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Maintaining an active life style can lower your chances of experiencing back and spinal pain. There a number of things we advise our patients at ChiroCareLA.com  to do so you avoid spinal pain and stay active. Stretching helps you to stay flexible and helps to increase joint function along with range of motion. Overall, there is a reduced chance of injury when you stretch your muscles before physical activity. Stretching is especially important for patients who work at an office to reduce back pain and prevent poor posture. Remember to keep your feet flat on the floor and your back firmly pressed against your chair. Other tips to a healthier spine include wearing supportive shoes, make sure your pillow supports your neck when you sleep, stand up straight, and hold your phone in your hand while making a call and do not press it against your eat with your shoulder. Following these tips will keep your spine healthier and reduced back pain. For any questions about the services we provide, ...

Our staff at ChiroCareLA.com  encourages our patients to maintain their body by eating the right things and providing your body with the right nutrients. The essential nutrients your body needs to function at a high level comes from the things you put in your body. Even people who have a well-balanced diet may not get all of the vitamins and minerals their body needs. Some things that can cause you to miss out on essential vitamins include a poor diet, stress, foods that are picked before they are ripe, medications, and bad digestion. Depending on the vitamins that your body is lacking, it can cause a major change to your body. If you don’t eat the right things you may experience weight gain, muscle loss, anxiety, and a loss of energy. We advise all of our patients to follow a well-balanced diet and a good amount of vitamins and minerals to be as healthy as possible. The better shape you are in, the less likely you are to experience back and foot pain from extra weight you might carry ...

Therapeutic massages are a great way for patients to relax and relieve pain. During these massages our staff using manipulation techniques on deep layers of your muscles and connective tissue using different techniques to help your body heal and provide relaxation. During your massage, Dr. Jack Alajajian and staff apply different oils to your skin to massage your muscles and decrease muscle reflex activity. Before each massage, we ask our patients what type of pressure they want to be applied during the massage and specific area our staff should focus on. The pressure level varies from light to firm and it is important that you are comfortable with the pressure that is being applied. Because the time is yours, it is important to us that we spend the massage focusing on the areas that you want. We recommend therapeutic massages for patients who are dealing with everyday aches and pains or that just want to relax. After a massage your body will feel recharged and ready for any activity y...

At Chiro Care LA, we encourage our patients who have been in an auto accident to see us. After an auto accident, you may experience pain soon after. You are likely to suffer pain in your head, neck, shoulder, and back area due to whiplash. Whiplash is the force that moves your neck backward and forward during accidents due to a vehicle collision. We advise our patients who have been in an accident to seek chiropractic care. When possible, we encourage our patients to look for signs whiplash including neck pain/stiffness, lower back pain, and blurred vision, ringing in the ears, headache, shoulder pain, and nausea. Our doctors are trained in Human Biomechanics to help diagnose and treat these symptoms. The benefit of chiropractic care is a pain-free approach that doesn’t involve painkillers and other medications. Our staff treats injuries through spinal realignment that takes pressure off of your nerves and provide pain relief. For any questions about the services we provide, please vis...

If you are suffering from migraines, our doctors at Chiro Care LA encourages patients to visit us for a diagnosis. Migraines can occur in any part of the head or in one location. Migraines can cause you to feel light-headed, have blurred vision, and nausea.  Your diet can diet and the environment you in can trigger migraines. Certain foods such as cheese and wine can be sensitive to you and contribute to your migraines. Our doctors can help you identify different foods that may be causing you pain and reduce the triggers. If the place you live has people that smoke that is one thing that may cause you headaches. Our doctors will diagnose your migraines with a thorough evaluation of your spine. Once the cause of your migraines is identified, we will come up with a solution. Migraines may limit your ability to perform everyday activities and function normally. Through chiropractic treatment, we can help you live pain-free. For any questions about the services we provide, please visit our...

Having poor posture and back pain often go hand and hand. While back injuries may occur at the gym or doing something as simple as picking something off the ground, years of bad posture may have taken a toll on your back. Over time, putting unnecessary strain on your back adds up and can increase your back pain by up to 50%. Our doctors at Chiro Care LA encourage our patients to use chiropractic treatments to help with back pain and improve your posture. When possible, we encourage our patients who sit at work to stretch every half hour to keep your back loose and your muscles from tightening up. We recommend that our patients sit up straight with their backs to the chair and not slouching. Your computer screen should also be in direct line with your eyes with your feet on the floor. Our doctors want you to be as healthy as possible, which is why we encourage our patients to exercise for at least 30 minutes to an hour a day. Exercising helps to keep you healthy and your body from tight...

Massages help to relieve pain and tension in your body by applying pressure to your muscles and joints. At ChirocareLA.com, we offer different types of massages, all designed to accomplish something based on a specific patient’s needs. Using different techniques, our chiropractors manipulate deep layers of tissue and muscle to aid recovery, decrease muscle reflex activity, and promote relaxation. When patients want to get a massage, we help them to select the one that best fits their needs. The most cost common types of massages are Swedish, deep tissue, and sports massages. Swedish massages are the most common and are designed to relieve muscle tension and provide relaxation. Deep tissue massages target spots on your body that are in pain and use pressure on the muscles and tendons to relieve blockages. For our patients who are athletes, we advise you to stretch before and after practices and games to prevent muscle strains. Our sports massages help athletes to increase flexibility an...

Chiropractic enables a body to function comfortably by using noninvasive means of realigning the musculoskeletal system. At ChirocareLA.com, we offer a full suite of treatments for the core and limbs, but since the spine is so important for the body’s overall function, we wanted our patients to understand the basics of how it is built.  Vertebrae are the bones of the back. Most of them are “articulated,” meaning that they move independently. The seven vertebrae that are located in the neck are called cervical vertebrae. They include the atlas, which moves the head up and down, and the axis, which moves it side to side. With the exception of those two, each articulated vertebrae is separated by a spongy disc that functions as a shock absorber. Below the neck are the twelve thoracic vertebrae that make up the upper back. They have additional joints for the ribs to connect to. The five lumbar vertebrae are the bones of the lower back. Below them are two structures in the pelvic region tha...