Most folks who have neck pain in West Hartford have had neck problems for months or years. It usually started off as muscle soreness or stiffness occasionally and as time progressed the symptoms usually become more frequent and pain becomes greater. From the once-in-a while pain to constant pain in the neck.
Some even experience pain in their arms traveling down to their fingers. Weakness, pins and needles, even in painful when sneezing or coughing. When you dread sneezing because of the pain, you have a serious problem that will get worse if not attended to properly.
Conventional solutions or common ways to deal with neck pain only address the symptoms or pain, which is all well and good and does not address normal spinal structure. For example;
- OTC or over -the - counter pills, kill pain temporarily and do not address correcting the structural problem.
- Anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxers, kill pain and relax muscles. Muscles are tight because they are trying to protect against further damage - it's your bodies way of stabilizing a problem area.
- PT and Conventional chiropractic - all good people and have three goals they are; decrease pain, increases how you move and decrease spasm - all well and good, and does not address abnormal structure.
- Nerve injections if the first three are of little help - then pain meds are shot into the damaged area. Does not address abnormal structure, only looking to temporarily decrease pain
- Surgery, from a disc ectomy (removal of the disc) to fusions with plates,screws and rods. Usually one surgery will lead to further surgeries down the road. This does address abnormal structure. Recovery time is usually a few weeks to many months.
The five conventional solutions are used all the time with vary amounts of success, you see if you feel better than that is counted as success, even though your structure was not corrected and the pain returns again, and again and again, so you do the above solutions over and over again.
Our focus at Advanced Chiropractic in West Hartford,is to correct your abnormal structure the first time and show you how to protect your corrected structure so you do not have to deal with neck pain over and over again. Our patients that work with us like that our approach is reasonable and just makes sense.
We look for Anterior Head Syndrome or AHS for short.
AHS has some tell tale indicators; muscle spasm/tension, Dowagers Hump, compressed or damaged disc, damaged or degenerated bone and nerve impingement syndrome. If you have just one indicator then you have AHS, if you have more than one indicator, this means your AHS is more severe.
As you may of heard, your head weighs 12 - 16 pounds so for every inch your head and shoulders are rounded this puts 10 more pounds of harsh force to your neck structure. In other words because you head has shifted anterior/forward abnormally this rots your spine from the inside out.
No amount of rubbing muscles, electric stim, ultrasound, popping joints, stretching or strengthening muscles will ever correct the abnormal structure. Other health care providers just do not know how and really do not want to - they are happy doing the conventional, it is what it is.
We ONLY correct abnormal structure, not saying there are other approaches out there, it's just we us the Structural Correction approach, which is new to most and different from the conventional.
We do not use aggressive spinal manipulation, we do not have you come in forever or do excessive care and we are not a jack of all trades - meaning we are great at structural correction, not great at pulled muscles.
How is our method is new and different?
Our focus is structural correction, using specific spinal corrections, which is utilized with two different correcting instruments. These instruments are precise and very tolerable to you the patient. Which help you move better, take the pain away and decrease muscle spasm and tension as well as positively activates your nervous system.
The we use Structural rehab to enhance your spinal structure more towards normal, getting to the underlining cause of the problem and along the way we have you do Complementary Recommendations to help with the other 23 hours of the day you are not in our office. This is vital without the Structural Rehab or Complementary Recommendation you will not get the best out of your care. We are a team, so you and I both have to work at this with our best effort and you will be excited with your corrections.
Who should be our patient?
Patients
who have periodic reoccurring symptoms, chronic patients, and those who
have been to other conventional chiropractors and/or physical
therapists, and have not experienced significant correction.
For additional information call: 860.523.5465
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Neck and Back pain are two common reasons patients seek out any doctor.
Commonly neck and back pain are treated by either using medications,
injections, Physical Therapy or Conventional Chiropractic and if need be
surgeries from minor to major spinal fusions.
There is more than one way to cook an egg.
We
use Structural Chiropractic care to detect and then correct a Primary
Structural Condition called Anterior Head Syndrome or AHS for short.
