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Feeling Run Down, Foggy, or Low on Energy? Glutathione Shots May Help

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:48:08 GMT

Learn More About Glutathione Shots with Advanced Wellness & Rehab & Mike - Life Extension Specialist

Glutathione shots are a powerful wellness treatment designed to support your body from the inside out. Often referred to as the body’s “master antioxidant,” glutathione plays a key role in detoxification, immune support, and overall cellular health.

By delivering glutathione directly into the body, these injections allow for maximum absorption and effectiveness, helping you feel refreshed, energized, and balanced.

What Is Glutathione?

Glutathione is a naturally occurring antioxidant produced by your body. It helps protect your cells from damage, supports liver detoxification, and plays a key role in immune function.

Over time, factors like stress, poor sleep, illness, aging, environmental toxins, and poor nutrition can lower your body’s natural glutathione levels—leading to symptoms many people brush off as “normal.”

Common Signs You May Be Low in Glutathione

Many people start searching for solutions when they experience symptoms like:

Constant fatigue or low energy
Brain fog, difficulty concentrating, or mental sluggishness
Feeling run down or getting sick often
Trouble recovering after workouts
Inflammation, joint stiffness, or body aches
Skin dullness, uneven tone, or lack of glow
Feeling “toxic,” bloated, or sluggish despite eating well
Difficulty losing weight or feeling stalled in a weight loss program

If you’ve Googled questions like “why am I so tired even after sleeping,” “how to boost immunity naturally,” or “best detox for the body,” glutathione support may be worth exploring.

Why Choose Glutathione Shots Instead of Supplements?

While glutathione supplements exist, many are poorly absorbed through digestion. Glutathione injections deliver the antioxidant directly into the body, allowing for faster and more effective absorption.

This method helps bypass the digestive system and ensures your body can actually use the glutathione—especially important for individuals already under stress or dealing with chronic fatigue or inflammation.

Who Is a Good Candidate for Glutathione Shots?

Glutathione injections may be beneficial for people who:

Feel chronically tired or burned out
Experience frequent illness or low immunity
Struggle with mental clarity or focus
Are exposed to high levels of stress or environmental toxins
Are actively working on weight loss or metabolic health
Want support for liver detox and cellular health
Are looking to improve skin health and overall radiance
Want to feel more energized and balanced overall

Many clients add glutathione shots as part of a wellness, weight loss, or body contouring program to support results from the inside out.

Benefits of Glutathione Injections

People often report benefits such as:

Increased energy levels
Improved mental clarity
Stronger immune support
Enhanced detoxification
Reduced oxidative stress
Healthier, brighter-looking skin
Better overall sense of wellness

Results can vary from person to person, but many notice subtle improvements in how they feel within a short period of time.

What to Expect During Treatment

Glutathione shots are quick and typically well-tolerated. Treatments are performed by trained professionals in a comfortable setting and can often be completed in just a few minutes.

Your provider may recommend a schedule based on your wellness goals, lifestyle, and overall health needs.

Is Glutathione Right for You?

If you’ve been searching for answers to ongoing fatigue, brain fog, low immunity, or stubborn wellness plateaus, glutathione shots may offer the extra support your body needs.

Rather than masking symptoms, glutathione works at a cellular level to help your body function more efficiently - supporting long-term health and vitality.

Schedule your consultation at our clinic today to learn more and take the next step toward improved energy, clarity, and overall wellness.

The 4 Types of Diabetic Neuropathy and How They Can Affect You

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:46:00 GMT

Diabetic neuropathy is nerve damage that arises from diabetes. This condition is present in approximately half of all people who are diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetic neuropathy is more likely to occur when the disease has been present for several years, and it often results in additional health issues.
Through proper maintenance of your blood sugar levels, along with neuropathy treatments from a trusted professional, Wichita residents can postpone or avoid additional damage to their nerves. Let’s look at the four types of diabetic neuropathy and an all-natural, non-surgical treatment solution.

