Dr. Karl Jawhari, DC

 Dispelling Misconceptions Chiropractic care has long been surrounded by misconceptions, with one prevalent myth focusing on the supposed pain associated with spinal adjustments and the need for extended bed rest. In this blog, we aim to unravel the truth behind these perceptions. Understanding Spinal Adjustments Contrary to popular belief, spinal adjustments, a core component of chiropractic care, are generally not painful. Chiropractors employ precise and controlled techniques to realign the spine, addressing misalignments that may contribute to discomfort or restricted movement. Minimal Discomfort, Maximum Benefits Patients often report minimal discomfort during spinal adjustments, and any sensations experienced are typically temporary. It's essential to communicate openly with your chiropractor, providing feedback to ensure the adjustment process remains comfortable and effective. Post-Adjustment Activities Unlike the belief that bed rest is required after a chiropractic sessio...

 Embarking on the path to wellness through chiropractic care is an empowering step, and after your initial session, it's essential to gather insights and ensure you're on the right track. Here are crucial questions to ask your chiropractor, fostering open communication and maximizing the benefits of your chiropractic experience. Assessment Understanding: Seek clarity on the findings from your initial assessment. Understanding the chiropractor's evaluation of your spine and overall musculoskeletal health provides a foundation for your personalized treatment plan. Treatment Plan Explanation: Inquire about the proposed treatment plan. Your chiropractor should explain the recommended adjustments, therapies, and their expected outcomes. This transparency enables you to actively participate in your healing journey. Frequency of Visits: Ask about the recommended frequency of visits. Understanding how often you should schedule appointments ensures consistency in your care and contr...

Chiropractic care is a holistic approach to healthcare that offers natural healing and improves the quality of life by using manual techniques, mainly spinal adjustments, to correct misalignments, known as subluxations.  Let’s discuss the impact of chiropractic care on your overall well-being and how it can restore your body's functioning. Alleviates pain  Chiropractic care can be associated with pain relief, especially for issues such as back pain, neck pain, and headaches. By restoring proper spinal alignment, chiropractors can alleviate pressure on nerves, reduce muscle tension, and promote better blood circulation. This can not only reduce pain but can also improve the body's ability to move and function without restriction. Boosting Immune Function Being a central part of the nervous system and spine can be responsible for the functioning of other body organs and a restriction in the spine can affect the communication between the nervous system and the rest of the body. C...

Chiropractic care is a non-invasive and drug-free approach to healthcare that focuses on the body's natural ability to heal itself. With its emphasis on spinal health and nervous system function, chiropractic care offers a unique and effective solution for promoting healing and relieving nerve compression.  Read further to know the principles of chiropractic care and delve into how it can play a pivotal role in restoring balance and alleviating nerve-related discomfort. Understanding Chiropractic Care: Chiropractors utilise manual adjustments and other techniques to correct misalignments in the spine. By restoring the spine's proper alignment, chiropractic care aims to optimise nervous system function, enhance the body's natural healing capabilities, and alleviate pain and discomfort. Promoting Healing through Spinal Alignment: The spine serves as the body's central support structure. Misaligned spines can cause nerve compression, which obstructs the flow of information...

Do you feel pain in the heel or arch of your foot? Well! These are some of the symptoms of Plantar fasciitis, and there is more to it. Chiropractic treatment can be an excellent option for patients suffering from this condition and the pain associated with it. By fixing spinal misalignment, along with feet and ankles, chiropractic care can be the accurate way to treat conditions like Plantar Fasciitis. Some of the benefits of chiropractic treatment include: Reduces Stress The main reason behind plantar fasciitis is the stressed or inflamed ligament, resulting in tiny tears, and if you do not take timely action to reduce the stress, it keeps troubling you with pain.  With chiropractic adjustment, a chiropractor can help you with some relief from pain or inflammation by reducing the stress placed on ligaments, making you feel relaxed. Promotes Healing Once the chiropractor reduces the pressure off the ligament, a chiropractor might suggest some stretches, exercises, or massage therap...

How many of you are aware of the importance of stretching in your day-to-day movement and the optimal functioning of your body? With aging, the muscles get tight or stiff, which affects your daily activities, and you might notice pain and low flexibility over time. Stretching along chiropractic care can be a perfect solution to improve your flexibility and range of movement, which help make you energetic and back to life.  Let’s get started Help align the spine As you stretch the muscles, your posture improves, which can help align your spine in a better way. Do you know your muscles can get stiff or tight, if not stretched often? Thus it disturbs your symmetry. Sometimes, your muscles on one side can get stiffer as compared to muscles on the other side, which create a spinal misalignment. With the help of stretching and chiropractic care, you can fix your spine and improve its functioning. Improves flexibility and range of motion Too many sitting hours in the office or playing an ...

