Pain Relief Tips

A chiropractor should know when not to adjust. Here are the symptoms that belong in an emergency room or medical office first, when another kind of care may fit better, and when conservative chiropractic care is reasonable.

Is text neck actually real? Your neck can hurt after hours of looking at your phone, but that doesn’t mean your posture is damaging your spine. A Sioux Falls chiropractor explains what “text neck” really is, why the 60-pound-head claim is misleading, and what actually helps when screen time starts bothering your neck.

The ER paperwork says "lumbar muscle spasm." The prescription is a muscle relaxant and maybe a short steroid taper. But the pain running down the leg and the numb patch on the shin aren't a spasm — they're a nerve root being mechanically narrowed at the point it exits the spine. Dr. Lucas Marchand explains why muscle relaxants treat the guarding instead of the cause, why steroid relief often doesn't outlast the prescription, and what an accurate assessment changes about the p