Using a stick to improve your posture through joint mobilizations and strengthening. Here are a series of exercises for our spine.

If you have joint sounds that you can hear when you chew or open your mouth you may have a temporomandibular joint TMJ problem or temporomandibular disorder TMD. Pain to the ear and pain when chewing on the opposite side can indicate an inflamed TMJ. Tinnitus can be associated with TMD. Women and teenagers are at a higher risk for TMJ issues. This is a multi-disciplinary problem most commonly treated by dentists and physical therapists.

If we do not take the time to ask the right questions we will not get the right answers. Asking questions forces us to listen, to our clients and our team. You can reduce the risk in business, create better solutions by more effectively identifying the problem, and improve your business relationships by asking better questions. Here are some ideas to help you do just that.

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Vestibular migraine is a new diagnosis that is gaining popularity. But does it help us in the treatment of dizziness and headaches? Or is this a diagnosis that prevents us from looking deeper into a problem causing us to miss a treatable condition? Learn more about dizziness, vertigo, headaches and migraines and what tests need to happen to diagnosis these symptoms.

People suffering from migraines in Colorado Springs have another option of treatment and that is through plastic surgery of the occipital nerves, or 'migraine surgery'. There is a connection with our neck and the nerves that supply sensation to our head and the lining of our brain. It is through this interconnection that treatment to the occipital nerves can have success in reducing headache pain.

A recent article looking at connections between the dura, the lining of our brain and spinal cord, the trigeminal nerve, and the upper neck has been shown. This connection helps explain why migraines and tension-type headaches can improve with Botox and lidocaine and/or steroid injections are helpful in treating headaches. It also explains why manual therapies, manipulation, cranial nerve and suture treatments can improve or resolve headaches or migraines.