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Do you Suffer from Back and Leg Pain Due to Sciatica?

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:27:00 +0000

Sciatica pain can be a big pain in the butt- literally. Understand more about why the sciatic nerve can cause so much pain, weakness and loss of muscle strength.

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Dr. Oz Talks and Demonstrates the Chiropractic Adjustment

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:32:00 +0000

I am a big fan of Dr Oz. Why? Because he is not afraid to show his viewers different methods of pain relief. He doesn't just talk about medications, and surgeries. In this segment he demonstrates a misalignment in the spine, and the chiropractic adjustment. He also shows us what a herniated disc looks like. Also check out the "bird dog", a low back strengthening exercise for the lumbar spine that I show many of my patients. Check it out in the video below:

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Dr Phil Showcases Natural Healing Through Chiropractic

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:32:00 +0000

If you are fan of the Dr. Phil show, you may have caught a segment on chiropractic that he did with guest Chiropractor Dr.Mancini. Dr. Phil has been using chiropractic treatment for 14 years now.

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Transition Areas of the Spine, What Are They? and What is there Significance?

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:58:00 +0000

Transition areas of the spine are when one part of the spine changes to another. When your cervical spine transitions to the dorsal spine and your dorsal spine changes to your lumbar spine. These are the areas that often run into problems.

You may think "so what is the big deal" that your cervical spine now becomes the thoracic spine and then that becomes the lumbar spine. What is the difference? Well if you are really talking about the name change, that is not a big deal. The reason for the significance is the change in the direction of the spinal curvatures.

In the neck we have a "C" Curve the C open to the backs. Then in the dorsal or midback area the curve opens to the other direction. Then back to the posterior in the lower back. Its because of this direction change that puts additional stress at these areas.

Now this comes into play with the muscles too. Muscles are attached to the spine and work hand in hand with it, so you can imagine with a change in the spinal curvatures who have muscle group interaction that changes. Out of the spine also comes nerves or nerve roots from the spinal cord. Through muscle fibers travel nerves to where they need to go. This is why we refer to the neuromusculoskeletal as such an important focus in chiropractic.

Sometimes your back pain may be directly at one of these transitional areas. Your pain may also be located elsewhere but may be a result of this transitional area.Visit your chiropractors office right away if you are experiencing pain in your back. The sooner you have the pain addressed usually means the quicker your chiropractor can help you get rid of it.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. We also offer chiropractic treatment for your neck, midback and lower back area Call our Glastonbury chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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Study Shows that Spinal Manipulation is more Effective than Over the Counter Medications

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:11:00 +0000

A study published in the Annals of Internal medicine (Jan 2012 issue) reports that conservative care treatment such as chiropractic manipulation or home exercise is more effective than pain medications for acute and subacute neck pain. This was shown for short and longer time treatment periods. This was a 6 year study and involved adults aged 18-65 with non specific mechanical neck pain for a duration of 2-12 weeks. There were three treatment groups:

Group 1: Received chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy using diversified techniques including adjustments and mobilization
Group 2: Received home exercises. They were recommended mobilization exercises, neck retraction, lateral bending motions, and scapular retraction. Each exercise was to be performed 5-10 times.
Group 3: Received medications: NSAIDS, acetaminophen, and muscle relaxers

Findings:

At 12 weeks, a significantly higher proportion of Group 1 (that received chiropractic treatment)reported a decrease in pain by at least 50%. This was also seen with long term improvement as well.

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What Is Non Surgical Spinal Decompression and How does it work?

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:09:00 +0000

Dr. Jennifer Jara discusses how Non surgical Spinal Decompression works on the Show, "The Doctors"

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Low Back Injuries- No One Is Immune

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:00 +0000

What I have learned in my now 10 years of being in practice is everyone is a little different. The same adjustment for everyone really doesn’t work. The reason: everyone has different injuries. There are also thousands of different misalignment patterns. Dr. Wendy Schauor, chiropractor, had a major injury to her back about 10 years ago. She tried a lot of treatments and therapies with minimal results. Then she learned about using kettle bells (ACA news Jan ‘12).

