Chiropractic Treatments
Chronic Pain
Pain serves an important function in our lives. When you suffer an acute injury, pain warns you to stop the activity that is causing the injury and tells you to take care of the affected body part. Chronic pain on the other hand, persists for weeks, months, or even years. Some people, often older adults, suffer from chronic pain without any definable past injury or signs of body damage. Common chronic pain can be caused by headaches, the low back, and arthritis. Unfortunately,
sometimes there is scant objective evidence or physical findings to explain such pain.
Neck and Back Pain
Your neck, also called the cervical spine, begins at the base of the skull and contains seven small vertebrae. Incredibly, the cervical spine supports the full weight of your head, which is on average about 12 pounds. While the cervical spine can move your head in nearly every direction, this flexibility makes the neck very susceptible to pain and injury.
Back injuries are a part of everyday life. They can cause a sharp pain or a dull ache and can be accompanied by a tingling, numbness, or burning sensation. You may also feel weakness, pain, or tingling in your pelvis and upper leg—a condition known as sciatica. The spine is quite good at dealing with back injuries. Minor injuries usually heal within a day or two. Some pain, however, continues. What makes it last longer is not entirely understood, but researchers suspect that stress, mood changes, and the fear of further injury may prevent patients from being active and exacerbate the pain.
Arm and Shoulder Pain
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint with a large range of movement. Such a mobile joint tends to be more susceptible to injury. Shoulder pain can stem from one or more causes.
Heel and Foot Pain
Heel pain is a common condition in which weight bearing on the heel causes extreme discomfort. The term arch pain (often referred to as arch strain) refers to an inflammation and/or burning sensation at the arch of the foot.
Sports Injuries
Participation in sports or exercise is an important step in maintaining your health. Exercise strengthens your heart, bones, and joints and reduces stress, among many other benefits. Unfortunately, injuries during participation in sports are all too common. Often, these injuries occur in someone who is just taking up sports as a form of activity, doesn’t use proper safety equipment, or becomes overzealous about the exercise regimen.
Carpal Tunnel
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a problem of the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome occurs when the median nerve gets compressed in the carpal tunnel—a narrow tunnel at the wrist—made up of bones and soft tissues, such as nerves, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. The compression may result in pain, weakness, and/or numbness in the hand and wrist, which radiates up into the forearm.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the most common of the “entrapment neuropathies”—compression or trauma of the body’s nerves in the hands or feet.
Stress Relief
Stress has become a fact of life, and for some, the daily norm. Although occasional stress can help improve our focus and performance, living with chronic stress can backfire by causing anxiety, depression, and serious health problems.
Allergies
People can be allergic to all sorts of things from food, detergents,
environmental factors or animals. The body will trigger the immune
system to deal with these in slightly different ways, but all can cause
discomfort and irritation.
Concept Care Chiropractic Wellness provides chiropractic treatments for the following areas: Downers Grove, Westmont, Lombard, Lisle, Chicago,
Crestwood, Alsip, Chicago Ridge, Naperville,
Bolingbrook, Oak Brook, Willowbrook,
Clarendon Hills, Darien, Woodridge, Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, as well as several other communities.