Low Back Pain & Patient Education
Patient education is a very important aspect of caring for our patients. In fact, it can be one of the most important aspects of care. For example, when patients present with a brand new injury and pain levels are off the map, it’s quite common for that acute suffering patient to inappropriately think that, “I’m [...]
Low Back Pain: Spondylolisthesis
Low back pain can arise from many conditions, one of which is a mouthful: spondylolisthesis. The term was coined in 1854 from the Greek words, “spondylo” for vertebrae and “olisthesis” for slip. These “slips” most commonly occur in the low back, 90% at L5 and 9% at L4. According to www.spinehealth.com and others, the most [...]
Low Back Pain: Where Is My Pain Coming From?
Low back pain can emanate from many anatomical locations (as well as a combination of locations), which always makes it interesting when a patient asks, “…doc, where in my back is my pain coming from?” In context of an office visit, we take an accurate history and perform our physical exam to try to reproduce [...]
No Movement and Your Back Pain
After 6 months of seminars and travel I feel I am now able to get back to blogging. I’m excited to share with you some thought and ideas that I’ve had over the months… and I think you’ll find these interesting as well. Today I’d like to share with you some interesting findings in some [...]
Low Back Pain: The Importance of Patient Education
It’s been reported that educating the patient about their condition reduces unnecessary anxiety and fear, which in turn, allows a more swift resolution of their condition. The intensity of low back pain (LBP) can sometimes be so severe, the patient can hardly move without getting a sharp, knife-like pain that stops them in their tracks. [...]
Low Back Pain and Spinal Fusions
In my Rancho Cucamonga and Pasadena office, it is not uncommon for me to have a conversation with a patient regarding surgery and their desire to avoid it. I’ve been blessed to have used nonsurgical spinal decompression and chiropractic to achieve that goal with many patients. So, I figured today we would discuss in this [...]
Low Back Pain: Where Does The Pain Come From?
“Were does the pain come from?” is probably the most commonly asked question we hear as chiropractors and frequently, the patient is not told the answer to this simple question. The problem is, the question is not so simple. This is because there are many structures in the low back that share a common nerve [...]
Flexibility and Your Back
Patients often ask me that why I am so concerned that they are stretching their back on a regular basis. I then explain to them that if the leg muscles are overly tight, that those muscles will cause the pelvis to be tilted in such a way that will negatively affect the back stability. So [...]
Mental Health For Back Healing – Part 3
This will conclude the series on how to have the right mind set for healing your back condition. Part 1 – Part 2 Explore All Options You have to live knowing that you have tried everything. If you have not explored some of the things discussed on this website or in our book, those are [...]
Testimonials
Often is the case that what someone says about you is more powerful than what you say about yourself. Dr. Ian Porterfield and I would rather have someone else toot our horn, than we toot our own horn. So our staff compiled some video testimonials of patients and doctors and through them together. It warmed [...]