Many athletes and professional sports teams utilize chiropractic care. These athletes and their trainers find that chiropractic helps them in three different ways: maximal articular and muscular performance, injury prevention and faster recovery from care after injuries.
Chiropractic is beneficial not only to the athlete but to the average sports enthusiast as well.
In fact, sport aficionados report an increased performance,...
Nocturnal enuresis is defined as sudden unconscious nocturnal micturition (urination), in a child older than 5 years of age, without any organic, urologic, neurologic or psychiatric pathology. It affects 15 to 20% of children 5 to 6 years of age, striking boys twice as much as girls. The child’s discomfort and the psychological effects he suffers, as well as the discouragement or even exasperation of the parents, often generate multiple...
Several studies and many testimonials have demonstrated the efficacy of chiropractic care in treating infantile colic. Improvement was noted in the frequency of crying as well as the infant’s irritability. In most cases, a noticeable improvement was noted after just a few visits. One of the studies underlines that half of the infants successfully treated by chiropractic care had a previously unsuccessful pharmacological treatment.
Pregnancy is a natural phenomenon, yet, more and more it is considered a pathology..! Pregnancy, however, does have certain symptoms that may be experienced by the mother and indirectly by the fetus.
The body of a pregnant woman undergoes a lot of structural and hormonal changes that not only affect her body (articulations, spinal column, pelvis, nerves, ligaments and center of gravity) but also her emotional state.
As the baby...
For a long time already, athletes and professional teams call upon chiropractors to improve their physical performance, stamina, coordination and recovery after injury.
Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of chiropractic care in improving sports performance: One study for example shows improvement ranging from 18% (after 6 weeks of chiropractic care) to 30% (after 12 weeks of chiropractic care) in agility tests, balance...
Carpal tunnel is a double compression syndrome: the nerve is compressed at the spinal level and at the periphery (distal), at the wrist.
Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of chiropractic care for double compression syndromes, including carpal tunnel. Certain studies also show the superiority of chiropractic care over traditional medical care and physiotherapy.
Erb/Klumpke’s Palsy are a paralysis of the brachial plexus, respectively at the C5-C6 level and C7, C8-T1, in the newborn. They are due to trauma, most often mechanical trauma, caused by excessive cervical traction and lateral flexion during childbirth.
Several formal studies and numerous case studies have confirmed the effectiveness of chiropractic care in the treatment of Erb’s and Klumpke’s Palsy.
Hyperactivity in children is a behavior trouble that translates into excessive agitation, difficulty concentrating and naughty behavior.
Several studies and many testimonials have shown the effectiveness of chiropractic care in treating hyperactivity and attention deficit in children. Some of these studies actually demonstrate the superiority of chiropractic care over conventional medical pharmacological treatment of ADD with Ritalin...
Various studies and testimonials have demonstrated the effectiveness of chiropractic care in treating respiratory problems.
Each year in the US, more than 45000 infants are born with congenital torticollis, often associated with trauma from delivery. It is characterized by painful involuntary spasms that can hinder normal growth and affect vision.
Several clinical studies and testimonials have shown that chiropractic care is effective in treating congenital torticollis and may provide an alternative to surgical intervention, drugs and physiotherapy. Certain...
Headaches are one of the oldest known ailments. Scriptures dating back to Babylonians already described similar conditions in patients. The term “headache” or “cephalgia” describes a number of conditions that vary in severity, frequency, localization and duration.
There are 176 recognized types of headaches..!
Approximately 90% of headaches are tension related, migraines and of cervical origin caused by muscular, circulatory or...
Hypertension is defined by blood pressure in excess of 160/90, measured on a patient at rest.
Several studies and numerous case reports demonstrate the effectiveness of chiropractic care in the management of hypertension.
As remarked by the researchers Weber et Masarsky, “Chiropractic adjustments should be considered in hypertensive patients, especially when vertebral dysfunctions are noted. Considering the effectiveness of...
Back pain can be of various origins. Most often, it is the result of vertebral subluxations: a loss of vertebral movement (blockage) that can cause nerve irritation, a source of muscular spasm and back pain.
There are numerous studies on the effectiveness of chiropractic care on back pain. Below are a few.
Scoliosis is a lateral deviation of the spine. It may be due to a malformation, disease or paralysis but the vast majority (70%) is “idiopathic”, meaning without known cause.
The following studies deal mostly with idiopathic scoliosis.
Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of chiropractic in correcting scoliosis. The younger the patient, the more effective the chiropractic treatment is.
The term dysmenorrhea describes painful menstruations with lower abdominal pain.
Painful menstruation is frequent at the end of puberty and pre-menopause, periods of high hormonal variation. Prevailing menstrual pains vary from 50 to 80% according to age group. Off this number, 5 to 15% of women are sufficiently affected that they need to alter their daily activities (forced rest, scholar or professional absenteeism).
Some...
Pre Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a collection of physical, emotional and psychological symptoms that occur during the last two weeks of the menstrual cycle.
It affects approximately 30 to 40% of women, in whom physical pain and emotional stress are sufficient to disturb their daily life.
Symptoms can be emotional (depression, anger, irritability, anxiety, etc.), physical (bloating, abdominal cramps, muscular/articular aches,...
(Expression/Comprehension)
Some studies and testimonials demonstrate that chiropractic care, by acting on the nervous system, may help patients suffering from speech dysfunctions: aphasia, apraxia, spasmodic dysphonia.
Sleeping disorders in children and adults alike may be due to multiple causes, including non pathological functional problems.
Several formal studies and numerous case studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of chiropractic care in treating sleeping sleeping disorders or just simply improving the quality of sleep, in newborns, children and adults.
In most children, a vertebral subluxations is at the origin of these problems...
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