Dr. Jose Guevara

Return to your activities will be determined by how soon your ankle recovers. The goal of rehabilitation is to return you to your normal activities as soon as is safely possible. If you return too soon you may worsen your injury.

Symptoms include pain in your neck. When the neck muscles go into spasm you feel tightness and tension in your neck that is tender to the touch. You may have pain when you move your head to either side or when you try to move your head up or down.

Some fractures, such as ribs, do not require treatment. Small hairline fractures may only require rest and ice. If there is a fracture and the bone is still lined up properly, the only treatment necessary may be wearing a splint or cast to protect the bone while it heals.

The most common type of dislocation is an anterior dislocation. It can be caused by a fall onto your outstretched hand or your shoulder. It may happen if your arm is forced into an awkward position. A posterior dislocation may occur as a result of a powerful direct blow to the front of your shoulder.

In spite of our strong intent to be accurate, did you know, regardless of the doctor, there is only about a 45% accuracy rate when making a low back pain diagnosis? This is partially because there are many tissues that can be damaged or injured that are innervated by the same nerve fibers and clinically they look very similar to each other.

When compared to the 4-legged species, the vertically loaded spine carries more weight in the low back, shows disk and joint deterioration and/or arthritis much sooner, and we overload the back more frequently because, well, we can! We have 2 free arms to lift and carry items that often weigh way too much for our back to be able to safely handle.

Within the first few days, in addition to significant neck and headache pain, you notice your memory seems fuzzy, and you easily lose your train of thought. Everything seems like an effort and you notice you're quite irritable.

Most patients with whiplash injuries should consider chiropractic as their first choice of health care provision. For more serious injuries that don't respond well to conservative treatment, a combination of chiropractic, anti-inflammatory medication, muscle relaxers, and injections may be beneficial.

Symptoms of whiplash vary widely. Most common symptoms include neck pain and stiffness, headache, shoulder pain/stiffness, dizziness, fatigue, jaw pain, arm pain, arm weakness, visual disturbances, ringing ear noises, and sometimes back pain.

For approximately every inch your head moves forward, it gains 10 pounds in weight, as far as the muscles in your upper back and neck are concerned. This leads to an increase in tension in those muscles resulting in recurring headaches.