Relieve your lower back pain without prescription medications
Those with back pain may be suffering from numerous conditions such as back sprain injuries, spinal stenosis, sacroiliac sprain, lumbar intervertebral disc injuries, and facet joint sprains. Experts estimate that as many as 80% of the population will experience back pain or a back problem at some time in our lives.
Chiropractic care for back pain is safe and effective. Along with reducing pain without taking medication, it helps to advance physical therapy and requires less passive forms of treatment. As a part of your chiropractor-suggested treatment plan, they may use spinal manipulation therapy instruments, and therapeutic exercises to reduce your back pain.
Before a chiropractor treats you, they will perform a thorough exam to determine and diagnose the specific cause of your pain. Once they diagnose the specific disorder causing your pain, they will create a customized care plan with your treatment that will lead patients on the path to being pain-free.
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Chiropractic Care for Sciatica
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Sciatica is a very common source of back pain. It refers to nerve pain that begins in the lower back or buttock area and travels to one leg, or sometimes both. Pain that originates in another area of the body that is different from the source of the pain is called neuralgia, referred pain, or…
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Chiropractic Treatment of Scoliosis
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Scoliosis, a sideways curve of the spine, can have devastating affects both psychologically and physically. While most scoliosis cases are mild, when they are severe they can be debilitating. Scoliosis can lead to emotional pain, with the sufferer feeling they are “deformed,” as well as physical pain from the disorder itself. The disorder can affect…
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Whiplash and Chiropractic
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Whiplash is a commonly used term that covers a wide variety of debilitating injuries involving the neck and back after a trauma. While whiplash from a car accident is the most common way to sustain whiplash; you can be struck from any angle and at any speed and become injured. Whiplash can also be caused…
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Your Back Pain: How Spinal Decompression and Chiropractic Adjustments Can Help
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Many people experience low back pain throughout their lives. In fact, it is currently the number one cause of permanent disability, and the second largest reason given for missed work. Low back pain is the second most common reason for doctor visits, and the third most common for surgical procedures. If you have low back…
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How Sitting Can Ruin Your Back
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Bottom Line: Our bodies are designed to move! Many of us however, are trapped commuting to work or spending long hours at a desk staring at a computer screen. For all of the advantages of the modern world, we have noticed an increase in sedentary tendencies. Shockingly, this mostly sedentary lifestyle has been linked to…
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Back Pain, Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Pain and physical discomfort commonly accompany pregnancy. Unfortunately, symptoms such as low-back pain resulting from pressure on the sciatic nerve during pregnancy and other problems can grow even worse. This can lead to debilitating pain symptoms and even more dangerous trips and falls. If you need lower back pain relief during your pregnancy, Dr. Crist…
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11 Tips for Improving Your Posture at Work
By Dr. Jason Crist |
80% of the American population will experience back pain or back problems at some point in their lives. At any given time, there are approximately 31 million Americans suffering from low-back pain specifically. With more and more people working long hours at office jobs or having sedentary jobs in general, the issue of chronic back…
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A Franklin,TN Chiropractor Explains Text Neck
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Nearly everyone has a smartphone or mobile device these days, and while there is some merit to this technology by keeping us more connected – at least virtually – it is wreaking havoc on our bodies. When you look at the posture that people assume when texting, reading email, or browsing social media while on…
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Sports Injury Treatment with a Sports Chiropractor
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Sports Injury Treatment If you have suffered an athletic injury, Crist Chiropractic & Wellness of Cool Springs, TN may be able to help. Our sports injury chiropractor can test, diagnose and treat the cause of your pain or discomfort. Named the best chiropractor in Tennessee in 2010, Dr. Crist is the go-to sports medicine chiropractor…
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Migraine Headaches & Migraine Treatment
By Dr. Jason Crist |
Migraines and other types of headaches can be very painful. They can be caused by tension, stress, sinus pressure, dehydration, and more. In America, 9 out of 10 people suffer from headaches. Some can be temporary, short-term headaches and others, like migraines, can last for days. They can cause minor throbbing pains in the head…
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