If you’re of a certain age, you may remember ads that promise milk “does a body good,” or recommend “3 a day,” which refers to three servings of dairy. These campaigns emphasize how calcium consumption creates strong bones, but they forget to mention another key player: vitamin D. Despite its name, vitamin D is actually a prohormone, not a vitamin. Prohormones help your body transform substances into the hormones your body needs to thrive.

Bone fractures affect nearly 7 million U.S. residents each year. You can’t prevent every accident, but strengthening your bones helps reduce your risk of breaks and other serious injuries. When your bones are thin or brittle, it’s harder for them to withstand impact from bumps or falls. This often results in crushed, splintered. or fractured bones.

Don’t rule out chiropractic care just yet if you’re battling osteoporosis. Patients with this common condition are often hesitant to try spinal manipulation, but it may provide some well-deserved relief. Every individual has different needs, but generally, chiropractic care is a safe, beneficial treatment option for osteoporosis. If you have weak, brittle bones from osteoporosis, our team can help you decide if spinal adjustments and similar treatments are right for you.

Chiropractic care helps people of all ages tackle common ailments, including tight muscles, nerve pain, and herniated discs. More than 35 million Americans receive chiropractic treatment each year, and practitioners are located in countries across the globe.

Many patients contact NorthEast Spine and Sports Medicine when back pain strikes, but it’s not the only issue that warrants chiropractic care. 

Patients often confess they feel nervous about their first visit to NorthEast Spine and Sports Medicine, especially if they’ve heard some myths about chiropractic care. Our compassionate staff understands there’s a lot of misinformation around how chiropractic works, which is why we’ve compiled 25 of the most popular questions we hear from new patients. Do you have a question you don’t see addressed here? Get in touch.

• We are encouraging all patients and employees to stay home if you are feeling sick. If you arrive for an appointment and are exhibiting symptoms, you will be asked to leave.
• Staff is disinfecting daily between patient visits and will do deep disinfectant cleanings at least 1-2 times per week 
• We are reminding all patients and employees to wash hands thoroughly and regularly.
• Whenever washing your hands isn’t an option, we recommend sanitizing.

Move over, coconut oil: It’s time to share the spotlight with CBD. Now that CBD products are legal in states across the nation, you may have noticed how quickly acceptance of this once-controversial substance has spread. Many stores proudly display signs stating they sell CBD oil or capsules, and social media is filled with testimonials detailing how CBD helps people manage everything from anxiety to chronic pain. Tools for cbd products like a pocket size wooden hemp grinder, are also displayed from a cannabis dispensary. Some medical providers even sell CBD products to patients seeking a nonsurgical approach to pain relief. 

Many of our patients have diabetes, which isn’t surprising when you consider this condition affects more than 30 million people in the United States. Some people manage diabetes with lifestyle adjustments or medical treatments, but these changes don’t always eliminate every symptom. A whopping 60% of adults with diabetes are plagued with aches from peripheral neuropathy, a painful disease that makes it nearly impossible to walk at times. This disease can be difficult to treat, but many patients get great results from Micro-Vas therapy, a treatment offered at NorthEast Spine and Sports Medicine.

Before you book back surgery or decide you’re doomed to a lifetime of lumbar pain, consider spinal decompression therapy. Though you can request decompression therapy anytime your doctor deems it appropriate, this nonsurgical procedure is often a last-ditch effort from patients who haven’t gotten the results they want from other treatments. Adults with low back pain generally come to NorthEast Spine and Sports Medicine wanting decompression therapy after other doctors have recommended a spinal fusion, discectomy, or laminectomy. In many cases, we are able to help these patients avoid surgery and obtain long-lasting relief from nerve or back pain.