Cervical Radiculopathy
What is a pinched nerve in your neck? A pinched nerve in your neck, also known as Cervical Radiculopathy, can occur when one or more of the …
Pain Conditions
Lumbar Facet Syndrome
Crick in the Back – Long Term Back Pain – Lumbar Facet Syndrome What does it mean to have a crick in the back? The feeling of a crick …
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
What is Myofascial Pain Syndrome? Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a chronic pain disorder in which sensitive and hyper-irritable myofascial trigger points in the muscles cause pain. Pain frequently …
Piriformis Syndrome
Piriformis syndrome results from compression of the sciatic nerve as it runs past the piriformis muscle at the back of the hip. Your piriformis muscle attaches the sacral bone …
Achilles Tendonitis
Achilles tendonitis/ tendinopathy is an inflammatory tendon problem. Yet, the right evaluation and treatment provides a plan for reducing the pain and restoring the strength for the area to …
Cervicogenic Headache
Headache is very common, affecting almost half of the population. In fact, fifteen to twenty percent of all headaches come from problems in the neck. This type of headache …
A/C Joint Sprain
An A/C joint sprain is damage to the ligaments that support the acromioclavicular joint. If you have suffered an acromioclavicular sprain, you have damaged the strong fibrous ligaments that …
Cervicogenic Vertigo
Your brain processes three different inputs to establish your sense of balance: your inner ear, your eyes, and tiny pressure sensors that line the inside of the joints of …
Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain
Your low back relies on discs and other ligaments for support. “Discogenic Low Back Pain” develops when these tissues are under excessive stress, much like a rope that frays …
Costovertebral Dysfunction
You have 12 pair of ribs that attach to the “thoracic” region of your spine. The ribs serve to protect your heart, lungs, and other vital organs. Each rib …
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Cubital tunnel syndrome is one of several common arm pain conditions. Your cubital tunnel is the groove on the inside of your elbow, also called the “funny bone.” The …
Back Pain Solutions
Back pain can begin suddenly as a sharp or intense pain. Sometimes it begins with a wrong movement or sudden injury. Conversely, back pain can begin slowly as a …
Treatment of Sciatica (Back-Related Leg Pain)
Sciatica is a general term for back related leg pain. Pain radiating from the low back to the thigh and leg can be a disabling. Sometimes the pain comes …
An Explanation of Dry Needling for Shoulder Pain
Dry needling for shoulder pain may be an excellent treatment strategy, but it really depends on what is causing the shoulder pain in the first place. Obviously, there are …
Occipital Headache During Exercise
During organized exercise or other physical exertion, some people will have a sudden, severe pain at the occipital area (headache at the top of the neck and base of the …
Achilles Tendinitis Symptoms and Diagnosis
Achilles tendinitis symptoms start with inflammation of the calcaneal tendon and the surrounding area. The actual site of inflammation may be where the tendon makes a strong attachment to the …
Chiropractic Care for Herniated Disc Pain
Back pain is a common problem that plagues almost everyone once in their lifetime. Sometimes that pain is caused by an injury and herniation to the disc in the …
TMD Symptoms Indicating Rehabilitation
The most common temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD) symptom is orofacial pain. Orofacial pain involves pain at the mouth, face, ear, and the surrounding head and neck areas. 10 the …
Improving Back Durability with Exercise
People often ask why their pain, often in the same area of the back, returns from time to time. When they have completed a course of treatments and experienced …
Causes of Recurrent Low Back Pain?
One of my patients asked me the other day, “Why does my lower back pain come back?” The causes of recurrent low back pain are note easy to explain. …
Who Goes to a Chiropractor?
I’m often asked to describe who goes to a chiropractor, basically to describe the “typical” chiropractic patient. Most patients in Memphis initially come in for back pain, neck pain or headaches. …
Neck and Arm Pain from Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical radiculopathy is a common cause of neck and arm pain, occurring when there is irritation of one of the spine nerves at the neck. Cervical radiculopathy does not usually …
Key to Maintaining Good Spine Health
So often when a patient comes in with a complaint of neck or back pain, they state that they can’t recall anything happening that caused the problem. That’s because …
Lower Back Pain from Faulty Movement
In the never ending battle against lower back pain, new research is vital. A 2008 study by Luomajoki (1) reveals some new and relevant information regarding low back movement control …
Prevent Back Pain- 5 Tips
There are tons of information about how to prevent back pain. Unfortunately, some of this information is conflicting, confusing, and inaccurate. If you currently have back pain or episodic, …
Deadlifting and Back Pain
The deadlift is a great exercise. Perhaps it gets a bad reputation because of the word, “dead.” Other people dislike or completely avoid the deadlift because it can cause low …
Elbow Tendinitis or Tendinosis Causes
Elbow tendinitis (also elbow tendonitis) can be frustrating because it slowly becomes increasingly painful and intrusive into one’s life. Also known as tennis elbow or golfers elbow, the pain …
Treatment of a Crick in Your Spine
Have you ever wondered why you can be having a fabulous morning, take a shower, start toweling off and then develop a crick in your spine? You bend over …
Top 10 Ways to Prevent Back and Neck Pain
After a person has successfully completed a course of treatment, one of the first questions they ask me is: “How do I prevent back and neck pain from happening again?” Most …
Is Chiropractic Safe During Pregnancy?
