Norfolk Pediatric Chiropractic Care

At Wards Corner Chiropractic, we believe that just about anyone can benefit from our services, no matter how old or how young. Young children and even infants can grow healthier and stronger with regular, preventative pediatric chiropractic treatment. In fact, there is probably no better time to establish good health and wellness habits, including regular spinal care, than in the first years of life.

Pediatric examinations and adjustments follow the same basic techniques as those for adults, since we always strive to accommodate each patient’s individual body type. In the case of child patients, however, adjustments can prove especially important for ensuring wellness. A child’s spine, like the rest of the body, grows considerably in the first year, and during this critical time it may be prone to all kinds of small but significant shocks or jars. A baby learning to walk typically falls, and over time these falls can affect the spinal alignment. If you accidentally hold your baby the wrong way, the lack of support could contribute to a spinal issue. Just being born puts enormous stress on an infant’s body, and misalignments can easily occur during delivery. If these misalignments go undetected and untreated, they can worse with time and additional growth, possibly leading to bedwetting, colic, ear infections or other childhood ailments.

Family Chiropractor Promotes Healthy Bodies and Spines

We always perform gentle but effective care for babies and children. Infants adjustments are commonly done while the baby lays on its mothers or father's stomach.  Dr. Robinson and Dr. Milot gently use their fingers to check their spines for misalignments or subluxations.  Both doctors, have many years’ experience treating young patients as well.  Additonally being parents themselves and caring for their own children's spinal care enables them to answer all of your questions.  Our goal is to educate and adjust as many families as possible towards Optimal Health through Natural Chiropractic Care.

We hope that you and your kids will all discover the lifelong benefits of our services, not only as a non-invasive form of natural pain relief but also as a powerful tool for maintaining health and wellness. Please contact us anytime to arrange a consultation.

Do you have any cute or funny stories about your child’s visit to a doctor’s office? We’d love to read your responses!

Norfolk Chiropractor Provides Long-Lasting Relief

If you suffer from back pain, you are certainly not alone. In fact, studies estimate that nearly every American will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, whether it be a singular occurrence or a continual problem. These are three of the most common causes:

Strains and sprains. Remember the saying, “Lift from your legs and not from your back?” If you lift a heavy object using your lower back, it’s easy to strain a muscle or sprain soft tissue. Poor posture, such as sitting hunched over at a desk all day, or even sleeping at an awkward angle can also strain your muscles. And if your musculoskeletal system is out of alignment, this increases your risk for injury.

Herniated disc. A traumatic injury, like an auto accident or sports injury, can cause a disc in the back to herniate or slip. When this disc is no longer in proper alignment with the spine, it can compress nearby nerves, causing intense or radiating pain, a condition known as sciatica.

Aging. Over time, natural wear and tear can cause the discs in your spine to no longer be in alignment. If the cartilage between the discs wears away, this increases your risk for a slipped disc. If you are older and struggle with chronic pain in the morning or evening and general stiffness, this may be due to osteoarthritis.

Dr. Brad Robinson Relieves Pain with Spinal Decompression

Traditional medical care relies on medication to mask your pain. Prescription painkillers, however, can only provide temporary relief. Care from a chiropractor and experienced back care professional, like Dr. Brad Robinson or Dr. David Milot, can address the underlying cause and help you enjoy long-lasting pain relief without medication.

Norfolk spinal decompression therapy is a safe and non-invasive chiropractic treatment for restoring a herniated or slipped disc to proper alignment. This innovative therapy restores and supports your body’s natural healing process by reducing pressure on the compressed nerves, which also alleviates sciatica pain.

A healthy spine is the fundamental building block for a healthy body. Do you suffer from back pain? Are you wondering what is causing your pain and how you can heal? Post a question for our chiropractor below!

 

You no longer have to suffer in silence or rely on prescription medication. Visit our hands-on chiropractic professionals, Dr. Brad Robinson or Dr. David Milot, at Wards Corner Chiropractic in Norfolk, Va. Our chiropractors can provide solutions for headache relief and get you back to your everyday life. Causes of Migraine Pain Migraines are unfortunately a common experience for many people, especially women.

Our experienced chiropractors can explain the causes for such pain, educate you on how to take care of yourself during migraines, and treat you to alleviate the pain. Migraines result when blood vessels in the brain constrict, and then dilate. This action results in intense throbbing headaches, often accompanied by sensitivity to light and sound. While migraines continue to defy full comprehension regarding their exact causes, in general, genetics and certain environmental factors appear to be underlying factors. Specifically, several "triggers" have proven to be major contributors to causing migraines. For instance, women often discover hormonal changes, specifically estrogen fluctuations, trigger their migraines. Some individuals find certain foods trigger migraines, including different kinds of alcohol, caffeine, chocolate, and food additives such as aspartame and MSG.

Other triggers often include stress, sensory overload, changes in waking-sleeping patterns, and medications such as contraceptives and heart medication. Even changes in the weather, such as a drop or increase in barometric pressure, can trigger migraines in some people. Natural Pain Relief Each of our chiropractors offers natural therapy through hands on techniques to provide headache relief for the pain you experience. Either Dr. Robinson or Dr. Milot can also provide therapy and manipulations to treat sciatica, fibromyalgia, neck pain, and back pain, as well as perform spinal decompression. Chiropractic adjustments particularly in the neck and upper back frequently bring nearly immediate relief for intense headaches as well. As a focused spinal correction service, spinal decompression also helps alleviate headaches, as well as pain in your back and neck. The procedure is non-invasive, does not require surgery, and relieves pressure in your spinal column through a form of traction and passive stretching. How often do you suffer from migraine headaches? What solutions have you tried so far to relieve the pain?

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We hope you will visit our site often to learn about the latest information regarding spinal wellness care at our Norfolk clinic. At Wards Corner Chiropractic, we are highly skilled in spinal decompression techniques and offer decompression traction therapy, a state-of-the-art technique that helps people suffering from painful conditions like herniated discs, degenerative discs, and pinched nerves. This non-surgical chiropractic treatment can often eliminate the need for invasive medical procedures. In addition, decompression traction therapy is extremely cost-effective and much less expensive than surgery.

Decompression techniques provide pain relief by releasing pressure that builds up between spinal discs. Removing this build-up of pressure can help restore proper nutrition and oxygen delivery to the affected disc, facilitating a reduction in pain and enhanced healing. Each back specialist at our clinic has years of experience using decompression techniques and a strong understanding of the established protocols and limitations associated with decompression traction therapy.

If you suffer from debilitating neck or back pain, please consider investigating Norfolk spinal decompression therapy at our clinic. We can offer rapid and shockingly effective pain relief in many patients who have tried and failed other spinal treatments.

Maintain a Healthy Spine with Our Back Specialists
Each back specialist at our clinic has extensive training and experience helping clients find relief from back pain, neck pain, or other spinal issues that occur as a result of an injury or medical condition. We have successfully helped patients with a wide range of physical impairments, including whiplash, sciatica, and herniated discs.

We hope you will consider visiting our clinic to meet with our skilled chiropractors. During your visit, we will review your medical history and perform an initial physical evaluation to determine how our decompression therapy can help improve your quality of life.
We love to get feedback from our readers. Has decompression therapy helped you deal with pain from an injury or health condition? Please share your story with us!