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Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) is a non-invasive procedure that was shown to stimulate regeneration and angiogenesis in treated tissues. It is a highly effective treatment modality for myofascial pain syndromes. Myofascial Pain Syndrome causes disability in daily life activities and despite all efforts, it continues to be a challenge, perpetuating suffering, overloading services,...

Knee Pain After Surgical Treatment? So that achy knee ultimately provided you trigger to have it operated on. A couple of days of pain followed by some physical therapy as well as you are like brand-new. Right? Yet what happens if that's wrong as well as you still have knee discomfort after surgical treatment? Well, nobody claimed that surgical treatment was guaranteed to function. Perhaps yo...

Back Pain & Tight Hamstrings? If I had a dollar for every time someone tells me that their back pain is due to tight hamstrings I would be sitting on my own private island being served Pina Coladas right now. Yes, tight hamstrings play a role. rarely is the entire problem due to the biceps femoris and semitendinosus and semimembranosus. In case you were not aware of it these are the muscles th...

Does no pain mean you're healthy? Some people are really good about going to the chiropractor, making routine adjustments and appointments a priority. Others may wait until their pain starts interrupting their daily life due to their busy schedules or unfamiliarity with chiropractic care . Unfortunately, a lack of pain doesn't necessarily mean you're healthy. This is something chiro...

Having More Headaches and Neck Pain  Lately? With most people working from home or doing remote learning we are seeing more people coming to our office with neck pain and headache issues, and I think I know why. It may be from Forward Head Posture. Many of our Covid-19 workstations are not ergonomically correct. This puts added stress on the neck muscles that can cause not only muscle soreness but...

Mechanical Low Back Pain ? 90% of patients who present with low back pain feel that their back discomfort is muscular in nature. Here is what I discover when I analyze a patient, I discover that the muscle attaches to the bone in the area of pain is being stretched too far or is too weak. The underlying cause of muscle pain is due to extension or weakness. If the common approach is Advil or Aleve...

 Let's start with what exactly is plantar fasciitis ? Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes. Symptoms include stabbing pain near the heel. Pain might be worst in the morning, after standing for long periods of time and exercise. The pa...

What should you do when you feel creepy crawlers going up and down your leg at night?  Have you been kept awake at night because of leg pain? You might have peripheral neuropathy. It is a painful annoying problem that affects people with diabetes or people after they undergo chemotherapy. Essentially what happens is that the nerves in your legs or hands start to lose sensitivity. When this happens...

The Back Pain Project was created to help eliminate chronic lower back pain. There are so many people who continue to suffer from back issues. The Back Pain Project 's goal is to help these people by using the most advanced therapy's available. Maybe you have had back surgery but did not get the relief you expected. Perhaps you tried going for a massage to get some relief you had hoped f...

Radial Pulse Therapy as used by the Back Pain Project is indicated to treat pain from muscle, tendon, ligament, and bone injuries due to trauma, overuse, or arthritis.  It works by stimulating the breakdown of scar tissue and adhesions, causing an inflammatory response that increases blood circulation to the area and helps relieve pain, promote healing, and improve range of motion. The Radial Puls...

The Agony in Your Feet  Have you ever felt like your feet and toes were on fire? maybe it feels like you were walking on glass. These can be symptoms of peripheral neuropathy. First, it can start like a little numbness that is barely noticeable. Then pins and needles in the toes that go up into your feet to your legs. At this point, you probably don't even pay it much attention. A few Tylenol...

Have you started to feel a burning sensation in your legs and feet? Have you had your blood sugar checked and found it to be on the high side? You may have what is known as peripheral neuropathy . If you are diabetic some people call it diabetic foot pain. The nerves stop communicating with the brain. If you are old enough to remember the loud beep you would hear when you left the phone off the ho...

Low Back Pain and Erectile Dysfunction In a recent study of men under the age of 50 years old with lumbar spine disease, 34% also had erectile dysfunction.1 The link between spine disease and sexual potency has long been a subject of speculation. Let's put a few pieces of the ED puzzle together. Your nervous system controls every function in your body. Specifically, the autonomic nervous syst...

