The best chiropractor in Evansville, Indiana is the one that is right for you. This useful guide analyzes factors that help patients assess chiropractors in Evansville, Indiana and other nearby areas such as Newburg and Vanderburgh County. Choosing the Best Chiropractor in Evansville, IN To find the best chiropractor in Evansville, Indiana, you need to […]
Many of our chiropractic patients ask us, “Exactly what is integrated physical medicine and how is it different from other methods of chiropractic care?” Integrated Physical Medicine goes beyond treating symptoms of injury or disease. It focuses on healing the whole person to reach the best possible outcomes for each unique patient’s rehabilitation and ongoing […]
What is Sciatica? Sciatica pain is a symptom of other issues, not the actual problem. It is an irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, often caused by disc issues. Although there are a number of different issues that can cause sciatica. Sciatica is generally felt on just one side of the body and is […]
How is Infertility Acupuncture Used? For centuries, acupuncture has been used to help couples experiencing difficulty conceiving. In this article, we hope to answer the common questions we get at Integrated Physical Medicine, Evansville’s Acupuncture clinic, regarding acupuncture, chiropractic, healthy pregnancy, and fertility. Acupuncture helps to treat many underlying causes of infertility such as hypothyroidism […]
What are “Trigger Points”? Trigger points, also known as trigger sites or muscle knots, are described as “hyper-irritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers.” (1) Integrated Physical Medicine’s chiropractors and acupuncturists, Dr. Eric Mitz and Dr. Miachael Ray, commonly see trigger points occurring in the muscles […]
An article published in the July 3, 2014 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine caught my eye. A double-blind and randomized study was conducted in which patients with lumbar central spinal stenosis and moderate-to-severe leg pain and disability were given either epidural lidocaine injections or epidural injections with both lidocaine and steroids. [note: Randomized Double-Blind trials are the best, […]
Weight loss is perhaps the single most important contributor to long-term back pain relief. We rarely if ever see a patient with chronic low back pain of non-traumatic origin that is not significantly overweight, and we have literally never had a patient who lost a significant amount of weight report that their weight loss did […]
Many people who seek help from their medical providers for back pain, headaches, neck pain, and other conditions are surprised when they are referred to a chiropractor at Integrated Physical Medicine in Evansville. Those startled patients are often operating with the misconception that chiropractors and medical professionals are still uniformly at odds with one another. […]
Probably like you, I’m surrounded by cancer. Friends, family, young and old, it matters not to cancer. Why is a chiropractic office talking about cancer? Integrated Physical Medicine is about more than just back pain and rehab. It’s about keeping people healthy and to do that we need to look beyond simply treating symptoms. We […]
Virtually every patient, when confronted with back pain, will ask me the big question: “Why?” Unless the patient has experienced a trauma or demonstrates a disease on imaging (e.g., spinal stenosis, disc degeneration or degenerative disc disease, arthritis or degenerative joint disease, etc) the answer to the question “Why?” is challenging to definitively answer. Usually, […]
A Guide To Finding The Best Chiropractor In Evansville Indiana For You
The best chiropractor in Evansville, Indiana is the one that is right for you. This useful guide analyzes factors that help patients assess chiropractors in Evansville, Indiana and other nearby areas such as Newburg and Vanderburgh County. Choosing the Best Chiropractor in Evansville, IN To find the best chiropractor in Evansville, Indiana, you need to […]
What Is Integrated Physical Medicine?
Many of our chiropractic patients ask us, “Exactly what is integrated physical medicine and how is it different from other methods of chiropractic care?” Integrated Physical Medicine goes beyond treating symptoms of injury or disease. It focuses on healing the whole person to reach the best possible outcomes for each unique patient’s rehabilitation and ongoing […]
What is Sciatica?
What is Sciatica? Sciatica pain is a symptom of other issues, not the actual problem. It is an irritation or compression of the sciatic nerve, often caused by disc issues. Although there are a number of different issues that can cause sciatica. Sciatica is generally felt on just one side of the body and is […]
Acupuncture for Infertility?
How is Infertility Acupuncture Used? For centuries, acupuncture has been used to help couples experiencing difficulty conceiving. In this article, we hope to answer the common questions we get at Integrated Physical Medicine, Evansville’s Acupuncture clinic, regarding acupuncture, chiropractic, healthy pregnancy, and fertility. Acupuncture helps to treat many underlying causes of infertility such as hypothyroidism […]
Dry Needling and Trigger Point Therapy
What are “Trigger Points”? Trigger points, also known as trigger sites or muscle knots, are described as “hyper-irritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibers.” (1) Integrated Physical Medicine’s chiropractors and acupuncturists, Dr. Eric Mitz and Dr. Miachael Ray, commonly see trigger points occurring in the muscles […]
Epidural Injections of Steroids for Stenosis – a Game Changing Study
An article published in the July 3, 2014 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine caught my eye. A double-blind and randomized study was conducted in which patients with lumbar central spinal stenosis and moderate-to-severe leg pain and disability were given either epidural lidocaine injections or epidural injections with both lidocaine and steroids. [note: Randomized Double-Blind trials are the best, […]
Back Pain and Weight Loss Myths
Weight loss is perhaps the single most important contributor to long-term back pain relief. We rarely if ever see a patient with chronic low back pain of non-traumatic origin that is not significantly overweight, and we have literally never had a patient who lost a significant amount of weight report that their weight loss did […]
Why Your Medical Doctor Referred You to Integrated Physical Medicine
Many people who seek help from their medical providers for back pain, headaches, neck pain, and other conditions are surprised when they are referred to a chiropractor at Integrated Physical Medicine in Evansville. Those startled patients are often operating with the misconception that chiropractors and medical professionals are still uniformly at odds with one another. […]
Avoiding Cancer – The Latest Research Proven Habits You Should Adopt Now!
Probably like you, I’m surrounded by cancer. Friends, family, young and old, it matters not to cancer. Why is a chiropractic office talking about cancer? Integrated Physical Medicine is about more than just back pain and rehab. It’s about keeping people healthy and to do that we need to look beyond simply treating symptoms. We […]
“Why Does My Back Hurt?” – Top Causes of Back Pain, Part One
Virtually every patient, when confronted with back pain, will ask me the big question: “Why?” Unless the patient has experienced a trauma or demonstrates a disease on imaging (e.g., spinal stenosis, disc degeneration or degenerative disc disease, arthritis or degenerative joint disease, etc) the answer to the question “Why?” is challenging to definitively answer. Usually, […]