Archive for the ‘Low Back Pain’ Category

Low Back Pain And Your Insurance

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Do you suffer from low back pain on and off?  Maybe the occasional knee or leg pain?  If you are seeking care for these problems and you have insurance that will pay for chiropractic care be careful.  If you …

Staying Young Through Balance Exercise

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

I was asked by a patient the other day, “what type of exercises should I do?”  As a Fort Collins Gonstead chiropractor, this is a question that I am frequently asked by all types of people from all age …

Back Pain From Reading In Bed

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Just the other day in my Fort Collins chiropractic office a patient came in with back pain from reading in bed.  She had spent a couple hours finishing her book and the next morning she had back pain.

Reading is …

Can Sitting At A Desk Cause Back Pain?

Friday, December 30th, 2011

You might think that the person with a physical job would have more back pain than the person who sits for a living.  In my Fort Collins chiropractic office I see more people who sit for a living than …

Chiropractic Doesn’t work

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Every once in a while I here someone make a comment like chiropractic doesn’t work or I went to a chiropractor and I got worse.  Well, I do have to admit that there are some chiropractors that are better than …

Back Pain–Almost Everyone Gets It, Why?

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

Everyone of us is different.  We have different histories, filled with accidents, big traumas, little traumas, work and exercise.  When we fall we expect to hurt.  You might say that we earned that injury.  When we over do, we earned …

Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

Low back pain is one of the costliest work-related injuries in the U.S.  As a Fort Collins chiropractor I have a wide variety of patients.  Some suffer from low back pain, some headaches, some neck pain.  Others have knee …

Spondylolysis, Answers For Parents

Friday, December 16th, 2011

A spondylolysis is a defect in the neural arch, usually in the portion of the vertebra called the pars interarticularis.  Spondylolisthesis is a slipping of one vertebra forward on another.  Spondylolysis has never been found in a newborn.  By the …

Back Pain and Associated Leg Pain

Monday, December 12th, 2011

Do you suffer from low back pain?  Have you or do you have leg pain between you knee and ankle?  You may even have had low back pain in the past and your back pain in now gone.  If …

Foam Rollers for Back Pain

Friday, December 9th, 2011

I’m a Fort Collins Chiropractor and give personal instruction on the use of foam rollers for back pain.  The foam roller is for warming up and introducing motion into you thoracic spine.  This tool is great to use at home …