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 …
Pain Conditions
Starting Over: Exercise Plans for the Aging
How do I start? Develop a plan for an exercise program and stick with it. Make your exercise program an integral part of your normal daily activities-or use normal …
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Definition, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options
Patients with advanced lumbar spinal stenosis—one of the most common reasons for spinal surgery in older people—may walk with a bent-forward, shuffling posture and a characteristic small-step gait. Stenosis surgery, …
Facts About Chiropractic Treatment and Prevention of Back Pain
Although chiropractic treatment is helpful for more than just back pain, many patients visit chiropractors looking for relief from this pervasive condition. In fact, 31 million Americans experience low-back …
The First Things to Do for a Sports Injury
Self Care- R.I.C.E. There is a relatively standard self care protocol for most of the other overuse types of injuries. This protocol can be helpful prior to getting a …
Chiropractic Treatment of Sports Injuries
Participation in sports or exercise is a crucial step in maintaining your quality of life. Exercise strengthens your heart, bones, and joints and reduces stress, among many other benefits. Unfortunately, …
Osteoporosis: A Bone Disease Not Only For The Elderly
Many think that osteoporosis is a disease effecting only the elderly. One may associate osteoporosis with older women whose backs are slightly hunched over and can no longer stand …
Does a Disc Bulge or Herniation Always Hurt?
The pain of a disc problem comes from three things: swelling in the disc, compression on the nerve, and chemical irritation of the nerve. You can have one of …
Fibromyalgia: Symptoms, Testing, and Diagnosis
If you have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, you may be wondering what lies ahead. Although an estimated 3% to 6% of Americans have Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), this condition still remains …
Non-surgical, Chiropractic Treatment of Disc Bulge and Herniation
An episode of back or neck pain may be secondary to a disc injury. A disc injury may also result in arm or leg pain, burning, tingling, or numbness …
Fish Oil is a Better Option Than NSAID for Back or Neck Pain
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly used and well-known to be effective for both acute and chronic nonspecific back and neck pain. Unfortunately, extreme complications including gastric ulcers, bleeding, …
What Is A Disc (disk) Injury?
One of the more serious problems affecting the low back involves injury to the intervertebral discs, the dense ligamentous material found between the bones in your spine. This could take several …
Treatments and Alternatives for Fibromyalgia
Once your diagnosis is confirmed, the traditional medical approach includes a prescription of anti-inflammatory agents, antidepressants, sleep medications, anti-seizure drugs, and muscle relaxants. These drugs often help to relieve the …
Discover Natural Headache Relief
Pursuing natural headache relief can help you find life without headache pain and disability. While medication can temporarily help, many people look for ways to solve the underlying reason …
Low Back Pain Worse with Exercise- Case Report
John Doe scheduled an evaluation at Cole Pain Therapy Group for evaluation of low back pain. He had been having several episodes of back pain per year for the …
What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?
The thoracic outlet is a small space between the collarbone (clavicle) and the first rib. Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a group of disorders that involve compression, injury, or …
Eight Ways to Prevent Back & Neck Muscle Pain While Standing in Shopping Lines
Whether you’re shopping for presents, waiting to pick up the perfect dessert or checking out a holiday performance, chances are you’ll spend a good deal of time standing in …
Hip Bursitis and Other Causes of Hip Pain
More often than not, when a patient is given the news that they are suffering from bursitis in the hip, they respond with something like, “Bursitis? I thought that was …
Sitting is Killing You: The Truth About Sitting Down
Many are aware that prolonged sitting leads to poor joint health, but more research is uncovering how sitting wrecks every aspect of our health. The infographic below puts the …
Hips & Functional Back Pain
Back pain has many different causes, from spine fractures to kidney infections, but most back pain is mechanical. The mechanical workings of the spine and surrounding support structure have …
New Hope for a Common Pain
Did you know that 50 to 75 percent of patients who see a chiropractor come for relief from back pain. And a substantial number of those patients have sciatica – …
Chiropractic as a Drug-free Approach to Pain Management
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) applauds federal efforts to curb prescription drug abuse following the U.S. government’s announcement in this year that the problem has reached crisis level. As …
About Headaches That Ache…..Here, Here, and Here
“I have headaches…here, here, and here. That’s not a migraine is it, Doc?” Probably not. But if it’s a chronic condition, it can be just as painful, just …
