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Santa Barbara Chiropractor: 10 Most Frequent Questions
Chiropractor Santa Barbara knows that good balance is essential for an individual to be able to manage and keep body position while in motion or remaining still. Good balance helps a person to walk without wobbling, arise from a sitting position without slipping, and to climb stairs without slipping.
balance problems are regularly disclosed by 9 percent of adults, aged 65 and older. Good balance is vital in aiding an older person to stay independent, and to carry out daily chores and activities. Dizziness, “wooziness,” and difficulties with balance are suffered by a large majority people as they age.
The experience by some people that they, themselves, or their environment is spinning is called “vertigo.” About 40 percent of people nationwide will have an incidence of dizziness that is consequential enough to go to a doctor. And, among older adults, falls are the most widespread cause of severe injury and deaths.
Balance and Inner Ear Challenges
There are a variety of balance disorders. Three customary types are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, labyrinthitis, and Meniere’s disease. Of these three, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is the most prevalent. Its symptoms encompass a brief, intense sensation of vertigo with a change in head position, when rolling over to the left or right in bed or when getting out of bed, or when looking up for an object on a high shelf. This problem is more probable in people 60 and older, although it can also happen in younger individuals.
There are diverse reasons for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Inner ear infection, head injury, or simply aging can produce the problem. Many times times a simple Epleys procedure can eliminate the problem, though it can be linked to other disease processes. Your Santa Barbara Chiropractor has many years of experience in this procedure.
Labyrinthitis is an infection or irritation of the inner ear that creates dizziness and loss of balance. It affects adults of any age and the cause is unknown.
Ménière’s disease is a balance disorder that causes vertigo, hearing loss that comes and goes, tinnitus (ringing or roaring in the ears), and a “full feeling” in the ear.
Age is not the only cause for why these problems occur, but older persons are more likely to undergo balance disorders. Treatment for balance disorders varies depending upon the reason. A chiropractor is well-educated in assessing and treating a large majority of the causes. On occasion, even simple exercises for vestibular rehab can be the answer to balance challenges. Make an appointment with a health care professional, such as your Santa Barbara Chiropractor, if you have experienced, or are currently experiencing, dizziness, vertigo, or other challenges with balance.
Not all balance disorders are created by problems in the inner ear. A small number may involve other regions of the body such as the brain or heart. Other factors, in addition to aging and ear infection, may involve head injury, certain medicines, challenges with blood circulation, upper respiratory infections, viral infections, stress, fatigue, smoking, alcohol use, stroke, high or low blood pressure, and heart disease.
Balance disorders produced by high blood pressure can generally be managed by less sodium intake,maintaining a healthy weight, and exercise. To assist in making the symptoms of dizziness less severe, generally eating low-salt or salt-free foods, and avoiding caffeine and alcohol, will help.
Balance disorders are dangerous. It is the most prevalent cause of falls and fall-related injuries in older people. It is crucial to have a suspected balance disorder diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.
If you can answer “yes” to any of the following questions, you should discuss the symptom(s) with your chiropractor:
• Do you have the feeling of being “unsteady?”
• Does the room seem to spin around you?
• Is there ever a time when you feel as if you are moving when you know you are standing still?
• Do you lose your balance and/or fall?
• Do you feel as if you are falling?
• Does your vision ever become “blurred?”
• Do you ever feel disoriented, or lose a sense of time, place or identify?
Don’t wait until it’s too late! Call your chiropractor today.
1809 Cliff Dr. Santa Barbara, CA, 93109 USA
mesachiropractor@gmail.com • 805-963-2069
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Chiropractor Santa Barbara is a strong believer in pediatric chiropractic, and also knows that exercise and healthy activity help to give children a head start in life. But, sometimes, striving to keep up with an active five-year-old can feel tiring. If you have an active child of this age, or if you’ve ever been around one for any length of time, you may have found yourself longing for the kid to just sit still for a moment. However, recent research is validating the long-term health benefits of this whirlwind of activity. In fact, rather than trying to slow these little ones down, five-year-olds should be motivated to be as active as possible, according to a new University of Iowa study. Why? “Because it pays off as they grow older,” said Kathleen Janz, lead author of the study and professor of health and sport studies in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Even if kids don’t continue to be as active later in childhood, being active at age five helps them to stay lean as they get older. “We call this effect ‘banking’ because the kids benefit later on, similar to having a savings account at a bank. The protective effect is independent of what happens in between,” Janz went on to say.