Peripheral Neuropathy

Also called distal polyneuropathy and peripheral diabetic nerve pain, this form of the illness (often shortened to PN) is the likeliest to occur. It involves damage to the nerves in your limbs. You will most often see this kind of damage to the nerves in your feet since those nerves are the longest in the body (running all the way up to the lumbar spine in the lower back). If your feet are affected, you may experience infections, ulcers, deformities, which may lead to amputations. With the best neuropathy treatment Wichita has to offer, you can prevent the negative side effects of peripheral neuropathy.

Proximal Neuropathy

This type of neuropathy, which also goes by the name diabetic amyotrophy, involves loss of strength within the muscles – particularly the muscles in the hips, buttocks, and legs. In polyradiculopathy-diabetic amyotrophy (a form of proximal neuropathy), a type of nerve pain called radiculopathy or sciatica is also present. When sciatica exists, nerve pain radiates from the lower back down through the legs.

Autonomic Neuropathy

Various bodily functions (digestion, breathing, circulation, etc.) occur passively, without you having to take any action. The autonomic nervous system controls these processes; in so doing, it helps the body maintain its balance and normalcy, called homeostasis. Homeostasis can be thrown off-course by this form of neuropathy.

Focal Neuropathy

The previously listed types of neuropathy are all forms of polyneuropathy – meaning that they impact multiple nerves. In focal neuropathy, also called mononeuropathy, only one nerve is damaged. While it most often strikes in the head, it also sometimes occurs in the legs or torso. Proximal and focal neuropathy symptoms are different when they occur in the legs. While the former leads to muscle weakness and radiating pain, the latter is characterized by pain in very specific areas.

Getting Help

Are you suffering from any of these four types of diabetic neuropathy? With high-quality neuropathy treatment, Wichita patients can recover from this condition. At Advanced Wellness & Rehab in Wichita, we provide solutions for resolving painful health issues in a personalized and caring manner. Contact us today to schedule an appointment!

Float Away Your Pain – Managing Back Pain with Flotation Therapy

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:49:00 GMT

Flotation therapy is sometimes utilized in healthcare settings, leveraging deep relaxation to promote faster recovery from back pain. Flotation is also called restricted environmental stimulation therapy (REST), or flotation-REST.
During treatment, patients float in approximately 10 inches of water with a high salt content – the high amount of salt in the water makes it easier to float. The big question is what the purpose of flotation therapy is and how can it relieve common aches and pains, such as back pain.

How do flotation tanks alleviate pain?

Flotation therapy suspends the user in a gravity free environment. This promotes a deep level of relaxation, which prompts the body to naturally heal itself from the inside out. By reach such a deep state of relaxation, flotation therapy can help relieve aches and pains, including back pain.
Back pain and other physical aches recede in response to the relaxation allowed by a flotation tank. When gravity is absent, there is lower pressure on the joints, leading to tension relief as the tissues and muscles relax. Back pain is particularly responsive to this therapy.
Studies have shown that both blood pressure and pulse are lowered through a flotation treatment, resulting in greater circulatory efficiency. Since both heart rate and blood pressure tend to be higher in the presence of pain, flotation therapy counteracts the pain response by decreasing both of their levels.

Studies show effectiveness of flotation

There are a number of studies out there that show the effectiveness of flotation therapy when it comes to increasing relaxation and thus decreasing pain. Researchers Thomas H. Fine and Roderick A. Borrie, Ph.D., conducted a study on REST therapy and found that the effects of flotation therapy clearly indicate how powerful relaxation can be in healing the body (by their own conclusions). The authors examined patients who had mostly been experiencing chronic pain for greater than 6 months. Upper back pain was reduced in 63.6% of cases.
A fibromyalgia study from 2012 assessed the responses of 81 patients who went through three flotation sessions. The vast majority of participants reported an improvement in their sense of wellness and a decrease in pain after finishing the therapy. Additionally, their amount of pain continued to decrease throughout the three sessions; the reported average pain rating was lower prior to entry for the 2nd and 3rd floats.
Performance in the arts and athletics could also be improved by flotation therapy. A Canadian study on musicians studied recordings before and after four once-weekly hour-long floats, finding that technical precision was better after the therapy. Long-term performance improvements have been demonstrated for REST, in conjunction with visualization, in pro tennis players and gymnasts.
Flotation therapy can be especially effective in relieving back pain when combined with other treatment options such as massage therapy, chiropractic care or physical therapy. Contact Advanced Wellness & Rehab in Wichita today!

