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Why Does My Neck Hurt?

Bottom Line:

Believe it or not, the average weight of the human head is a full 11 pounds. That may not seem like a lot, but imagine you had to actually hold that weight in your hands and up above your shoulders all day every day for the rest of your life. That’s exactly the job your neck has to do. What’s more, according to your Little Rock and North Little Rock Chiropractor, the bones and muscles of your neck need to work together in perfect harmony for you to move your head around and to do it without pain. This is what really has Little Rock and North Little Rock Googling “why does my neck hurt.” It’s no surprise then that you may experience discomfort and maybe even pain as a result of postural changes, injuries, and arthritis in and around your neck.

Why it Matters:

If you’ve ever had a stiff neck and couldn’t turn your head for a day or two, you know how completely distracting that pain can be. Those sharp muscle spasms that restrict your ability to move – ouch! However, what many of us don’t realize is that our body may be trying to protect a joint that isn’t moving correctly. Almost every bone in your neck has a pair of sliding joints towards the back called facet joints. If an adhesion forms on those joints or they become “stuck,” your body will try to compensate, and that can lead to other challenges like muscle spasms if not addressed by a chiropractor or other professional quickly.

If you’re living with neck pain and wondering “why does my neck hurt”, here’s what you’ll want to
remember…

● Sudden injuries like motor vehicle accident, car wrecks, sports injuries as well as arthritis, and postural issues can all contribute to neck pain.
● The small sliding joints (facet joints) of your neck can become “stuck” and that condition can lead to muscle spasms and pain.
● Gentle chiropractic spinal adjustments combined with daily stretching can help restore the motion of your facet joints and reduce your pain.

Next Steps:

In short, you can stop wondering “why does my neck hurt.”

A stiff neck is your body’s way of saying “pay attention”! And even if that stiffness comes and goes, it’s a smart idea to have us evaluate what’s going on. Taking care of small challenges before they become big issues is the definition of being proactive with your health.

You can reduce your risk of future episodes of neck pain and stiffness in Little Rock and North Little Rock.

Whether neck pain is something you know all too well or something you hope to neve know, it’s
a smart idea to give our chiropractors at Omnis Rehab Little Rock or North Little Rock a call.

We’re your neck pain chiropractic treatment centers in Little Rock and North Little Rock, AR, our doors are open, and we’re here to
help!

Little Rock:  501-313-2844

North Little Rock:  501-353-1781

www.omnisrehab.com

Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Massage and MORE!!!

Science Source(s):

The Cervical Spine Before, During and After Manipulation. The Spine Journal. 2018.
Facet Joint Syndrome. Cedars Sinai. 2021.

Low Back Pain and Piriformis Syndrome

Chiropractic Care and Soft Tissue Work

When you think of chiropractic care, you may think doctors of chiropractic only adjust necks and backs, or work with the spine.  While we are known for our ability to perform adjustments, that’s not all that your Little Rock Chiropractor does at Omnis Rehab: Joint and Performance Center.  A large part of our work and your appointment revolves around working with soft tissue.

What is the difference in an adjustment and soft tissue work?

An adjustment is the manipulation or movement of a joint in the body traditionally done by hand or assisted by a handheld instrument such as an activator.  The soft tissue work done in our Little Rock chiropractic office or North Little Rock chiropractic office when paired with traditional chiropractic adjustments can help patients get better faster and improve prognosis.  Some of the soft tissue techniques we utilize include:

• ART (Active Release Technique) 
• Graston
• Medi-Cupping
• Manual Therapy
• PIR (Post Isometric Relaxation)
• PNF which is a form of stretching designed to increase flexibility of muscles and increase range of movement

Some Common Ailments Treated with Chiropractic Soft Tissue Care

With joint disfunction or injury, most of the time the issue is accompanied with surrounding tissue tightness, muscles compensations, or a functional deficit (loss of range of motion or strength in area).  Our goal at Omnis Rehab is to get you back to feeling good and healthy as soon as possible with minimally invasive treatments.  We believe that you should be able to do your favorite activities, sports, or job without nagging pain or issues.  Here are some of the most common ailments we see in our office.

Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow: Both of these conditions are due to excessive or repetitive use of the forearm musculature.  While often times this pain is attributed to the before mentioned sports, they are also commonly seen in office workers or those who do tasks that regularly put their hands or wrists under strain.  Consistent strain to the lateral forearm musculature can cause scar tissue to build. In many cases doing nothing may cause a decrease in mobility in the elbow, wrist, or hand joints.  Using soft tissue techniques employed alongside chiropractic care, we can help address the pain and injury, while assisting with rehab and prevention of future issues.

