lower back pain

Two recent studies published by the medical profession show the benefit on chiropractic care for long term back health. Both studies talk about the value of what is called maintenance care provided by chiropractors. The first paper comes from the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation department in the faculty of medicine at the University of Mansoura and was published in the journal 'Spine'. Their findings across 60 patients with non-specific chronic low back pain showed the greatest improvement when they were adjusted regularly (12 times) in the first month and then following a maintenance schedule (2 times per month) for the following 9 [...]

A disc herniation can be one of the most painful and debilitating conditions that any person can experience. It is caused when tears in the outer fibrous part of the intervertebral disc, allows the jelly like substance within it, known as nucleus pulposes, to escape. When the disc has herniated, the nucleus pulposes is free to wreck havock on neighbouring nerves and can cause syptoms such as sciatica. Herniation can occur anywhere in the spine, but are most common in the low back and neck.Symptoms of a herniated disc can vary immensely. They can range from little or no pain if [...]