Neck Pain is More Common Than Ever Before

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 19:01:00 GMT

Unfortunately, neck pain is on the rise, according to numbers from the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Global Burden of Disease (GBD). The primary metric of the GBD is the disability-adjusted life year (DALY), which takes into account both years lost to health issues and premature death related to various conditions. In 2010, the GBD analysis found that neck pain was ranked fourth as a source of disability. Between 1990 and 2010, the DALYs for this pain diagnosis rose 47%, from 23.9 million to 33.6 million.

Why is neck pain prevalence increasing?

There are a few accepted reasons why people are increasingly suffering from neck pain: there are more people alive on the planet; the worldwide population is aging; and there has been a proliferation of mobile devices.
The first two issues may be general public health concerns, but the third is within our control. While curbing cell phone use may not be enough to completely alleviate your neck pain, it is a lifestyle step that many physicians recommend for prevention of a condition that has been named text neck.

Why “text neck” occurs

The typical adult human head weighs about 10 pounds. Picture taking a bowling ball that weighs 10 pounds and securing it to the top of a stick. The stick would be able to support the ball’s weight when it is perpendicular to the ground. However, if you start to tilt it gradually toward the ground, the stick would lose integrity, ultimately bending and cracking.
The reason the stick becomes compromised is because a weight at the top of a column will exert greater pressure on the column when it is leaning.
Now think again of your head – applying the same concept. Researchers became interested in the specific effect of leaning forward, as occurs during mobile-device use, related to neck pain. The study, published in Surgical Technology International, determined that the cervical spine and its supportive muscles would have to withstand 27 pounds of force when an average head leans forward only 15 degrees. The impact on the body and likelihood of neck pain become more pronounced as a person leans toward their device:

A 30-degree tilt leads to 40 pounds of force on the neck;
A 45-degree tilt leads to 49 pounds of force;
A 60-degree tilt leads to 60 pounds of force.

Getting help

Do you suffer from text neck or another form of chronic neck pain? Reducing your smartphone use can help, but you could also benefit from professional treatment.
At Advanced Wellness & Rehab, you are assured of receiving only the finest quality care, because we have a genuine concern for your well-being and long-term health. See our New Patient Offer.

How to Sleep with Back Pain

Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:03:00 GMT

Millions of men and women in the United States lose sleep because of pain. The connection between sleep and pain is both a personal and a social concern since it is so widespread: 21% of people nationwide suffer from chronic pain, according to a survey from the National Sleep Foundation. Among those people who do experience chronic pain, 37% rate their sleep as “very good” or “good,” far lower than the 65% of those without pain who give their sleep those descriptions.
Many people who lose sleep because of pain specifically have back-pain conditions, partially because so many people in the US suffer from low back pain (LBP) – 31 million. Since losing sleep is so common, back pain patients often want advice on what they can do to get more sleep hours. Here are steps you can take:

