Downers Grove Chiropractic Spine and Injury Center Blog

Chiropractor Downers Grove IL Mike DeCubellis

What Do You Do If You’re In Pain?

Okay, so I get this a lot. “What am I supposed to do?” I started getting pain. I woke up the other day, I had pain, or I did something I didn’t think was a major injury, but now I’ve got this sciatica. I’ve got this back pain, and it’s been here for a week…

Chiropractor Downers Grove IL Mike DeCubellis

How Do You Know Your Pain Is Real?

A thing I get asked a lot of times by people, especially online, or call at the office and ask me questions is, how do I know when it’s real? How do I know that my back pain is something that’s serious or that’s just going to go away? How do I know know that…

Chiropractor Downers Grove IL Mike DeCubellis

Have You Ever Made These Mistakes With Your Back Pain?

I want to take this time to talk about some things that I see people doing, and you absolutely cannot do. These are the huge mistakes people make when they have back pain or sciatica, and they make themselves worse. The first thing that people do that’s a huge mistake, a huge no-no, is your…

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Do You Feel Like Chiropractic Is Your Last Hope?

I hear it all the time: “Nothing’s worked.” “You tried everything.” “You’ve lost all hope that anything is going to be able to get you better.” “Something helped for a little while then it comes back.” “The issue felt like it was getting better. Then it kind of plateaued.” “This is your last hope.” I…

Chiropractor Downers Grove IL Mike DeCubellis

What Happens When You Have A Herniated Disc?

I wanted to take a minute to kind of show you what a disc herniation is, show you what it looks like, and then also talk a little bit about what some of those issues are that it can cause. I got this cool model here and with this model, I can show you what…

Chiropractor Downers Grove IL Mike DeCubellis

Common Occurring Things Change How We React To Them

An interesting thought just occurred to me. I’m right in downtown Downers Grove, and we’re not far away from the train station, the train, we’re also not far away from the fire department. With that we hear the fire engine, and we hear ambulances going by on Main Street all the time. Normally, when you…