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	<title>Greenbrier Family Chiropractic &#187; whiplash</title>
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		<title>Neck Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relief From Whiplash Of the millions of people who visit doctors of chiropractic each year, a large number have had whiplash injuries. Whiplash injuries occur when a person&#8217;s spine, usually their neck, was hurt by being unexpectedly or suddenly thrown very quickly in one direction and then in the opposite direction. You might say the head is &#8220;whipped around&#8221; on the neck. Whiplash is one of the most common consequences of auto accidents; it is estimated that 15% -30% of car occupants will suffer neck pain. In almost all whiplash-type injuries the spine is thrown first in one direction and then is pulled in the opposite direction2 because the muscles react to the initial injury by pulling or rebounding in the opposite direction. The rebound can and often does cause injury to your soft tissues &#8211; muscles, ligaments, tendons and other tissues. Occasionally a whiplash injury can result from side to side motion of the neck, also called left and right lateral hyperflexion. There is more to whiplash than being thrown forward and backward. Usually the head is turned to the right or left a little when an accident occurs and this can complicate the effects of the injury. WHIPLASH DAMAGE Whiplash can be mild to severe and can range from rapid healing to slow healing to long-term chronic pain and impairment. It can cause serious problems because it can cause long-term damage. Studies show that a large percentage of whiplash sufferers, from 50%5 to as much as 80%6 may continue to suffer pain and some amount of disability for years after the accident. SPINAL CORD DAMAGE Depending on the severity of the accident, whiplash damage can range from barely noticeable stiffness to death. A worst case scenario occurs in a small minority of cases where there is actual bone fracture and spinal cord damage causing paralysis and death. WHIPLASH SYMPTOMS Whiplash symptoms may start as neck soreness or stiffness, perhaps accompanied by a headache immediately or within a few hours of the accident. Along with these symptoms there may be pain and/or numbness, tingling, or a pins-and-needles feeling between the shoulder blades, arm and hand. Some people may experience ear ringing, dizziness, or even hearing loss. Sometimes the eyes can be affected and there may be pain behind the eyeballs, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, or other visual symptoms. Occasionally, there may be tearing or running of the nose. POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME A concussion may accompany a whiplash. It occurs from a violent shaking of the head where the brain is thrown around against the skull &#8211; similar to scrambling an egg without damaging the shell, Concussion symptoms may include headache, restlessness, irritability, insomnia, moodiness, depression and emotional litters&#8217; that may last for hours or days after the accident. This grouping of symptoms is now being called Post concussion Syndrome (PCS). MEDICAL CARE An individual who has been in an accident should first make sure that there is no life-threatening emergency &#8211; broken bones, bleeding or hemorrhage, internal organ damage, serious contusions or abrasions, shock and other damage. This is the specialty of emergency medicine, which does its best work when dealing with trauma or accidental injury. After the patient is out of immediate danger and when it is safe to do so, their spine desperately needs to be checked by a doctor of chiropractic for life-threatening spinal damage, called the vertebral subluxation complex. That is essential because many whiplash sufferers live in pain for years after the injury, forced to survive on painkillers, muscle relaxants and various therapies including surgery because the spinal damage a doctor of chiropractic can correct has not been eliminated. In many cases a visit to the chiropractor may give great relief safely, quickly and without drugs or surgery. CHIROPRACTIC CARE Not only whiplash but any kind of accident may cause the vertebral subluxation complex where the vertebrae (spinal bones) are out of proper alignment and &#8220;impinging&#8221; or irritating spinal nerves.10 Painkillers, muscle relaxers, sedatives, or physical therapy cannot re-align the vertebrae and relieve the nervous system from pressure. What is needed is chiropractic care (spinal adjustment) to realign the spinal column.]