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    do you suffer with Muscle Spasms?

    Do your muscles feel tight? Do you have constant aches and pains?

    Chiropractic is the drug-free, natural alternative of the 21st century.

    Call The Neck and Back Center today. We will bring out the BEST in you.

    Dr. Stephanie Coursen, Chiropractor

    Muscle Spasms
    and Trigger Points

    Since over 60% of your body is nerve, muscle and bone, it should come as no surprise that chronic pain, strain, spasm, irritation, inflammation, trigger points or other neuro-musculoskeletal (nerve-muscle-bone) conditions are so common. In fact, many of the millions of people who visit their doctors of chiropractic do so because of these problems.

    Do Injections And Physical Therapy Work?

    For standard medicine, how to best deal with the symptoms of muscle spasm, trigger points and similar problems is a mystery. Medical treatments such as novocaine, procaine and xylocaine injections; cooling sprays; muscle relaxant drugs; cortisone injections; and other drugs have been tried with mixed results. Heat, massage and other modalities have had limited success.

    The Cause

    The cause of this mystery illness, may, at least in part, be spinal trauma. In one study, adults with neck injuries had a 13 fold increase of neuromuscular pain and fibromyalgia within
    one year of their injury. Others have found similar associations.

    The Chiropractic Approach

    Those suffering from muscle spasm, trigger points, neuromuscular pain and problems, fibromyalgia and similar symptoms are seeing chiropractors in record numbers because they are getting results. For example, in one study 5 men and 18 women, aged 11 to 76 with chronic fatigue syndrome, trigger point pain and fibromyalgia, who had been suffering from 2 to 35 years began chiropractic care. After a series of spinal adjustments, every patient was able to resume normal activities including full time work and maintained their improvements one year later at follow-up. The authors of the study write:

    "Improvement in symptoms of 92-100% was achieved in both these syndromes"

    In another study, 45.9% of those with trigger points, muscle pain and fibromyalgia experienced moderate to great improvement under Chiropractic care while anti-depressant
    medication benefited 36.3% and exercise helped 31.8%. In another study, 60% of patients had at least a 50% reduction in pain symptoms with chiropractic. Similar results were found with those suffering from fibromyalgia with tender trigger points, numbness, tingling and pain.

    Start today toward a healthier tomorrow!

     

    Trigger Points

    How do you feel in the morning?

    Do your muscles feel "tight," especially in the morning? Do you always need to stretch with constant aches and pains in your neck, low back and hips? Do you feel old and stiff with morning fatigue, sleeping problems and many tender spots (trigger points)?

    Trigger Points

    Trigger points are tender, sensitive areas that when pressed, stuck, heated or cooled can be exquisitely painful. You may first discover trigger points when you are surprised by someone pressing a seemingly pain-free area. Trigger point pain may also be referred to other areas of the body. Trigger points are common in chronic muscle spasm, myalgia, myositis, fibrositis, strain and sprain, and other muscle and joint problems.

    Vertebral Subluxations

    Chiropractors locate and correct vertebral subluxations, a spinal condition that damages nerves, muscles, fascia, meninges and other tissues. Subluxations can alter the concentration of enzymes and other chemicals necessary for skeletal muscle health which may play a role in muscle diseases. Compression of a nerve interferes with impulse transmission, causing muscle paralysis, vasodilation and trophic ulcers.

    Chronic hyperactivity of sympathetic nerves is detrimental to the tissues and organs which they innervate and musculoskeletal dysfunction in the spinal area.

    Vertebral subluxations cause joints to "freeze" or lose
    normal movement, causing damage to the involved area.
    Movement is essential for the prevention of contracture and adhesion formation within the joint.

    Conclusion

    Doctors of chiropractic spend thousands of hours and many years learning how to correct vertebral subluxations using the art of the chiropractic spinal adjustment. The adjustment removes severe stress from the spine as well as related nerve and other tissues including the muscles, bones, joints, ligaments and other soft tissues. This permits your body to work better, under the direction of your inner healer (your innate healing ability) thus permitting you to better heal yourself. After your spine is adjusted your head is more balanced in relationship with gravity, your hips and shoulders are more level and stress is taken off the joints and muscles throughout your body. Because less of your energy goes into supporting an unbalanced spine and skeleton, you may immediately discover more energy, greater ease in movement and improved relaxation.

    A recent book review on muscle spasm, trigger points, pain and fibromyalgia in the ]oumal of the American Medical Association carried this shocking admission by the reviewer:

    " One wishes the book had also included other approaches to fibromyalgia: chiropractic adjustment, manipulation, yoga..."

    Anyone with the above conditions or with any health problem should see a doctor of chiropractic to make sure that their
    spine is free from vertebral subluxations.

    A healthy spinal column can make the difference between a life of pain, suffering and disability and one of ease, happiness and freedom.
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