Because AHS is a Primary Condition it is responsible for many Secondary
Conditions - you may know as symptoms, such as Neck and Back Pain.
In
many cases, AHS (Anterior Head Syndrome) may be the underlying cause of
a large variety of Secondary Conditions. We focus on correcting AHS and
can create a plan of care to improve your structure and your health.
AHS
causes abnormal pressures on your discs, vertebrae (spine bones),
muscles, ligaments and nerves, once we correct AHS this relieves the
harsh forces on these inner frame work structures improving your spine
and health.
The objective indicators that confirm AHS are the following:
Muscle Tension/Spasm
Dwager's Hump ("Granny Hump")
Compressed (Degenerated) Disc
Nerve Impingement Syndrome
Damaged (Degenerated) Vertebra
There are many ways to deal with secondary conditions our way is to address AHS. We correct AHS with the following:
You
see when your head has shifted more than an inch anterior this creates
an additional 10 pounds of force, which generates harsh pressures in
your spine leading to degeneration, pain and discomfort. What we focus
on is correcting you structure back into the normal range this
alleviates the harsh pressures allowing your spine to improve and you to
regain health. This is how we accomplish our goal of Structural
Correction.
AHS can cause these Secondary Conditions:
Neck & Back Pain
Sciatica
Numbness & Tingling
Muscular Spasm
Headaches
Pinched Nerves
Herniated Discs
Degenerated Disc disease
Degenerated joint disease
Poor Posture
Dizziness/vertigo
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
We use:
Specific Spinal Corrections using two specific instruments.
We use Spinal Remodeling Tables for our Structural Rehabilitation.
Finally, we
design a Plan of Care that also includes Complementary Recommendations,
that enhance your care in our office and then help you Protect your
correction.
What we don't do is just as important as what we do, you need to know so you can make an informed decision.
We do not use aggressive spinal manipulations
We do not have you "come forever"
We do not ask you to "believe" in chiropractic
And we do not claim to cure everything
We focus on correcting abnormal Primary Structural Conditions of your spine called AHS (Anterior Head Syndrome).
Have a GREAT Day!
About Dr. Chris...
Dr. Chris Chase is a Chiropractor that focuses on the Structural Correction of the spine at his practice Advanced Chiropractic, located in West Hartford,CT.
In contrast to traditional chiropractors whose goal is to provide
temporary relief of pain, Dr. Chase's goal is to shift the underlying
framework of the body back to the stability of what all healthcare
professionals agree is normal.
Dr. Chase can be reached at 860.523.5465
and www.advancedwesthartford.com or www.facebook.com/advancedwesthartford1
Important Announcement, July 19th 9:54am:
Community Education Series New Additions...
Chiropractic: Myths & Facts Presentation
Every Monday at 12 noon and Wednesday at 6 PM. This is a group
presentation that describes the difference between Conventional vs
Structural Chiropractic (our Care).
No sales pitches - this is informational, you will learn Why:
1.) We Do Not use aggressive spinal manipulation
2.) We DO Not have you come forever
3.)We Do Not claim to cure everything
and...
Why we ONLY correct structure of your spine, which has helped many with
Secondary Conditions/symptoms, such as: Unattractive Granny Hump
(Dowager Hump) back and neck pain, sciatica, TMJ and headaches.
Also...
Private consultations are also available.
It's a conversation, not a commitment.
For additional information call: 860.523.5465
Have a GREAT Day!
About Dr. Chris...
Dr. Chris Chase is a Chiropractor that focuses on the Structural Correction
of the spine at his practice Advanced Chiropractic, located in West Hartford,
CT. In
contrast to traditional chiropractors whose goal is to provide temporary relief
of pain, Dr. Chase's goal is to shift the underlying framework of the body back
to the stability of what all healthcare professionals agree is normal.
Dr. Chase can be reached at 860.523.5465
and www.advancedwesthartford.com or www.facebook.com/advancedwesthartford1