The point is, there is no harm in trying something. If there’s no possible back lash or side effects, like from jumping into taking medication or doing some kind of surgery, then give it a try! Ask your chiropractor, he/she may know a lot about it.

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Neck Misalignments and Neck Arthritis

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:21:00 +0000

Forward head posture can be the cause of a lot of neck pain, headaches, stiff neck, and neck misalignments. We talked about how the load can shift forward out of position in a previous blog post. This magnifies the downward pressure of gravity making the neck support not just a 10 lb skull but can become like a 40 lb skull or even more. I’ve found the best defense is our cervical traction pillow.

In addition there, of course, are neck exercises, chiropractic adjustments, things to avoid, etc… that might help. Now that you have started 2012 life has become ever busier with a pillow, you lay on it, go to sleep, and don’t think about it.

That’s why the cervical traction pillow is great for helping to improve forward head posture. It works while you sleep. By helping to improve your cervical curve with its built in neck roll, it helps align your neck. This therefore reduces the forward head posture, putting less stress on the cervical spine. Keeping stress and pressure on the neck will increase or speed degeneration. Yep, you guessed it-Neck Arthritis. The pillow will also help correct other misalignments. The neck can be translated to the side also. I know people who sleep on two pillows on their side. This cranks your head sideways or if you roll to your back it’s crashing your neck forward. The traction pillow helps your neck spine level when you’re on your side. So don’t wait any longer the faster you do them, the better.

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The Power of Good Food!

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:02:00 +0000

In this video you'll hear from Dr Terry Wahls who was diagnosed MS and how she got better with everyday food. There are so many conditions people are developing these days. You are often led to believe there are very often no cures. I'm not saying that eating like a "caveman" will cure you but check out this video!!

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“Doc, can you Cure my Low Back Pain?”

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:29:00 +0000

I don’t like to use the “cure” word because you never know. Back pain comes from so many things, and it can go away and return, etc …

That being said, I’m sure we can help, possibly make the pain go away 100% or close to it. Using chiropractic care- chiropractic adjustments, muscle massage, and therapies we are able to align the spine, reduce inflammation, and pinpoint the cause of the pain. Aligning the spine and reducing inflammation takes pressure off of the nerves allowing the body to heal.

This works much better than a medication. A medication for your back pain either masks the pain (covers it up) or it may help reduce the inflammation, but not get rid of the true cause. This might be great for the short-term to get you through a couple days at work, but for the long-term when pain returns and returns again we are in trouble.

Your chiropractor helps with the root cause to help you get better for the long-term so back pain or neck pain don’t return again quickly.

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Another Research Study Showing the Effectiveness of Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:46:00 +0000

The title: “Restoration of Disc Height through Non-surgical Spinal Decompression is associated with Decreased Discogenic Low Back Pain: a Retrospective Cohort Study”
Aptel et al. You can find the study in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2010, 11:155

Here’s what they found: Before and after a six week treatment period with spinal decompression low back relief correlated with a disc height increase.
How did they do it? 30 patients with an average age of 65 were treated with the DRX 9000. 21 females and 9 males with lumbar disc herniation and low back pain were assessed via a verbal pain scale disc height was measured with CT scans.
We also use the DRX 9000 Non-surgical Spinal Decompression in our office. I have watched patients’ pain level decrease and/or vanish as well as other symptoms like tingling or numbness in the legs.

