Oct 7, 2010
Do Health Insurance Plans Pay For Chiropractic Care? Compared with CAM therapies as a whole (few of which are reimbursed), coverage of chiropractic by insurance plans is extensive. As of 2002, more than 50 percent of health maintenance organizations (HMOs), more than...
Oct 5, 2010
Treatment Options For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is associated by symptoms and signs, which are caused by compression of the median nerve travelling through the carpal tunnel. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects the hands since it is an upper limb...
Sep 30, 2010
Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ) Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD or TMD), or TMJ syndrome, is an umbrella term covering acute or chronic inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, which connects the mandible to the skull. The disorder and resultant...
Sep 28, 2010
Chiropractic Adjustments Chiropractic Adjustment utilizing the Impulse Adjusting Instrument. This tool is used to create a gentle and painless chiropractic adjustment. This patented and FDA registered device was specifically created to deliver gentle and precise...
Sep 21, 2010
Dentists have recognized that 5 to 15% of the population has TMJ disorders. Dental alterations of occlusion (opening and closing) of the jaw have largely gone ineffective in trying to help jaw disorders. Symptoms associated with TMJ: local persistent jaw pain, pain...
Sep 14, 2010
Have You Been Involved In An Auto Accident? Whiplash can be a very serious injury. Chiropractic can help you with that. We find out what is the source of your pain, and we come up with a personalized treatment plan that gets you the fastest relief of pain, using...
Sep 9, 2010
Who is at risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome? Women are three times more likely than men to develop carpal tunnel syndrome, perhaps because the carpal tunnel itself may be smaller in women than in men. The dominant hand is usually affected first and produces...
Sep 7, 2010
What is carpal tunnel syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist. The median nerve controls sensations to the palm side of the thumb and fingers (although not the...
Sep 2, 2010
Sources of Chronic Pain Chronic pain can arise from many sources. Common sources include injuries that do not completely heal, long-term disease processes and injuries to the nervous system. There are many potential sources of chronic pain, but they all have in...
Aug 31, 2010
Chiropractors are experts trained in the neuromusculoskeletal system. They diagnose and treat disorders of the spine and other body joints by adjusting the spinal column or through other corrective manipulation. Chiropractors provide conservative management of...
