When doctors are asked what causes multiple sclerosis, and how this condition affects the body, they will almost always certainly address the second part of the question first. This scenario was true when my friend posed this question to their family doctor after her twenty-two-year old son was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Their doctor explained ...
Almost everyone has experienced back pain from time to time. There are some who suffer with it on an almost daily basis due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) . Deliberative changes to the spine cause slight misalignment of the vertebrae, and as a result the discs can sustain trauma from compression, and from nicks and ...
Chiropractic medicine works under the assumption that the body knows how to heal itself. Rather than using drugs to manage pain, chiropractic doctors help to give the nervous system in the body clear paths for healing. All Chiropractic doctors focus on the twenty-four bones in the spine, each connected to nerves that affect various body ...
Compressed discs and pinched nerves in the neck are two of the most common neck-related issues that people seek treatment for. Both can cause pain, numbness and weakness that disrupt the life of a person experiencing them. Knowing how these two issues occur is very helpful in being able to avoid falling victim to them. ...
It is important to understand the structure of the spine and its associated soft tissues in order to understand how the spine works and what causes back pain. But pain is perceived through the nervous system and this is perhaps the most important component in understanding your spine and how it works. This issue is ...
Mary experienced all the symptoms of nerve damage even years after the car accident and surgery on her arm to repair a fractured elbow. She was not sure if the trauma at the time of the accident or surgery caused the weakness, numbness, and pain in her arm. Her friend Louise fractured an ankle and ...
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