“When I woke up this morning, I couldn’t move my neck! Every time I try to move it, I feel sharp pain on the left side of the neck shooting down into the shoulder blade. It just came out of nowhere!” This is a common complaint that we receive at our chiropractic office in Springfield,…
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After My Car Accident, Why Do I Hurt So Much?
There are many different reasons why injuries sustained in car crashes result in chronic or long term pain. First, there are several types of tissues in the neck that can give rise to pain. The most intense pain comes from the tissues with the greatest density of nerve fibers, such as the joint capsules and…
Simple “On-The-GO” Low Back Exercise
At my chiropractic office in Springfield, VA patients often say “Doc, I try to do my exercises but I have to hit the ground running in the morning….to get the kids ready for the school bus….I have morning meetings….I’m not a morning person….I’m pulled in 100 directions during the day….I forget about them until I’m…
Vibram Five Fingers the next big thing or the next big injury?
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years you have probably heard of Vibram Five Fingers shoes. These shoes are very minimalistic in nature and create a barefoot like experience for your feet. The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 20 muscles, and tons of sensory receptors also called…
Why You Need To Be CrossFit
Most of the injuries that I see in my chiropractic office in Springfield, VA are repetitive strain injuries. These injuries occur from the patient losing range of motion in a particular joint thus putting additional stress on another joint or area of the body. This additional stress eventually causes the patient to develop a repetitive strain…