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greenbrier Family Chiropractic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arm, Shoulder, Hand Problems Some people may blame their shoulder (or other joint) problems on &#8220;old age&#8221; even though their other shoulder, which doesn&#8217;t have any problems, is just as old. What controls your shoulders, arms and hands? How does a message from the brain tell the arm to move, regulate the heartbeat or control the functions of glands and internal organs which arc so far away from it? The brain &#8220;talks&#8221; with the rest of your body through a vast telecommunications system made up of nerves. Nerves reach out of your brain in a large bundle called the spinal cord and travel down your back inside the spinal column. As the nerves from your brain travel down your spinal cord they first have to pass through holes (foramina) between the spinal bones (vertebrae). Some nerves go straight to their point of destination but some first mix with other nerves to form complicated nerve networks that anatomists call a nerve plexus.  You have a number of plex uses in your body: there&#8217;s the cervical plexus along each side of your neck, the brachial plexus near your shoulders, the solar plexus near your stomach, the lumbar plexus in your lower back and many, many others. In this brochure we&#8217;re going to discuss the brachial plexus. The brachial plexus is made up of nerves which come out of the middle and lower neck and upper back. After they interconnect to form the brachial plexus they branch off to supply different areas. This is especially true in the shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands and fingers. The most common form of brachial plexus damage is to the nerves that make up the brachial plexus as they exit the spinal column through the foramina plexus. In the foramina the nerves are surrounded by a ring of bone and meninges (tough coverings) and if the ring becomes smaller the nerves may become compressed or &#8220;pinched:&#8217; What causes the nerves to get &#8220;pinched&#8221;? Many things: long-standing spinal stress; old injuries such as falls from childhood: new injuries such as sports mishaps or car accidents (especially whiplash &#8211; a situation where the head and neck are suddenly &#8220;snapped&#8221; forward and backward); arthritis; being twisted, pulled or shaken; or even sleeping in an awkward position as well as many other stresses and strains of daily living. RESULTS OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS Depending on which brachial plexus nerves are damaged, different symptoms and problems may be experienced. Neck pain or neck stiffness may be one of the first signs of brachial plexus damage. In some people the pain may radiate to the shoulder and down to the arm, wrist, hand, or finger Sometimes there is extremity pain, but not neck pain. Sometimes there&#8217;s no pain but numbness &#8211; a sure sign of nerve damage. Other times there&#8217;s pain in one area, the brachial plexus goes to numbness in another. &#8220;Pins and needles&#8221; of the fingers or other areas can be a sign of brachial plexus problems, while weakness of the involved parts may also occur. OTHER CONDITIONS Because of the complicated way nerves interrelate, conditions such as headache; migraine; facial pain; dizziness, throat conditions; thyroid and nasal problems, epilepsy, and limited, painful or stiff motion of the head and neck; have been reported as being caused by brachial plexus damage. Lower back pain has been reported to be caused by cervical or neck spinal damage as well. CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS is now so common it&#8217;s been called the &#8216;occupational disease of the 1990&#8242;s.&#8221; Symptoms include tingling and numbness in the hand, fingers and wrist; pain so intense that it awakens you at night and similar symptoms in the upper arm, elbow, shoulder or neck. Increasing numbers of people are seeking chiropractic care. As one researcher has written: &#8220;Faulty innervation caused by spinal joint lesions is one of the main factors in the productimi of wrist swelling, carpal tunnel syndrome, [and] tennis elbow.&#8221; THE CHIROPRACTIC APPROACH Although chiropractic&#8217;s success with shoulder, arm and hand problems is well documented. The chiropractic approach to a person&#8217;s health problems is very different from the medical approach. Rather than treat the condition a patient has, the chiropractor concentrates on the health of the patient. VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATIONS Chiropractic is devoted to correcting abnormal spinal structural conditions called vertebral subluxations. Spinal nerve stress which cause abnormal spine and joint motion and nervous system stress. Unless corrected, vertebral subluxations can cause or contribute to many health conditions and prevent or interfere with the normal healing process. YOUR INNER HEALER The chiropractor specializes in analyzing your spinal column for vertebral subluxations and correcting them when found. In this way the chiropractor helps restore the healthy flow of nerve impulses between the brain and the body parts.]]></description>
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