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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 11, 2023 | Health Articles
If you’re suffering from knee pain, you know how it can interfere with your daily life. Knee pain can make it difficult to walk, climb stairs, or even sit down comfortably. But you don’t have to suffer in silence. Our chiropractic services in New Fairfield, CT can help you find relief from knee pain and get back to doing the things you love.
A Holistic Approach to Knee Pain
At Chiropractic Life and Wellness Center, we take a holistic approach to knee pain. We understand that knee pain can have a variety of causes, from sports injuries and overuse to arthritis and degenerative conditions. That’s why we start by thoroughly evaluating your knee pain and identifying the underlying cause.
Customized Treatment Plans
Once we have a clear understanding of your knee pain, we’ll create a customized treatment plan that’s tailored to your needs. Our chiropractic care may include manual adjustments, soft tissue therapy, and other techniques to alleviate your knee pain and improve your overall mobility.
Lifestyle Counseling and Nutritional Guidance
In addition to chiropractic care, we also offer lifestyle counseling and nutritional guidance to help you maintain a healthy lifestyle and reduce the risk of future knee pain. We’ll work with you to identify any underlying factors that may be contributing to your knee pain, such as poor posture, improper footwear, or nutritional deficiencies.
Contact Chiropractic Life and Wellness Center Today
If you’re ready to say goodbye to knee pain and start living life to the fullest, contact Chiropractic Life and Wellness Center today. Our experienced chiropractors are dedicated to helping you find relief from knee pain and improve your overall health and wellness.
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 4, 2023 | Health Articles
For decades, arthritis was considered an inherent part of the aging process and a signal to a patient that it’s time to slow down. However, that’s not necessarily the case anymore. Recent research has revealed that people much younger are susceptible to developing rheumatoid arthritis pain, but the good news is that the pain doesn’t have to be endured needlessly anymore.
Despite the traditional recommendation of bed rest and drug therapy, there is much more to life for arthritis patients today.
Understanding Rheumatoid Arthritis
It is often used to refer to pain in a particular part of the body, such as the neck or low back, which is caused by inflammation of the joints. According to recent studies, up to 80% of people over 50 years of age suffer from arthritis and arthritic pain.
There are several characteristics that distinguish rheumatoid arthritis from other kinds of arthritis, including pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of function in the joints.
The symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis can include tender, swollen joints causing stiffness and a general sense of not feeling well. It can be symmetrical in nature, with both hands affected if one is. The wrists and fingers closest to the hand are typically the ones afflicted, though neck, shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, ankle and feet joints can also be involved. The condition can persist for years or could last only a few months before disappearing. In cases of mild to moderate arthritis there may be flares of worsening symptoms or remissions during which time pain lessens. However those with severe arthritis may feel pain most of the time with serious joint damage and disability potentially resulting from it.
Rheumatoid arthritis is also highly individual. Some people have mild arthritis that lasts from a few months to a few years and then goes away. Mild or moderate arthritis sufferers have periods of worsening symptoms (flares) and periods of remissions. Finally, people with severe arthritis can feel the pain most of the time. The pain could last for many years and can cause serious joint damage and disability.
Chiropractic Care for Arthritis
As spinal and musculoskeletal experts, we regularly review x-rays. Generally, when there is a misalignment or an unnoticed trauma like a car crash, sports incident, or long-term bad posture, the area of the body can be affected in the long run. Oftentimes this will lead to degeneration and swelling – arthritis being one of the body’s natural protective mechanisms.
A common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis is anti-inflammatory drugs. There are many serious side effects associated with these medications, including blurred vision, increased blood pressure, digestive ulcers and bleeding, kidney problems, dizziness, and even death.
The aim of chiropractic care is to treat the body as a whole system. This whole body approach includes exercise, nutrition, as well as function and mobility for the best and most long-term results.
We’re ready to help!
