Most back pain results from musculo-skeletal disorders-injury, neglect or misuse. Your spinal column forms a protective canal that houses the spinal cord, which is your body's primary communication line. Poor posture, lack of exercise, over-exercise, and misuse can build up over time and force a vertebrae or a disc out of place. This misalignment can put pressure on sensitive spinal nerves, interrupting the nerve flow and causing pain and other related problems.

Dr. Train is specially skilled in treating spinal misalignments. Her diagnostic capabilities enable her to pinpoint structural problems that are causing nerve interference. Her safe and gentle adjusting methods offer her patients relief from pain and restored function and mobility of affected joints. She then helps her patients maintain a symptom-free lifestyle by educating them on the proper care and maintenance of a healthy back and nervous system.

Chiropractic care is one of the most effective methods in the treatment of back pain.

Headache Pain
Because headaches are so common, some people think that getting a headache is just a normal part of life! Headaches are a sign that something's wrong!!

A frequent and overlooked cause of headaches is the malfunction of spinal bones in the neck and upper back. When bones of the spine lose their normal position or motion, sensitive nerves and blood vessels to the head can be affected. When spinal nerves and related tissues are stretched or irritated they can produce throbbing headaches. Aspirin and medications may cover up these warning signs but do not correct the underlying structural cause.

If a thorough examination reveals reduced range of motion, loss of normal spinal curves, or mechanical restrictions, chiropractic care should be considered.

TM Disorders (Pain in Your Jaw)
TM (temporomandibular) disorders, also called TMJ, affect the joint where your skull meets your lower jaw. Stress, grinding or clenching your teeth, poor posture, or an injury can cause the joint to become misaligned. You may here clicking sounds or have pain, stiffness or a locked jaw.

Physical, orthopedic (bone and muscle) and neurological (nerve) tests can help reveal the condition of your jaw and upper spine. Dr. Train gently touches and moves your jaw to check for tenderness, pain and restricted range of motion.

Based on the results of your exam and tests, Dr. Train will recommend a treatment program to reduce and improve range of motion in your jaw.

Accidents, Injuries
Collisions, falls, blows and tumbles-big or small-can create damage to your nerves and spine. While accidents are often unavoidable, in most cases, long-term damage from the vertebral subluxation complex that may result can be avoided through chiropractic care.

Any trauma to your spine can disturb the normal position and motion of the vertebrae. Muscles, ligaments, and discs attached to the sine are also affected. In turn, neural messages going from the brain to other parts of the body mis-fire,interfering with your body's ability to heal and function normally. These vertebral subluxations may go undetected for years, silently destroying your natural good health.

That's why is so important to have a spinal checkup whenever you have suffered an accident or a fall. No matter how minor the accident, spinal damage should be ruled out to protect your long-term health.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Vibration and repetitive motions, when combined with spinal problems and other joint dysfunction, can result in a condition known as carpal tunnel syndrome. Every day assembly line workers, keyboard operators, grocery store clerks and many others receive microtraums to their hands and wrists.

The major nerve controlling the thumb, index and parts of the middle and ring finger is called the median nerve. From the tip of your fingers, it travels through the bones in your wrist, past your elbow, up your arm, through your shoulder and neck, and finally to your spinal cord. Problems can develop in one or more of these areas.

The carpal "tunnel" is formed by bones in the wrist. The median nerve, tendons and blood vessels pass through this opening. If one or more of the bones forming this tunnel should collapse, inflammation, nerve pressure and painful symptoms in the wrist area can result. The median nerve connects to the spinal cord through openings between several bones in the lower neck. When these spinal bones lose their normal motion or position, they can cause problems in the fingers and wrist.

After a thorough examination, Dr. Train will perform specific adjustments where needed to help normalize structure and reduce nerve irritation. When given time, conservative, chiropractic care has produced excellent results with carpal tunnel problems-without drugs or surgery.

Scoliosis
Your spine is made up of 24 bones called vertebrae. Seven of these little bones are in your neck, twelve in your thoracic or mid-back and five in your lower back. They stack up one on top of the other to form a straight line when viewed from front to back, but when viewed from the side they form three curves (the neck and lower back lordotic curves, and the mid-back or kyphotic curve).

When seen from the front most spines are not perfectly straight, but when the spine curves or twists excessively, it is called "scoliosis."

Chiropractors do not treat disease, scoliosis included, but they do correct the vertebral subluxation complex (a condition that interferes with the proper functioning of the nervous system and the body as a whole).

Pregnancy
When you are pregnant, your posture, center of gravity, and body size changes as the fetus develops. In addition, hormonal changes in pregnancy cause ligamentous laxity, a loosening of the ligaments which holds the bones together, especially where the pelvis and spine connect. As the weight of the baby increases, so does the pressure on your spine.

Chiropractic care helps to keep the body in optimal health by correcting nerve interference in the spinal structure. A healthy spinal structure allows the body to function better, fight infections better, and generally improves the health of both the mother and the developing baby.

Headache Health Quiz

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you may have a condition that can be helped by Dr. Train.