How many times have you heard someone complain about having “knots” in my neck or shoulders? The use of the term knots is a pretty close description.
Those knots are actually trigger points.  “ A trigger point is like a mini-spasm within a muscle,” according to Dr. Steven Read, chiropractor and Clinic Director of Ortega Chiropractic [...]

Hans-On Therapies are the Top rated for Back Pain
A recent study in Consumer Reports shows that Chiropractors had the highest level of satisfaction form patients compared to any other type of health care provider.
Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center conducted a survey of over 14, 000 people who had received different types of treatment for their [...]

New research shows that 74% of back surgeries fail.
A recent study published by the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine showed that patients that received spinal fusion surgery actually had a large increase in the use of painkillers compared to those with similar symptoms that did not receive surgery. This study also concluded that only [...]

Whiplash is an injury in the neck that is caused as a result of sudden forward or backward motion of the neck typically during auto accidents, falls or sports related activities. The sudden head movement due to an accident, can cause damage to the joints and ligaments, or can badly affect spinal tissues creating spinal [...]

Chiropractic has been proven good in the treatment of migraine headaches, and this has been proven true for past over 100 years. Although recently, a few reports by biased so-called medical experts indicate that chiropractic treatments for the cervical spine in certain ways, may result in possibility of strokes. Actually the statistics prove that chiropractic [...]

Chiropractic techniques are well known when it comes to the treatment of joints, bones and muscles. The chiropractic treatments involve adjustments manually done to correct several abnormal physical conditions. The result of this treatment reflects in the entire body and the symptoms and pain due to the said abnormalities are eased with chiropractic care. Not [...]