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Don’t Let Your Back Pain Reach Desperation Level
Conservative methods for addressing back pain
Flexion/Distraction manipulation is a technique developed by Dr. James Cox that uses a specialized table to put you in different planes of motion, including passive distraction, lateral bending, flexion and rotation. These motions reduce intradiscal pressure and widen the spinal canal area to provide a reduction in symptoms of pain that are characteristic to hernaited discs. We can also achieve improvements in range of motion of the spinal joints. This is a widely used and well-researched form of spinal manipulation; a gentle, non-invasive procedure that helps many people find relief from pain in as little as 30 days from the initial treatment. Many people find the treatment relaxing.
Recapturing the Lost Vitality of Youth
How chiropractic and acupuncture support a younger you
- Chiropractic adjustment: the regularity of internal and external stressors demands that we regularly re-align the body so that the nervous system can work optimally and healing is maximized.
- Therapeutic massage: for increasing blood circulation to stiff, sore muscles, helping them heal and provoking the body’s release of feel good chemicals that fight pain and stress.
- Exercise & Rehabilitation: stretching and strengthening are two of the most important tools in our arsenal when it comes to rehabiliation and prevention moving forward.
- Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine: to ease pain, fight stress, improve circulation and increase well-being.
Feel Your Body Come Alive to The Rhythm of Movement
We provide the solutions that will help you move more
So what is the secret? Get moving. Discard the little windows of time you spend zoned out scrolling through internet meme and stretch. Stand up and extend your arms fully forward, with hands clasped, and push your fingers against the back of your hands. Feel your body come alive as your structures and muscles are called to duty.
At your Park Slope Chiropractor, we help people find their inner healthful being. Making you aware is only the first step: instilling the virtue of posture and a thirst for mobility is a key goal for us. We can help you create a plan for core strengthening, resistance and mobility training that will restore your back to a state of health.
For Your Best Night’s Sleep, Choose Acupuncture
Finding a better night’s sleep through natural means
TCM relies upon the methodology that all forms of body disharmony, illness and disease are effectively treated by restoring harmony to the Qi along the energy meridians of your body, thus healing organs and body systems. This includes sleep disorders. We synergize the power of TCM with chiropractic to give your body a multi-dimensional support network. As it relates to sleep, there are two primary energy meridians that apply: one, which is responsible for the quality of sleep, and one which regulates proper timing and duration of sleep.
By balancing the bio-energy along these meridians, restful and restorative sleep can return to your life. I can also make recommendations pertaining to lifestyle habits and diet that could be affecting your sleep. The exact type of acupuncture treatment that will benefit you can only be determined through collaboration between the client and a licensed practitioner. We will determine the root cause of your sleep disturbance and create a plan that will improve your sleep quality.
Sinus Headaches Respond Well to Acupuncture Treatment
Taking a holistic approach to treating sinus infection and headaches
Acupuncture treatment for sinusitis focuses on points specifically related to the sinuses. The Bitong point is particularly useful in managing pain from sinus infections: when needled or massaged, this point helps to open up the sinuses. There are many complimentary points that can be needled along with the Bitong to encourage drainage, relieve pressure and reduce mucus production; the points we target depend on your individual diagnosis. Many people find relief from pain and pressure immediately after a treatment.
Sinus headaches be gone!
Acupuncture positively affects all aspects of health. It can make a big difference in the way your body deals with and, ultimately, overcomes sinus problems. At Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture of Park Slope, we use it in tandem with chiropractic treatment to maximize your well being. Find out more by giving our new office a call to schedule an appointment today.
Taking A Holistic Approach to Stress Management
Coming to terms with your stress
Stress can cause physical pain. Experiencing stress regularly is harmful: high blood pressure is one of its better known side effects, but overstress can lead to a whole range of physical ailments from muscle tissue deterioration to chronic headaches. It is common to hear that joint pain is experienced during moments of prolonged stress. This pain is processed by the central nervous system through a system of neuron transmissions in the spinal cord. The spine then sends signals to the brain, which creates the sensation of pain. Do you ever feel tense when you are stressed? This is a physiological manifestation of the tightness in your muscles. If back muscles are tensing and retracting, they can create misalignments in your spine that cause pressure to the nerves. Simply put stress= pain.
