Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition characterized by widespread / whole body pain that is often difficult to diagnose. Some patients may spend years going to different doctors, undergoing many tests (of which most, if not all, are "negative"), and they may be diagnosed with different conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, hypothyroidism, or mononucleosis before [..]

"For the last few months, I’ve been waking up at night with numbness and tingling in my hand. Lately, I’ve been waking up more often, 3-4 times a night, and I’m having a hard time falling back to sleep. When I drive, my hands fall asleep within a few minutes and I have to shake [..]

Traction is a common form of treatment for patients with low back pain. By definition, traction is the "act of pulling a body part." That basically means traction can be applied to an arm, leg, finger, toe... virtually any body part that one can get a hold of. Here, the focus of traction is being [..]

In 1985, Professor Emeritus of Orthopedics and Director of the Low-Back Pain Clinic at the University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada, Dr. W. H. Kirkaldy-Willis and his colleague Dr. J. D. Cassidy, presented the results of chiropractic spinal manipulation in 283 patients with chronic, disabling, treatment resistant low back pain. Their study was published in the journal Canadian [..]

"When I woke up this morning, I couldn’t move my neck! Every time I try to move it, I feel sharp pain on the left side of the neck shooting down into the shoulder blade. It just came out of nowhere!" If this sounds like you, then chances are you are suffering from a common [..]

Do you wake up feeling tired, washed out, and dragged down? Do you have generalized pain throughout your body that doesn’t seem to respond to anything you’ve tried? Do you wake up multiple times a night and fight to get  back to sleep? These are classic symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM). However, when caught early and [..]

"When I try to thread a needle, button my shirt, or crochet, I can’t seem to feel my finger tips. I’ve also noticed when unscrewing jars, my grip feels weak. In fact, I almost dropped a cup of coffee the other day. I wake up 3-4 times a night and I have to shake my [..]

Low back pain is a very common problem affecting 80-90% of all of us at some point during our lives. But why? There are many reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that we are two-legged animals carrying two-thirds of our weight above our waist. Studies have shown deterioration or arthritis occurs much sooner in [..]

Whiplash occurs when the neck is suddenly and forcefully jerked, and is typically associated with car crashes. The speed at which the neck is forced upon impact is faster than we can contract our muscles in attempt to stop such movement. This results in muscle, tendon, and/or ligament over-stretching, even tearing. Symptoms can include stiff [..]

"I was digging a hole in my garden and hit a rock with the shovel. After clearing the dirt from around the rock, I bent over and reached into the hole. I couldn’t get a good grip on the rock and had to twist my body to get my arm under it. As I started [..]