Does Your Pain Worsen During the Winter? Cold Weather May Be To Blame Created inNewsletter Library How Cold Can Affect Chronic Conditions and Worsen Pain Winter can be the most uncomfortable time of the year if you have a chronic condition. Fortunately, making a few changes to your winter routine and visiting your chiropractor regularly…

Electrotherapy and Pain Relief Created inNewsletter Library Electrotherapy Offers Natural Pain Relief Do you struggle to keep your pain under control? Over-the-counter prescription medication relieves symptoms but often causes nausea, dizziness and other side effects that make working, exercising, or taking care of your family difficult. Electrotherapy may offer a better way to manage your…

Should I Use Heat or Ice for Pain? Created inNewsletter Library Should you use heat or ice on your painful injury? The best method of solving this important riddle is to assess the nature and source of the pain. Essentially, a new injury, that is, one that you sustained within the last 48 hours, is…

Should I Use Ice or Heat for Pain? Created inNewsletter Library Should you use heat or ice on your painful injury? The best method of solving this important riddle is to assess the nature and source of the pain. Essentially, a new injury, that is, one that you sustained within the last 48 hours, is…

What Should I Do About My Pain? Created inNewsletter Library,Back, Body & Joint Pain No one really wants to be a worrier. We certainly don’t want to visit our chiropractor or family doctor for every ache and pain. But eventually we all experience physical problems and it may be difficult to know what to do…

Trigger Points and Pain Created inNewsletter Library,Back, Body & Joint Pain Trigger points are persistent, localized muscle spasms that can cause a great deal of pain. Trigger points alone may be responsible for many cases of neck pain, upper back pain, and lower back pain. This relationship is fairly common knowledge among physicians who treat…

The Problem of Radiating Pain Created inNewsletter Library,Back, Body & Joint Pain Many people experience radiating pain as a component of neck pain or low back pain. A person with neck pain might have pain that radiates down her arm, possibly into the hand.1 A person with low back pain might have accompanying leg pain,…

The Best Treatment for Trigger Points Created inNewsletter Library,Back, Body & Joint Pain Trigger points are painful nodules in muscular tissue, commonly found in the upper back, low back, and gluteal muscles. Trigger points are frequently chronic, persisting from day to day without much relief. When someone says, “My muscles are all in knots”, those…

Common Questions About Neck Pain Relief Different types of neck pain can affect your daily life. No matter what the cause or type of neck pain, the chiropractors at Birmingham Wellness Center can provide the neck pain relief you need. What Causes Neck Pain? Neck pain can come from a variety of different causes. While…