Stress can be treated by chiropractic therapy!
Spinal manipulation restores your spine back into alignment and treats nerves that may have become inflamed due to the build up of stress. Chiropractic and acupuncture are both proven to improve blood circulation. At our office in Park Slope, we use natural methods to boost your body’s natural energy levels, thus helping you cope with stress in a healthier, more effective manner. All of these are important to an effective stress management plan.
Winter Wellness
Feeling your winter best
Your immune and nervous systems fight hard in cold weather; they are often worn down more quickly in winter than in other seasons, hence the seasonal cold, and the outbreaks of flu during cold months. Operating on the idea that the odds are slightly stacked against your nervous and immune systems during winter, holistic medicine attempts to tip the scale back in their favor. Using chiropractic adjustments to establish spinal alignment and balance, your nervous system is less encumbered. Acupuncture balances the body further by stimulating circulation, nourishing all parts of your body with nutrient and oxygen-rich blood and cycling away waste products.
Winter is a grind
Our services ensure that the cold, dark New York winter doesn’t get the best of you. Many of our patients find that with regular attention to their physical and mental balance, they are able to avoid seasonal illness completely. If you are interested in finding out more about our holistical wellness plan for winter, give our office a call to schedule an appointment today.
Banishing Back Pain from Breastfeeding
A healthy transition for mother and child
Keep these tips in mind:
- When sitting, recline to an angle of 20 degrees to take pressure off your neck.
- Use cervical and lumbar support pillows when sitting
- Choose a supportive chair when sitting
- Vary your position between sitting and standing to prevent muscle fatigue
- When standing, always use a baby carrier or a wrap
- If lying down, make sure to use a pillow to prop yourself up and support your upper body effectively
From here, it is a matter of exercising to restore lost muscle tone and improve the weight-bearing and compression-resistance capabilities of your core muscles. If you can do this while also focusing heavily on hydration, nutrition and sleep, you will go a long way towards making a healthy transition for yourself and, by extension, your child. At Community Chiropractic & Acupuncture, we can facilitate this process! We have the expertise and experience to help you fight pain and keep well being on the up and up. Give our office a call to schedule an appointment today.
Calcium-Magnesium Balance for Better Spinal Health
Magnesium is key to calcium absorption
So many people focus exclusively on intaking the recommended amount of calcium and vitamin D, forgetting about magnesium. Magnesium and calcium share a complementary relationship, the former helping the body absorb the latter. Without a balance of magnesium, calcium accumulates in the body and this in of itself can be detrimental. Magnesium has a lot of health benefits beyond simply helping your body absorb calcium but, from a spinal wellness perspective, this can be one of its most important roles. Fortunately, magnesium is even more widely available from natural foods than calcium and certainly moreso than vitamin D.
Simple diet tricks for improving spinal health
The magnesium-calcium balance is a great example of how simple dietary changes can have profound effects on your spinal health. If you are interested in finding out more, give our office in Park Slope a call to schedule an appointment today.
How Acupuncture Directly Treats Back Pain
Acupuncture for back pain explained through a western medicine lens
Studies show that when acupuncture needles are inserted at specific points in the body, they stimulate a nervous system response- neurochemicals including endorphins are released in the brain, triggering a ripple effect of chemical and hormone release throughout the body, that in turn affects the spinal cord and the localized soft tissues. These chemicals change the way you perceive pain and help the body regulate its internal functioning; the resulting improvement in biomechanical balance is what TCM calls balancing the Qi.
Making your body more capable of caring for itself
For all these reasons, acupuncture should be a front line treatment. It should not be a last resort, when all other pain remedies have been tried and proven ineffective. It is most effectively used as a conservative, proactive approach to dealing with back pain and dysfunction. If you are interested in finding out more, give our office a call to schedule an appointment today.