Y-Strap Adjustment The Y-Strap Adjustment is a chiropractic/osteopathic technique of spinal manipulation that has grown in popularity on social media platforms, such YouTube and TikTok. The clinic regularly receives enquiries from people asking if we perform the Y-Strap adjustment on our patients at Spriggs Chiropractic. To answer this question,...
Chiropractic and the hypermobile person, and by hypermobile person, I mean people with the amazing and beautifully complex Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD). As always, we are tackling a controversial topic, and for those of you who follow the blog, you will know that I love...
How does chiropractic work is a great question I am often asked in the clinic. The question is complex with a lot to unpack. However, now that we have addressed a lot of questions in other blog posts, we can now tackle “How does Chiropractic work?” We will be...
Leg length inequality, scoliosis, and back pain… what a title, and where shall we begin? It is common for chiropractors and other manual therapists to tell their patients that they have one leg shorter than the other, but what is the impact of a shorter leg on the spine?...
What’s the crack? Recently, I have seen a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about the “popping” or “cracking” sound that can be heard during spinal manipulation or when you crack your knuckles. The cause of the popping sound is also a question I get a lot from my students...
How Can Exercise Help Your Back Pain? Low back pain affects 577 million people worldwide at any given time 1, so what are the best ways of managing the most common of the most common conditions? In contrast to the title of this blog, not that long ago, medical...
June is scoliosis awareness month, so there is no better time to get some information out about how we here at Spriggs Chiropractic work with our scoliosis patients and how we are now working in partnership with DM Orthotics®. What is Scoliosis? Scoliosis is derived from the Greek word...
DM Orthotics® are world-leading creators of medical rehabilitation and sports performance products and we are very excited to be working with DM Orthotics® here at Spriggs Chiropractic. DM Orthotics stands for Dynamic Movement Orthotics, which are custom made garments designed to worn under your everyday clothing. They provide support...
Workstation ergonomics is a huge topic of discussion that can be confusing for many. The reason for all the confusion is simply that workstation ergonomics is not an exact science. By this I mean that work station ergonomics takes into consideration everything from the desk, the chair, the amount...
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