Downers Grove Chiropractic Spine and Injury Center Blog

We’ve all heard about inflammation, but I don’t think we all understand really what inflammation is. Inflammation is the cause of most of the problems that we deal with when it comes to neck, back, spine and joint pain. That’s something that we all kind of understand, but the bigger problem is that chronic inflammation…

Radiating pain from your back down your legs is called sciatica. Radiating pain from your back down to your legs is a classic symptom we DON’T want to see. We see people like this every day. I am happy to report that we have been able to help them not only get out of pain,…

Movement dictates whether you’re going to be in pain or not in pain. Most of the time when we have pain after an injury, it’s when we’re doing a specific activity. It’s not when we’re laying in bed, not moving; sometimes that could happen, too, but it’s usually when you do something specific whether it’s…

Migraines are the worst. You get those migraine headaches where you can almost feel them coming on. You have to be in a dark room. Noise makes it worse. You likely experience light sensitivity. and the only thing you can do is just try to be alone. Sometimes it can even get so bad that…

You’ve all heard of scar tissue, but do you know what scar tissue really is? Whenever you get a big cut, it heals, you end up getting a scar there. The injured area with the scar is weaker and more prone to future injury than the surrounding tissue. This is important because when we have…

How do you choose a chiropractor? There are lots of different chiropractors out there, but the difference between them can be very, very big. First, you want to determine if the chiropractor is specifically trained to treat your condition. There might be lots of different conditions out there, but just like specialists of other types…