Category Archives: Chiro Health Articles
Vitamin C Neuropathic Pain Relief
I came across a very interesting article today talking about using Vitamin C to help the neuropathic pain condition, postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is also known as shingles. Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus attacking the nerves causing pain usually in the intercostal nerves of the chest. What I found interesting was in the recent study by Chen et al. was that they helped to reduce the patients pain significantly using the anti-oxidant, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). They found that a sign of poor nutrition is testing to see if you have low plasma levels of Vitamin C in your blood. But why Vitamin C? Well I had a look further into the role of nutrition particularly vitamin c in helping trapped nerve pain Continue reading Vitamin C Neuropathic Pain Relief
Women’s Handbag Health Concern
I recently came across this video with Dr Oz of Oprah Winfrey TV show fame talking about handbag weights on women’s health. Dr Oz quoted a survey study done by the American Chiropractic Association on the weight ladies carry in their handbags. In the UK a similar research study has been done by department store, Debenhams. See what Dr Oz says about the weight of a woman’s handbag and how she carries it can affect her back in his show “Handbag Hazards”. Also find out what the average weight of a UK woman’s handbag is and how it has changed over the years by 100%. Continue reading Women's Handbag Health Concern
Foreign Accent Syndrome
Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare brain injury and is seen as a stroke symptom. You can see the neurological condition in the video from Sky News here and other examples of Foreign Accent Syndrome. This is a recent case of a UK woman who had a migraine attack that then woke up to find herself speaking with a Chinese accent. That accent has now become an Eastern European sounding one now. So watch and listen to Sarah Colwill’s story about her sudden attack of Foreign Accent Syndrome. Continue reading Foreign Accent Syndrome
Muscle Strain – Pulled Muscle
Muscle strains are a common condition causing pain. You have heard people say they have a pulled muscle in their lower back or pulled a muscle in their necks and shoulders but what is it exactly. Well today’s article looks more into muscular strains and basically what a pulled muscle is and how to always treat a strained muscle first when it has happened to help you heal and get rid of pain quicker. Continue reading Muscle Strain - Pulled Muscle