As a result of rheumatoid arthritis, rehabilitation programs are tailored to the specific needs of patients and require a long-term approach. It is essential to remember that these rehabilitation programs require patience, and that the problem has developed over a period of years, and it will not be fixed overnight. In such situations, progress is usually best achieved in the short-term, but long-term solutions usually require constant, ongoing attention.
In order to achieve the maximum benefits from a rehabilitation program, chiropractic care can be of great assistance in achieving the best results. By enabling the highest mobility of the spine and maximum function of your nervous system, chiropractic care’s strategic goal is not only to restore function but to revitalize the health of the entire body.
What makes our team unique?
In addition to masking the symptoms of inflammation, our team uses techniques and treatments that address the source of the arthritic pain directly.
Furthermore, our expert team has been specially crafted to bring together the right combination of knowledge, techniques, and support to help you and your family members. Besides reducing and eliminating pain, we will also teach future generations how to be pro-active and prevent degenerative processes such as arthritis so they can enjoy the activities they want for the rest of their lives.
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Dec 20, 2022 | Health Articles
Buckle up, our traveling season is upon us. Despite the saying “getting there is half the fun”, planes, trains, and automobiles can put a real strain on our holiday fun this season. So let’s start this season off right, and follow these tips to survive the physically demanding prospect of traveling to your holiday destination even if your final destination is to just relax.
The Warmup
Travel should be looked on as a form of strenuous exercise that requires a period of warming up and cooling down. Warmup and stretch before you travel, and cool down with a brisk walk when you arrive to reinvigorate your hamstring and calf muscles.
Highway Miles
- Seat Comfort: Adjust the seat so you are as close to the wheel as you can be while still feeling comfortable. Keep your knees just a little bit above the hips.
- Back Support: Use a back support if the seat does not provide adequate support by design. A lumbar support will help reduce the risk of lower back pain and injury. A proper fitting support should be widest between the lowest ribs and the waist.
- Keep Alert and Avoid Stiffness: Exercise your legs while driving to keep the blood flowing and limit any swelling or pain. We recommend counting to 10 while spreading your toes wide then counting to 5 while tightening your calf muscles. Follow this process with each of mucsle groups including your thigh muscles and your glutes (butt). Don’t forget to roll your shoulders back and forward (keeping your hands on the wheel!) along with stretching your neck.
- Hands On the Wheel: Alternate holding the wheel with your hands at the 2 and 7 o’clock positions, and then the 10 and 5 o’clock positions.
- Avoid Vice Grip: Try not to grip the wheel too tightly. The vice grip will reduce your circulation and increase fatigue in the muscles of your hands, wrists and arms.
- Look Around: Vary your focal point to reduce eye strain and headaches, but keep your eyes on the road and don’t you dare text!
- Rest Stops: Take frequent breaks from driving; remember that fatigue behind the wheel can be extremely dangerous.
Sky Miles
- Onboard Luggage: Bags that are heavier than 5-10% of your body weight should ideally be checked in rather than carried on. But sometimes the added price out weighs back safety, so if lifting heavy bags into overhead compartments make sure you stand directly in front of the overhead and do not stretch or twist your back or neck when lifting.
- Another Luggage Space to Fill: Under the seat luggage should not be forced in using feet or hands while standing, which can cause muscle spasms given the confined and awkward space between the seats. Instead, sit down first, then push it in using both your hands and feet.
- Now the Ergonomically Incorrect Seats: Airline seats are incredibly spine-unfriendly. Our suggestion for long haul air travelers is that when you are investing in a neck roll to also invest in a lumbar roll. Can’t find one? Grab a small hand towel that you can roll and place in the small of your lower back.
- Keep It Moving: While traveling move about in your seat frequently to keep the blood flowing and guard against cramps and pins and needles. Massage your thighs and calves, then push up with your toes to shift your knees up and down. Use a bag to raise your feet higher.
- Air Flow: Don’t blast yourself with the overhead air vents which can cause your neck and shoulders to tense.
