Painful Conditions, Syndromes & Physiology

Our Toxic World | Arsenic Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM Arsenic is a natural component of the earth’s crust and is widely distributed throughout the environment in the air, water and land. It is highly toxic in its inorganic form. Long-term exposure, mainly through drinking-water and food, can lead to chronic arsenic poisoning. […]

Our Toxic World | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM I really do try to stay upbeat in most situations.  Take a deep breath and carry on right?  But what if that deep breath is killing you?  What if instead of qi you get environmental toxins?  American culture used to be baseball and

Joint Hypermobility | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM Hypermobility means that your joints are more flexible than other people’s (you may think of yourself as being double jointed). When this causes pain, it might be joint hypermobility syndrome. People with high levels of flexibility often gravitate towards activities where flexibility is a

Let’s Talk About Stress | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM Stress | Abq has both benefits and downfalls. It is an adaptation needed for survival. We have evolved through the fight or flight response, which provides the physical energy and mental focus to remove us from dangerous situations (Segerstrom, 2006). Examples of

Acute vs Chronic Pain & Inflammation Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM What was the mechanism of injury?  When did it start?  What have you done at home to address it? When you ask someone for advice about pain, you tend to get a slew of questions rather than anything constructive.  A good first

Golfer’s & Tennis Elbow | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM While many people are familiar with the names of these conditions, there is less widespread understanding about how they differ. Both tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) and golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis) are injuries to the tendons attaching your forearm muscles to the bone

Foam Rolling, Myofascial Release, Stretching…What’s the Difference? Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM Foam Rolling, Myofascial Release, Stretching…What’s the difference really?  Most of us will instinctively try to loosen a tight muscle.  This is especially true when it causes pain.  Many different techniques have been developed to fulfill this need.  They fall into two

Frozen Shoulder | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM Frozen shoulder is a condition that affects your shoulder joint. It usually involves pain and stiffness that develops gradually, gets worse and then finally goes away. This can take anywhere from a year to 3 years.  The Nuts and Bolts of Frozen Shoulder Your

What is Rotator Cuff Syndrome? | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM  The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint.  It keeps the head of the humerus firmly within the shallow socket of the shoulder. A rotator cuff injury often causes a dull ache in the

What is Runner’s Knee? | Abq Sports Chiropractic & Massage | Placitas, NM Runner’s knee hurts, limits your mobility, makes it hard to get comfortable, and takes forever to heal.  The term runner’s knee is sometimes used a bit loosely.  It may be used to describe either tendinitis of the Ilio-tibial Band (ITB) tendon where