How often do you pay attention to your range of motion in your youth? But as you grow older, stiffness and pain occur in the body, which restricts your body movement. Visiting a chiropractor can relieve you of poor flexibility and help improve your quality of life for a long time. Check out these tips for increasing your range of motion as you age and promoting overall good health: Exercises   As you age, your range of motion declines, and if you don’t take any action, the mobility of your joints can become worse over time. So to improve your flexibility, a chiropractor may suggest some exercises to help you with flexibility problems and range of motion. Since there are many exercises, even simple exercises, such as swimming,  running, etc can make a big difference in your mobility. With chiropractic care, you can see improvement in the movement of joints, and also helps prevent injury in the future. Manipulations Injury and everyday activities can make your spine out of align...

Chiropractic treatment is about treating patients with spinal misalignments, which makes doctors of chiropractic special, as they mainly concentrate on spinal adjustment. However, there are also some other techniques to treat patients other than chiropractic adjustments.  Some physiological therapeutic procedures used in chiropractic treatment include:   Heat and cold.   The chiropractor may use heat and ice therapy on patients to provide relief from back pain. An ice pack for 10 minutes may be used on the back to remove sensation, and then apply a heating pad, heat wrap, or hot water bottle to restore blood flow to the area for faster healing.   Exercise Exercise plays a crucial role in managing lower back pain. Chiropractors may advise patients on physical activities for strengthening the back and stretching routine. Whether severe or persistent back pain, regular exercise can yield good results. Massage   Massage can also alleviate back pain and promote quick...

Seeing your child behaving differently or losing control easily over small things can create tension or stress for any parent. Despite their best efforts, parents fail to understand the reason behind the frustration or disturbed behavior of their children. However, a chiropractor can help your child to experience life happily and healthily. Chiropractic treatment can not only help to alleviate behavior problems but also improve the overall health of your children. Let’s get started   Give long-lasting solutions It is common for every parent to take the help of medicines whenever their child shows behavioral problems. However, these medicines provide short-term solutions and can be risky and come out with many side effects, especially creating sleep disorders and impulsive behavior. Visiting a chiropractor can be a natural and effective way of fixing behavioral issues in your children as it provides long-lasting solutions. Chiropractic care not only brings positive changes in behavi...

Most of you have never imagined that chiropractic care can keep your heart healthy. Chiropractic treatment is mostly associated with fixing back and other pains in your body. However, this treatment also helps people who experience heart-related problems. Visiting a Chiropractor on a regular basis can be helpful for the betterment of your cardiac health. Here are some of the benefits of chiropractic care to have heart-healthy benefits that you need to understand.   Decrease Inflammation Have you ever thought about why most people suffer from cardiovascular disease? Inflammation is one of the main reasons that lead to heart-related ailments, which may cause plaque in the blood vessels and might increase the risk of heart attack and other health problems. Using chiropractic adjustments, you can manage your cardiovascular system. With spinal manipulation, you can get relieved of inflammation. Reduce blood pressure Hypertension or high blood pressure is another cardiac problem that mos...

Do you know chiropractic adjustment releases toxins from your body? When a chiropractor adjusts a patient’s spine or pelvis, allowing tissues around those areas to release pressure. As the pressure is released, toxins in those areas can spread into the blood and move out of your body. Due to different lifestyles, habits, and other reasons, your body gets exposed to various toxins. Poor water or air quality, chemicals, or metals are some of the harmful substances that can damage your body and affect your functioning. However, chiropractic treatment can help remove toxins from your body and also trigger the release of good hormones, such as endorphins, which help your body heal, boost mood and reduce pain. Here are a few toxins that release during Chiropractic adjustments: Paranasal sinuses Did you know paranasal sinuses can get injured while inhaling toxins? Since it is the most commonly injured body part, chiropractic adjustment can release toxins in the nasal cavities. Furthermore, th...

Chiropractic care is for everybody, whether you are young or aged. Due to the age factor, there comes a time in life when you start losing your overall balance and physical control. Chiropractic treatment not only makes you physically active but also makes you mentally alert. With regular chiropractic care, seniors will get many benefits depending on their problems.   Some of the perks of chiropractic care for seniors include: Increased Mobility As you grow old, your range of motion slows down, reducing your flexibility to do different activities. A decrease in mobility stops you from living your life with ease as you might not be able to do various tasks comfortably, as you used to do earlier. Chiropractic care helps you live comfortably by improving flexibility, removing tightness in muscles, and aligning spines. All this along with some strengthening exercises can restore mobility in senior people, making their life easy.   Pain Relief   Lower back or joint pain and ar...

Allergy can be annoying to the extent, that sometimes it can become a life-threatening disease. Most of you depend on over-the-counter medicines to get relief from allergy-related symptoms, but do you know these medicines come with many side effects, leaving you with other problems? However, chiropractic treatment is a natural method that can treat your allergies without leaving any side effects and improve your immune system to make your life better. Spine and allergies As discussed many times, being the central part of your nervous system, your spine is responsible for the effective communication of the brain with the rest of your body, including your immune system. However, misalignments of the spine can hamper the communication between the brain and the other body parts, resulting in lower immunity. Visiting chiropractic can help restore your alignment, leading to better immunity, which means your body can fight off allergies.   Manage allergy-fighting hormones Chiropractic tre...