The UI team tested the body fat and activity level of 333 kids at ages five, eight and eleven using a special scanner that accurately measures bone, fat and muscle tissue, and an accelerometer that measures movement every minute. Rather than depending on kids or parents to track minutes of exercise, the kids wore accelerometers to record their activity level for up to five days.
Even when controlling for their accumulated level of activity, the study (published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine) indicated that kids who are active at age five end up with less fat at age eight and eleven. The average five-year-old in the study got thirty minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per day. For every ten minutes on top of that, kids had one-third of a pound less fat tissue at ages eight and eleven.
Although further investigation is needed to discover what happens to the active kids’ bodies that keeps them in better shape down the road, Janz said that it may be possible that the active 5-year-olds didn’t develop as many fat cells, improved their insulin response, or that something happened metabolically that supplied some protection even as they became less active.
Weight moderation, however, isn’t the only benefit of early exercise. As a chiropractor I have observed over the years that active kids have far less common childhood health challenges, such as catching colds and the flu. Chiropractic care is, naturally, particularly beneficial in helping kids to stay healthier. But, in addition, the stimulation to the brain that takes place during activities, especially those that require “cross pattern” motor movements of the larger muscles, i.e., right hand/left leg and left hand/right leg, such as crawling, running, climbing, and skipping, also boosts the autoimmune system and keeps kids healthier.
A large number children nowadays are overweight and unhealthy. Though part of the problem is an inappropriate diet, lack of exercise is also a major contributing factor. If you have a five-year-old who chooses to watch television or play video games rather than participating in more active play, help your child to get up and get moving into healthier activities. Moderate to vigorous exercise will not only benefit your child now, but will help to build a healthier future. You can bank on it!
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Chiropractor Santa Barbara: You Can Eliminate Allergy Misery Once and For All!
Posted by: admin | Comments (0)Chiropractor Santa Barbara knows that allergies can turn your everyday life into misery. Unwelcome symptoms such as itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, or a skin rash can occur from a simple walk in the garden, a play date with Kitty, a seafood pasta, or even something as small as a nut. However, occasionally our allergic reactions can progress from just plain irritating to dangerous and life-threatening as our air passageway becomes constricted and we have a hard time breathing. If you have allergies, it may seem that, from time-to-time, your environment is a intensely antagonistic place and that the world around you is, truly, out to get you!
Why does your body react, or rather overreact, to the environment with such a severe allergic reaction while other people appear to be unaffected? It’s a great question. The answer is that some individuals, like you, have a hyperactive immune system that literally “freaks out” when they encounter common substances such as pollen, dander, shellfish, or nuts.
Have you been wondering if your chiropractor can help your allergies? The answer may surprise you. Quite a few people have noticed that they experience relief from their allergy symptoms after chiropractic treatment, even though chiropractic care doesn’t actually treat allergies. The reason for this is because chiropractic manipulation affects the entire nervous system, including the autoimmune system. When there’s a disruption in the nervous system, in addition to other problems, the autoimmune system, whose responsibility it is to help us adapt and respond appropriately to our environment, can become under-active or overactive. The dysfunction is the latter when it comes to your allergies. Because chiropractic adjustments decrease or remove disturbances in the nervous system and bring back balance and harmony to the body, the treatments bring that same balance and harmony to the auto-immune system as well. A strong immune system responds appropriately to so-called allergens in the environment.
So, as pointed out above, your chiropractor doesn’t directly treat allergies. You could say, instead, that a decrease in your allergies is simply a part of a well-adjusted nervous system. Make an appointment, today, to see your chiropractor and get back into harmony with your environment.
