Auto Accident

The aftermath of even a minor auto accident can be stressful.  You are forced to address car damage, insurance companies, and your personal health to get your life back on track.  While seeking chiropractic care might not be the foremost thought in your mind, it should be.  We remind all of our patients that it is always important to take the time to care for your health.

The impact of an auto accident can cause your body to experience tension and strain.  This often results in common injuries like whiplash, back pain, and neck pain that may not fully develop until days or weeks after the accident took place.  If you have recently been in an auto accident, visit our Dallas, GA chiropractic office for an evaluation.  Through spinal adjustments and chiropractic therapies, you can take steps to restore your health and wellness following an auto accident.

A Chiropractic Miracle

Fibromyalgia

The understanding of fibromyalgia is unfortunately limited.  Suffering patients exhibit a wide range of chronic pain symptoms that take the shape as fatigue, irritability, lethargy, and musculoskeletal discomfort.  Luckily, chiropractic care has provided many patients with substantial relief.  There are ways to relieve the symptoms and flare-ups associated with fibromyalgia through chiropractic care.

 If you think you are suffering from fibromyalgia, or you know a friend or family member who is searching for relief, schedule a visit at our practice.  We offer a number of chiropractic services and therapies designed to help patients find lasting relief, including adjustments, cold laser therapy, and various treatments.  To learn more about the services available for fibromyalgia management, please contact us directly at 770-505-5665.

Neck Pain

Neck pain can be extremely uncomfortable and frustrating.  It can inhibit you from performing daily tasks and even affect your work performance.  While your first instinct might be to mask the pain with painkillers and medications, this only provides temporary relief.  The chiropractic care we provide addresses the root of your pain and helps patients find natural and lasting relief.

Many of the patients who visit my practice suffer from neck pain following an auto accident, workplace injury, or personal injury.  It is important to find the root of your pain in order to best treat your symptoms.  Chiropractic care accelerates the healing process and relieves pain by correcting the source of the muscle strain and trauma.

It is best to visit in person to determine which treatment is best for your neck pain.  Here at Back In Line Chiropractic, we offer adjustments, cold laser therapy, therapeutic exercise, massage therapy, ultrasound therapy, and other many other services for genuine healing.  Call 770-505-5665 to schedule an appointment and find lasting relief.

Migraines

Do you suffer from reoccurring headaches or migraines?   These disruptions can be frustrating when they occur on a regular basis.  If your migraine issues are keeping you from fully enjoying your life, it is important you find an effective treatment.

Chiropractic adjustments and manipulations have helped many of our patients find migraine relief without medications or invasive methods.  Natural chiropractic services correct subluxations and misalignments that commonly result in headaches.  Gentle adjustments relieve pressure on the nerves in the neck, back, shoulders, or other part of the body that could be felt as a headache or migraine.

If you are suffering from migraines and want to find natural relief, visit us at back In Line Chiropractic and we can determine the best way to address your pain.  Call 770-505-5665 to arrange your visit for migraine treatment.

 

Is Knee Surgery the Answer?

Interestingly, those who thought they received surgery but didn’t, improved as much as those who did.

You hear about so many people today having knee surgery after suffering through years of chronic pain due to sports injuries or osteoarthritis. They may have tried pain medication (over-the-counter and prescription strength), massage therapy, bed rest, heat and ice application, even cortisone injections – but the pain continues. It often worsens to the point where the doctor indicates that a surgical solution is the only answer. But is it?

Interesting story:

A study was conducted involving 180 patients, divided into three groups, who were told they required arthroscopic surgery on a knee to relieve pain and stiffness due to osteoarthritis. Arthroscopic surgery involves an incision into the knee to remove worn cartilage. The first group had surgery called arthroscopic debridement, which removes worn or loose cartilage. The second group had arthroscopic lavage, which flushes painful debris and inflammatory enzymes out from the knee. The third group was all prepped and an incision into the knee was made, but no cartilage was removed.

All three groups were followed and assessed at regular intervals over the next two years and at the end of that time, all groups reported “equal degrees of reduction in pain and increase in activity level.” Interesting, isn’t it? Yet, more than 650,000 of these same procedures are performed each year and, sometimes, healthy cartilage is removed with the worn cartilage, causing even further damage to the patient.

