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Can someone who has had back surgery receive chiropractic care?
Yes. Rest assured that we will avoid the surgically modified areas of your spine. However, what we find is that surgical interventions will often produce spinal instability above or below the involved level. This is will be the focus of your chiropractic care.
What causes vertebral subluxation complexes?
Chiropractors acknowledge three types of stress: physical, chemical and emotional. When the adaptive capacity of your body is compromised, weakened areas along the spine can become involved. Muscles tighten, spinal joints lock up and nearby nerves are affected. The purpose of chiropractic care is to find these areas and restore balance, alignment and motion.
Backaches and Sciatica Articles
Each month, Dr. Donald DeFabio publishes a new article related to backaches and sciatica. Here are some links to the current article and to previous months' articles.
- Month
- Article
- May 2012
- Scoliosis Facts
- April 2012
- Darn Gravity!
- March 2012
- Osteoporosis Strikes Men!
- February 2012
- Posture Police!
- January 2012
- Do You Know How to Sit?
- December 2011
- Cold Feet? Check Your Back!
- November 2011
- Is Your Job a Pain in the Back?
- October 2011
- Lifting Lessons
- September 2011
- Insidious NSAIDs
- August 2011
- Brace Yourself?
- July 2011
- Back Pain... From Your Feet?
- June 2011
- Is Your Job a Pain?
- May 2011
- Get Your Back Back!
- April 2011
- Sit Up Straight!
- March 2011
- Getting On Your Nerves
- February 2011
- Fore!
- January 2011
- Lumbar Control Panel
- December 2010
- Back Surgery Odds? 50/50
- November 2010
- Osteroporosis in Men
- October 2010
- Lift Right!
- September 2010
- Pinched Nerve? Probably Not!
- August 2010
- River of Nerves
- July 2010
- Laugh at Low Back Pain!