Car Seats and Kids:
- Use an approved car seat appropriate to the age of the child when traveling in a car.
- Infant car seats should always face rearwards so that any impact is spread around the back and shoulders and not taken directly by the neck.
- A car seat should not be used in the front seat of a car where an airbag could deploy into it. Similarly, if the rear doors or the rear of the front seats are equipped with airbags, position the child seat in the center of the rear seat to avoid it being hit by any of them.
- Secure the car seat as per instructions and make sure it is properly fixed in place and cannot shift. The seat should be at a 45-degree angle to properly support the child’s head.
- Traveling by air, take your FAA approved car seat. Small children will be safer in a car seat rather than your lap. Your back will also thank you.
Get Bonus Miles
Before you head out to your travel destination, this season make sure to add a spinal health checkup to your list of preparations! We will make sure you are in tip-top condition so you may enjoy every minute of your holiday!
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Nov 29, 2022 | Health Articles
Are you suffering from pinched nerves? It is possible for a “Pinched” nerve to happen anywhere in your spine; they can affect nerves that go to your arms, fingers, wrist, neck, back, shoulder, head, legs, muscles, and internal organs, and can affect your general health, posture, energy level, resistance to disease – even your emotional health. “Pinched” nerves can merely put a pinch in your daily life.
Your Nervous System
There are billions of nerve fibers in your body, often arranged in bundles called nerves. Many billions of them travel inside the spinal column as part of the spinal cord and exit through openings between the vertebrae. After leaving the spinal column, the nerves separate into smaller and smaller bundles and travel to every system and organ in your body.
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Without nerves, you couldn’t see, hear, touch, taste or smell. You also wouldn’t be able to feel hot, cold, pain or pleasure. Your body would be the ultimate sensory deprivation tank; you’d be completely cut off from existence. Without nerves, you would be paralyzed entirely – no muscles could move. Your body wouldn’t be able to respond to any of your commands, and you’d be a prisoner within yourself.
The Nerve Regulator
Nerves regulate your breathing, sweating, shivering, internal organ function, heartbeat, digestion, excretion, blood supply to different organs and blood pressure. Without healthy nerves, your body would be quite useless.
Why Do Pinched Nerves Occur?
When the nerves come down from the brain, they travel through a bony canal formed by vertebrae. If the vertebrae are misaligned slightly, they may cause the nerves to be irritated, compressed or stretched. Nerves send electrical impulses, or chemical nutrients, which are necessary for muscle and whole system health.
What can cause nerve pinching or impingement?
A fall or an accident, even a very mild one that happened years ago may be enough to misalign your spine. Some common causes are unnatural sleeping positions, poor posture, fatigue, dental work, a difficult birth, emotional stress, poor nutrition or a combination of them all.
Symptoms Of Pinched Nerves Manifest Differently
When the spinal column is misaligned, the entire skeletal system will become off balance, which can cause fatigue and exhaustion. When the misaligned vertebrae compress the nerves, their impulses are altered and can affect the area that the nerve is delivering the message to in the body. Over time a weakening of your body’s functions may result. This “dis-ease” sets the stage for diseases of all kinds. Some of these include ulcers, constipation, diarrhea, lung conditions such as asthma, fevers, headaches, seizures, allergies, bed-wetting, colds, hearing, vision and a host of other problems.
Do All Pinched Nerves Hurt?
Less than 10% of the nerve system can feel pain, so you don’t always know if there’s a problem.
Most people with pinched nerves are not in pain. People with painful pinched nerves might be considered the lucky ones – they know they have a problem in their spine and they (hopefully) will get themselves checked by a chiropractor.
But what about the ones without pain?
Your Pinched Nerve Solution
Our team of experts specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of “pinched” and trapped nerves. If you suffer from pinched nerves which could include the conditions of sciatica or carpal tunnel syndrome, call today and let us remove the painful pinch from your health.
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Oct 25, 2022 | Health Articles
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