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Text Neck and Desk Posture Headaches in Racine, WI
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI If your headaches show up on workdays and fade on weekends, your desk is a suspect. At Daniels Chiropractic in Racine, WI, we treat posture-related headaches with chiropractic care , myofascial release, dry needling , Class IV laser...
Migraine, Tension, or Cervicogenic? How to Tell Your Headache Apart
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI Most people who tell us they get migraines do not have migraines. Most people who say they just get "stress headaches" have never had the source examined. Getting the type right is the single thing that most changes whether...
Cervicogenic Headache Treatment in Racine, WI
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI A headache that starts at the base of your skull, stays on one side, and travels forward toward your temple or behind your eye is not a migraine, even though it is frequently treated as one. It is a cervicogenic headache, and it is...
Tension Headache Treatment in Racine, WI
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI If it feels like a band tightening around your head, sits on both sides, and shows up on the days your workload does, you are almost certainly dealing with a tension-type headache. At Daniels Chiropractic in Racine, WI, we treat them with...
IT Band Syndrome Treatment in Racine, WI
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI Sharp or burning pain on the outside of the knee that shows up at a predictable point in every run or walk is the signature of IT band syndrome. At Daniels Chiropractic in Racine, WI, we treat it with chiropractic care, myofascial release...
When Sciatica Needs More Than a Chiropractor
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI Most sciatica responds well to conservative care, and we've covered the more common causes and how we sort out true nerve involvement from things like spinal stenosis and muscle referral pain . This post is about the smaller group of...
What Actually Causes Sciatica
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI We covered the most common cause of sciatica, disc herniation, in Sciatica vs. Herniated Disc , and how to tell true sciatica apart from its look-alikes in Sciatica or Something Else? This post fills in the rest of the picture: the fuller...
Sciatica or Something Else? Ruling Out Stenosis and Glute Referral Pain
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI Not every pain running down the leg is sciatica, even though that's usually the first word people reach for. A fair number of cases turn out to be spinal stenosis or referred pain from the gluteus medius or minimus, and telling these...
Sciatica vs. Herniated Disc: Same Thing, Different Name
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI One of the most common mix-ups we hear from new patients is the assumption that sciatica and a herniated disc are two separate problems, maybe even competing diagnoses. They're usually not. This post is a closer look at that distinction,...
Jumper's Knee: Patellar & Quad Tendinopathy Treatment in Racine, WI
By John Daniels, DC, CCSP — Daniels Chiropractic, Racine, WI Sharp, pinpoint pain just below (or just above) the kneecap that shows up when you jump, land, squat, or push off usually means the tendon has taken on more than it can handle. At Daniels Chiropractic in Racine, WI, we treat patellar and...