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Chiropractor Santa Barbara: There Is A Natural, Drug-Free Approach to Treating ADHD
Posted by: admin | Comments (0)Chiropractor Santa Barbara believes strongly that pediatric chiropractic, appropriate exercise, and good nutrition are paramount to building a healthy foundation for all children, including those children who display ADHD symptoms. Have you heard that chiropractors treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Well, that’s not totally accurate. Although chiropractic care can absolutely help children, and adults too, who suffer from it, chiropractors don’t actually “treat” ADHD. The reason that chiropractic treatment is effectual is because ADHD is a neurological disorder. Chiropractic manipulations not only help to reduce nervous system disruptions in general, but an adjustment can be intentionally directed to stimulate under-active areas of the brain and calm over-active areas as well. Due to the fact that a chiropractic approach to ADHD is natural and drug-free, many parents choose chiropractic care over the common medical approach of giving children Class 2 psychotropic drugs that have dramatic side effects including personality changes and permanent alterations in the brain. The vast majority of parents who’ve chosen chiropractic treatment for their children have observed stunning behavioral changes as a result.
Because of the differences between the ways in which boys and girls use the left and right hemispheres of their brain, ADHD seems to afflict more boys than girls and, additionally, is commonly more conspicuous and easily observable in the behavior of boys rather than of girls. Some of the symptoms that are most pronounced include difficulty concentrating and sitting still, inability to control impulsive thoughts and behaviors, easily distracted by noises and activities, chronic movement of fingers, hands, arms, feet, or legs.
Many children who exhibit ADHD symptoms are hypersensitive to specific foods, such as dairy or gluten products, and sugars and artificial sweeteners. Furthermore, they commonly have a hypersensitive reaction to additives in foods, herbicides and pesticides used to grow non-organic fruits and vegetables, and laundry products such as detergents, fabric softeners, and other chemicals. As a general rules, the elimination of these environmental agencies can go a long way in decreasing ADHD symptoms.
Your Santa Barbara Chiropractor will give your child a comprehensive chiropractic examination, determining if there are spinal abnormalities and checking for express responses to specific neurological tests.
Natural, safe chiropractic care can help your child to get his or her life back in balance. If your child exhibits the symptoms of ADHD, before taking drastic pharmaceutical measures, call your chiropractor to make an appointment for a complete evaluation. For better health for your child, call today!
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Chiropractor Santa Barbara is an expert when it comes to shoulder pain relief. Your shoulders carry a lot of responsibility. They are expected to perform many different movements throughout your day. This variety of involved motion aids you in doing what you need to do in your life – at work and at play. However, you have been overburdening your shoulders if you are currently feeling shoulder pain. That is to say, you might be participating in repetitive activities such as lifting and other arm actions, in particular those done overhead, like throwing a baseball, swinging a golf club or tennis racket, or just putting things on upper shelves. These kinds of repetitive movements can irritate the nerves in the area, place stress on the joints, and produce wear and tear of the tissues surrounding the joints. These repetitive motions shouldn’t actually create pain if your shoulder is healthy. However, if you are experiencing pain in your shoulder, it is evidence that there’s a condition that requires correcting.
Shoulder muscles often become tight, and even weak, if the nerves are inflamed, and motion is painful and limited. This frequently occurs in the ligaments and a group of muscles (and their tendon attachments) called the rotator cuff. These muscles and tendons attach your upper arm bone with your shoulder blade and also help hold the ball of your upper arm stably in its shoulder socket. It is the result of this elegant combination that affords the opportunity for the greatest range of motion of any joint in your body.
The severity of this shoulder impingement syndrome can extend from a slight “catching” pain upon motion (particularly raising your arm overhead), to an almost complete inability to use the shoulder. Do not, under any circumstance either ignore your shoulder pain or continue an activity while in pain. It is essential for you to see a health professional about your shoulder problem as soon as possible because the problem will only go from bad to worse. Unhappily, if ignored, some shoulder challenges, such as Rotator Cuff Syndrome, many time end up needing surgery and an extended rehabilitation. Your chiropractor knows just what to do to relieve your pain, and is an authority in diagnosing and treating muscular-skeletal dysfunction. chiropractic management finds the reason for your shoulder pain and it corrects it at its source. Your chiropractor will aid in restoring proper mobility to your shoulder joints, and will also recommend rehabilitation exercises that will not only help you get rid of the shoulder problem you have now, but will help you to avoid shoulder injuries in the future.
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