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Maitland Chiropractor: 28 Deaths Now Linked to Steroid Shots for Back or Neck Pain; 356cases

An outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid shots for back pain has now killed 28 people, with 356 confirmed cases, according to the latest numbers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). And most of the cases have been caused by a mold that’s never been known to cause meningitis before. Cases have been identified in 19 states including: Florida (23 cases), Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North …Read More

Maitland Chiropractor: Is Your Car Making You Sick?

Most people can readily recognize the aroma of a new car.   Some call it, the new car smell, but did you know that this new car smell is a toxic cocktail of harmful chemical? That all familiar smell emanates largely from chemicals known as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, that leach from glues, paints, vinyls and plastics in the passenger compartment. The fumes from VOC’s can trigger headaches, sore throats, …Read More

Pattern of Symptoms After a Whiplash Injury Maitland Chiropractor

Patients that have been in motor vehicle accidents often complain about headache, brachialgia (pain radiating into 1 or both arms), vertigo or dizziness, chewing and swallowing problems, visual-motor disturbances, such as blurred vision and reduced coordination, fatigue and reduced energy, neuropsychologic dysfunction, depression, irritability, and sleep disorders.  On clinical examination, reduced range of motion of the cervical spine is prevalent. One can distinguish between the mobility of the upper cervical …Read More

Maitland Chiropractor Dizziness, Vertigo and Neck Pain as Related to a Neck Injury

Dizziness caused by neck problems is called cervical vertigo. The degree of dizziness varies from fleeting and mild to long lasting and debilitating. As there seems to be no practical and effective drug treatment, patients often seek alternative therapies, like chiropractic. Often, patients begin to notice the dizziness after sustaining a neck injury, and frequently describe some of their associated symptoms as “lightheadedness”, as being “unsteady”, “off-balance” or just plain …Read More

Chiropractic “Only Proven Effective Treatment” for Chronic Whiplash (info by Chiropractor Maitland)

Study Says 74% of Chronic Whiplash Patients Improved with Chiropractic A new study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Medicine1 not only points out the superiority of chiropractic care for chronic whiplash patients, but also examines which chronic whiplash patients respond best to chiropractic care. The authors begin the paper by explaining that: “Conventional treatment of patients with whiplash symptoms is disappointing.” “A retrospective study by Woodward et al., demonstrated …Read More

Little Known Connection About: Pain, Dizziness & Headaches in Winter Park and Maitland

What Every Sufferer Should Know. . . If you’ve ever had a pounding headache that ruins your day, makes you unproductive at work, or gets you sick to your stomach, than this letter may be very important to you. Are you plagued with episodes of dizziness and vertigo?  And, then this letter is even more important if you’ve sought help elsewhere and are still suffering. Many people aren’t aware of …Read More

Dizziness, Vertigo, Disequilibrium and the Chiropractic Patient in Maitland

Dizziness is a common complaint in the chiropractic clinic. It is a generic term that must be clearly defined and its cause properly characterized and diagnosed for appropriate treatment to be implemented. It is a complaint that is often treatable via chiropractic manipulative and myofascial (soft tissue) and rehabilitative procedures (like specific exercises and rehab). The step in handling a dizziness complaint is to accurately identify the actual nature of …Read More

Epley Maneuver for Benign Vertigo in Maitland

In Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) dizziness is generally thought to be due to debris which has collected within a part of the inner ear.  This debris can be thought of as “ear rocks”, although the formal name is “otoconia”. Ear rocks are small crystals of calcium carbonate derived from a structure in the ear.  Normally “ear rocks” (otoconia) appear to have a slow turnover. They are probably dissolved naturally …Read More