Category: Joint Pain

How Does a Chiropractic Adjustment Work?

 Learn about chiropractic adjustment in our latest blog post, “How a Chiropractic Adjustment Works. It delves into the techniques used by chiropractors to relieve pain and restore mobility, providing a comprehensive understanding of this holistic treatment approach. Facet Joints: Gliding Your Way to Better Health If you’ve had neck or back pain that you could put a finger on, or

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Design a Year of Abundant Health

A year of abundant health starts with setting smart goals and taking proactive daily steps to support your body being its best. Movement and exercise are both essential foundations to living your best life. Movement and exercise help you feel better physically, but emerging research shows they may also help your brain stay sharp and focused.  Before you can begin

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How Inflammation Affects Your Body

Inflammation is like a check engine light for your body. It tells you something isn’t quite right, and you should pay attention. The first step in discovering the cause of the problem is determining whether you have acute or chronic inflammation. Acute inflammation is short-term and critical in healing and injury repair. Chronic inflammation on the other hand describes a

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How to Treat and Prevent Tennis Elbow

Tennis elbow isn’t just for athletes. Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) is a painful condition when the tendons in your elbow are inflamed and overloaded due to repetitive motion.

Because of the motion that occurs when swinging a racket, it’s commonly referred to as tennis elbow, but anyone with a job that features repetitive arm motions may be at risk.

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What is Chronic Knee Pain : Know Your Risks

In the intricate universe of our bodies, our joints – shoulders, hips, knees, and elbows – play the pivotal role of maintaining mobility and ensuring our active participation in life’s many adventures. But what happens when these joints start crying out in pain and restrict our movement? Traditional medicine often recommends painkillers, anti-inflammatories, or in severe cases, surgery

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Two Important, Yet Simple Tests For Low Back Pain/Leg Pain

The nervous system contains many different categories in many different ways. In understanding nervous system physiology, a simple but accurate way of categorization is to view the nervous system as two separate but integrated systems: The MOTOR nerve system and the SENSORY nerve system. The MOTOR nerve system is the nerves that move our muscles (motor). Also, it controls the function of our visceral organs (like

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The Many Causes of Shoulder Pain

Shoulder pain is a REALLY common problem in North Dallas. There are many causes of shoulder pain. Understanding what is causing your pain is helpful in finding shoulder pain relief. Sources of Shoulder Pain The most common source of shoulder pain arises from the muscle tendons and the bursa.  Bursas are fluid-like sacs that cushion and protect the sliding tendons

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Not All Shoulder Pain Is Caused By a Rotator Cuff Tear

One of the most common causes of shoulder pain is a rotator cuff (RC) tear. To determine just how common this is, one study looked at a population of 683 people regardless of if they had shoulder complaints or not. There were 229 males and 454 females for a total of 1,366 shoulders. (The participants’ average age was 58 years,

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Jonathan Woodward, D.C.

Woodward Chiropractic & Massage
6310 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Ste 115
Dallas, TX 75240
(972) 490-9888