How to Get More Sleep Despite Back Pain

Try various support positions. Putting a pillow in-between or beneath your legs can reduce strain. If you do not have an extra pillow, you can use a rolled-up towel instead.
Try lying on your side with one pillow under your head and a second one between your knees. Bend your knees and rotate your hips up a bit. This position is the most advisable because it allows your spine to retain its natural S shape.
If your side does not work for you, try your back, with a pillow or towel beneath your lower spine and/or knees.
While lying on your back can make it difficult for the spine to retain its S curve, sleeping on your stomach is especially likely to cause additional back pain. If you are unable to sleep in any other position, the best you can do is alleviate some of the stress with a pillow beneath your abdomen.
Turn on a light recording. Try listening to classical music, relaxation podcasts, audio books for kids, or other tranquil audio.
Change your mattress. A change in your mattress could help mitigate back pain. You want for your body to be in the same basic position on the mattress when you lie down to sleep as when you are standing with your head up and shoulders back.
Strengthen your core. You will generally have higher-quality sleep when you exercise regularly. A specific way to reduce your back pain, though, is to strengthen the muscles of your lower back, pelvis, hips, and abdomen – the core.
Get help. Are you experiencing back pain that is disrupting your sleep? Beyond the do-it-yourself steps above, you may need professional treatment for long-lasting relief. At Advanced Wellness & Rehab, our mission is to help you experience a pain-free life again. See our New Patient Offer.

3 Approaches to Spine Injury Relief

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:06:00 GMT

Three of the most common approaches that are used to treat spine injury and pain are spinal decompression, chiropractic adjustments, and surgery. A quick assessment reveals which of these approaches are the safest and most effective paths to take.

3 Approaches to Relief

1. Spinal decompression Nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy is a means to generate negative pressure within the spinal discs (called intradiscal pressure) through a controlled stretching and loosening process. Two of the key benefits of this healthcare modality are:
Moving the bulging or herniated disc’s nucleus (inner portion) back to its correct position Creating a more optimal environment for recovery and allowing nutrients to more easily access the area.
2. Chiropractic Chiropractors treat 22 million patients per year in the United States. Just over one-third of them, 35%, are visiting the chiro doctor for treatment of their backs and spine.
The philosophy behind chiropractic care is that the body can naturally return to health (with no need for drugs or surgery) by bringing the musculoskeletal system into proper alignment. To achieve that better positioning of the body’s structures, the doctor uses manual adjustment and other treatments. By adjusting the spine, the chiro professional is able to help the body heal from damage to tissue caused by situations ranging from a spine injury to prolonged sitting at a desk with insufficient support for the back.
3. Surgery Surgery on the spine can lead to incredible complications, and it is often ineffective. Prominent sports examples of unhelpful surgeries are Steve Kerr and Tiger Woods.
Many spinal surgeries have been recommended that were not backed by sound science. New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata notes that spinal fusion surgery had logged four clinical trials by the early 2000s. The findings show that the operation was “no better than… supervised exercise and therapy,” writes Kolata. Despite this ineffectiveness, spinal fusion surgery numbers rose through 2012, when the insurers stopped paying for it.
Similarly, various clinical trials were analyzed within a 2009 review published in the New England Journal of Medicine on another approach, vertebroplasty. Again, the researchers found there was no scientifically verified benefit of the surgery. Nonetheless, vertebroplasty and a similar operation, kyphoplasty, are still used today.
Moving forward Do you need help recovering from a spine injury? Surgery may be dangerous and ineffective, but chiro and spinal decompression offer safe and powerful options.
At Advanced Wellness & Rehab, we have a genuine concern for your well-being and long-term health. Meet our team.

How A Chiropractor Can Improve Your Overall Health

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:07:00 GMT

You may think of chiropractic care as alternative medicine. However, this branch of healthcare has been in existence for more than a century, and the number of chiropractors has grown steadily since the 1970s. There are currently more than 77,000 doctors licensed to practice chiropractic medicine in the United States alone.
Part of the reason for this increasing popularity is that chiropractors can treat a broad range of illnesses, far beyond neck and back pain.

