by admin | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
At some point growing up, most of us have our eyes checked, our teeth checked, our ears checked, and more. How many of us though can truly say that we’ve had our spine checked and have done so since a young age? Aside from the usual in-school scoliosis screening performed by the school nurse or the physical education teacher, the majority of us have never had a regular thorough and complete examination of our spine. As a result, most of us don’t know whether or not our spine is even in alignment. Due to the relationship between your spine and your nervous system, changes in your spinal alignment can have significant adverse effects on your health. Obviously, symptoms like low back pain and neck pain are the two big ones, but even in the absence of regular pain there could be abnormal changes that should be addressed. In our office for example, we’ve had patients who appear completely healthy and have no history of back pain, until a simple action, like a sneeze or picking up a child, causes their back to spasm and their pain levels to shoot through the roof. These sort of seemingly innocent actions creating this type of pain are all too common, and are usually indicative of some sort of increased spinal stress resulting from abnormal alignment. Although pain is a common symptom of spinal problems, it shouldn’t be the only focus. The presence or absence of pain is not a true indicator of health, and the other issues resulting from problems with spinal alignment are numerous. They include headaches, sciatica, pinched nerve pain,...
by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Lower back pain is one of the most costly and prevalent health conditions affecting our population today, resulting in nearly $50 billion in annual medical expenses and countless visits to the doctor’s office. Despite it’s prevalence, many of the traditional approaches for treating lower back issues are flawed, usually overlooking the underlying structural issues and also potentially exposing patients to dangerous or addictive pain medications. Join Dr. Travis McKay as he discusses the anatomy and physiology of lower back pain, the problems with popular treatment approaches, and how to naturally and effectively reduce your pain, improve your mobility, and bulletproof your low back! If you, or someone you know, suffers from sciatica, arthritis, disc pain, or any other low back problem, please join us at the Newark Senior Center on March 26th at 1PM! Even if you’re currently a patient, please feel free to attend this workshop as a supplement to your...
by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Due to the worsening weather, we will be CLOSED this afternoon during our 3-6 shift! Our plan is to be back open tomorrow afternoon for normal hours. Please call us if you have any questions about rescheduling. Stay safe!
by admin | Feb 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
How the influenza pandemic of 1917-1918 saved the chiropractic profession. At the beginning of 1917, chiropractic was on the verge of extinction as a profession. Not one chiropractor on the planet was licensed by any state or federal authority to practice chiropractic as chiropractic was not recognized by regulatory authorities as a profession to be licensed. All over the country, doctors of chiropractic were being arrested for practicing medicine without a license. Imagine how difficult it must have been to try to build a practice after being on the front page of the local newspaper being led away in handcuffs. Then came the influenza pandemic, which killed more people than any illness before or since, more than all wars. Conventional medicine was virtually useless against it. People started to notice that those under chiropractic care, getting adjusted, were not dying at nearly the average rate, in fact hardly any seemed to be dying at all. Soon chiropractors were seeing patients for 12 hours per day in their offices and then going to make house calls to those too ill to come into their offices. By the end of the pandemic most state legislators throughout the nation knew of someone who seemed to have had their life saved by a chiropractor. Chiropractic was licensed in most states within a few years and for decades, the most common reason for a visit to a chiropractor was immune related: to help get over infections, to help have fewer infections or to lesson allergies. Yet chiropractic is not a treatment for any of these conditions. The purpose of chiropractic is to remove interference...
by admin | Jan 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
How often do you see your child in this posture? More than ever, children, teens and young adults are spending hours every day in this abnormal posture, creating a syndrome known as Text Neck. Because of the increased strain on the muscles and joints, children are now reporting chronic neck pain, headaches, mid back pain, and even low back pain; conditions that generally are not seen until middle age. Additionally, abnormal posture like this has been linked to increases in fatigue, allergies, asthma, depression and negative mood as well as the development of arthritis. If you feel like your child is suffering from any of these issues, and that their screen time is a causative factor, call our office at 302-368-1300 or go to handsforlifeomega.org now to schedule a complimentary digital posture evaluation and consultation with one of our doctors. We can help to reverse any potential damage, reduce the pain, and train your child in proper ergonomics and exercises to help rebuild and maintain a proper posture and head position. Our goal is always to treat these issues without pain medication, and our office can help you achieve that regardless of finances or...
