Active Life Health and Wellness is going to the 7th annual Taste and Tunes, a 2-day Urban Street festival that celebrates the diverse community of North Las Vegas citizens!! We will be there May 15, 2009 from 5:00pm to 11:00pm and all day Saturday, May 16, 2009. Come say hello to Mike, Ana, Candice, and Sarah while we test festival goers to see if they have nerve interference. There’s also going to be prizes, rides, great food, and amazing music! The Taste and Tunes Festival is at the North Las Vegas City Hall Campus: 2200 Civic Center Drive
North Las Vegas, Nevada. We hope to see you there!!!
Types of Back pain
As any good chiropractor would tell you, there is no single cause of back pain. This is because back pain can occur due to various reasons, and affect different areas. It is important that you have an understanding of the nature of your ailment before going to the chiropractor for treatment.
Location Of The Pain
Back pain is classified in two categories, depending on where the pain occurs.
Upper Back Pain
Pain in the upper back, shoulders or neck is termed as upper back pain. There can be certain causes of upper back pain, such as stretched tendons or damaged ligaments due to strenuous physical work. Upper back pains aren’t as common as lower back pains, and can be treated by taking pain relievers such as Paracetamol or by visiting a Chiropractor.
Lower Back Pain
Like the name suggests, lower back pains are directed at the base of the back, and occur due to the overstretching of muscles in the lower back or direct injury to that area. This pain can be caused by a variety of reasons, such as lifting something heavy or bending in an awkward position. Treatment for lower back pains is the same as for upper back pains.
Duration Of The Pain
Besides location, pain can also be classified according to duration.
Acute Back Pain
A short term pain, lasting from a few days to weeks, is called an acute back pain. There may be numerous causes of this pain, the most common being blunt trauma caused by Ankylosing spondilytis, arthritis or other medical conditions.
The symptoms of this pain can range from muscular aches and incorrect posture to shooting pains in the buttocks and back of the legs. Acute back pain can lead to serious problems, but is generally harmless, and most people tend to let it heal itself.
Chronic Back Pain
If the pain lasts for more than 3 months, it is termed as chronic back pain. The cause of chronic back pain can rarely be determined without the help of a Chiropractor or other medical professional. This long term pain gets progressively worse with time; immediate treatment is necessary to prevent further complications.
Now that you know what type of back pain you suffer from, you can act on them by looking up for home treatments online, or doing exercises which may stimulate the back. It is also recommended that you visit your nearest chiropractor who could suggest you treatment options.
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Treating Sprained Ankles with Chiropractic
Sprained ankles are one of the most common sports injuries and can become a rather large hurdle in anyone’s life if left untreated. Moreover, the longer the injury is left untreated, the longer it will take to return to the sport. Fortunately, there is a quicker way around it: chiropractic treatment. By treating your injury with chiropractic rather than conventional methods, not only does your injury heal faster, but the affected area grows stronger.
Initial Analysis
The first step in any chiropractic treatment is to analyze the area and determine the degree of damage. In case of tears or any fracture, the person is usually sent to the hospital. It is important to note that if you do not know how to treat a sprain, we suggest you do not touch the sprained ankle until the swelling goes down. In case of severe pain, a hospital referral is recommended.
Reducing the Swelling
Just like many other sports injuries, a sprained ankle should be treated with an ice pack immediately. This will help reduce the swelling until you can reach proper medical help. In the case of a severe ankle sprain, the swelling does not go down very fast and, in order to recover faster, most people seek out chiropractic help.
Without using any drugs or any surgery, chiropractic reduces the swelling fast using chiropractic techniques such as ultrasound, Kinesio taping and light Graston.
Joint Manipulation
No chiropractic treatment will include joint manipulation until the swelling has gone down. Once it has, joint manipulation is usually performed. Here, the ankle is moved slowly in a variety of motions. This is done to increase blood circulation around the ankle and subsequently reduce recover time. This is usually done to properly gauge the level of damage to the ankle and check for any possible weaknesses.
Rehabilitation Training
Once the swelling has gone down and the ankle can move freely once again, it is important to place the person on the rehabilitation stage. During this stage of chiropractic, an expert trainer will help you do a range of motion extending exercises, usually without any sort of weight/resistance. However, in order to strengthen the body and the ankle, some resistance is placed after a while.
Sports injuries, particularly ankle sprains, can become a big problem for anyone, especially athletes. Fortunately, Chiropractic treatment helps the ankle heal faster but extends the ankle’s degree of movement, allowing it to move more freely than before. Finally, it helps prevent any further injuries.