9 Out Of 10 Headaches Are Not In Your Head!
Headaches seem to constantly be in the news. In an issue of Parade, the Sunday newspaper magazine, Dr. Max Murray Braff, M.D., director of New York’s Stuyvesant Polyclinic Headache …
Find Your Game- Chiropractic for Optimal Fitness and Function
October is National Chiropractic Month and the focus this year is “Find Your Game.” This simply means achieving optimal function at any level of fitness. That includes everyone from …
Whiplash Injury- More than Neck Pain After a Car Accident
I have warned for some time now of the severe consequences of the whiplash injury. Because of this concern I would like to report on a newspaper column by …
By Any Other Name It’s Still Bursitis
Although bursitis is often referred to as “housemaid’s knee,” ” a game arm,” or “a working man’s disorder,” it can strike anyone any time. Bursitis is the inflammation or …
9 Out of 10 Back Surgeries Not “Necessary or Effective”
9 Out of 10 Back Surgeries Not “Necessary or Effective” The above headline is a quote from Dr. C.N. Shealy, a medical doctor who is a neurosurgeon at …
‘Prehabilitation’- Rehab of predisposing factors
Prehab (pre-rehabilitation) is a rehab concept that focuses on identifying predisposing factors to injury. It asks, “why does it hurt?” after answering “what hurts?” Injuries usually occur at weak …
What Type of Sports Injuries Does Cole Pain Therapy Group Treat?
We diagnose and treat both traumatic and non-traumatic sports injuries. Non-traumatic/ non-contact injuries result from mechanical overstress of anatomy due to restricted joints, muscle imbalance, and functional instability. Under the …
Top 5 Signs of a TMJ Problem
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is one of many potential sources of head pain or face pain. Yet pain alone is not an indication that there is problem with the …
What is TMJ, and Why Does It Hurt?
The temporomandibular joints (TMJ) and the surrounding muscles can become a source or head, neck, face, tooth, eye, and/or ear pain. This is specifically referred to as temporomandibular joint …
Is Vertigo Treatable?
What is Vertigo? Vertigo is a type of dizziness. Dizziness is generally described as a floating feeling of instability or unsteadiness. Unlike other types of dizziness, vertigo-an illusion …
What Causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a problem of the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand. Compression of the median nerve causes carpal tunnel syndrome. The …
Should Arthritis Patients Exercise?
Years ago, doctors hardly ever told arthritis patients to “go take a hike” or “go for a swim.” Arthritis was considered an inherent part of the aging process …
Evaluation and Treatment of Scoliosis
Sometimes, during human development a lateral (sideways) curvature of the spine develops. If the curvature is larger than 10 degrees, it is called scoliosis. Curves less than 10 …
What Is Scoliosis?
Scoliosis affects 5 to 7 million people in the United States. More than a half million visits are made to doctors’ offices each year for evaluation and treatment of …
Avoid Pain from Backpacks
Back Pain is pervasive among American adults, but a new and disturbing trend is emerging. Young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations, and the …
You Are Your Most Effective Advocate
In developing benefit plans and reporting inappropriate actions of insurers, the patient is often the most effective advocate. The main area of oversight of Departments of Insurance around …
What’s the best treatment for neck and back pain?
The cycle of dysfunction (see diagram) can be addressed in several different ways. Recent scientific investigations show that a single type of treatment is not nearly as …
Does Back Pain Go Away By Itself?
According to the CDC, 80% of us will have back pain during our lifetime, and 20% of the population currently has back pain. In fact, back pain alone …
What Causes Spine Pain?
The spine is a highly complex mechanism of bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and nerves that work together in a beautifully integrated way. It bears the weight of our body …
Ergonomics For Construction Workers
Construction tasks place the body in numerous risky positions. Cramped working areas, working overhead and at floor level, heavy material handling and repetitive tasks are just some …
Chronic, Myofascial Headache – Case Report
Patient History Jane came to this clinic for evaluation of chronic headache and chronic neck pain. 6 years earlier, she had suffered a laceration and fracture at the right …
Preventing Travel Aches and Strains
Traveling can be rough on the body. Whether you are traveling alone on business or on your way to a sunny resort with your family, long hours in …
What Causes Neck Pain?
For many, life can be literally an ongoing pain in the neck. They live with chronic neck discomfort. Others may not realize how much they move their neck during …
Drug-free Pain Relief During Pregnancy
As many new mothers can attest, the muscle strains of pregnancy are very real and can be more than just a nuisance. The average weight gain of 25 to …
The Best Shoe for Your Joints and Spine
Many people choose fashion over function when purchasing athletic shoes. Because footwear is important for musculoskeletal function—especially for athletes and others who spend a lot of time on their …
How Does Chronic Pain Cause Depression?
Pain serves an important function in our lives. When you suffer an acute injury, pain warns you to stop the activity that is causing the injury and tells you to take …
The Best Headache Treatment Starts with a Diagnosis
Your headache may be a pounding in your head, aching in your neck, pain behind the eye, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. When will the pain stop? …