The History of Your Headaches When whiplash happens, there is always a chance that in the days, weeks, months, or perhaps even years that chronic headaches will follow. The trick to knowing if those ongoing headaches are due to this type of neck injury is to think back to any type of injury you experienced in which the ligaments in your neck were overextended. Too often, people think unless they were in a major collision, [Read More]
Taking the Pain Sports injuries are just a part of playing sports, and every athlete knows the benefits of icing those injuries. It's easy to think that when it comes to sports injuries doing nothing more than icing any injury is the cure all that will make all of the pain go away. Ice is great, and we recommend it, but there is also a time to apply heat to that injury. Ice Vs. Heat [Read More]
Your Posture and Peak Performance If you are an athlete, and you are serious about wanting to perform at your best, you will take the necessary steps to ensure you do that. Not enough athletes know the benefits of upper cervical chiropractic and how it can help them perform at a higher level. Though, consider that in any sport you play, your posture is critical to your sports performance. It can mean the difference between [Read More]
Migralepsy and Occipital Seizures Last time we talked about a phenomenon called migralepsy, which manifests itself as epileptic seizures after a migraine attack. We also talked about how epileptic seizures that follow migraines may not be signs of migralepsy, rather they may be signs of occipital seizures. Many of the symptoms are similar, so it is easy to confuse the two. We know you want to know more about your pain, and that's why it's [Read More]
The Manifestation of Migraines There are various ways that a migraine can manifest itself, of which a headache is the most common symptom of this neurological condition. Though, much like an earthquake can manifest itself with tremors before the actual quake and aftershocks in the aftermath, there can be signs of a migraine before and after the actual appearance of the neurological disorder. One of the ways a migraine can manifest itself is through epileptic [Read More]
Living a Post-Whiplash Life The baby's crying, the bills are piling up, your boss told you that you need to improve your work performance, and your pain from that car accident isn't helping your stress. The one thing that could make your life more stressful is increasing pain, so you figure you'll just ice it and wait for the pain to go away on its own. Well, ice is a great home remedy to all kinds of [Read More]
Your Tingling or Numbing Do you feel a numbing or tingling feeling throughout your body? That's not good. The body is not meant to feel that sensation. So, if you do, that is not something you want to ignore. There is something wrong with your body, and your body is sending you signals that you need to take care of whatever it is that is causing that feeling. But what is causing that sensation? Well, [Read More]