Suffering from depression or body pains, and over-the-counter medicines are not doing enough to change your situation? then turn to Chiropractic treatment, as some studies have shown that it works effectively to improve your poor physical and mental health. Chiropractors, along with spinal adjustments, can boost your moods and provide you relief from symptoms like anxiety and depression. What spinal adjustment has to do with your brain, and how can it relieve you of mood swings? Let's see how this treatment works: The mind and body are related You might know that mind and body are connected, and any effect on your physical state can challenge you in many ways, especially mentally and emotionally. So maintaining the right balance between mind and body becomes essential. One fact that relates to this problem is the spine, a central part of the nervous system, is related to the functioning of the rest of the body and brain. So any issue with the spine can affect your brain. With spina...

Have you ever had an experience when everything is spinning around you? This is a temporary situation, as this can be a symptom of vertigo. Vertigo is not dangerous but can affect your everyday life. It can make you feel weak, blur your vision, disturb your hearing, making you confused about everything due to a dizzy state of mind. However, every problem has its solution, and the good thing is you can get relief from dizziness or vertigo through chiropractic treatment.   Spinal Adjustments Being an integral part of the nervous system, the spine allows the brain to communicate with your body. However, subluxation of vertebrae can block this communication, leading to vertigo or dizziness due to interference with nerves. With spinal adjustments, a chiropractor can treat the symptoms of vertigo and restore the functioning of nerves. Improve health Many health factors, such as lack of sleep, improper diet, or excess stress can affect the functioning of your body. However, Chiropractic c...

Do you know what it takes to be a good chiropractor? I am sure most of you are not aware of the features you need to consider while looking for the right chiropractor.   Let's get started with some of the best qualities you need to ascertain during your search.   Good Communication Skills Maintaining strong communication with clients is paramount for a chiropractor to build strong connections, as it will instill a sense of security and confidence among patients. The way you explain the whole process to your patients will draw their trust in your chiropractic treatment.   A chiropractor with good listening skills can connect with their clients efficiently, as paying full attention to the previous treatment, and medications can help your doctor come up with optimum solutions for your present condition.   Strong Values How committed a chiropractor is to his treatment matters a lot. Apart from quality treatment, a chiropractor must have strong values and ethics while tre...

Improved Performance Do you know that an unhealthy spine can affect your body's overall balance? Spinal misalignment can affect the other connected parts of the body, causing poor athletic performance on the field. Visiting a chiropractor for adjustments can relieve tension in your spines and muscles, ensuring improvement in your general health, which can help enhance your performance. Reduce Pain The spine is an integral part of the nervous system, and athletes can suffer pain in the lower back. So with the manipulation of the spine, a chiropractor can fix your back pain and bring it back to its mobility, which makes the functioning of athletes fast in their game. Improved range of motion. Regular chiropractic care can help improve the range of motion of sportspersons. As they practice hard in their game, which makes them suffer through mental and physical pressure. Routine practice can create problems for athletes in their spines and muscles, affecting their range of motion. Visi...

Lower back pain is very common and can restrict your ability to move comfortably. This problem occurs due to strains or injury to your muscles caused by falling or lifting heavy objects or poor sitting posture. There are many ways to treat your lower back pain, and heat therapy is one of them which can make you feel relaxed and provide relief from chronic back pain. As a versatile treatment, heat therapy includes a hot shower bath, heating pads, etc; all these can help to loosen your tight muscles and allow you to move freely. Let’s check out the key benefits of heat therapy to heal your back pain:   Improve the healing process With the help of heat therapy, there might be an increase in the blood flow to your muscles in the lower back, which improves the flow of oxygen and nutrients required to heal your damaged tissues.   Makes therapeutic exercises easier Applying heat therapy before stretching and exercising, as it is the standard treatment to heal your lower back pain. Us...

 Chiropractic care is not only for adults, but children also get benefits from this treatment. As your child is growing, it is quite obvious that he can suffer from physical and mental issues. Regular chiropractic care can help promote an easier transition and improve the overall health.   Here are some incredible benefits of chiropractic care for your children.   Brain Development   Chiropractic treatment can play a crucial role in the growth and development of your child's brain. By spinal adjustments, pressure is released from spines, bones, and joints, which can improve the functioning of the brain, enhance concentration, and make your child more focused in life. It also controls hyperactivity in children and other behavioral issues in children.   Improve sleep   Is your child facing problems in having a good sleep, or does he wake up tired in the morning? Sleep is not only crucial for the overall development of your child’s body but also helps to keep ...

Combining Chiropractic care with massage therapy can keep your body in the best condition. Massage can help your body to heal faster from pain, maintain alignments, and provide long-lasting treatment. Massage and chiropractic both work hand in hand, and not only improve your mobility but also work on emotional well-being. When used together, they provide you relief from pain and prevent the pain from coming again. Alleviate Pain Combining massage with Chiropractic care can make you get rid of your pain, and stop it from reoccurring. If you are facing any joint mobility issues or spinal misalignments, then your muscles might become restricted, and tight. However, massage can help to relax your muscles, which makes your body ready for adjustment, making your chiropractic care smoother and easier. With Chiro and massage, your body can function in a better way, and loosen up easily. Improve circulation Since circulation issues can create many health problems, Chiropractic and massage thera...