The miserable migraine headache afflicts more than 10% of the US population, including children. Despite this, less than half of migraine sufferers have been diagnosed. Here are some migraine symptoms and triggers, plus tips for reducing the misery.

What is a Migraine Headache?

Description

During a migraine, the temporal artery (which lies under the skin of your temple) enlarges. The nearby nerves are stretched and release chemicals. These chemicals cause inflammation and pain. They also cause the artery to enlarge further,...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of many work-related injuries for workers in certain industries. For sufferers of CTS or for those who have loved ones with the condition, chiropractic care can be one important part of the treatment process.

Definition of CTS
Located from the forearm into the hand, the median nerve is affected by CTS. A narrow tunnel, known as the carpal tunnel, is the location where the median nerve becomes compressed. The carpal tunnel is the location of a number of bones and soft tissues, where nerves,...

It’s hard not to have weight loss on one’s mind. Unless you’re fit, healthy, and have a positive body image, and who has the time for all that? For the rest of us, at least a couple of times a week, we try to come up with a new goal or plan for taking off pounds, whether we need to or not.

While there are more diets, diet books, CDs, and DVDs than there are stars in the sky, the best road to successful weight loss remains having a healthy diet and exercising enough to burn more calories...

It’s usually a good idea to go visit a chiropractor when you’ve sustained exercise-related injuries. They’re quite good at putting joints back into alignment to relieve pain and avoid excess stress on muscles, tendons, ligaments and other body parts. This treatment is also good with preventing reinjuring the insulted area. However, if you want to avoid avoidable injuries, there are things you can do beforehand.

One of the ways to keep from hurting yourself when you work out is to make...

There are many types of decompression. You can get decompression sickness when you come up too fast from diving. You can feel sick because the pressurized aircraft you’re in is experiencing decompression.

Decompression can also make you feel better. At the end of a long workday when you slump into your favorite chair with a bag of popcorn and watch something mindless, you can feel yourself decompressing, that is, letting all the pressure out. The worries and pressures of the day wash away, and...

Headaches are more than a pain in the neck. They disrupt your life and can even stop you from spending time with your loved ones. When a headache comes, you want treatment now! You do not want to make an appointment to see a doctor and wait a few days. You want someone who can see you now.

Why See a Chiropractor?
When most people think of chiropractors, they think about the back. But chiropractors work with the entire body including the neck. Considering the human head weighs 12 pounds, it is no...

Most of us take for granted the tremendous amount of work our muscles perform for us – until muscle injuries make us painfully aware of their presence. Read on to learn more about these tenacious tissues and how to heal their strains and tears.

Description of a Strain or Tear

A muscle is made up of thousands of fibers that contract to create movement. Your muscles connect to your bones though tough tissues called tendons. Tendons cross over your joints and help you move the bones that connect...

Are you prone to injuries? Not just stubbing your toe on the step into the garage or banging your hip on the corner of the kitchen table every time you get anywhere near it. That kind of thing happens to most of us and means we either need our lens prescription upped, to pay better attention, or, if worst comes to worst, turn on the lights.

However, if you find that you are actually hurt–not necessarily in the wild trip to the ER sense, but doing something that causes pain and interferes with being...

Your body has lots and lots of muscles. Yes, even when you consider cardio to be running to and from the bathroom before the commercials are over. You get back pain because your back muscles aren’t being worked enough.

I know that seems counter-intuitive. What muscle wouldn’t like a nice long rest in front of a Twilight ZoneTM marathon? With nachos?

Believe it or not, most of them. Granted, you overwork anything, and it’s going to hurt. The same applies when you start exercising...

It should not be said that to have a decent quality of life you have to model-thin, or even very thin, but if you are concerned about your weight, your self-image, or even spending a lot of time getting on and off the scale, weight loss can make an appreciable improvement in your quality of life. That is if it is done safely and healthily. Starving yourself will only cause more problems in the long run.

Even a small amount of weight loss can help you feel better about yourself if it’s something you’ve...