Participation in sports or exercise is an important step in maintaining your health. Exercise strengthens your heart, bones, and joints and reduces stress, among many other benefits. Unfortunately, injuries during participation in sports are all too common and one of most common injuries we treat at my chiropractic in Springfield, VA. Often, these injuries occur…
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What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? How To Treat It
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the result of a repetitive use injury caused when the median nerve, which originates in the neck, travels down the arm and crosses the wrist, gets compressed from repeated use of the hands. Often people who work on a computer get carpal tunnel syndrome, but it can also be caused by…
Relieve Your Muscle Pain With Active Release Techniques
One technique that is safe and highly effective at treating soft tissue injuries is called Active Release Techniques, or ART for short. ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee pain, shoulder pain,…