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Climbing Out After the Big Snow Storm in Glastonbury Connecticut

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:27:00 +0000

Sorry for the long delay with posting to our Glastonbury Chiropractor Blog! We are finally getting back to business as usual after a freak storm that hit Connecticut on Saturday October 29. This was not just your run of the mill storm. 9 days it left us without power, without phones and off course, no internet. It uprooted century old trees- one of our neighbors in South Glastonbury had a sign on their lawn after a large tree was uprooted: " born: 1878, died 2011- 138 years old" Yep, trees came down as did power lines. It looked like a war zone in Glastonbury. I have never seen gas lines as long as they were. It seemed that the little town of South Glastonbury's Gas Station Irvine, was the only one open for miles. It took us 40 minutes and some scary minutes to fill up our vehicle.

The kids in our neighborhood didn't even get a true October 31 Halloween !

It was quite frustrating dealing with our power company CL & P- their reaction to the disaster was painstakingly slow. 800,000 customers without electricity, and the numbers were increasing. You would think after Hurricane Irene 8 weeks prior (for which we lost power for 5 days), the work would have been a little faster. But Nope, not so.

Off course some folks were lucky, they had a generator. This kept them going for a few days. At least with a generator you can have some semblance of normalcy. You can run your refrigerator, take a proper shower, and simply flush your toilet.

Lucky for us, my wife's sister was getting married on the November 5 weekend in Canada ! With no heat, no phones, and not being able to do anything really, we left for our trip earlier than planned. Getting out of Glastonbury was difficult, but well worth it. The timing could not have been more perfect. Even the Toronto Star- one of Ontario's main newspaper- featured Glastonbury CT and the storm damage.

Needless to say after the storm, we had storm related pain with patients as well. Picking up, or starting up the generator, chopping wood for their fire place, shoveling snow, and filling up their pellet stove. Lots of low back, midback and neck injuries. Its true, everyone suffered from this snow storm. These sprain/strain type of injuries can happen readily in emergency situations- you do much, lift too much, or bend over just the wrong way, and your back goes out. Emotionally, it can make you crazy too- we have mulitple stories from our patients about the agony of having no power ! If you suffered physically (and emotionally) from the recent CT Storm, visit our office. We can help you.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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The ChiroBears Are Here!

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:10:00 +0000

The ChiroBears are finally in! In case you didn't know or forgot what these chiropractic bears were, they are a teddy bear stuffed animal that makes a "crack or pop sound" when you press on the back.

They can be used as a great educational tool to show your kids an example of a chiropractic adjustment.

The Chirobears are a great chiropractic gift - Whether for a patient, a Chiropractor or a student in chiropractic school ! A Great chiropractic novelty item.

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Kim Kardashian: A Trip to the Chiropractor Before the Big Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:09:00 +0000

It is always interesting when a big celebrity uses chiropractic care. Even a reality star like Kim Kardashian. She recently tweeted: "Just had the best chiropractor appointment, then massage and Korean spa scrub! I feel sooo relaxed. I really needed this!"

Weddings can be really stressful. This is whether you're a celebrity or not. A Chiropractic visit before the big day can be a huge stress reliever. So if you've got a big event, like a wedding, sports outing, or something of the like - go for a chiropractic tune-up!

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Chiropractic Spine Alignment

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:30:00 +0000

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“How does a Pillow Under or Between my Knees Help my Back?”

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:07:00 +0000

Your back muscles connect to your butt muscles, which then connect to your hamstrings, etc … Taking tension off your legs will then relax your back slightly. So, if you’re laying on your back and put something under your knees, for example, this will flex the knees, decreasing leg and back tension. Your hamstring muscles become shortened and relaxed lowering tension in your gluts and therefore your lower back.

On your side, a pillow between the knees will keep your legs and pelvis level. Think about being on your side if one leg flops well over the other, your pelvis is forced into rotation. The name of the game is to keep pressure off of nerves, and keeping the spine in alignment does this.

One more thing to keep in mind, just like the muscles, but is true for the spine as well, is that it's completely connected. For example, if your cervical curve (neck alignment) is just right then your thoracic curvature maintains better alignment. The lumber spine then can stay in good position. That being said, it's a good idea to use a chiropractic neck pillow too.

These are a couple tricks with a pillow to help keep your back relaxed and without nerve pressure, therefore without pain. Happy sleeping!

