Preventative chiropractic care is becoming more and more popular as people start to learn its easier to prevent things than wait until problem shows up.  Some good example of preventative care are going to a dentist to check your teeth, a MD for a general checkup, or a chiropractor to check your spine.  All important in finding issues before they get out of hand and lead to problems later down the road.

How is health defined?

Chiropractic healthcare is very important in maintaining a balance through the spine and nervous system.  By making sure the body is functioning at 100% your promoting its own ability to heal itself and prevent issues from showing up.  The body is constantly being bombarded by toxins, stress, and traumas by daily living.  The nervous system is what keeps the body functioning properly.  When any of these stresses becomes too much issues start showing up.  The problems start well before there are any symptoms.  Health is not defined as simply healthy or unhealthy.  There is a large spectrum of health and its important to be at the highest highest potential you can.

How can chiropractic help?

Chiropractors are very effective of being able to find where the body is being impacted and make corrections to help restore the bodies natural balance.  Chiropractic is not only very effective in helping treat people who are experiencing back and neck aches but also people who aren’t having any symptoms.  This can be a very effective tool and finding potential problems which may eventually lead to lead to back and neck pains later down the road.   It also improves the overall well being of a person.

Your bodies nervous system is the best tool to preventative healthcare.  There is nothing out in the world more effective in correcting issues than your own body.  Make sure its working at its maximal potential by getting preventative chiropractic care from a chiropractor.

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Neck sprains are very common and if left untreated can lead to some serious issues.  The pain accompanied with a neck sprain is caused because their is damage to the tissue in the area.  This causes inflammation in the area to signal the body to start healing.  Inflammation causes pain because it irritates the nerves.

Multiple factors in your neck can cause pain and a sprain.  If the bones in your neck are misaligned it causes an imbalance in the structure.  This leads to decrease range of motion, and tightness on the muscles and ligaments supporting the neck.  To help stabilize the neck the body restricts the movement in the neck so you cant cause further harm.  Unfortunately if this goes on for too long the body adapts to this new position and you lose the ability to have proper motion in the neck.  If this continues for years degeneration sets in the neck and eventually the neck will fuse because there is no longer a need to move the neck.  In a lot of cases the pain in the neck goes away but its at the cost of restricted motion and degeneration.

Recurrent neck pain is not normal and a big sign of issues in the neck.  With the added stresses on our necks everyday its important to get it treated as soon as possible.

Some common things associated with a neck sprain.

• Migraines
• Headaches
• Torticollis
• Decrease range of motion
• Neck pain
• Pain down the arms

How can chiropractic help?

We do an in depth examination of your neck and find out if there is a main cause you are experiencing a neck sprain.  If needed we take x-rays to get a better picture of the structural integrity.  Combining x-rays and tests we can have a good idea of the treatment needed to restore proper balance to the neck.  Usually this involves realigning the bones in the neck and helping restore your normal range of motion again.

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There are a few things to pay attention to when you are evaluating your kids posture for.  If you are looking at the side of your kid the  ears, shoulders, hips and knees should all line up.  If you are looking from front to back or vice versa, the shoulders, eyes, and hips should all line up.

Some big clues your child has postural issues:

• One shoulder is higher than the other
• Neck is tilted to one side
• Scapula is higher on one side or off to the side
• One hip is higher than the other
• Shoulders rolled forward
• Hunching forward
• Increased curve in the back (hunchback)
• Pain or stiffness

Telling your kid just to stand up straight is a great reminder but most of the time they have no control of it.   Their are spinal issues causing stress in the back and its not physically possible for them to stand up straight without them being corrected.
Chiropractic is very effected in treating postural issues in kids.  It is a lot easier to treat kids while they are young and before they have stopped growing.  Adjustments have a much greater impact on kids than adults and in what might only take a few adjustments to correct the problem in a kid might take months of care to help an adult.

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We use indicators when determining where the body needs adjusted.  These indicators precisely tell where the problem is and can will go away if the proper adjustment is used.  The goal is for these indicators to be gone indicating the body is back to a normal stable state.  Examples of these indicators are if a problem is primary in the pelvis or the occiput.  If there is a shoulder issue is the problem the scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, wrist, clavicle, the joint, muscles, etc.

We also have a deep understanding with cranial motion and how it effects the rest of the body.  80% of the nervous system is located in the head.  The skull must have normal motion to function properly.  The rest of the body can not function properly if the top is not moving.  Example of this is if one eyebrow is higher than the other or a newborn baby and there is a bulge in one part of its skull.

We are not one of those offices that adjust the same 3 bones every time.  We find what you need adjusted and everyone is different.  There are normal patterns the body develops but there should be positive changes with treatment.  We do regular progress exams to show you the improvements the body is making.

Let us help you start on the road to increased health and wellness.

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Back pain

Redmond Chiropractor: back pain is a very common issue people experience through their lives.     Most people actually have it all the time and have gotten used to living with it.  Its important to realize that back pain is something you do not have to live with.  Its actually an important sign there are issues with the body and there is a need to have them addressed.  Back pain is commonly caused by issues in the spine.  The spine protects the nervous system and allows nerves to branch off from the brain/spinal cord to every part in the body.  This controls function in how we think, move and live.  If the balance of the nervous system gets compromised the body lets you know with the feeling of pain.

Chiropractic is one of the safest and successful treatments of back pain.  At our office we work to improve the spine and nervous system function.  We use indicators that tell us where in the body do we need to treat.  Its very complicated finding the actual correct treatment for the body because alot of the time the body will adapt to the stresses on it.  This means where the actual pain is felt might not be where the actual correction needs to be.  We see this everyday in our practice.  Finding that key issue corrects most of the problems.

Back pain can feel different in multiple people.  In some people the pain/problem can be felt  as a very sharp, dull, achy, tingling, burning, or numb sensation.  All of these are symptoms of the body in distress and the need to help re-establish a balance.  While a sharp, burning, numb sensation usually points directly to a nerve problem the dull achey sensation points to a muscle problem.  In both of these scenarios if the spine is balanced and working at 100% the symptoms will go away.

At Redmond Chiropractic Center we focus on the on each needs of the patients and our goal is to help everyone experience a healthier life.

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One of the best immune boosters comes from colostrum.  This is the first food a baby receives after birth before milk is actually produced.   It is one of the main reasons breast feeding is so vital right away.  Clinical tests have proved its ability to fight off bacteria, viruses, and respond to pathogens.

The colostrum you can buy comes from cows and research has shown it has the same immune supporting factors as humans.

If you are interested in learning more or purchasing colostrum please contact Redmond Chiropractic.

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How can chiropractic help?

We work on stabalizing the pelvis, knee, and foot so they are all in align with each other.  Once they are aligned this helps take pressure off of the iliotibial band and we can work on specifically relaxing it.

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The psoas is a very important muscle for stabilizing the pelvis and the low back.  It has attachments in the lumbars and discs of the low back.  From there it attaches to the hip.  At redmond chiropractic we make sure this muscle is balanced and is a huge key to improving the bodies ability to function properly.

Symptoms of a tight or weak psoas

• Pain in the pelvic area
• Loss of balance
• Difficulty sitting
• Low back pain
• Difficulty walking

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Symptoms of a pinched nerve

• Burning
• Radiating
• Pins and needles
• Numbness
• Muscle weakness
• Sharp pain
• Tingling

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When most people try and improve their posture there is not much of a change.  If the body was able to stand up straight it would because it is the most stable position.

In chiropractic we focus in improving the spines ability to move and function so it automatically assumes a more upright posture.  We also give you the right exercises to help improve your posture and change bad habits you have developed over the years.

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