Where do you start when you want to work on your aches and pains on your own? This is the start of a 3 part series on how to address your body’s pain and dysfunction from a very simple approach. It has all to do with posture!
I am a Type 1 diabetic and have always had a hard time with my blood sugars and with weight. I’ve tried low carb eating, watching glycemic index foods, tons of exercise: cardio and weight training. They all have had a positive effect on me, but I could not sustain it because I was not getting the result that I was expecting. The rewards of all the hard work were not enough. Yes, my blood sugars were better and my weight would drop anywhere from 5-10 pounds over a three-month period. But those rewards were not enough.
Definition: Text neck is a term commonly used for a repetitive stress injury where excessive texting or mobile device use is believed to be the primary cause. Smart phones have really changed the way we live life.
Human beings tend to overcomplicate a lot of things. Many of us are guilty of thinking that anything worth achieving requires a lot of time and effort. For example, if we want to lose weight, we must go on a complicated diet program designed by some famous doctor or health guru on the best sellers list. Or, if we want to gain muscle, we have to work out every day for hours. On the other hand, we think if it’s easy it’s probably too good to be true or it won’t help, yet many of us want “easy” in this complicated, busy world. The bottom line is, whether easy or hard, the basics of a healthy life need to be adhered to. What are the basics?
Every one of us is probably experiencing some type of pain or medical condition in our lives, and some are more difficult to treat than others. Some resolve quickly, like a cold or sore muscles after a good work out at the gym. Other issues may continue to fester for...
After a big storm everybody has to go out into the cold and do hard labor. Shovelful after shovelful of wet, heavy snow is thrown onto a big pile so we can get to our cars, get the kids to school or even just open the front door. Unfortunately, shoveling snow is not a normal movement for us and can result in injuries we should not ignore, but many of us do. As soon as the pain hits, we start to get those loving reminders from our spouses to go have it looked at, but most of the time it falls on deaf ears. Some ibuprofen, Tylenol, heat and rest is what most people do. Then a week later you may be feeling OK. If it doesn’t go away most people continue to tolerate it until it resolves on its own or turns into something worse, and that can be a mistake.
As a physical medicine doctor of 15 years I have seen a lot of patients that have presented with various levels of pain and musculoskeletal problems. Some as simple as low back pain as the result of shoveling snow, to as complicated as having Lyme disease/low thyroid/ chronic inflammation/ shoulder pain all layered on each other, never knowing what is the real cause of their physical pain. Somehow, in any of these cases, there needs to be a point where the basics of physical health are incorporated into daily living. Along with proper treatment, this will set the foundation for healing and get a patient back to a better state of health from when they first came in. In sports, when a team is doing poorly many times the coach will take the team back to drills they learned as a kid to reinforce the basics of the sport. This allows the team to return to “the basics” of being successful and winning games. The same thing has to happen when restoring the physical body to the way it is supposed to move and feel.
What is the source of my pain? Pain is one of the biggest motivators to go to the doctor! Most people think they can deal with sharp pain, muscles that ache, a body that gets achy and tired at the end of a day. But when it gets to a point that you can’t handle it...
Patient Testimonial for Carpal Tunnel Treatment with a Non-Surgical Approach "Hi, My name is Dave and last March, about a year ago, I came to NIHA to see Dr. Coy. I have had carpal tunnel syndrome and diagnosed for over 10 years and had suffered with...
Plantar fasciitis is a very prevalent condition. Symptoms of plantar fasciitis are: Pain! Foot and/or heel pain. Symptoms of plantar fasciitis can vary, but in general the first few steps taken when you get out of bed in the morning are very painful. The fascia stretches from the ball of the foot to the heel and there can be sharp pain on the bottom of the foot
Carpal tunnel? Tingling fingers and wrist pain? What should you do about it? Decide who you want to see then find out if they have they been successful in treating it. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, tingling fingers, hand and wrist pain are my specialty.
Wrist braces, physical therapy, rest, ergonomic work stations... You may have tried them all with little to no success for relief from carpal tunnel syndrome. The reason why it is not working is because most people, and even health practitioners, don’t...
Good Chiropractic care can get you out of neck pain and back to balance, and regular body tune ups will maintain the good results. I will recommend proper exercises, yoga or simply stretches with a positive attitude that can achieve amazing results that last. They all can help you live a healthy life that is spent feeling good and not limited by neck pain.
Dr. Coy Roskosky provides comprehensive chiropractic care using joint manipulation, soft tissue therapies, functional and sports enhancing techniques. As a Doctor of Chiropractic he treats and balances the nervous and musculoskeletal systems to help the body function at it’s highest level.
Chiropractic care can help your health tremendously! People are using chiropractic for medical conditions like back and neck pain, but they are also using it to treat a variety of other health issues like headaches, carpal tunnel, plantar fasciitis and temporal mandibular dysfunction (TMD).