What is Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) and how does it benefit you? In order to understand how BFR works, it’s important to understand how your circulatory system works. Your arteries are larger blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from your heart to your body. Your veins are blood vessels that carry mostly deoxygenated blood from the body back to the heart. The goal of blood flow restrict...

Back Pain Project Let’s be honest. While working from home may have sounded a little fun before COVID-19 — conference calls in bed, yay — the novelty is wearing off. Your back hurts. Your neck is tight. And your butt? Numb and sore. First off, sitting for long periods of time is never good for your body and really bad for your back pain . And if where you are sitting happens to be soft, like a sof...

Darien Chiropractor Brian McKay shares an exciting new treatment for plantar fasciitis. EPAT ® stands for Extracorporeal Pulse Activation Technology. EPAT ® is a form of ESWT (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy ) which is an evidence-based, emerging, proven treatment option for patients suffering from both acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries. It is typically used to treat the pain associated...

What is the Back Pain Project ? It is a way to restore structural integrity to the spine in cases of chronic low back pain . This will help failed back surgery cases all the way too tired old backs that are hurting from being overworked. Maybe you tried massage and it only worked for a while. Perhaps you tried physical therapy but the pain came back. Then again you may have tried chiropractic care...

Neuropathy@CoreHealth Statins are so good for you they belong in the water supply! Who would ever say such a thing? Probably a lobbyist for Big Pharma, you know those magnanimous people you provide an annuity for with your health. They count on you needing their pills by the handful to keep their profits rolling in. When one or two pills are not enough they magically provide a self-sponsored study...

Cupping for Back Pain By now you probably heard about cupping. It is the in-treatment these days for tennis elbow , shoulder pain, migraines , back pain etc. Athletes and movie stars walk around showing the red marks as proud as if they were showing off a new tattoo. The red marks are really petechial hemorrhaging, you may also know this as a hickey. The tiny blood vessels swell up and cause redde...

Core Health Darien 551 Post Road Darien CT 06820 203-656-3636 Fasting may have some general health benefits. For example, it could cut down on inflammation, help with weight loss, and lower cholesterol. Fasting may also improve the way your body manages glucose (blood sugar) and cut down on insulin resistance. One very small study included three men who had had type 2 diabetes for 10-25 years. Wit...

Neuropathy@CoreHealth 551 Post Road Darien CT 06820 Pregabalin (Lyrica) and gabapentin (Neurontin) are two medications used for the treatment of neuropathic pain . These medications are called antiepileptics and were originally used to treat seizures, but are also commonly used for neuropathic conditions such as post-herpetic neuralgia , diabetic peripheral neuropathy , and fibromyalgia . They hel...

I am sure you have noticed how uncomfortable the masks we all must wear are becoming. I get a little tired of smelling my own breath, making it worse at times I feel a little light-headed. Have you noticed that you are starting to get a few more headaches? These headaches usually do not respond to Advil or Aleve. They will respond nicely to fresh air. The headache is caused by a condition called h...

Neuropathy@CoreHealth WHAT IS NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE NEUROPATHY ? If you are diabetic or maybe you went through chemotherapy there is a great chance that you will develop peripheral neuropathy . The symptoms include pain and numbness in the hands and feet, but primarily in the feet. The feet are further away from the heart so it is more difficult to get adequate blood flow to the distal ar...

The BDNF gene provides instructions for making a protein found in the brain and spinal cord called brain -derived neurotrophic factor. This protein promotes the survival of nerve cells (neurons) by playing a role in the growth, maturation (differentiation), and maintenance of these cells. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor ( BDNF ) has been referred to as a fertilizer for your brain. Find out how e...

Yes, we all want to lose weight or at least 60% of us overweight Americans. Well, the easiest way is to lose weight is to stop eating. Sounds easy enough, so why are we not doing so? Let me bring up the wildly popular idea of intermittent fasting. There is no other way that I as a fat and lazy American can think of how to control weight.   How do you get started? Pick 12 hours that you think you c...