Here are a few areas in which this healthcare approach offers additional benefits:

Age-related health conditions You can use chiropractic care to maintain proper alignment and health of your musculoskeletal system , preventing conditions such as muscular stiffness, chronic pain, and arthritis. Posture can be corrected through chiropractic care, and your range of motion can be expanded.
Stress There are several ways in which chiropractic care impacts the body that combine to help minimize your risk of stress-related illness . These include proper positioning of your spine and other joints, better circulation, loosening of the muscles, and enhancement of calm. Actually, many people view chiropractic treatments in terms of the mind-body connection, because conditions such as fatigue, headaches, elevated stress, and insomnia are often treated through this branch of medicine. A central tenet that is important to chiropractors is that carefully controlled manipulation of the spine bolsters the central nervous system while lowering the amount of physical stress.
Digestion A chiropractor is an expert at restoring proper communication within the body, such as that between the brain and the digestive organs, tissues, and glands. Postural problems, along with too much sitting, nutritional deficiencies, excess stress, and chronic inflammation, lead to digestive issues such as food sensitivities, constipation, and irritable bowel syndrome. By using the techniques that are in the toolset of a chiropractor, a person can prevent and recover from these conditions.
Hypertension A leading blood pressure scholar, George Bakris, published a study in 2007 in the Human Journal of Hypertension . It had the incredible conclusion that one chiropractic visit delivered the same impact as two hypertension drugs. Furthermore, the research revealed that the impact of a single adjustment was still evident 6 months later.
Moving forward with chiropractic care Are you interested in experiencing the manifold health benefits of chiropractic care? At Advanced Wellness & Rehab, our program can heal your pain without surgery – learn more about how our chiropractic care can improve your overall health .

Exercises to Avoid if You Have Sciatica

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:11:00 GMT

Exercise is one of the best ways to combat the effects of sciatica. However, HOW you exercise is just as important. Remember, not all fitness routines will help your disorder.

Avoid these exercises if you suffer from sciatica.

Heavy stretching of the hamstrings: This places undue stress on the hamstring muscles, which can affect the sciatic nerves indirectly, only serving to worsen your injury.
Bent over rows: Bad posture with bent over rows can cause herniated discs. You don’t want to negatively affect the spine and upset the overall structure. Spinal injury can get worse with immense pressure in this stance. This pressure can expose the root nerves, resulting in inflammation and infection.
Straight legged sit-ups: These exercises can also upset the structure of the spinal cord, causing inflammation and numbness below the waist. Even permanent nerve damage can occur.
Abdominal stretches: This stance can apply pressure to the back bone area, leading to compression of the sciatic nerve. Avoid this exercise at all costs.
Full body squats: Squats with barbells can result in lower spine damage, causing compression of the nerves and inter-vertebral discs. It could even result in pain in the buttocks and legs.
Heavy dead-lifts: This routine can result in spinal injury, one of the biggest contributors to lower back pain.
Weightlifting: Only do this when you can provide adequate support to the lower back.
Leg exercises: We recommend avoiding exercises like leg lifts and leg curls while facing down. This will apply pressure to the lower back region and harm the spinal cord, worsening your condition.
The exercises you DO want to do will focus on strengthening the back muscles. Consult with a professional fitness trainer who can come up with a safe exercise plan for you to follow to prevent sciatic nerve pain. For example, pelvic tilts are great for those who suffer from sciatica. For treatment and advice, contact Advanced Wellness and Rehab today. We have vast experience in bio-mechanical correction, strength, and nutritional training and education, treating patients with conditions ranging from scoliosis to herniated discs to sciatica.

How to Take Care of Your Body After a Car Accident

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:14:00 GMT

A car accident, no matter how mild, can have some very real effects on the human body. Thousands of people are involved in car crashes every year in this country and face a long healing process after the fact. Here are some tips on how best to heal from the physical trauma of a car accident, which can take days, weeks and months. Listen to what your body is telling you and give yourself time to get better.

Go to the Doctor

This should be your first step. You need to be examined by a medical professional who can document your injuries, take x-rays if needed, and provide treatment. You could be suffering from anything from whiplash to a tweaked back to bruised ribs. Assessment of your injuries is imperative now before they get worse.

