Digestion and Chiropractic!

You might be asking how does the digestive system related to Crohn's disease and Chiropractic care have in common, well, an extensive study showed a direct connection between Crohn’s disease and spinal misalignments. Crohn’s disease results in inflammation along the small intestine, affecting any part of the digestive tract. Inflammation causes frequent emptying of the intestines and also diarrhea, and is painful.


The generally accepted theory around the culprit of Crohn’s disease is that the immune system is reacting to a bacterium or virus. To address the inflammation of Crohn’s disease, corticosteroids are typically recommended. But corticosteroids’ serious side-effects may put one at a greater risk of infection. Medication that inhibits the immune system is also commonly recommended. Researchers of the study sought to look for treatment options that boosted the immune system (as opposed to suppressing it) in a way that did not rely on the use of drugs.


An additional study linked ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel disorder, Crohn’s disease, and many other conditions with spinal displacements. This particular study revealed that when displacements are corrected, symptoms of Crohn’s disease improve dramatically. There’s an additional benefit to chiropractic care, research asserts. Along with treating the digestive condition, chiropractic care also seeks to improve the patient’s quality of life.


When you contact Chiropractic Wellness at Brier Creek, you’ll receive the appropriate evaluation for your digestive condition Chiropractors adjust misalignments of the spine that interfere with nerve function. These problems can be painlessly corrected. Also, misalignment correction has a way of eliminating the discomfiting symptoms.

People who endure digestive conditions find relief in chiropractic care, as it can bring balance to digestion’s innate rhythm..

If you have Crohn's disease, live in Durham or the surrounding areas of Raleigh, Morrisville, Brier Creek, RTP,  NC, contact Chiropractic Wellness at Brier Creek to get on the road to recovery as soon as possible.

Chiropractic Treatment for Sciatica: Durham, North Carolina

Being a Chiropractor in Durham, NC,  I see patients from most of Wake County and other parts of the state that suffer with sciatica.  After treatments with medications, rest, and physical therapy the problem persists because these treatments do not get to the cause of the sciatica the majority of the time.

 If you have pain that shoots down your leg, experience numbness or tingling in your leg or foot, have weakness in your legs or even soreness and pain by your butt, you could be experiencing sciatica. 

Medication at best will just cover up the pain of sciatica, but it will not correct it.  Taking medication is like if you went to the dentist for a toothache or painful cavity and the doctor said for you to take some pain medication and anti-inflammatories but not treat the cavity.  You know that the cavity would continue to decay and get worse, eventually needing drastic procedures to fix what could’ve been prevented in the first place.  Yet, this is the way most doctors treat patients and you follow their lead.

Physical therapy has a slightly higher success in treating the sciatica as many times the PT will first do some therapies like electric stimulation or ultrasound to ease the pain and decrease the swelling, then do some stretching to loosen the muscles and probably finish with some strengthening exercises to try to stabilize the area.  Short term this gives relief but this in long term can cause problems as the underlying cause is still not being corrected and doing these exercises will just splint the area in the imbalanced position.  The problem will further degenerate years down the road.

Chiropractors look for the cause of the problem.  Many look for misalignments called subluxations, where the vertebra move out of place/alignment, putting pressure on the nerve, therefor causing the symptoms of pain, numbness and tingling, and leg weakness.  These bones moving out of place/alignment can cause a herniated disc, swelling and degeneration in the long run. By performing chiropractic adjustments, chiropractors reposition the bones of the spine to remove the pressure on the nerve, thereby getting to the cause of the problem.

Would you like your health professional to find the cause of your back pain and sciatica so you can enjoy your normal daily activities and time with friends and family?  Would you like to finally live without the pain and prevent future problems?

If you answer yes to these questions, live in Durham or the surrounding areas of Raleigh, Morrisville, Brier Creek, RTP,  NC, contact Chiropractic Wellness at Brier Creek to get on the road to recovery as soon as possible.