Springs Family Chiropractic

Have you been in a car or motorcycle accident and decided you weren’t injured, but the next day experienced severe aches and pain in your neck or back? Or perhaps you suffered from a headache, numbness in your hands, legs, or had difficulty flexing your neck or turning your head normally? Maybe you hit your head on the steering wheel, windshield, or headrest during the accident and later experienced headaches, memory loss, blurry vision, or even a painful jaw ache? Or could it be that your symptoms following your accident included chest pain or cramps and spasms in your neck and back? Did you know that during an automobile accident, the most movable object in the car is you… your trunk, neck, and head! Imagine, one thousand pounds of pressure moving through your body in a split second and all of the bones in your neck and spine are mechanically altered by injury at this time. An accident can impact any human, altering the shape of their spine. The airbag, seat belt, and headr...

CHRONIC FATIGUE Do you wake up tired even though you had 8 or more hours of sleep? Do you try to eat right and exercise and still feel tired? Do you go on vacation and feel like it has not helped your energy levels? This is most likely a common problem of chronic fatigue that you are suffering with day after day. A lot of people say that fatigue is genetic, it’s their work, it's their kids, it's being out of shape, not eating right, and from getting older. People will always come up with abundant reasons why they are not feeling well. They are basing their body and its functioning on how they look and feel. They need to be basing their bodies energy production on its present state of function. They also need to get an examination by a chiropractor. Why? Chiropractors are specialist in treating and managing the function of the nervous system. What's so important about that? Your nervous system controls all oxygen, blood, and energy to all the organs, muscles and ...

BACK PAIN Back pain is one of the top 10 complaints of reasons for Americans going to the doctor. Unfortunately, majority of the individuals that go to a family doctor for back pain should know and understand this is not a specialty or their expertise. Their expertise is illness disease and infections. There can be several causes and reasons for back pain. The primary fact that you must know is that pain, if it is new or chronic it can be the cause of compression and damage of a nerve over 40%. Why is that significant? Because your nerves run between your joints, your organs and your muscles. The nerves control all of our oxygen blood and energy for our organs muscles and cells. So if you have a fall or you get hit in a sports event or unfortunately get into a car accident or even sleep funny and a nerve or multiple nerves get pinched, expect dysfunction and deficiency of functioning of your organs and/or muscles. Let’s say you have acute shooting electric pain that might be in ...

ASTHMA Several studies have explored the connection between spinal manipulative therapy (the chiropractic adjustment) and improvement in the symptoms of asthma. Both parents and children have reported lowered severity of asthmatic symptoms following a treatment using chiropractic adjustments. Additional case studies have also shown a link between chiropractic adjustments and a decrease in asthmatic symptoms. NOTE FROM THE DOCTOR: That misaligned ribs can cause shortness of breath? Did you also know, scoliosis in the spine can impair heart and lung functioning? Lastly, did you know misalignments in the neck can affect the vagus nerve that controls the lungs and diaphragm? Dr. Rocco says, regular consistent care can help to get kids or adults off of their asthma medications and improve their quality of life.

ALLERGIES Since the beneficial effects of chiropractic adjustments on the nervous system are well documented, it’s not surprising many chiropractic patients report a reduction of allergy symptoms when treated regularly for vertebral subluxations (misalignment of vertebra causing nerve dysfunctions and injury.)  Misalignment or dysfunctional movements of vertebra can cause a focal irritation in the spine, which then creates an abnormal signal received by the central nervous system, which causes a crisis state in the nervous system.  When this aberrant signal occurs along the same pathway required for the input of normal environmental messages, the body may not interrupt the information correctly.  When this occurs, an allergic reaction can result and a misalignment can worsen allergy symptoms. NOTE FROM THE DOCTOR: Scientific research shows chiropractic adjustments do cause an improvement in most allergy cases, why? If the misalignment is removed and the nervou...

ACHILLES TENDINITIS The Achilles tendon (the heel cord), is a large tendon that is an extension of the two largest calf muscles. It travels down the back of the lower leg and attaches to the heel bone. The Achilles tendon transmits the strong forces of the large gastronomic/soleus muscle group at the back of the calf from the lower leg to the foot. Achilles tendinitis is an extremely painful, and often debilitating aggravation of the tendon. Harm to this valuable tendon can make it hard or even impossible to walk. Most frequently, a debilitating injury to the tendon is the result of an accumulation of smaller stresses that cause small tears over time, although a sudden, single incident, such as jumping, can also be the cause of a serious problem. Most injuries of the Achilles tendon do not result from recent acute injury, but as stated above, develop gradually over weeks or months. These are "overuse" or "misuse" conditions caused by excessive and/or repetitiv...

AUTISM I n our community today we are definitely struggling with an epidemic of autism and kids in the autism spectrum. You may see 1 out of every 68 kids born with autism presently, whereas in 1980 it was 1 out of every hundred thousand. It is controversial on the cause of autism. Researchers question genetics, environmental exposures, chemical toxicity, and vaccinations. Children with Autism can and will have deficiencies in speech development, motor functioning, social development, cognitive awareness, body sensitivity, dysfunctional immune systems, and body detoxification. Many families think they have to struggle and live with this. They are unsure if there are any treatments, quality of life, learning, functioning and independence for their kids. We will educate and inform you that autism is a treatable condition with a holistic approach. This means the best way to treat an autism patients is with  physical, chemical, and emotional modalities. Unfortunately, the conve...

