Massage can reduce pain and anxiety for people with chronic illnesses, such as cancer, and reduce the physiological burden of stress. It can help treat conditions including stress-related tension, cancer-related fatigue, sleep disorders, high blood pressure, diabetes, low back pain and depression, just to name a few.

Should your child visit a chiropractor? Are there other benefits to chiropractic than just spinal exams?

The truth is, the philosphy of chiropractic is an all natural approach to healing the body. Dr. Hayes can examine and monitor the growth of your child’s body, address important nutritional needs, offer correct exercise programs, and help to prepare your child for a healthy adulthood.

Decompression is most commonly used to refer to a surgical procedure to alleviate pain caused by a pinched nerve (neural impingement, compressed nerve) in the spine. A pinched nerve can be caused by conditions such as spinal stenosis, herniated disc and spondylolisthesis.

Chiropractors are trained to assess, diagnose and manage sports-related injuries as part of their core skills. In fact, through a comprehensive history and physical examination, chiropractors can help determine the cause of pain and dysfunction as well as recommend a well fitting plan of treatment.

The majority of people are at risk for work-related low back or neck pain. The lower back is a complex network of bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. Opposite to general opinion, it doesn’t take lifting a 50-pound bag of concrete to experience work-related low back pain. Simply reaching for a dropped pen during a meeting can cause painful results. The consequences leave no good choices: either continue to work with the pain or miss work!

Soft-tissue injuries may take months to fully heal, but a chiropractor can often provide pain relief much quicker than that. Some car accident victims report up to an 80 percent reduction in discomfort after just a few weeks of chiropractic care.