Get Plenty of Rest

Don’t worry about jumping back into your regular routine. Take some time returning to work, your fitness routine and normal activity. Your body can’t heal if you keep putting it through stress. You can speed up the process, ironically, of healing if you give it time. If you push yourself too far too fast, even the most minor of injuries can worsen.

Go to Physical Therapy

Some injuries require that you get physical therapy to repair your body. You can get helpful tips and exercises to try at home that will make you feel better and recover faster. Performing mobility work will boost muscle and joint function after your injury, helping your body heal more quickly and comprehensively.

Listen to Your Doctor

Follow your doctor’s orders for optimal healing. Follow up with referrals, physical therapy recommendations, chiropractic work, or home rehab. You may be eager to get back into your normal routine, but it’s important to recognize the physical trauma your body has been through and do all you can to help it heal properly. Follow the above tips to get the most out of your recovery, leading to fast and substantial results.
If you’ve been in a car accident and suspect you may have been injured, contact Advanced Wellness & Rehab for a free consultation.

7 Ways to Avoid Morning Muscle Stiffness

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 19:29:00 GMT

Are your muscles so stiff that you can hardly get out of bed in the morning? Does it take a couple of hours for you to start feeling normal again? We see this a lot. The first thing to know is that you’re certainly not alone. More than six million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia, which occurs more often in women than in men. This is a very common condition affecting the bones and muscles. Unfortunately, it’s not always understood, which means there are many misdiagnoses. The main symptoms are joint pain and fatigue.
There is currently no cure. However, through medication, physical fitness and healthy eating, there’s hope for a normal, active life.

Morning Stiffness

This is the most common complaint when it comes to fibromyalgia sufferers. This can be triggered by anything from lack of daily activity and being overweight to possessing a poor diet. Also, if you aren’t getting adequate sleep or live in a cold or damp environment, these factors can contribute as well.

Treatments

So, how can you relieve morning stiffness? Here are some tips.

Get enough restful sleep, either on your side or back. Stomach sleeping places stress on the lower back and spine.
Seal all windows and doors in your bedroom if it tends to get drafty. If you are cold, use a space heater or pile on more blankets.
Stretch in bed to loosen muscles and increase blood flow.
Take hot showers in the morning and before bed. This will promote circulation and release muscle spasms.
Do gentle knee bends, using a counter, table, or chair for support.
Drink water — a lot.
Eat healthy foods. Reduce simple carbohydrates and begin paying attention to food labels at the grocery store. Stay away from foods with artificial colors, enriched white flour, and artificial flavors and sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup.
Practice stress management techniques. This will allow you to get a better night’s sleep and decrease the chance of muscle spasms.
Get regular exercise. Even walking around the block is better than nothing.
Dress appropriately in the winter when in your home, particularly when you go to bed. Keep in mind, cold temperatures cause muscle and joint stiffening.

Following these tips will help with your morning muscle stiffness.

Need more tips and treatment?

If you’re experiencing muscle stiffness, contact us today to receive a free consultation and get to the bottom of the cause of your pain. At Advanced Wellness and Rehab, we are dedicated to a comprehensive approach to treating your pain, and offer services including chiropractic care, physical therapy, therapeutic massage, and even Myokinesthetic treatments.

Is Walking Good for Sciatica?

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 19:32:00 GMT

If you have sciatica, you know how excruciating certain movements can be. It’s actually quite easy to aggravate the sciatic nerve, leaving you in a lot of pain coupled with many physical limitations. Going from the lumbar spine, through the back of your buttocks and down the back of your leg, the sciatic nerve can be tweaked after an injury to the lower back, for example. Or, other times, the piriformis-muscle in your buttocks can become inflamed. Here’s how to get back into the swing of things as you learn to live with sciatica.

Benefits

Walking has several benefits, not the least of which can help you alleviate sciatic pain when used as gentle exercise. It’s ideal because you’re allowing your body to rest after a sciatic injury while at the same time still getting the cardiovascular benefits of walking. It may be tough at first to stay slow, especially if you’re used to a high-impact routine of running or weight-training. However, it’s important to take your time, walk on flat surfaces with no incline, and go at a slow-to-moderate pace.

