At a time when they should be enjoying life, lower back pain causes limitations on many seniors. Many seniors spent their earlier decades engaging in activities that caused stress to their lower backs. Their occupations may have required physical labor that affected their back. Even jobs where they were sedentary could still cause lower back pain. Lower back pain can affect seniors’ ability to carry out daily tasks. Research has shown that one in five adults in their 60s currently has back pain and the risk increases with age. The most common cause of back pain in seniors is misalignment and/or improper movement of the bones of the lower spine (vertebrae). If the vertebrae are not in proper
Headaches can interrupt your ability to function when they occur. They disrupt our daily routines and sleep patterns. Chiropractic care can relieve the pain from most headaches. A tension-induced headache is the result of muscular stress in the head, neck, or shoulders. Migraine headaches are usually felt on one side of the head and are accompanied by an increased sensitivity to sound and light, and by nausea. Cervicogenic headaches originate in the spinal area of the neck and spread forward to the head or face on one side of the body. Chiropractic manipulation has been found to be an effective treatment for headaches. As your chiropractor, we perform a thorough diagnosis to discover the sou
