Technically speaking a “sprain” and a “strain” are two different types of injuries. A sprain refers to damage of a ligament, while a strain implies damage to a muscle and its tendon. An easy way to remember this is that a strain, has the letter “t” in the word, as does “tendon”. And tendons attach [...]
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Compensations of a sprain/strain injury
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Causes of pain
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, food, remedies, tagged back pain, chiropractic, lower back pain, pain, symptoms on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit my office for treatment. That said, I thought I’d write a little bit on the topic. Interestingly, pain doesn’t occur where you “feel” it or believe it to exist. In fact, pain really isn’t a “thing”. Pain is a perception triggered by the activation [...]
Stress and joint pain
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain on February 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It is not uncommon for patients to report that their joint pain becomes exacerbated during stressful times. There are many known, and probably many to be discovered, different reasons for this. For now I’ll focus on one aspect of the stress response which may seem like minutia, however, if it’s your missing link you’ll want [...]
Trigger points
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain on February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve ever gotten (or given) a massage, you probably noticed that some muscles have painful little lumps or knots in them. They’re sometimes (enjoyably) painful when massaged or prodded; although the worst-case scenario can be constant pain during typical activities of daily living. The technical term for a knot like this has been coined [...]
Collagen – the most abundant protein
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged anti-aging, back pain, homocysteine, lower back pain, pain, remedies, supplements, vitamins on December 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In a previous article, I wrote about the importance of protein and how much one should consume on a daily basis. Now I’m going to be a bit more specific. The most abundant protein in the body is collagen. Also, collagen makes up about ninety-percent of connective tissue. This is important for a number of [...]
Kidney Stones
Posted in common conditions, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain, water on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The passing of kidney stones is reported to be one of the most excruciatingly painful events one can go through. At times, morphine may be necessary to relieve the pain. There are several reasons why kidney stones may form. And fortunately, they may be easily preventable. First, the most common signs and symptoms that you [...]
Piriformis syndrome, applied kinesiology, and chiropractic
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, tagged Applied Kinesiology, back pain, chiropractic, lower back pain, pain on December 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The piriformis is a muscle that originates from the anterior (or front) part of the sacrum and inserts into the greater trochanter (the large “bump” on the outside of the upper thigh) of the femur. Its action is mainly to externally rotate (or “turn out”) the femur and hip. The sciatic is a bundle of [...]
Referred Pain
Posted in common conditions, tagged lower back pain, pain on November 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Referred pain is a term that is used to describe pain that arises from one part of the body (usually an organ) but is felt in another. The way in which referred pain is caused is unknown, however there are several theories. The theories can get quite technical so I’ll be brief in mentioning one [...]
Ileocecal valve – revisited
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, tagged Applied Kinesiology, digestive disorders, fatigue, lower back pain on November 23, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Recently I’ve realized that the most popular search term that guides people to my website is “ileocecal valve” (and variations thereof). Because of this, I thought I should write a few more words about the significance of it. If you are not familiar with the ileocecal valve, please refer to this article first, which explains [...]
Candida and yeast infections – a virtual epidemic
Posted in common conditions, tagged back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, digestive disorders, GERD, heartburn symptoms, irritable bowel syndrome, lower back pain, symptoms, yeast infections on November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Candida albicans is a yeast that is normally present in our gastrointestinal tract, skin, and vaginal tract in women. Under normal circumstances it remains in those places causing no harm whatsoever. However, it is quite common for candida to grow out of control and cause many debilitating symptoms. An overgrowth of candida is probably one [...]
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