Importance of Stretching and Resting

If your acute sciatic nerve injury just happened, it’s best to stop all activity for at least a few days. Keep up with basic normal activity until then. To cut down on pain, apply heat for 20 minutes at a time throughout each day on your buttocks or lower back. It’s also important to stretch out the sciatic nerve regularly. You can do this if you lie face down on the floor, bending the knee of your affected leg to your chest, with your unaffected leg stretched out behind you. If you experience pain, place a tennis ball under the most painful area and relax for a few minutes.

Final Verdict

The bottom line is, yes walking is good for sciatica. Just be sure to consult with your doctor before engaging in any physical exercise after a sciatic nerve injury.

Need more help?

If you’re having sciatic nerve pain, contact us today to receive a free consultation and get to the bottom of the cause of your pain. At Advanced Wellness and Rehab, we are dedicated to a comprehensive approach to treating your pain, and offer services including chiropractic care, physical therapy, therapeutic massage, and even Myokinesthetic treatments.

What Is MyoKinesthetic Treatment and How Can It Help

Sun, 22 Oct 2017 19:35:00 GMT

Non-Invasive Pain Relief Program

Don’t wait to get a proper diagnosis and treatment for an injury.

Advanced Wellness & Rehab provides powerful pain relief treatments for car accident injuries, sports injuries, work injuries, and chronic pain conditions from illness, disease, and aging. We can help you stay away from hospitalization and rehabilitate and regain your injury. Our practice offers many pain relief treatments which can be personalized for every patient.

We’re devoted to assisting you to live a life without chronic pain. We provide complete chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression, injury rehabilitation, and massage therapy in a comfortable environment to highlight your well-being. We treat all musculoskeletal and orthopedic ailments, including work-related injuries, automobile accident injuries, post-surgical rehabilitation, sports injuries, and geriatric rehabilitation.

How to Crack Your Own Back: The Right Way

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:37:00 GMT

Sometimes you just need some relief in your back, but what happens when you can’t get to the chiropractor? There’s still a way to find relief: you can crack your own back. Of course, there’s a right way and a wrong way!

Cracking your own back is also referred to as self-manipulation. When done correctly, it can relieve tension in the back so you can get on with your day and feel some comfort. Before you attempt this on your own, make sure you have a professional diagnosis on the cause of your back pain and how to go about relieving that pain. Some people should not attempt to crack their back at all. Once you talk to your doctor, you’ll know if you should or not.

Tips

Here are some tips on cracking your own back to relieve back pain:

As previously stated, it’s imperative to see a doctor first before attempting any pain control in the form of back cracking. Contact Advanced Wellness and Rehab today for a free consultation.

These Common Habits Could Be the Source of Your Neck Pain

Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:39:00 GMT

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), which integrates data from 1800 scientists in more than 120 nations, is a research analysis that looks at diseases, injuries, and risk factors both regionally and worldwide. According to the GBD 2010 Study, about 1 in every 20 people around the world suffer from neck pain, 4.9%. However, that number does not reveal the devastating impact this condition has on quality of life like the disability adjusted life year (DALY) figure does. The DALY computes the toll of a disease in terms of number of years of death, disability, or poor health resulting from it. At 33.6 million, neck pain ranked 4th out of the 291 conditions assessed for the GBD.

Since neck pain is so devastating to so many people, it is important to know how to prevent it – and how to stop it from getting worse if you are already experiencing it. It all starts with watching your own behavior. What habits might be causing your neck pain? Let’s look at 5 day-to-day activities that might be exacerbating this issue:

1.) Maintaining a high level of stress

Numerous research teams have found that chronic pain can result from factors beyond physical injury – emotional problems and stress. “Every year around tax time the number of patients with neck pain increases, especially among Wall Street types,” said Tobert Gotlin, DO, of New York City’s Beth Israel Medical Center.

