When Your Body Is Tingling All Over
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]