About NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago

Dr. Young H. Chung is a well-known NUCCA Chiropractor associated with Dr. Dickholtz Sr. (recognized with Hypertension study) for 14 years. The NUCCA procedure was designed to correct the entire spine back to a balanced unstressed position. This repositioning reactivates the transmission of healing messages from the brain to the affected part of the body via nervous system so the body’s natural self-healing process can begin.

Children, traumatic brain injury and Upper Cervical

Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disability and death in children and adolescents in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the two age groups at greatest risk for TBI are age 0-4 and 15-19. Among those ages 0 to 19, each year an average of 564,000 children are seen in hospital emergency departments for TBI and released. Traumatic brain injury is frequently referred to [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2024-06-11T21:22:08+00:00February 23rd, 2015|

Sports Injuries, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Concussions

CSF is Keeping Your Brain Afloat Have you or your child recently suffered a injury that led to a concussion? Are you or your child experiencing post-concussion syndrome? Your brain's cortex is cushioned from your skull by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). That is a colorless fluid that circulates in the ventricular system, and it serves an important purpose to your cerebral blood flow. What's the purpose of CSF? Well, here are some things you should know. [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2024-06-04T20:26:01+00:00February 16th, 2015|

Top 5 Little-Known Upper Cervical Chiropractic Health Benefits

Can Upper Cervical Chiropractic Help You Even If You Don’t Have a Bad Back? When most people think about chiropractic the first thing they think of is someone with a bad back. Or maybe, neck pain or headaches. Without a doubt a lot of people with back pain, neck pain and headaches see chiropractors. In fact, back pain is extremely common with 80% of people experiencing it at some point in their lives. But, upper [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-04-06T05:29:06+00:00February 9th, 2015|

What’s in a Migraine?

Understanding Migraine Headaches So, when it comes to headaches, Migraines are a monster with a mind of their own. We mean that figuratively of course, but they render a person who experiences them helpless to do anything about them for hours or even days. Or do they? In order to understand what we can do about Migraines, we need to understand what is different between them and a regular headache. First, we should let [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2024-06-11T20:59:41+00:00February 2nd, 2015|

Steps to Living without Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

If you experience a pain that runs from your wrist to the palm of your hand, it's probably Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. CTS happens when the median nerve in your hand and the nerves in your carpal tunnel are compressed. While the leading cause of CTS is congenital predisposition, meaning the carpal tunnel is smaller in some people than it should be, there are various occurrences that can cause a person to develop it. Causes of [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2024-06-11T21:00:15+00:00January 26th, 2015|

Sciatica Relief for Expectant Mothers

Your Child and Your Shifting Body If you're an expectant mother, congratulations! You have something to celebrate, but there will be days you won't want to celebrate until you actually give birth. We understand that going through those nine months of pregnancy will come with times to rejoice and times to endure pain. We want to help you get through these next several months with as little pain as possible. Though, we can't help you [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2024-06-04T20:34:36+00:00January 12th, 2015|

How Upper Cervical Chiropractic Patients See Such Amazing Results

Birth injuries, falls, car accidents, sports injuries, and other traumatic injuries lead to a tearing loose of connective tissue (muscles, tendons, ligaments) that holds the spine in place. This allows the spine to breakdown and lock into a stressed position. In this stressed position your posture will begin to change. Your head will tilt to one side, your shoulders will be uneven, hips will be uneven, and your weight will not be evenly distributed into [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-04-06T05:29:34+00:00December 29th, 2014|