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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Lumbar Support Helps Low Back Pain Sufferers

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:53:00 +0000

Here's a video of me showing how to wear a lumbar support belt. Getting the right size of lumbar support belt is very important. I recommend the Lumbosacral low Back Support Belt. There are many reasons why this lumbar belt is a good choice for patients with lower back pain:

It is composed of a special wicking material that draws moisture away from the skin for helping you stay cool and dry
The special coredge finish is comfortable withing being binding or irritating
It comes in 5 sizes from Small to 3x large
Its sized proportionally in height to ensure that the top edge of the lumbar belt lands at or just below the navel
Velco is strong, and belt lasts a long time use after use
Features a plush, elastic back panel for extra comfort
Features double side pulls for superior abdominal compression and low back pain relief and comfort

Check out the CT Spine and Disc Center Online Store to see the sizes available for the lumbar back belt.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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Can a Lumbar Disc Injury Cause Back Spasms?

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Absolutely. The discs in the lumbar spine act as a cushion, allowing us to move, walk, run, jump, etc … Let’s take a disc injury like a bulging disc as an example. In this case the disc bulges outward, which literally puts pressure on nerves or a nerve root. When this happens, that disc space between vertebrae will flatten. Much like a flat tire, it will flatten and bulge.

Remember, nerves control the muscles, so if we have pressure on the nerves it will create problems with the muscles those nerves go to.

So, if you put pressure on a nerve or nerve root, you may get back pain or sciatica, but you can also get back spasms, leg numbness, or something similar. Depending which disc level or levels get injured can tell us what symptoms may occur and where.

In the past, a disc injury could be a major spoiler, now with DRX9000 Spinal Decompression we can help. Call our office if you are experiencing disc pain or low back spasms.

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Spinal Decompression For Lower Back Pain Available in Glastonbury CT

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 19:23:00 +0000

Want to know more about DRX9000 Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression?...

Glastonbury Chiropractor, Dr Matthew Bellinger offers a non-invasive solution to severe lower back pain, leg pain, sciatica, and disc pain.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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Lumbar Degeneration… What can I do??

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:25:00 +0000

Have you been told you have arthritis in your back, lumbar degeneration? … And then told, “There’s nothing you can do.”
Well, there actually is something you can do. What typically happens with lumbar degeneration? The lumbar discs flatten and bulge. Much like a flat tire, the discs flatten allowing there to be more nerve pressure.

One newer treatment that has shown to help is spinal decompression. The drx9000 creates a stretch with much much more force than traction, however, you hardly feel a thing. The drx decompression actually keeps the muscles relaxed when creating a stretch. This is vital to create a suction effect in the disc space. Essentially, there is a pull in the up and down direction and a suction effect from the sides, pulling the disc back in where it has bulged out.

So, if you have low back pain or sciatica because of arthritis in the low back, try drx9000 spinal decompression.

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“I don’t have any Neck Pain, Should I still buy the Traction Pillow?”

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:57:00 +0000

Your answer is: yes … and here’s the reason: you really shouldn’t wait for pain to happen, you really need to prevent it from occurring in the first place.

This is the tricky thing with misalignments and pressure on our nervous system. Most don’t know this, but the majority of our nervous system doesn’t detect pain. What this means is that one can have pressure on their nerves and not even know it’s there.

What happens if you keep pressure on nerves?

The nerves start to break down and then you’ll have pain! The real key is not to get to this point.

So, let’s make a long explanation short: “Get the pillow to maintain your neck alignment and keep the nerves free of pressure!”

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Diary of a Lifelong Chiropractic Patient

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:14:00 +0000

I’ve been going to the chiropractor for my whole life off and on. My parents first took me when I was injured a couple times in sports. We were a typical family, I went to our family physician too. Whenever I got a cold or something I saw our doctor. When I broke my wrist I went to an orthopedist who casted it. I went to the allergist for allergy shots, you name it.

