Dr. Judd Lowrey's Sports and Wellness Chiropractic Blog

We love treating pregnant women in our Folsom & El Dorado Hills chiropractic clinic.  It’s such a beautiful experience but at the same time can be very stressful (and painful) on the mothers body.  We get a lot of satisfaction helping pregnant mothers through this time helping to relieve the discomfort that occurs thr0ugh pregnancy.

Pregnancy is a very dynamic time for a woman’s body. There are mass amounts of hormonal changes happening that impact emotions, behaviors, and physical structures. The human body

does a lot to compensate for the new life growing inside for up to nine months. And not only that, but more changes have to occur to get that baby out! A lot of stress can go along with these changes and getting your nervous system regularly checked by your chiropractor can greatly reduce both the physical and mental stress placed on you. …Continue Reading

Headaches; Can You Make Them Go Away?

Yes! Chiropractic care is very effective when it comes to headaches.   In our chiropractic and wellness clinic in El Dorado Hill and Folsom we help a lot of our patients with headaches.   We all suffer from headaches at some point in our life, in fact it is estimated that less than 1% of us escape from headaches altogether.   The question is how long are you suffering from headaches and how severe is the pain.

Whether you suffer from migraine or tension headaches, your chiropractor can help you.

What is causing my headache?

There are many different things that cause headaches. For instance with migraines, certain foods or environments may trigger it and set off a chain reaction that result in a headache. If you carry a lot of stress and tension in your shoulders, this can also contribute to a headache.
Dehydration, trauma, prescription medications, and lack of sleep can all be factors that lead to
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Whiplash; Can Chiropractic Care Help Me?

After a whiplash injury, it is imperative that you get checked by your chiropractor as soon as possible to jumpstart the healing process. During whiplash the inertia of your body outweighs the inertia of your head, which makes it lag behind in a car accident. This creates a “whip-like” effect and causes serious damage to your neck. Your body goes through a tremendous amount of force that can potentially sprain, strain, or even tear muscles and ligaments. Without proper alignment and rehabilitation, those structures can heal in ways that are not optimal.  Whiplash is far more common than most people think.  We focus on offering chiropractic care in the El Dorado Hills and  Folsom area and it is not uncommon for us to treat patients for whiplash while the patient did not know they had whiplash.

A normal, healthy ligament has fibers all lining up in the same direction, side by side. A ligament that has even microscopic damage will heal with scar tissue that lays down fibers in a haphazard way and can lead to adhesions and a higher likelihood of future injury. By adjusting the neck and rehabilitating the muscles and ligaments surrounding it, the new scar tissue is more likely to lay down in an organized way in response to the loads placed on them. This not only strengthens the integrity of the entire neck, but also reduces the pain during the healing process.

What should I do immediately after a whiplash trauma?

Get checked by your chiropractor as soon as possible. New scar tissue starts laying down as early as 72 hours after the injury. The sooner you can get motion into the joints that have been injured, the better your chance for full recovery. Your chiropractor will also be able to fully evaluate the stability of your neck and possibility of fracture that might have been caused by the whiplash. These need to be addressed immediately. For pain relief, …Continue Reading

Back Pain – Will I Just Have to Live With It?

Absolutely not! Chiropractic care is the most effective and cost efficient way of dealing with back pain.  At Lowrey Chiropractic we help many of our patients in the Folsom and El Dorado Hills area that suffer from back pain with the latest treatments in chiropractic care and soft tissue therapy.  Chiropractors look to the cause of back pain and dysfunction, rather than covering up the symptoms that accompany it. Millions of people suffer from back pain in the United States.According to the National Institutes of Health, 70 to 85% of people will experience back pain in their lives. That is an alarming statistic! However, with chiropractic care, back pain can almost always be eliminated or managed so that you do not have to live in pain day in and day out.

What Causes Back Pain?

There are a number of things that can cause back pain including:

• Bad posture
• Subluxations
• Herniated disc
• Repetitive stress, such as sitting at a computer desk all day without taking breaks to get up and walk around …Continue Reading

How Do Chiropractic Adjustments Work?

Chiropractic is a healing philosophy, art, and science that gives the body what it needs in order to reach its highest potential in health. What does that mean for you? It means that your body was designed as a self regulating, self healing entity and when your nervous system is free from interference (subluxations), your body will reach the highest form of health that it is capable of. The main premise to chiropractic includes these four things:

1. The brain controls every part of the body, from your muscles and bones, to your organs, tissues, glands, and even your thoughts.
2. The brain and the rest of the body are in continual communication and always adapting to the outside environment.
3. When there is interference in communication between the brain and the rest of the body, it is not able to adapt to outside stressors. These stressors can include chemical, physical or mental factors.
4. Your chiropractor locates the point of interference and performs a very specific adjustment that allows the body to return to normal function.

I don’t feel stressed. Do I still need chiropractic?

Yes! Even though you may not feel stressed because your body has adapted to its environment, you are bombarded by different stressors every day. Chiropractic adjustments ensure that your body is continually able to adapt by removing subluxations and reconnecting the communication between the brain and the rest of the body.

Three types of stress:

• Chemical – processed foods, medications, alcohol, household cleaners, laundry detergents
• Physical – traumas, auto injury collisions, falls, bad posture, bad ergonomics
• Mental – relationships, depression, worry, guilt, lack of sleep

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