What more fun is there on a hot, McHenry summer day than to delight in a cool-water water ride or water slide? We can all relate to that! Some McHenry folks will do the sliding and riding, and some will view from distance. Which is better? Viewing from afar! Water slides and rides may turn from fun to pain if the tailbone gets damaged. And it does! A new research study explains that water ride related tailbone pain isn’t reported in the medical literature before, but OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows it is found in this McHenry chiropractic practice’s patient population. The tailbone is properly named the coccyx, the lowest section of the spine, and tailbone injury may develop into coccygeal instability and pain. (1) Just as with the rest of the spine, the coccyx has discs and dorsal root ganglia, too. DRG stimulation reduces pain and increases function without any additional problems for patients with chronic coccydynia (coccyx pain). (2) Usual care of coccyx pain is physical therapy and pharmacological treatment. Adding manipulation reduced pain and disability for chronic coccydynia patients (who occasionally have low back pain and leg pain, too) in just 3 treatments. (3) If McHenry summer’s water fun hurts you, turn to your McHenry chiropractor! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic’s gentle manipulation may calm the coccyx’s discs and DRGs and lessen your McHenry tailbone pain.

The last thing a McHenry expectant mother desires experiencing is pain, and the very last thing she wants to do is take medication or undergo medical procedures! McHenry chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox® Technic is shown to help relieve pregnancy-related back pain and leg pain. (4) For women who experience lumbopelvic pain during McHenry pregnancy, acupuncture reportedly helps. It’s safe and beneficial for lessening pain and increasing her quality of life while pregnant. 89% of women in one study reported clinically meaningful symptom decline. (5) Your McHenry chiropractor is here to lessen pregnancy-related McHenry back pain and pelvic pain.

Listen in to this PODCAST with Dr. Amelia Pappas on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about pregnancy-related McHenry back pain and pelvic pain and how Cox® Technic helps ease that pain.

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