Downers Grove Chiropractic Spine and Injury Center Blog

How To Choose A Chiropractor

How To Choose A Chiropractor

How do you choose a chiropractor? There are lots of different chiropractors out there, but the difference between them can be very, very big. First, you want to determine if the chiropractor is specifically trained to treat your condition. There might be lots of different conditions out there, but just like specialists of other types…

Should I Stretch Or Exercise?

Should I Stretch Or Exercise?

Consider that you just injured yourself or you have had issues going on for a while. In this situation, people often ask themselves — and end up asking me — “Should I stretch or exercise if I’m injured?” My question for you is, does stretching or exercising cause pain? If the answer is yes, then…

Things Don’t Happen All Of A Sudden

Things Don’t Happen All Of A Sudden

One thing I hear a lot in this office is, “I don’t know what happened, doc, it just came on all of a sudden.” “All of a sudden, I got this pain.” “I threw my back out.” Things don’t happen all of a sudden. Sometimes we have major injuries that happen relatively suddenly, sure. When…

Arthritis

Arthritis

What Is Osteoarthritis? Let’s talk about arthritis. The most common form of arthritis you’re going to see and hear about is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative condition, with which you see bone spurs and decreased disk space. This leads to degenerative disc disease. These two things are preventable. If you don’t get to the reason…

Sciatica

Sciatica

Sciatica pain goes from your low back, down your legs, maybe all the way to your feet. It can create numbness, tingling, burning, and sharp shooting pains. It is not fun, and it can cause people to be in a lot of pain, and even significantly decrease their quality of life. People who are in…

Treatment Proof

Treatment Proof

Do you need proof that your treatment is actually working, that the adjustments and the treatment that you’re getting are actually making a difference? I believe that we should have proof, and that’s why in our office, we always measure the differences of when you first came in to where you end — especially through…