Question: My parents are elderly, and both hurt their backs. What type of doctor or physician should I look for? Chiropractic care is safe and effective for elderly adults with back pain, according to new research. To better understand the risk and benefits of chiropractic care in elderly individuals, El Paso, TX. Chiropractor, Dr. Alexander Jimenez, answers questions regarding chiropractic… Read More
How To Tell If Your Neck Pain Is Serious Should you be worried about that nagging neck pain that's been bothering you for the previous couple of days? If you wait until it goes away or do you call a doctor and/or chiropractor? It Could Be A Muscle Strain Did you lift something heavy recently? Or maybe you slept wrong… Read More
Question: My car was rear-ended. Since then, my neck hurts, feels rigid, and I have upper back pain. My wife says it's whiplash and that I should see a physician. Is there anything that I can do to accelerate my recovery? Should I see my physician and/or chiropractor? How long will my pain last? El Paso, TX Answer: Your symptoms… Read More
Chronic Pain: Individuals with acute, chronic back pain understand how it can affect and disrupt one's life. Chronic back pain can make it hard to carry out an exercise routine or to appreciate even the simplest daily activities. Regardless of the amount of chronic pain cases in the United States, polls estimate that 11 to 40 percent of Americans… Read More
Healthcare professionals who specialize in treating chronic pain have realized that this condition is not only a feeling or sensation, such as touch or vision, but rather, pain can be influenced by the ways the brain processes pain signals. Chronic pain may provoke emotional reactions, such as fear or even dread, depending on what we believe concerning the pain… Read More
Historical Chiropractic News Editors Note: The information provided here was forwarded to Planet Chiropractic by a chiropractor in Texas. Far too many people (including chiropractors) are not aware of historical events that took place during the 1917 – 1918 Spanish Flu years, which involved chiropractors caring for thousands that suffered influenza infection during those times. With such a firestorm of… Read More
The Narrative Of JFK Shows The Difficulty In Diagnosing & Treating Spinal Disorders. At age 43, John F. Kennedy was the youngest president elected into U.S. workplace, and has been depicted as full of youth and vitality. But he was far from healthy, and spent most of his adult life fighting with many medical issues, including back pain which started… Read More
Backpack pain is an all too common condition of school-age children. While back pain is a known and widely-studied issue in adults, its prevalence in school-aged children has received relatively little scientific attention. Elementary, middle, and high school students must often carry backpacks that weigh enough to trigger chronic back pain, bad posture, and even decreased lung volume. I have… Read More
Chiropractic, Massages & Spinal Injections Are Your Papal Prescription For Low Back & Leg Pain. Should you suffer from the low back and leg symptoms of sciatica, the pope feels your pain. Reports reveal that Pope Francis has spent part of his 2017 summer undergoing spinal shots and massage therapy to help manage his sciatica. Sciatica is intense low back… Read More
A range of factors can play an essential part in the experience of chronic pain. Pain is the body's normal reaction to an injury or illness, But for many people, pain can be a constant. When pain lasts for 3 to 6 months or more, it’s called chronic pain. If you hurt day after day, it can take a… Read More
The impulse to view human life as fundamental to the existence of the universe has been triggered in the traditions of all cultures. It is so fundamental to the way people observed facts that it might be, to a certain extent, ingrained in the way the human psyche has evolved. That humanity is out of balance with the character… Read More
Biocentrism is the ethical perspective with the moral standing or holding that all life deserves equal, ethical consideration and value. Although components of biocentrism can be discovered in spiritual traditions, it was not until the late decades of the 20th century that the topic was dealt with by philosophical ethics in the Western tradition in a systematic method. As a… Read More
Federal employees face the same injury risks as those in the private industry and different areas of the public sector. Those risks can be serious. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that approximately 124 federal employees suffered fatal accidents in 2013. Based on the BLS, the top causes of fatal injuries among workers are: A federal… Read More
In the last few decades, important puzzles of mainstream science have generated a re-evaluation of the nature of the world which goes far beyond anything we could have imagined. A more precise comprehension of the planet requires that we believe it is biologically centered. It's a very simple but wonderful notion that Biocentrism tries to clarify. Knowing this fully… Read More
Federal employees who suffer with an on-the-job injury which prevents them from working are usually eligible for compensation benefits. The specific types and amounts of compensation depend on the employee's line of work, how the injury occurred and the severity of the work injury. In these situations, gains are available for employees. In every case, employees who qualify for… Read More