Ask The Chiropractor: Latest Answers

I’m looking for traditional, manual HVLA spinal adjustments—the classic structural clicking (Diversified technique). I don’t mind a tiny bit of muscle prep if needed, but I want to make sure the core of the treatment is the manual adjustments, as soft-tissue pressure work just doesn’t work for my body. Is this something you can accommodate? Thanks

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Hi,

Yes, I myself prefer HVLA adjustments, as do my two other male chiros. Our female chiro tends to more ‘gentle’ techniques.

Kris

hiya, i’m 16 years old i have always suffered with the odd back pain but i was at a fun fair and my back was crushed against a seat since then i had lumps on my spine they went away and now their roughly there and the pain in unbearable i struggle to sleep due to the uncomfortableness and it’s a struggle with everyday things.

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Hello,

I suggest that you go and get checked over by a chiro near you.

Kris

I’ve been dealing with a left-side levator scapulae issue for over 6 months now. It improves with rehab, but keeps getting re-aggravated during lifting, even with light weights. Tilting my head to the right and down hurts that area and the neck slightly.
Not sure if I’m over-engaging the levator during lifts or if my non-dominant side is just too weak and unstable.
Would appreciate any advice or pointers.
Thanks

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Hello,

Without having examined you, if it’ is a lev scap issue, I’d advise massage and / or chiropractic as it obviously needs more than whatever rehab you’ve been doing to it.

Kris

Are you able to treat sciatica? and over what period of time

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Hi,

We do treat pain in the back of the leg but I can’t tell you how long it would take to resolve as there are many different causes and I also don’t know how old the patient is and how long they’ve had it.

Kris

 

My child suffers from asthma, eczema and dairy allergy. Takes preventive inhalers for asthma. Has poor posture, slow metabolism gets easily bloated and gains weight even when he is eating a normal balanced diet with protein fibre and fruits. average in sports, tries to do his best by exercising but body doesn’t help. Can chiropractic adjustments help with these?

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Hello,

I don’t think that Chiropractic adjustments would be much help for your little one with those problems.

I’d suggest that you take him to evaluated by a Functional Medicine practitioner as they are well placed to figure out root causes of those types of health disorders.

https://www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner

Kris

Hello Kris! I hope you are well I just wondered if you could confirm if you treat hiatus hernias please? Thanks Lucy

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Hi Lucy,

I do treat hiatus hernias.

Kris

I have bad pain in my leg please what’s the price

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Hi,

Please give reception a ring on 02083015859 and they will run through our prices.

Kris

Hi Kris, My husband suffers from lower back pain sometimes indicates tail bone pain too. He has been suffering these pain for more than 5-10 years now its getting worse, taking ibuprofen everyday to manage his pain. so i am looking for the treatment that could atleast relieve him, if you could guide me forward on managing his pain that would be great. I am looking forward to hear from you soon

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Hi,

Well, I’m obviously going to recommend he sees his nearest chiropractor.

He would get a detailed case history taken, a thorough examination, possibly imaging if needed and a diagnosis followed by a course of treatment to try to relieve his symptoms and get the issue, whatever it is, to heal as well as it can.

His first step is to ring his closest chiro clinic and get himself booked in!

Kris

Hi, I injured my back at work on April 16th this year and was in a lot of pain. I visited my GP who referred me to a physiotherapist. During the physio examination I felt little to no pain and he concluded I had just pulled a muscle and gave me some stretches to do. It’s been 8 weeks now and I am still in pain despite doing the stretches he gave me and after using the NHS symptom checker as well as other sites, I suspect I have squashed my sciatic nerve, which was my initial suspicion at the time of the injury. Is it possible he could have missed a squashed nerve and how would I know for sure what is wrong with my back as it seems abnormal to be in pain for 8 weeks.

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Hi.

It can be frustratingly difficult to get an accurate diagnosis.

I’ve no way of knowing if the physio is correct or not without sitting down with you, taking a full case history and then examining you. I’d suggest that you find a chiro near you and go through that process.

There isn’t a ‘normal’ length of time to be in pain for with this kind of thing-especially if the only ‘treatment’ you’ve had is exercises.

As I said, find your closest chiro and go and see them.

Kris

I am working on a pre-university project which aims to answer the question: what pillow shape and material combination would be most suitable to optimize neck posture during sleep to preserve physical health?

I was hoping you could share some insight on how the level of neck support affects the neck on a musculoskeletal and biomechanical level and which pillow shapes and materials are the most recommended. I have to select a limited number of pillows to test and was hoping you could explain why I should focus on testing the recommended pillow types (as I have to justify why I am only testing a limited set of pillows due to time and word count constraints). I look forward to hearing from you and thank you for reading.

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Hi.

There isn’t any real hard and fast rule that I’m aware of because this is all so subjective. I always tell my patients to try a few different pillows until they find what they are most comfortable with. Luckily, most manufacturers of good quality pillows have a pretty good returns policy if you aren’t getting on with their pillow.

I personally prefer some sort of memory foam pillow like Otty or one of the Tempurpedic offerings but some people like feather pillows.

Most find simple foam pillows to be sub-par.

It’s also not just the materials they are made of that’s of consideration. Pillow thickness is really important as well. Too thick or thin and it’s no good either. That can also be dependant on how hard or soft the mattress is.

I’ve probably raised more questions than I’ve answered. Sorry!

Kris