ANXIETY Ask yourself! Do you wake up stressed out and know that work is going to stress you out? Are you eating your stress for lunch, indulging in large amounts of food? Are you biting your nails, pulling your hair out, excessively trying to escape to Facebook? Then you are definitely stressed and have anxiety! Chiropractic corrective care Can definitely save you and help you manage the chaos and stress in your life, family and work. How? Here is the simple physiology. Your nervous system is the most fragile sensitive tissue in your body. It is as thin as tissue paper. This tissue controls all of our oxygen, blood and energy to all of our organs, muscles and cells. Emotional stress can cause our bones and structure to shift out of place and pinch and compress your spinal cord and nerves. In turn this nervous system goes into a crisis state or survival mode. Now, everyday life, family and work does not stop. As this system is in survival mode, your body has impaired ...

ARRHYTHMIA Arrhythmia's are commonly precursors to heart disease, heart attacks, and neurological dysfunctions. Do you ever feel your heart racing in your chest for hours for no reason? Do you ever feel your heart beating abnormally and you can’t catch your breath even if you’re not exerting too much energy? Do you ever feel your heart is beating irregularly for long periods of time making you not feel very good? All of these instances are arrhythmia's. All of these signs should motivate you to go to your doctor and get checked by your family doctor or cardiologist. Commonly, after an exam determining an arrhythmia, you will most likely have to take a beta blocker or other heart regulating medication. You may even have to get a pacemaker. Now on the other side in the chiropractic field heart problems are viewed in different ways. Not discounting the need for medication but addressing the issue that’s causing the heart dysfunction. What do we know? CHIROPRACTIC : WE K...

BICEP TENDINITIS Ever wonder why the front of your shoulder hurts or the front of your elbow hurts? You could have Bicep Tendinitis. What does this mean? The bicep is the muscle in the front of our arm that is designed to flex or bend the elbow while supinating your hand. This means when you bend your elbow, your bicep rotates your hand making your palm face upward. The bicep also flexes the shoulder which raises the arm up to about shoulder level . Imagine after a long day of cleaning, holding a baby up for a long time, pulling weeds, and getting your work out in you begin to feel pain in your shoulder and elbow. Those activities may have strained the bicep muscle. The tendon is part of the bicep muscle that attaches to the bone. This tendon can often get irritated and inflamed. You can have tendinitis in the bicep in three location since there are three different attachments. WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX THIS? Try to rest and not over work the muscle everyday with multiple m...

BUNIONS What is a bunion? A bunion occurs on the inside portion of the big toe, on one or both feet. We are not born with these, these are not fashionable, these are not fun. A bunion is a functional breakdown of the foot mechanics. That means the 28 bones that are in your foot and ankle are not aligned and moving correctly. Commonly shoes that have narrow ends, pointed toe shoes, or narrow toe box shoes with elevated heels and high arch supports will contribute to develop bunions in our feet. Ladies if the shoe had a hard sole that means the shoe does not flex, such as a lot of high heels, and your toes stay extended. This repetitive walking position will cause bunions to develop. Here is what is really happening, if your shoe has a high arch support or is really supinated (rolling your foot outward), this makes your body want to put forces on the outer portion of your foot. Now at the same time if the sole of the foot does not move we naturally walk and push off on our fir...

SCOLIOSIS Wondering if you have scoliosis? Wondering what is scoliosis? There are two types of scoliosis. The first type is called structural scoliosis. This is when a person is born with deformed bones in their or in their neck. When this occurs, instability in the spine occurs and bones in the spine shift out of place sideways and twist causing altered body mechanics, we may even see the ribs and sternum twists causing compression in the heart and lungs. If structural scoliosis is really bad, an orthopedic doctors will fuse the bones or put rods in to straighten and stabilize the spine. After these spine surgeries, the individual will have restricted movement and will eventually develop arthritis in areas that compensate for the bones and joints that cannot move. If no surgery is done, the person will have abnormal bio mechanics, muscle spasms, organ dysfunctions, and a lot of pain. They can receive care from a chiropractic doctor. The chiropractic doctor will a...

RUNNING INJURIES Chronic and new injuries that are unnecessary Running is an amazing recreational and sport activity. I’m amazed at the ability of the human body to run in any terrain dozens of miles and any type of weather condition. Runners always love a challenge. They love to see if they can push themselves. What’s the downside? Most runners run in pain. Not talking about the pain of exertion or fatigue I’m talking about pain in your joints, tendons, and ligaments of your back, your hips, your knees, your ankles and your feet. A lot of runners think it’s a great accomplishment that they can run maybe three or five miles while in pain. They think they’re going to get an award or be rewarded for running and suffering. Running injuries are chronic or have been occurring for a long time caused by altered bio mechanics. If you watch professional runners their mechanics are great and their injuries are minimal and managed when they first occur. Professional running coaches D...