Explaining Lower Back Pain
Back pain guidelines recommend seeing a chiropractor or other form of healthcare before medications such as relaxants or opioid based pain relief.
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Break the Pain Cycle
Did you know that pain is created in your brain to let you know that something is not ok within your body? Feeling pain is good because it is actually helpful and informative.
Chiropractic and Headaches
Headaches are a sign that something is not right. Your brain will create for you the sensation of pain if it thinks there is something wrong or if there is a potential problem.
Stress, Pain & the Immune System
Research studies have shown that the way you feel pain all depends on what’s going on for you – and most importantly – what you think and feel about the situation.
Impact of Neck Pain
Did you know that people with neck had poor communication between their neck and their brains which meant that they weren’t as good at controlling their sense of balance.
Lower Back Pain
Scientists have worked out that at any one time, over 500,000,000 people are suffering from low back pain and it is now the leading cause of disability worldwide.
Pain is Created in Your Brain
Did you know that the scientists now know that the feeling of pain is something your brain decides that you should experience – if it believes that there is a problem?
The Prefrontal Cortex Revisited
Did you know that this super-important part of your brain, the prefrontal cortex, is the most vulnerable part of your brain to the negative impacts of stress?
Cerebellum Function
Did you know that chiropractic spinal adjustments can change the way your cerebellum functions? The cerebellum is known as the ‘little brain’ within your brain.
The Prefrontal Cortex
Scientific studies have shown that chiropractic adjustments can change the brain – the most likely taking place in an area of the brain called the pre-frontal cortex.