2.) Sleeping with a low-quality pillow

Sleep can make your neck vulnerable. Make sure you have strong support, with a pillow that maintains the curve of your spine so that your alignment is neutral (meaning you are not straining your muskuloskeletal system).

3.) Smoking cigarettes

Smoking increases the development of degenerative disc disease (DDD). The ingredients within a cigarette cause atherosclerosis and are detrimental to circulation — both of which result in greater difficulty getting nutrients to the discs and bones of your neck.

4.) Failing to get enough water

Hydration is key to keeping the discs operating properly. These spongy components located between your neck vertebrae are composed primarily of water, so their strength is enhanced by regular replenishment. Try to get eight large glasses of water daily

5.) Assuming positions that cause strain

Be conscientious of how often you are looking down. This position is reliant on effort from the neck’s sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscles; other muscles that are sometimes involved include the rhomboids, middle or upper trapezius, and levator scapulae (within the shoulders and shoulder blades). Your computer screen should be at eye level. Texting should be limited and performed with your phone raised to eye level as possible.

Conclusion

Are you suffering from neck pain? Incorporating the above advice into your daily approach should help improve your comfort. However, recovery is about more than changing your habits. At Advanced Wellness & Rehab, we provide solutions for resolving painful health issues in a personalized and caring manner. Meet our team.

Nagging Hip Pain? How to Score Relief with a Tennis Ball

Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:43:00 GMT

Experiencing hip pain is no picnic, but when it’s determined that the source of the pain is tight muscles and tissues in the legs, hips, and glutes and is not structural, there’s at least a silver lining to the diagnosis. Finding relief from aches and pains in the hips and low back can be as simple as rolling specific areas on a tennis ball. How does this DIY hip pain treatment work, and how can you find relief?

The Hip Joint Explained

To understand how tight soft tissues might contribute to pain around the hip, it helps to have a little background about the structure itself.
The hip joint is one of the largest on the body, and is designed to move in 6 different directions.
This multi-axial ball and socket joint requires a web of thick and strong muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia to remain stable and functional.
If any become shortened or tightened through overuse, injury, or weakness, they can pull on the surrounding structures and nerves and cause pain.

Fascia and the IT Band

Fascia is one of the soft tissue structures that can tighten and cause hip pain. Fascia is similar to tendons, but instead of being shaped like a cord, it’s formed as a thin sheet of tissue that surrounds skeletal muscle and permeates every structure in the body. According to John F. Barnes, PT, an international lecturer that has taught over 100,000 physicians and therapists about myofascial release, tightening of fascia can actually produce tensile pressure of up to thousands of pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures. The largest formation of fascia in the body, the IT or Illiotibial band, runs from the top of the hip bone to the outside of the knee and is weaved among the largest muscle groups in the body:

The IT band can become tight and pull on surrounding muscles and tendons, and even alter biomechanical movement and change alignment.
Overuse or underdevelopment of muscles in legs, buttocks, or those in the hips like the Tensor Fascia Latae (TFL) can create points of hypersensitivity and pain called trigger points.

The DIY Hip Pain Treatment

Using a tennis ball as a massage tool is a simple, effective, and inexpensive method for finding hip pain relief. With the weight of your own body and some strategic maneuvering, the tennis ball will provide the exact amount of pressure you need to release trigger points and find relief:

Lie on your side, and place a tennis ball under your hip. The TFL muscle is a great structure to locate, as it’s often well developed in athletes and feels thick; when you bend the knee and lift the thigh, it’s directly behind the outside of the hip crease.
With the ball in place, slowly maneuver your hop over the ball. Be warned that this can be painful to start! Whenever you find a very sensitive point, try to relax and let the muscle ease over the pressure of the ball, breathe slowly and deeply.
Continue moving through the muscles and tissues in the hips, buttocks, and the outside of the thighs and repeat until you “clean” the entire hip area.

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