ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING:

• Restricted and painful movements?
• Difficulty bending forwards or backward?
• Sciatic pain down your legs?
• Pain when breathing deeply?
• Muscle tension in your shoulder blades?
• Pain getting in and out of bed?
• Muscle spasms and slouched posture?

Back pain is one of the most common complaints we see as chiropractors here at Dr. Campbell’s Chirocare. It is estimated 70%-90% of the population will experience an episode of back pain at some stage in their life.

For anyone who has suffered from this condition, you are aware of how debilitating it can be. Back pain and sciatica can significantly impact your daily life, hampering many everyday activities.

Due to the varying nature of back pain, there are many potential differential diagnoses including sciatica (numbness, tingling, and shooting pain), facet syndrome, muscle sprains, joint sprains, disc bulges and many more. It is important that we correctly identify what type of back pain you are experiencing in order to have success with treatment.

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING?:

• Shoulder pain that persists more than a few days?
• Inability to carry objects using the affected arm?
• Swelling or bruising? Shoulder pain that occurs at night?
• A limited, or painful range of motion of your shoulder?
• Difficulty sleeping on your side?
• Difficulty exercising or performing daily activities?

The worst part about injuring your shoulder is that it limits many of your daily routine tasks which require the motion of your shoulder to successfully achieve such as, carrying something, picking something up, reaching for an object or doing any upper body exercise.

Shoulder pain can be caused by several different events or conditions such as rotator cuff tears, strains, frozen shoulder, bursitis, general wear and tear due to aging, bruising, and many more. This is why an accurate diagnosis is critical to successful treatment.

Neck pain is one of the most common problems that we see in our chiropractic clinic, many people experience this condition, especially as our lifestyles become more sedentary.

Neck pain can be extremely debilitating and disruptive to your day-to-day activities and can frequently result in headaches and stiffness due to the large number of nerves in this area. Many different types of conditions causing neck pain to exist, which is why it is important for your chiropractor to have an accurate diagnosis. Exactly what type of neck pain you are experiencing is something that your chiropractor will help determine.

COMMON CAUSES OF NECK PAIN:

• Poor posture and spinal alignment
• Prolonged sitting
• Car accidents (whiplash)
• Ergonomic problems
• Sporting injuries and trauma
• Overuse and repetitive strain injuries

Disc injuries are when the intervertebral discs become damaged through either physical trauma or general wear and tear.

Terms such as a bulged disc, ruptured disc, or herniated disc are common terms used to describe when the outer portion of the disc is torn. A tare in the disc can result in the contents of the disc ‘bulging’ out and compressing spinal nerves, resulting in local and referred nerve pain. Sciatica is a common example of how a disc in the lumbar spine can be damaged and impinge a nerve causing referred pain down the leg.

WHAT CAUSES DISC INJURIES?

• Whiplash injury (cervical spine),
• Incorrect lifting technique,
• Motor vehicle injuries,
• Repetitive microtrauma such as lifting,
• Poor posture and poor ergonomics in the office,
• Age and obesity
• General wear and tear

There are many possible types of headaches and migraines, which is why it is important for your chiropractor to establish an accurate diagnosis.

Tension headaches are very common in people who spend a lot of time sitting, especially those who work in front of computers. The pain often starts in the neck or base of the skull and travels around to the front of the head. This type of headache can present as a dull ache.

The symptoms of migraine on the other hand are often more intense. Many migraine sufferers will experience a severe headache and may have accompanying visual disturbances, sensitivity to light and sound, and in some instances nausea. Many people who experience migraine headaches regularly report they can feel the headache coming on.Due to the close relationship between the nerves of the cervical spine and the head, many headaches can originate from dysfunction in the cervical spine (cervicogenic headache).

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING:

• Pain from lower back to the back of your leg?
• Muscle tightness?
• Numbness on the side of the body?
• Tingling or muscle weakness on your leg?

Sciatica can be a debilitating condition, affecting your mobility and even preventing you from comfortably resting while sitting down. Severe symtoms include:

• Severe pain in your low back or leg and numbness or muscle weakness in your leg
• Pain following a violent injury, such as a traffic accident
• You have trouble controlling your bowels or bladder

Sciatica occurs when the sciatic nerve becomes pinched, usually by a herniated disk in your spine or by an overgrowth of bone (bone spur) on your vertebrae. More rarely, the nerve can be compressed by a tumor or damaged by a disease such as diabetes.