Downers Grove Chiropractic Spine and Injury Center Blog

No Energy & Pain?

No Energy & Pain?

Bad Mood = Low Energy = Fast Aging You know what people hate just as much as being in pain? Not having energy. It feels like being in a bad mood all the time, and when that happens, you usually start feeling the effects of aging faster than you should. The thing is, they’re all…

Chiropractic & Cognition

Chiropractic & Cognition

Did you know that chiropractic adjustments can actually improve thinking and mental cognition? It’s true, and a lot of it has to do with what the chiropractic adjustment actually does inside your body. Not only does it help turn off the sympathetic nervous system and turn on the parasympathetic nervous system, which allows us to…

Should I Stretch Or Exercise?

Should I Stretch Or Exercise?

Is It Okay To Exercise If I’m Injured? If you have pain or issues that you’ve been dealing with for a long time, you might have the question, “Should I exercise?” You might be wondering if exercising will help, or just make it worse. Do either of those cause pain? If the answer is yes,…

Cervical X-Ray Walkthrough

Cervical X-Ray Walkthrough

Why Take X-Rays? In this article, I wanted to go over what I look for in an x-ray and why I take x-rays. I think it’s very important to take X-rays with people that come in and have issues, to make sure that it’s safe to do an adjustment — or any other kind of…

Never Settle While Being Treated

Never Settle While Being Treated

Finding The Right Diagnosis Every case is going to be different when it comes from a diagnostic standpoint. That’s why it’s always important to get the right diagnosis in the beginning, and not wait or find the wrong source for your problems. We don’t want to be going back and having to change something at…

Treatment & Settlement Timeline

Treatment & Settlement Timeline

Finding The Right Diagnosis Every case is going to be different when it comes from a diagnostic standpoint. That’s why it’s always important to get the right diagnosis in the beginning, and not wait or find the wrong source for your problems. We don’t want to be going back and having to change something at…