El Paso, TX. Chiropractor Dr. Alex Jimenez takes a look at desserts and sweets. Would you feel guilty eating sweets? You must not. There's nothing wrong with eating an occasional sweet. It is much wiser to plan a dessert that is sweet again and now, rather than deprive yourself for weeks only to eat half your body weight in sweets… Read More
El Paso TX. Chiropractor Dr. Alex Jimenez takes a look at medication for joint pain and how they can make the pain worse. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are as common as candy, a staple of every home medicine cabinet and tossed casually in desk drawers, purses, and briefcases. Many people take these drugs, which include ibuprofen (sold as Motrin and… Read More
El Paso Chiropractor, Dr. Alex Jimenez looks at driving skills after a concussion. Even after their symptoms disappear, concussion patients may still have difficulty driving, a small study suggests. The study included 14 college-age participants who were tested on a driving simulator within 48 hours after they no longer felt the effects of their concussions. Despite feeling like they had… Read More
El Paso TX. Chiropractor, Dr. Alex Jimenez discusses ways to assist you to get the care you'll need at your next appointment. Dr. Michael J. Cooney, D.C I’ve been treating patients with severe and chronic pain from around the corner in Rutherford, New Jersey to as far away as Australia and South Africa. From our patient’s first reference to the past treatment… Read More
Life is busy. It can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. If you have a full-time job and kids, it’s even harder. How do you move forward? If you don’t purposefully carve time out every day to progress and improve — without question, your time will get lost in the vacuum of our increasingly crowded lives. Before you know it, you’ll… Read More
Neel Anand, MD demystifies common myths about back pain. Dr. Anand is the Director of Orthopedic Spine Surgery at the Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders in Los Angeles. Your mother wasn’t entirely incorrect; hunching your back can definitely be bad for your spine. Nevertheless, the reverse is true also. Sitting up straight for too long without a rest may also… Read More
Posted on April 14, 2017, 6 a.m. in Diabetes Exercise Research shows that HIIT quickly improves glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes. Research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports shows that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) improves glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes. The team, from… Read More
Modern chiropractic started in the late 1800s when Daniel David Palmer, a self-educated teacher and healer, performed the very first spinal manipulation on a patient. Chiropractic is the third largest area of medicine today. The word chiropractic comes from Greek words meaning "treatment by hand", which is exactly what chiropractors do—they use their hands to manipulate the body and promote… Read More
Why is it that all of our patients seem to have "tight" and "overactive" upper trapezius. A deep ache and constant tightness in the upper trapezius is a common complaint amongst most people and as well as leading to direct discomfort in the muscle, it may also contribute to headaches and neck pain. But does everyone have tight upper trapezius… Read More
The understanding the spine is somehow involved in health and wellness, in addition to the practice of utilizing manual manipulation as a way to obtain healing, dates back to the time of the ancient Greek philosophers. In fact, Hippocrates once said, "Get understanding of the back, for this is the requisite for several ailments." The First Chiropractic Adjustment Modern chiropractic, however,… Read More
The concept that light energy from a laser can reduce inflammation and pain, hasten healing in damaged tissues, relax muscles, and stimulate nerve regeneration appears far fetched. Science, however, tells us these effects do happen. "Power and wavelength ascertain the capability of the laser to penetrate into the body. Once you are in the infrared spectrum and above 800 nanometers… Read More
The majority of clients that present to the clinic with anterior knee pain over the coming year will more often than not have a patellofemoral (PF) problem. It may be a slight bit of biomechanical mal-alignment that has stirred up the knee cap - this is the good, or they may have started to wear the cartilage behind the knee… Read More
Chiropractors think that good health is decided by way of a healthy nervous system, particularly a healthy spinal column. Sometimes, vertebrae become misaligned and put pressure on the nerves exiting the spinal cord. The misalignment of a vertebra is called a chiropractic subluxation. Chiropractors use specific methods to return the vertebrae in their proper locations or muster them to allow… Read More
I have been travelling through Athens and now Istanbul. My 11 year old is a Percy Jackson nut and has been filling me in with the who's who of Greek mythology and I am learning Latin words every day. Quite an education! I looked up the word syndesmosis and the Latin translation is "(New Latin, from Greek sundesmos) bond, ligament,… Read More
Sciatica is commonly characterized as mild to severe pain which radiates along a single or both legs, caused by the impingement or compression of the nerve roots in the lower back. Various types of injuries or conditions affecting the lumbar spine can result in symptoms of sciatica. Sciatica is often referred to as radiculopathy, a medical term utilized to describe… Read More
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Wondering exactly how much protein you should be consuming each day? The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), which is the minimum amount you need to be healthy, is 0.8 grams per kilogram (0.36 grams per pound) of body weight per day—46 grams for an average woman. That equals as little as 10% of daily calories. If you're not super active, that's likely… Read More
About Pain Management (Medicine) Specialists A pain medicine specialist is a medical or osteopathic doctor who treats pain due to disease, ailment, or injury. Many of these doctors are physiatrists or anesthesiologists although called interventional pain management specialists or pain medicine. Pain medicine is a mutlidisciplinary team effort generally affecting specialists in other disciplines, complimentary alternative medicine, along with radiology,… Read More
If It Sounds Too Good to Be True… When you’re in pain, you might try just about anything to feel better. Claims of miracle cures that instantly relieve back and neck pain are tempting, but they often fall short of their promises. Save your money and steer clear of the products featured promising to eliminate your spine-related pain. Copper Bracelets… Read More