CLINICS CHIROPRACTIC CONDITIONS EXERCISES ARTHRITIS NUTRITION GOOD READS ANATOMY GENERAL HEALTH CHIROPRACTIC COALFACE TINGLING YOUR KIDS SAFETY GENERAL Zuid-Holland
There are many causes of tingling in arms and hands but a good many of them are associated with the so-called
" inter scalene triangle " ...
a narrow passage in the lower neck through which very important structures pass to the arms and hands. A scalenus muscle spasm, a first rib fixation,
cervical ribs
and other conditions can cause either the artery or the brachial plexus to become compromised. The result? Pain and
tingling in the arms and hands ...
GRAYS ANATOMY
Dr Henry Gray was a most remarkable man. In three years he made sketches of the whole body, astonishingly accurate, and then sadly whilst caring for a relative caught the dreaded Smallpox from a patient and died aged 34.
An aside: Some chiropractors tend to rail against vaccinations, and periodically I have my own doubts after patients have reacted very badly, but it is a fact that the scourge that was Smallpox has been wiped off the planet because of vaccinations.
Two of Chiropractic's greatest critics, Singh and Ernst have written a compelling book,
TRICK OR TREATMENT
in which they give us a hard time over the opinions of a minority concerning vaccination. My own opinion, for what it's worth, is that the benefits outweigh the severe reactions when it comes to vaccination against severe diseases like polio? Against the flu? Personally I would never recommend it. A patient recently had an attack of a very severe disease, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, one of the known side-effects of the flu injection.
But back to Grays Anatomy. At the next two pages you can look first at the life of the Henry Gray, and then at the second take a tour with him over the human body. I recommend both.
And then at pages like Neck pain anatomy and Atlanto Occipital Joint anatomy and ankle joint pain anatomy you can get some idea why the whole medical and chiropractic world holds this man in such respect.
If you are NOT a chiropractor, please skip the following section and scroll down to Chiropractic and Lower Back Pain ...
Have A Great Story About a visit to the Chiropractor?
I'm not looking here for funny stories. That we'll find a place for elsewhere, and you can find an abundance of them in my books at Bernard-Preston.com. James Herriott genre books.
Here I'm looking for things that you particularly love / hate about a visit to the chiropractor. Share it! If we get too many, and we probably will, we'll split them.
Are there things you hate about a Chiropractic consultation? Let's hear about it. Hopefully even more stories about things you love.
You see, we Chiropractors can learn from your feedback, both positive and negative.
Lower back pain and tingling in feet and legs consumes 60% of the average chiropractor's work day. It is our specialty, and even medical research is now grudgingly admitting that manipulation and exercise for the injured low back is better than medicine and surgery.
Worse, if your first port of call for low back is your medical doctor, research proves that you are more likely to end up under the knife that if you FIRST consult a Chiropractor. Vital days and weeks, sometimes months and years are wasted, giving dangerous anti inflammatory drugs, and perhaps if that doesn't help, dual antiinflammatory drugs, during which time the condition becomes chronically inflammed and immobilisation arthritis sets in.
DUAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS ...
Pages on
LOWER BACK PAIN ...
L4 LUMBAR SPINE CaseFile, Lumbar stenosis and Piriformis syndrome give you a broader idea of where your chiropractor's expertise lies.
Each rib has FOUR joints. 24 ribs. That's a lot of joints, and each and everyone can cause pain, and disturb the nerve supply to both the organs and along the rib, under the armpit, and to the breastbone, sometimes causing a condition called Tietzes syndrome.
You'll find your Chiropractor taking a keen interest in what you eat and what exercise your are doing. The food we eat, read about broccoli facts, and what we don't eat, think of all the fish oil health benefits, has a profound affect on health, and on the hyaline cartilage in your joints, for example.
Raw fruit and veg are full of the antioxidants now known to prevent cancer. Squeeze your own orange juice, grow your own green beans and lettuce and if you have the space, plant an avocado tree. Really, this isn't rocket science, just science based good health. Eat better, move more, live longer.
Sign up for Chiropractic Tips and you'll get some back exercises that take 40 seconds every morning before getting out of bed. Use the search engine.
"Even brief exposure to tobacco smoke causes immediate harm to the body."
Surgeon General
"Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
$193 billion per year
Health care costs and lost productivity
Occasional smoking or just second-hand smoke damages DNA causing cancer.
"Most smokers are already well aware of their increased risk of acquiring lung cancer. Fewer people know about the patients I see every day, those with cancer of the lips, mouth, nose, throat, sinuses or larynx (where the voice box is located).
These cancers account for about 6 percent of all cancer diagnosed annually in the U.S. Ninety percent of these cancer victims can blame their illness directly on tobacco use."
Paul Donald, M.D.
Over 1,000 Americans per day die directly from smoking.