Tony Kelsoe DC

It can be sore after an adjustment

Oftentimes, headaches are caused by nerves that come out of the skull and through the different bones of the spine in the neck get pinched either by the bones being out of alignment or by muscles being too tight and pinching on those delicate nerves. By getting you adjusted, we can help not only align your spine and skull, but this allows your body to go from fight flight to rest digest, which will help alleviate your headaches. I personally used to get migraines and tension headaches almost weekly, but since going to school and getting regularly adjusted, I no longer have those, and if I do, I get adjusted and they are gone almost instantly.

If you have kyphosis, yes, that could be part of your pain. My own mother has a pretty significant degree of kyphosis and I use an activator instrument to do her adjustments and she feels amazing afterwards.

Adjustments help by doing a reset of the nervous system kind of like how if your electric outlet trips you have to reset the breaker box. Sometimes you will feel discomfort in your arm or leg and the problem is actually in the spine itself, so by making sure that the spine is well aligned and then checking the extremity that is having the symptoms we can then relieve that discomfort.

We would want to do an exam before truly diagnosing sciatica it could be that you are just subluxated (your bones are out of alignment causing nerves, muscles, ligaments, etc. to be experiencing discomfort) depending on what the exam showed it could be that you do have sciatica it could be something else.

Thanks for asking. We have adjusted infants safely, so the answer is chiropractic care is safe for all ages if the doctor is properly trained. I see many patients that are that age.

We see these patients everyday.

We see many patients that have been in car accidents. We shorten the time of recovery by many months.

Absolutely

Doctors of Chiropractic are uniquely trained to detect and correct spinal misalignments. They are also trained in physical therapy. Physical therapist on the other hand are trained to work on the muscles and movement of the body. There are several levels of education in the physical therapy world, anywhere from a 2-year degree all the way to a doctor degree. I have patients that see me for their chiropractic adjustments and see a physical therapist as well.
Research has shown that about 1% of patients that see a chiropractor first for low back pain will eventually need surgery while 47% of those that go to a surgeon first get surgery. When it comes to back pain, my number one focus is to keep my patients off of the operating table and out of pain. I hope that helps.

Thank you for the question, however I cannot give advice without an exam in my office. There are several things that I do for my patients with your condition.

Dr. Kelsoe can do a consultation with you at no charge. He can discuss alternative therapies with you at that time. You can call our office for an appointment or schedule an appointment at our website www.newyouchiropractic.com.

Thank you,
April Kelsoe