A common question patients ask before their first chiropractic appointment is some version of “what kind of training does this person actually have?” The reasonable version of that question deserves…
Most chiropractic adjustments involve some version of a sharp, quick movement. The doctor uses hands and body weight to deliver a targeted thrust through a vertebra, the joint releases, and…
Most headaches don’t show up clean. By the time the pain is loud enough to pull you out of what you’re doing, your jaw has already been clenched for an…
Some chiropractic techniques announce themselves. A spinal adjustment has a clear before and after. Dry needling is unmistakable. Intersegmental traction, by contrast, looks almost too gentle to be doing anything:…
The neck is supposed to curve forward. Not by much, just a gentle arc that lets the seven vertebrae of the cervical spine stack into a natural shock absorber for…
You might be asking yourself, “Can you realign your body without a chiropractor?” You can mobilize yourself, but you cannot be precise about which joint truly needs correction. Self-movement may…