Is there an alternative?

Yes there is – and while surgery may be an option, it should always be the last resort. Chiropractic care offers a non-invasive alternative to drugs and surgery for the type of knee pain cause by osteoarthritis. We recognize that knee pain can be related to pelvic imbalances and spinal problems higher up the spine. Correcting these misalignments often resolve knee pain and ankle problems without the risk of surgery.

Please keep in mind that our practice is committed to helping you live a way of life that focuses on healing and preventing health problems. We don’t believe in masking symptoms with medication or advising that you engage in needless surgery when your body may be fully capable of healing itself.

Are you really sick?

Wellness

To visit the doctor when you’re feeling great is something new. Yet, a growing number of people who want to be and do their best are visiting chiropractors on a regular basis.  

Most of us learned to think that having symptoms means you’re sick. But what about pre-symptomatic health problems? 

The First Symptom

Remember staying home from school when we were sick and returning when we were feeling better? We learned to think of being sick as having obvious symptoms. But these days, many health problems are the result of lifestyle choices that don't always have obvious symptoms until the effects are well advanced.  

Healthy Response

The reverse is true as well. If you eat improperly prepared food and find yourself vomiting to expel it, you probably won’t feel good, but you’re having a healthy response.  

Turns out that true health is how well our bodies work, not how we feel.  

Central Control

How well our body functions is based upon the integrity of our nervous system. That’s why so many seek our practice for wellness care. They want to make sure that every organ and tissue has an uninterrupted nerve supply. It just makes sense to detect little problems before they become serious concerns.  

The Key to Health

True health is optimum physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Drinking more water, eating nutritious foods, regular exercise and virtually every other healthy habit produces even bigger dividends when you have a properly working nervous system.  

Although everyone wants to feel good, your care should not be based on whether you have pain or other symptoms. Vertebral subluxation complexes may exist without obvious symptoms. Just like dental cavities, high blood pressure or heart disease.  

Learn more at www.yourbackinlinenow.com or call 770-505-5665 today to schedule your appointment.

Dr. LaDonna C. Bense

Most of us learned to think that having symptoms means you’re sick. But what about pre-symptomatic health problems?

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Chiropractic Has Better Results and is More Cost Effective on Low Back Pain

A release by the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) cites new studies showing that chiropractic care is not only more effective for helping people suffering from lower back problems, but is also more affordable. The F4CP release dated, April 08, 2013, cites the results of two recent studies documenting the chiropractic advantage for patients with lower back problems.

Gerard Clum, D.C., spokesperson for the F4CP commented on one of the studies by saying, "Chiropractic care is a cost-effective, evidence-based approach that is well-documented for its outstanding patient outcomes and satisfaction scores." The study he referenced was published on April 1, 2013 in the medical journal Spine, which found that spinal manipulation (as the study authors termed it) was significantly better than non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac and clinically superior to placebo for patients with acute non-specific low back pain. Dr. Clum added, "When used as a primary treatment option for back pain, chiropractic can boost avoidance of risky and costly measures, and promote equal or greater clinical outcomes."

The second study referenced by the F4CP release was published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in January 2013. The study titled, "Aging baby boomers and the rising cost of chronic back pain: secular trend analysis of longitudinal Medical Expenditures Panel Survey data for years 2000 to 2007," showed that with the common (medical) care of chronic lower back problems the costs will continue to escalate. The author concluded, "The prevalence of back pain, especially chronic back pain, is increasing. To the extent that the growth in chronic back pain is caused, in part, by an aging population, the growth will likely continue or accelerate. With relatively high cost per adult with chronic back pain, total expenditures associated with back pain will correspondingly accelerate under existing treatment patterns."

The F4CP makes the point that utilization of chiropractic care presents opportunities for improved patient outcomes and decreased costs. Dr. Clum emphasizes the point that chiropractic would lower the cost of chronic lower back care as well as overall healthcare by saying, "To improve the system, it will be essential that patient care approaches with clinical and economic advantages -- such as chiropractic care -- be the focal point of progressive healthcare and health policy discussions."