NECK PAIN ANATOMY and ARM PAIN

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However, pain in the neck with associated DISABILITY is less common: 12-month prevalence ranged up to 11.5% in the general population.

Neck Pain Anatomy will give you some idea of the complexity of your neck pain ... and why you should be considering CHIROPRACTIC HELP. Neck Pain Anatomy ...

The neck is of course most often the origin of arm pain. Can you get relief of the pain in your arm by placing your hand on your head? Or does it aggravate the pain? This is very significant. ARM PAIN ...

RIB PAIN TREATMENT

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The ribcage was designed to give protection to the vital organs, in particular the heart and lungs. However, compromise was needed to enable us to breathe.

So these organs are surrounded by a cage of bone, interspaced with small gaps filled with rib muscles (and some other structures, nerves and an artery). The ribs have to rise, increasing the space in the chest, drawing fresh air into the lungs, and then drop again as we exhale.

But, this compromise has made the rib joints vulnerable to injury. A shower of sneezes is one such common injury causing the so-called "sprung rib" with very sharp pain in the middle of the back with every breath.

Lightly run your fingers along the attachment of the ribs to your sternum on the side of your rib pain. Are the rib cartilages tender? You may be about to get a painful condition called Tietzes syndrome that we see and treat on a frequent basis in the Chiropractic clinic. If it involves the rib cage on the left, patients often think they are having a heart attack. TIETZES SYNDROME ...

LOWER BACK AND LEG PAIN

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This is a very sure sign of a lumbar disc bulge, in this instance the so-called Postero Lateral Disk herniation with this young man leaning AWAY from the painful side. It's a serious sign and should never be taken lightly. POSTERO LATERAL DISK HERNIATION ...

More commonly it's the Sacroiliac Joint Anatomy that's the spoke in your wheel, producing a myriad of signs from local buttock pain, to pain in the groin, pain down the side of the leg. It's also frequently the cause of the "Failed Hip Operation". Nothing wrong with the surgery after a hip arthritis op, but no sacroiliac joint treatment was considered necessary to loosen up the accompanying fixation in the SIJ.

Maignes Syndrome is a uniquitous condition producing radiating pain from the upper lumbar spine that can radiate to the buttock, side of the thigh and the groin. Everywhere at once! Specific treatment will be done by your Chiropractor and these Maignes Syndromes exercises may help. Always check with your Chiropractor that he is happy that you are doing them.

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CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (CASA)

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Our insurance premiums are extremely low in comparison with our medical colleagues because there are very few complaints and law suits against chiropractors. You may get some temporary after-pain after your treatment but it's very rare that a chiropractor will cause you serious injury as happens after taking many medications such as Anti Inflammatory drugs. Read more about doctor-caused disease, also known as Iatrogenic Illness. CASA official website: www.Chiropractic.co.za ...

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