Minding Your Posture
Be aware of how you are sitting, at school; at work; casually at home – Riverton Chiropractors are here to help you!
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Neck Pain Such as Text Neck
Text Neck Text Neck Text neck, Smartphone neck, iPhone neck or Android neck. (These are not official medical diagnoses). Regular use of your smartphone may lead to preventable neck/posture problems in the cervical spine that are created by prolonged use of a cell phone, tablet or similar hand-held electronic device. Using small electronic devices generally …
Elbow Problems Such as Golf or Tennis Elbow
Golf or Tennis Elbow Tennis Elbow Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, as it has come to be known, is strain or overuse the elbow joint and surrounding tissues. There are many different ways that this can happen. If you’re experiencing any of the following, you may have tennis elbow: How Can High Road Chiropractic Centre …
Scoliosis And Your Children
Scoliosis And Your Children Scoliosis And Your Children Scoliosis is an abnormal sideways curve in the spine that, if not caught early, can become worse with age, cause significant back pain, and lead to arthritis in the spine. We want your children to grow healthy and strong, which is why it’s important to know the …
Dry Needling
Dry Needling Riverton Chiropractor Dry Needling Riverton Chiropractor Dry needling is often utilised with many muscle related issues including chronic over use. Such as Fibromyalgia patients. Finally, some good news for long time suffering Fibromyalgia patients. The following information has been provided for people suffering with Fibromyalgia and the correlation with dry-needling. A paper titled, …
Neck / Shoulder & Arm Pain
Neck Pain Shoulder Pain Arm Pain Neck Pain/Shoulder Pain/Arm Pain Neck Problems can be felt in one or more regions of the neck, shoulder or arm. Sometimes neck problems may not even cause neck pain but only be felt in the shoulder or arm. Shoulder and Arm Pain is pain that radiates along nerves that …
Incorrect Posture
Incorrect Posture Posture Problems In The Workplace Backs were not designed to spend long periods of time in static positions such as sitting in a chair – a common feature of many modern work station environments. Spending many hours a day in front of a computer can lead to shoulder, arm, hand and neck problems, …
Headaches
Headaches COMMON CAUSES OF HEADACHES? Any disruption of the complex relationship between muscles, spine and nerves can result in headaches; of which there are many types (Reference). Approximately 80% of the population suffer from occasional tension-type headaches and up to 3% suffer from chronic tension-type headaches (Reference). Headaches are not normal. They are an indication …
Sciatica
Sciatica / Pinched Nerve / Slipped Disc What Is Sciatica? Sciatica is nerve pain that radiates (runs) along the sciatic nerve. The nerve starts in the lower back and passes through the buttocks, posterior thigh, outside back of the calf and into the foot. Sciatic nerve pain is often felt at the top of …
Mid/Low Back Pain
Mid/Low Back Pain Mid/Low Back Pain Back pain is a common occurrence in the Australian population. It is estimated 1 in 5 people over age 45 are living with daily back pain (Reference). 80% of Australians will experience back pain at some stage and 10% have significant disability as a result. People of all ages …