ACC Registered Chiropractors
Serving Waikato since 1971
Sleeping Tips for Patients with Chronic Pain We’ve compiled some sleep tricks that you may find useful to help you regulate and improve your sleeping patterns. 1. Only go to bed when you are tired Do not allow yourself to toss and turn in bed. This only makes things worse, and usually you’ll end up…
Many people present with neck and arm pain and the most likely cause is due to disc damage at the bottom of the neck. When a disc in the cervical spine ruptures, soft material from inside the disc can form a bulge that presses painfully against the spinal cord and nerve roots. Anatomy Spinal discs…
In a recent publication, ageing was looked at extensively including the effect of lifestyle on medical conditions such as dementia, diabetes and even bone strength (osteoporosis) – but now it appears that what you do on a day to day basis can also protect you from a range of cancers by over 30%. In fact…
What Is Inflammation? When you think of arthritis, you think of inflammation. Inflammation is a process in which the body’s white blood cells and chemicals help protect us from infection and foreign substances such as bacteria and viruses. In some diseases, however, the body’s defense system (immune system) triggers an inflammatory response when there are…
A new study that appeared in the British Medical Journal linked sitting for long periods, such as watching TV, as being a risk for diabetes, strokes and even heart disease. Sitting has now been classed as having the same degree of risk as obesity and smoking and has been attributed to shaving years off…
Medscape Medical News from the: American Heart Association (AHA) 2012 Scientific Sessions Shelley Wood – Nov 04, 2012 Heartwire Medical Journal LOS ANGELES — Finnish men who lost more than 15% of their cardiorespiratory fitness over a 10-year period faced a near doubling of their risk of acute MI over the subsequent decade and more than…
A recent paper published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal 2012 confirmed that we are providing our patients with the best possible treatment available. The research article first discussed that people need to change their perception of back and neck pain. In many cases, back and neck pain should be regarded as a long term…
Do you suffer from migraines or headaches? The most up-to-date research suggests that your genes (what you inherited from your parents) are the most common cause of headaches or migraines; however, it is your lifestyle that pulls the trigger. Neurologists used to think that headaches and migraines were different from each other and had different…
Sciatica (leg pain) Sciatica involves irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve (a group of nerves that exit the spinal cord around your lower back); causing pain that travels down the leg. Symptoms include numbness, tingling, weakness, or an “electric shock” sensation that travels down either one or both legs. Sciatica can be due to a variety of…
Is running good for you? There seems to be a lot of adamant people around that running is bad for you and especially bad for the hips and knees. However, when we started to look at the research – what we found was that there was no evidence to support that theory. In fact; some…