How I Became A Chiropractor
My name is Dr. Joshua K. Purcell. I am a chiropractor in Las Vegas, NV. I work at Active Life Health & Wellness. I would like to share my own personal experience with chiropractic. Several years ago I was deciding what I want to do with my life. I looked into many different health care fields. I ended up choosing chiropractic. I really loved the idea of being able to help people with neck pain, back pain, sciatica, disc problems, arm and leg pain, headaches, etc. without having to use drugs and surgery. So I decided that was what I was going to do. My wife was pregnant with our first child at the time. We moved to St. Louis, MO, where I was going to attend Logan College of Chiropractic. It was Christmas time and school was starting in January. My daughter was a couple of months old at this time. I was sitting on the floor wrapping a gift. I leaned over to grab the scissors and it felt like someone stabbed me in the lower back. It was a sharp, stabbing, shooting pain in my back that took my breath away. I could hardly move. I had to use the entertainment center to pull myself up. I didn’t know what just happened to me. I has always thought that I was healthy and didn’t have any problems. I had been doing lots of activities such as playing racquetball and riding my bike. I couldn’t stand straight, I was in severe pain. I started seeing the chiropractors at my school. They started adjusting my spine and it would feel better for awhile, but just come back. This process went on for several months and was progressively getting worse and worse. Finally the school doctors said that I needed to get a MRI and see a Neurosurgeon, that I may need surgery. I started going into deep depression and was feeling like chiropractic was failing me. I just dedicated my life to this type of health care and it wasn’t working for me!
Finally, I met another student that had been watching me hobble around for months and he told me that I should check out his chiropractor. He felt that this new approach that he used was something that could really help me. I was willing to try anything at this point, I knew that surgery wasn’t going to be an option. This new doctor took some x-rays of my neck. I didn’t understand why, my neck wasn’t hurting, it was my low back. He looked at the x-rays of my neck and pointed to my top two bones and said that’s where my problem was. He started to fix my neck and my health began to return. It was absolutely amazing. I started to get better and start to get my life back. What I learned through this process has truly helped me with taking care of my patients. I learned that just because someone hurts in one place, doesn’t mean that is where the problem is. In fact we have been able to help many people where other chiropractic systems have failed. The best part of this entire experience was I was able to pick up and hold my beautiful little girl again. I was able to have my faith restored that chiropractic really works!
I have had the opportunity to have helped people all over the Las Vegas area get their health back. We have implemented the latest, state of the art therapy in our clinic. We are often able to help people return to optimum health in a relatively short period of time, with the least amount of expense. We have helped people with disc problems, headaches, numbness and tingling in their arms and legs, sciatica, neck pain, back pain, digestive problems, sleep problems, fibromyalgia, asthma and wheezing, etc.
Suffering with Carpel Tunnel
My name is Kymberly; I am the front desk manager here at Active Life Health and Wellness. I was 18 years old when I first started seeing symptoms of my carpel tunnel. When all of this began to happen, I was just about to graduate from cosmetology school. I knew that this was going to affect my plans for the future. If I can’t use my arms and hands, how can I function properly on the job? I went to my medical doctor who told me I have the option of surgery, or to wear a wrist guard to help ease the pain. I did not want to go with surgery because there was a 50% chance of the symptoms returning.
I didn’t want to give up on my schooling. I worked in a salon for almost a year until I could no longer perform adequately due to the pain.
It’s been about three years since then, and I’ve found myself working here at Active Life Health and Wellness in beautiful North Las Vegas. When I first began working at Active Life Health and Wellness, I’d never been to a Chiropractor. Dr. Joshua Purcell and Dr. Barry Stanley required that I go through our new patient examination so that I could begin care here as well. I explained my situation to the doctors. They told me that the pain I was having would not have been corrected with surgery because the source of the problem is the fact that I have no curve in my neck. Dr. Stanley and Dr. Purcell explained to me that because I don’t have a curve in my neck, the nerves in my neck are being cut off and causing pain where those nerves end; in my hands. They told me that if I began Chiropractic care and restored the curve in my neck, my carpel tunnel symptoms would more than likely subside. I have since been going through treatment in the office and I am having major success! I have noticed that I am able to have my hands above my head for longer periods of time, unlike before. Also, my palms no longer have an ‘achy’ feeling. Even though I am not doing a full course of treatment in the office, I am still seeing results. I know that this could eventually affect my entire lifestyle and allow me to do what I love doing once again.
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