Chiropractor Vernon BC

Lower Back, Mid-back, and Neck Pain: These are the most common things we see in a Chiropractic practice. Spinal pain affects many people at different stages in life and it can be super disabling. Whether it's an acute attack of pain that floors you, or a nagging first-time pain, we will work to find out why it's there.

Pain that Radiates down Legs or Arms: There are so many places through which nerves trace, including the doorways between vertebrae, as they make their way to your hands and feet. The spine is there to protect your nervous system, and when it's in great alignment, it provides support and protects those delicate nerves. But when it's not, and nerves get pinched, look out!

Numbness, Tingling, Neuropathy: Nerve irritation can come in many forms, and if a nerve is compressed for long enough, sensation can be affected in any region that this nerve supplies. Chiropractic has a nice track record for helping people with certain types of numbness and tingling.

Headaches and Migraines: Who hasn't had a headache at one stage or another? There are a huge variety of headaches and migraine types, and it's up to our Chiropractors to help figure out what could be causing this pain. It has been estimated that the majority of headaches are "cervicogenic", meaning that they stem from the structures of the neck. Text neck (or tech neck) is basically forward head posture, and this poor alignment can cause headaches.

Sciatica, Disc Injuries, Disc Bulges: Those flexible cartilage discs between your vertebrae are an engineering feat, no doubt. They can absorb an awful lot of shock and dampen a great deal of force while allowing uber flexibility. But, if they fail, or wear out and compress over time, they can cause pain when they blow, and they can also compress other delicate things like the nerves, which will always let you know when there is a problem!

Hip Pain: Hip Pain and Low Back Pain often go together because the hips and back work in sync to support your frame. Hip replacements are a fairly common surgery, and when it's needed, at the end stages of hip degeneration, it can be magical. We like to focus on prevention, on managing alignment issues before hip surgery becomes necessary.

Muscle Soreness: So you have an active life? Or maybe you're a couch potato? Muscle soreness can be the result of nutritional issues, poor alignment (causing certain muscles to work harder than they need to), injuries that have set up poor firing patterns, or just plain disuse and poor conditioning. Figuring it all out, and trying to help, is our job as Chiropractors.

Poor Sleep or Fatigue Due to Pain: Let's face it-pain can cause poor sleep because it hurts to lie like this, or like that, so you have to flip and jiggle and wobble around all night trying to get comfortable. It can really take a toll on a restful night's sleep, robbing you of needed healing time and leading to fatigue the next day. On the flip side, being in pain all day, for days on end, can be fatiguing and depressing, affecting energy levels and mood. And that's why we take pain so seriously-because it has ripple effects into most other areas of life.

Chiropractic Child and Family Care. Whether you're pregnant and having issues as your body changes, a parent who wants your kids to have proper postural alignment in such a techie world, or an adult struggling with health challenges, our Chiropractors have the experience to help all aspects of family care.

Chronic Pain. Are you an elder or grandparent, as many are in the Okanagan, trying to get the most out of a well-deserved retirement but held back by pain or chronic conditions? We help a lot of seniors improve mobility, maintain their balance, reduce chronic pain, and get the pain relief they're looking for.

Care for Athletes. Maybe you're a high-performance athlete, on a rec league, or a weekend warrior. Either way you'll need superb alignment and joint function for peak performance. Our doctors have helped many athletes overcome and manage sprains, strains, tendonitis, wear-and-tear conditions, and so much more! We love helping out with sports injuries.

Complementary Care Team, All In-House. As Chiropractors, we like to refer to other practitioners in our building that we trust, so we can all collaborate to help you out. For further health support, we might suggest you see a Physiotherapist, Registered Massage Therapist, Osteopathic Practitioner, or Reflexologist, all of whom are on our team and ready to help you accelerate your healing.

Onsite Digital X-ray Facility. To make a full diagnosis, sometimes it's important to pop the hood and look at the engine, so to speak. Many spinal-related conditions can be identified by taking spinal pictures, and many spinal conditions can only be found BY taking spinal pictures. Patients requiring x-rays are thrilled that these can be taken on-site without having to wait or go through their medical doctor. They're usually satisfied to finally see, in black and white, why they might have pain. To see is to know!

Spinal Decompression Therapy for Disc Bulges and Disc Injuries. If you have suffered a disc injury, disc bulge, disc protrusion, or a compressed disc, spinal decompression will likely help it heal, especially when other things are not working. If this injury is causing referral pain, numbness or tingling (from your neck down your arm, or from your lower back down your leg) we find that this therapy can be especially helpful as it helps to open up the little doors between your vertebrae where your nerves exit and run down your extremities. This therapy is gentle and effective.

Posture, Ergonomic and Gait Analysis. A big focus of our clinic is your alignment (aka your posture) and how supported and dynamic your posture is while you sit and while you move.

Custom Orthotics. Your feet are the foundation of your whole body when you're in motion, so naturally your foot alignment is also of utmost importance in whole body function and in helping to identify foot and lower-extremity pain. This is why we prescribe custom foot orthotics and gait assessment in cases where it's appropriate.