I realized that time and time again from a sports injury or when my mom or dad did something to their neck or back we saw the chiropractor much more than we went to any other doctor. I think by the time I got to college I realized that the reason we went for chiropractic treatment versus going to our family physician was because it made sense. We could either get a prescription for a quick fix, or we could get adjusted and let the body do what it’s supposed to do.

Then I remembered learning one summer that our family physician apparently had type II diabetes. Here was a doctor telling others how to be healthy, what to do to prevent heart problems, diabetes, stay healthy, etc… I liked our family physician a lot; great guy, seemed super smart, generous, happy. But I know type II diabetes was pretty much developed, or man-made, because of poor diet and lifestyle. Our chiropractor on the other hand was also in his 60’s, but if I were to guess at the time I would have said 50. He didn’t have a room full of free sample medication that he would generously give out because he had been given so many from companies, reps, or from seminars that he had attended. He was a super intelligent and generous person as well.
I’m really glad that my parents took me to the chiropractor so I could realize the benefit. My chiropractic experience has truly been a huge benefit to my health and I don’t know how someone can live a full, pain-free, healthy life without one.

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Work Related Low Back Pain

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:11:00 +0000

The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine published a study showing in cases of washers with low back pain, that they had a higher disability recurrence if they saw a physical therapist or MD versus seeing a chiropractor.
Researchers concluded that the results seem to suggest chiropractic treatment reduces disability recurrence.
Why does this happen? Chiropractic helps the body to heal; it doesn’t have nasty side effects. So a medication may work in the short term, but in the long run it is harmful for your body. Medical doctors primarily only treat with medication.

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Can my Neck Pillow Help with my Chiropractic Manipulations?

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:11:00 +0000

Yes, in fact, a term often used synonymously with “neck pillow” is “chiropractic pillow.” The reason is because a neck pillow helps one hold and restore cervical alignment. This is much like a chiropractic adjustment. The reason the cervical traction neck pillow is recommended by a lot of chiropractors is because it helps align the neck and maintain the neck curvature.

Often when someone is adjusted, especially if they recently had an injury or strain, things may shift back out of place. Therefore, using a neck pillow at night following your adjustment will help to maintain your alignment. In fact, you chiropractor may recommend one of our neck pillows … or should I say “chiropractic pillows.”

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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How do we Determine a Disc Injury?

noreply@blogger.com (Glastonbury Chiropractor) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:31:00 +0000

The key to diagnosing a disc that has bulged or ruptured causing pain or back problems is the combination of a few things. We can determine a lot from an MRI image, for example, but this is just one test.

Here’s an analogy: We can predict with relative certainty if someone is lying by having them take a lie detector test. Why can’t we then use this in court? The answer is that there may be a small percentage of tests that come out incorrect- maybe someone can beat the test, maybe on rare occasions it doesn’t really work or is unable to be read clearly, who knows. The bottom line is that you don’t want to put someone in jail for life if they didn’t do it! Same goes for reading an MRI. I don’t want to recommend someone to see the surgeon if the pain or problem doesn’t warrant it.

Some doctors or even surgeons may see an MRI and say “Back Surgery.” However, the good ones won’t dare to cut someone’s back without combining the pictures with an exam and the patient’s history. You really need all of these things. So, if your doctor gets your history and MRI, but doesn’t do an exam, this is not the best. Or, if he does an exam but doesn’t get the patient’s history … same thing.

I have found we need all of these things to really make a determination. Patient’s come to our office for DRX Spinal Decompression and the same holds true. Now, don’t get me wrong, spinal decompression is nothing like surgery. DRX 9000 spinal decompression is safe, non-surgical, and very successful, but I don’t want to treat someone with it that I don’t think is a candidate for the DRX 9000. So, call our office so we can fully examine your case to see if the DRX 9000 may be your answer to lower back pain or sciatica.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut, in Glastonbury, Near East Hartford- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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