Springs Family Chiropractic

Do your kids jump from the couch, the bed, the stairs, like they’re acrobats? Or stunt doubles in a movie? This is pretty common for kids under youthful energy and fearless minds. Do you have babies or infants that can’t move their head very well or are hitting their head against the crib or always grabbing their neck or head with their hands? Parents see this activity in a baby or infant can be stressful or unsettling. Do your children have allergies or they seem to be sick all the time? This can be sad and frustrating for a child and the parent. A child’s life does not have to stay this way with struggles of health and physical ability. Children get exposed to many different forms of stress as do adults. We expect kids to be resilient, young, and tress free. However they really do have daily stressors that effect the functioning of their nervous system and their health. We’re going to review some of these stressors and how to correct them at your local chiropractic clinic. Fi...

Do you have numbness in your hand or fingers? Do you have a hard time holding things because your hand is weak? Do small repetitious movements hundreds of times a day make your wrist or arm hurt? If these previous symptoms match what you’re presently experiencing you may have Carpal Tunnel. Other conditions may cause symptoms and problems like carpal tunnel. The treatments and the solutions for all of them are pretty similar. Let’s review the anatomy first to understand it. In the neck, nerves come out of the bones in the side of the neck called the Brachial Plexus. These nerves go underneath the collar bone and into the arm pit. Then the nerves run down the arm into the elbow then through the wrist into the hand. These nerves that come out of the neck and into the arm and hand control all the functioning of the arm and hands: oxygen and blood, sensory, and energy for muscles to contract and relax. In the wrist, there are nine little carpal bones. These bones together make an arch...