Back Pain?

    If you hurt, it is a sign that something’s wrong. Some people cover the pain
    with drugs. But that would be like taping over the warning light on your car dash!

    Drugs can silence the painful alarm, but overlook the cause.


    Two Common Causes

    The joints on the back side of each spinal bone (the facet joints) are a common cause of back pain. The pain can
    be a sign that these carefully-designed joints aren’t moving right.

    The discs between spinal bones can also be involved. Trauma can cause the soft, jelly-like material in the middle
    to bulge, putting pressure on nearby nerves.

    Your Recommended Choices

    Natural chiropractic care has been very safe and effective in helping many people.  This addresses the muscle,
    joint, and nerve recovery in chronic and acute conditions.

    Massage therapy  is a great adjunct to assisting muscle and joint recovery.  

    Physical therapy is quite helpful, typically doing best with recovering from surgery or other severe injury which
    limits home therapy for an extended time.

    Other choices include:

       Ignore it  (Spinal problems will likely worsen.)
        Bed rest  (Feels better, but it only Prolongs the problem.)
        Therapy  (Not specific.  No Adjustments of malfunctioning joints.  Good after joint replacement surgeries.)
        Medicine  (Covers up the problem and always has side effects.)
        Surgery  (Drastic. Risky. Often Ineffective in long run. Necessary if you let it go too long.)

    Leg Length test
  1. Lay  face down(during the whole test) and feet off the end of the bed with hard-sole shoes on.
  2. Apply equal pressure to the both feet arches to angle the shoe soles in the same direction.
  3. Have someone check whether or not one shoe sole sticks out further than the other.
  4. Have someone bend your knees to check whether the shoe soles are at the same height.
  5. If the soles of the feet are at different heights, the leg are different lengths.
  • Different leg lengths may be a birth defect, a surgical or fracture side-effect or a


    Chiropractic Works

    Specific chiropractic adjustments can help the spine correct itself.  By restoring the way your spine works, nerve
    interference is reduced, pain decreases, and the body can heal itself.

    If you don’t have a chiropractor, we’d like to help you. Schedule a consultation today - click here to contact us.

    Frequently Asked Questions:

            1.  Is some back pain normal?

     Pain of any kind, at any age, is a sign that something is NOT right.  Your body uses Pain as a way to
    signal that damage is occurring.  Since we can adapt to stresses, we learn to deal with minor aches and
    pains. The aches and pains may go away, but if the underlying problem remains, the problem often slowly
    worsens until it is more difficult and expensive to correct.

           2. What about muscle relaxers?

     Importantly, chiropractors don’t give out drugs. We use natural methods. Muscle relaxers and even the
    most common over-the-counter pain medications have two problems. First, while they are convenient, they
    don’t address the underlying cause of your problem. Second, side effects are all too common -- such as
    addiction, kidney failure, liver damage and even death.  It seems that every couple months, a formerly 'safe'
    drug is shown to be surprisingly harmful.  When properly applied, ice can have an pain-reducing effect
    without the side effects associated with pain medications.  See our link for home treatment methods.

         3. How does chiropractic work?

     Chiropractic works because you are a self-healing, self-regulating organism controlled by your nervous
    system. The nervous system is the key.  Your brain sends information, down the spinal cord, and out to
    every organ and tissue of your body. Information is sent back to the brain from these tissues.  When the
    bones of the spine do not move correctly, it can interfere with this nerve information between the brain and
    body.  The nerves become irritated or confused.  Then the function of affected organs and tissues is
    interfered with. Specific spinal adjustments help improve nerve communication. Health often returns with as
    the nervous system control of the body improves, because your body is able to heal itself.

         4. Does insurance pay for chiropractic?

     Many policies cover at least a little of the care you’ll need. It’s nice when an insurance company or some
    other third party helps pay the bill. But be careful! Don’t allow the profit motives of a corporation to make
    decisions for you. If you really want your health back, we can help. Find out how we make chiropractic care
    affordable for just about anyone.    
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Central Valley Chiropractic
1912 S. Court St., Ste B  Visalia, CA  93277   
(559) 635-8266 or email us