Chiropractic Blog | Chilliwack, BC

Living with arthritis pain can feel like a constant challenge. If you’re in Chilliwack and struggling with stiffness or discomfort, you’re not alone. Finding ways to ease that pain and improve your movement is essential for a better quality of life. I want to share some effective strategies that have helped many people manage arthritis pain right here in BC. These methods are practical, approachable, and designed to fit into your daily routine.

Mindfulness enriches every aspect of daily life by bringing a deeper awareness to our actions and thoughts. Not only does it improve our ability to remain calm and cool in the face of immediate stress, but it also allows us to build resilience for future stressors. Whether you want to start your day off with meditation or boost your concentration, there are plenty of ways you can become more mindful. In this article, courtesy of ChiroMEDIX, we’ll talk about a few simple techniques you can try.

The single biggest reason patients come to see a chiropractor is because something hurts. I am a chiropractor in Chilliwack, British Columbia and I deal with a lot of people who are experiencing pain. Let me share my experience with pain.

For the majority of people, the benefit of Chiropractic care is decreased pain. However, these results depend upon multiple factors:

Chronic pain is complicated for many reasons, but ultimately, it’s all in your head. Before you throw your hands up in frustration, let me explain. Our brain is our computer; it is where all information gets sent, processed, and understood. Understanding that pain is an experience that happens entirely in your brain can actually be helpful in dealing with it. I will do my best to help you get your head around pain.

In March 2020 I had the world knocked out from under me. One day I had a busy day of patients and the next day I didn’t have a practice at all. I had to let my staff go, and I didn’t have a job. I was stressed about the future and worried about what was coming next. I felt powerless, an emotion that is not common for me, especially in my professional world.

Chiropractic treatment includes much more than an adjustment or manipulation of the spine. For now, let's discuss exactly what an adjustment is, what happens during the adjustment, and why it is that chiropractors, along with other manual therapists, use it as a treatment for spinal pain.

Arthritis. The painful joint condition can make daily activities torturous. Although it does not have a cure, treatments have improved greatly over recent years and studies show that starting treatment at an early stage can be of great benefit.

Research over the last 10-15 years has significantly changed how health practitioners view chronic pain. Mechanisms have been discovered to validate symptoms previously seen as purely psychological. These mechanisms help explain why pain lingers for months, even years, despite previously injured tissues having had enough time to heal.

I am going to delve into a dreaded subject for a lot of people. AGING! Did you know that there are a lot of things that happen as you age? There are several things that start to happen at around 35 years of age. Our body stops making cartilage, the slippery stuff that coats joints to help them slide smoothly. But like car tires, cartilage is a consumable product that if it isn’t replaced on a regular basis (which your body stops doing on its own at about 35) gets used up.

The responsibilities of dealing with the aftermath of a crash can feel as sudden as the crash itself. This post will cover the what and why of common injuries and their treatments, as well as offer some resources on dealing with ICBC.

All too often I find myself wishing I could be the one who was snoring away within moments of my head hitting the pillow. I am not as lucky as my wife in that respect. Sometimes it seems like she is asleep before her head hits the pillow.

Now what? Who do I call? Should I get checked? What if I feel OK?

There are several things that start to happen at around 35 years of age. One of the things that happen is our body stops making cartilage; the slippery stuff that coats joints to help them slide smoothly. But like car tires cartilage is a consumable product that if it isn’t replaced on a regular basis (which your body stops doing on its own at about 35) it gets used up.

In the world of manual therapy, there is much more at play than just the spine. Traditionally chiropractors have been known to be very spine-centric. In many cases, this is still true. At ChiroMEDIX we realize that people are more than just a walking spine, and oftentimes there are more treatment options than a spinal adjustment. A spinal adjustment is a useful tool, but it isn't always the answer, and we need to be aware of what your body needs, from head to toe.