Pregnancy often raises questions about the safety of common activities. Exercises, medications, and foods that usually give little concern suddenly become a question of safety for baby and mother. …
Massage Therapy Compared to Medical Care for Chronic Back Pain
The Annals of Internal Medicine published a study investigating massage therapy compared to medical care for chronic back Pain. Low back pain can affect up to 80% of the …
Sciatica Definition and the Best Treatment
Back pain is the most common disorder seen by chiropractic physicians, comprising of up to 70% of presenting patients. A substantial number of those patients have sciatica… the popular …
Tension Headache Definition and Symptoms
Tension headaches cause one to feel like their head is “in a vice” or like wearing a “really tight headband.” Tension headache may also be referred to as tension-type …
Imaging Tests for Low Back Pain- Is It Necessary?
It would seem that imaging tests, such as x rays, CT, or MRI, would be a great idea for severe low back pain. Wouldn’t having a picture of the …
Cervicogenic Headache Research
Cervicogenic headache (headache resulting from problems in the neck) is recognized by the International Headache Society as a distinct headache diagnosis. Cervicogenic headache is described as pain originating in …
Ruptured Disc- The Best Treatment
The pain from a ruptured disc can be very scary. The victim feels loss of control of their life and fears for the future. (“Will my back ever be …
Diagnosis and Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment neuropathy of the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand. If the median nerve becomes compressed where it runs …
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a problem of the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand. CTS occurs when the median nerve gets compressed in the …
Are You Getting Evidence-based Back Pain Treatment?
A lot of people are confused about what to do when confronted with an episode of low back pain. Unfortunately, that confusion also extends into the healthcare system, such …
Good Computer Posture for Children
At least 70 percent of America’s 30 million elementary school students use computers, according to a recent New York Times article. As a result of this increased usage, doctors …
What is Sciatica? Symptoms and Causes.
Sciatica describes persistent pain felt along the sciatic nerve, which runs from the lower back, down through the buttock, and into the lower leg. The sciatic nerve is the …
Treatment and Prevention of Sciatica
What are my treatment options for sciatica? For most people, sciatica responds very well to conservative, chiropractic care. Keeping in mind that sciatica is a symptom and not a …
Smoking Worsens Back Pain, Quitting Helps
Smoking can literally be a pain in the back. Over the years, research into the association between smoking and low back pain has indicated that smoking worsens back pain, …
What Conditions Do Chiropractors Treat?
Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) care for patients of all ages, who may be suffering from a variety of health conditions. DCs are especially well-known for their expertise in caring …
3 Exercises for Anterior Knee Pain
Pain in the front of the knee is a very common problem. This anterior knee pain may also be referred to as patellofemoral pain syndrome, runner’s knee, jumper’s knee, …
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Torticollis
Many people appreciate sleeping with fans on or windows open to allow the cool breeze in at night. Yet, what we don’t appreciate is the crooked, painful neck we …
How is Whiplash Neck Injury Treated?
Whiplash is a generic term for when the neck is suddenly jolted in one direction and then another, creating a whip-like movement. Whiplash is most commonly seen with motor …
Chiropractic Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis
It’s beginning to warm up outside, which for most people means an increase in wearing flip-flops and running or walking outside. These changes in footwear and activity can often …
Symptoms of Whiplash Neck Injury
Whiplash is a generic term applied to injuries of the neck caused when the neck is suddenly and/or violently jolted in one direction and then another, creating a whip-like …
Lower Rib Pain with Deep Breathing – A Case Report
John Doe came to Cole Pain Therapy Group for evaluation of lower rib pain that began after playing touch football with his kids over the weekend. He had not had …