the arms and has the ability to limit the head and neck’s range of motion. It is common in people over the age of 50 but can affect people of all ages.
Sciatica refers to pain that originates in the sciatic nerve, which is a large nerve that traces the lower back to the back of both legs. Causes of sciatica include degenerative disc disease, pregnancy, spondylolisthesis (slipping of vertebrae), irritation of the nerve roots in the lower spine and lumbar spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal).
During a car accident when the car is struck from behind (rear ended) the lower part of the body moves forward with the car while the head is thrown backward then forward then backward again. This type of injury is called hyperextension/hyper flexion which are one of the most injurious forces (G-force) to the neck.
Leg pain can be result of many different causes and is not related to any one specific injury. It often develops due to daily wear and tear, exercise, recreational activities, tasks in the workplace, projects around the house and overuse.
Numbness is the absence of feeling and is often accompanied by a tingling sensation. It can occur in any area of the body, but most of the time this sensation is felt in the arms, hands, fingers, legs and feet.
Injuries and accidents are dangerous not only for the fact that they cause pain, but also for the fact that they, if left untreated or checked out, can cause permanent damage to the affected area.
The knee joint is the largest joint in the human body. This means there is a lot of room for things to go wrong. Knee pain most often strikes during sports or recreational activities and during work- or home-related projects or tasks.
There are many joints in the human body, and joint pain is troublesome if it affects any one of them. Like many other maladies, this type of pain has many causes.
Many people are all too familiar with the pain that comes along with headaches. The American Chiropractic Association estimates that nine out of 10 Americans suffer from headaches ranging in frequency from occasional to common; levels of pain range from nagging to debilitating.
All of us in the modern world know what it’s like to be stressed, and we all have various ideas about what it means to be stressed. Stress occurs when we have too much on our plates and are forced to handle more than we are accustomed to handling at a given time.
If you have been in an automobile accident, you likely have taken trauma to your body even if you don’t realize it. Any collision, be it big or small, can take a toll on your back and neck. We are capable of handling cases of varying degrees of severity and complication.