Icing injuries has been a long-standing practice in the field of musculoskeletal care. But is it the best method available? Over the years, we’ve had a TON of acronyms to help us through treatment after an injury. Depending upon how old you are, you’ve probably heard one of the following: 1. Rest Ice Compress Elevate (RICE)…
So how important is sleep really? If you’re a toddler, you the word “nap” fills you with dread. If you’re a college student cramming for exams, or a young parent with a newborn, it is the thing that dreams are literally made of. It is one of the few things in life that can affect…
It’s time for some real talk. Experts say you shouldn’t have regrets. But, I have a big regret. I regret ever taking insurance for payment in my sports chiropractic practice. After over a decade of making that mistake, I’m moving on. And, for many people this is shocking.
I feel confident no one would argue that wrinkles, be it on your face or elsewhere, are normal and expected. You may not like it, but you know it’s a fact of life.
So, if we are willing to accept that skin sagging and wrinkles are normal, why can’t we accept that there may be other age-related changes to our bodies?
I was inquiring about where healthcare fell when people were prioritizing their expenditures.
Basically, when you make a decision on what has value when funds are tight vs. those products/services you don’t purchase when you don’t have expendable income. It’s the age old question of what is a NEED vs a WANT…a MUST-HAVE vs. a NICE-TO-HAVE.
In my experience, patients have a habit of discontinuing a legitimately necessary treatment, many times that THEY sought out, because they can’t “afford” it. This, of course, can be interpreted as “they don’t value this THING over something else.”
This may come as a surprise for many people out there, but a lot of orthopedic surgeries aren’t all that they are sliced up to be. To the medical community merely uttering these words is an act of heresy, deserving swift and severe punishment on the altar that medicine has built. To others, this news may come as a relief and even may have arrived just in time. Perhaps the thought surgery is frightening and you want to know everything you can before making a decision. That’s a solid plan!
There are a ton of myths that float around about what you might experience at a chiropractors office. Let’s take a moment to address some of the treatments that a person experience musculoskeletal pain might receive in our office.