Achilles Tendonitis:  The pain associated with Achilles tendinitis typically begins as a mild ache in the back of the calf or above the heel after activity.  Tenderness or stiffness is also common, especially in the morning, but typically gets better throughout day as muscles surrounding the area warm up.  Achilles Tendonitis can be a persistent problem that requires treatment and we at Omnis Rehab are equipped to handle the issue.  We can use many different types of soft tissue work to break up the adhesions in the muscles that contribute to the pain, as well as rehab the area to be stronger and more flexible, therefore helping relieve the pain caused by the tendonitis.  We can also teach your ways to stretch and perform your own soft tissue work at home to manage symptoms on your own, and keep the pain and discomfort at bay. 

Plantar Fasciitis:  If you suffer from Plantar Fasciitis, you may not automatically think to visit your chiropractor, but it is an ailment that responds very well to the soft tissue techniques we employ at Omnis Rehab.  Plantar Fasciitis is caused when the ligament that connects your toes to your heel (the plantar fascia) becomes inflamed, swollen, and weak. This can cause a shooting or stabbing pain in the bottom of your foot or heel when you walk or stand. 

Shoulder or Rotator Cuff Impingement:  One of the most common issues we successfully treat in our Little Rock and North Little Rock chiropractic offices is shoulder pain.  Shoulder issues happen in both young people and older adults, and can be caused from the regular aging process or from exercise or activity.  The shoulder joint is one of the most complex joint structures in the body and can easily become inflamed.  Shoulder impingement syndrome occurs when the tendons of the rotator cuff and the subacromial bursa are pinched in the narrow space beneath the acromion.  This causes the tendons and bursa to become inflamed and swollen, causing pain or discomfort.  This pinching can be worse when the arm is raised away from the side of the body, or when engaging in sport.  Impingement may develop over time as a result of a minor injury, or as a result of repetitive motions (CrossFit kipping, tennis or golf swings, etc..) that lead to inflammation in the bursa.  In our office we utilize chiropractic soft tissue work to help relieve the pain and restore the joint back to health.  

If you are experiencing any of the above issues or symptoms, give us a call at 501-313-2844 to schedule an appointment at our West Little Rock chiropractic office or 501-353- 1781 to make an appointment at our North Little Rock chiropractic office.

Can a Chiropractor Help with TMJ Pain?

If you have tightness, pain or a clicking feeling in your jaw, you may be suffering from TMJ pain.  Good news is, we can treat your TMJ issues at our Little Rock or North Little Rock chiropractic clinics.  With some simple stretches, TMJ exercises and TMJ chiropractic adjustments, we can help alleviate your symptoms and provide relief.  

What is TMJ?

Temporomandibular disorder (TMD), more commonly known as TMJ is a blanket term for acute or chronic inflammation of the temporomandibular joint.  This joint is what connects your mandible to your skull and can become irritated or inflamed leading to issues.  Some of these symptoms or issues include:

• pain or tenderness in jaw
• headaches
• aching pain in or around the ear
• difficulty or pain while chewing
• popping or clicking sound in jaw when opening mouth
• locking of the joint, difficulty in opening or closing mouth

Chiropractic Treatment of TMJ

A trip to your Little Rock or North Little Rock chiropractor is a great way to address these issues.  The first thing we will do in office is rule out a problem with the muscles surrounding the joint that help open and close the mouth.  The three key muscles we will focus on include the masseter, the temporalis, and the pterygoid.  These muscle are no different than any other, in that they are susceptible to strains, tightness and weakness.  Once we check for trigger points within these muscles, we will work on both stretching and activating the muscles.  Just like other muscular issue, we want to follow the rules of:  stretching and/or mobilizing the appropriate tissues, then activating the tissues for joint stability and proper muscular mechanics.  After our soft tissue work, we will move onto adjusting and assessing the jaw in a chiropractic TMJ adjustment.  Your Little Rock chiropractor or North Little Rock chiropractor may also recommend exercises for you to perform at home to help aid in your recovery and management of your TMJ pain.

At Omnis Rehab: Joint and Performance Center we treat many patients with TMJ pain and symptoms that go along with it.  If you are tired of dealing with the issues, we are here to help.  Visit our website to set up an appointment or speak with one of our staff.  You can also check your insurance benefits here. 

At Home Exercises and Stretches for Stiff Back

At Home Fixes for Upper and Lower Back Tightness

Snowmageddon has come and gone for Central Arkansas.  It was fun while it was here, but the lasting stiffness and tightness from the activities associated with snow aren’t any fun.  Shoveling snowy driveways and dragging kiddos on the sled can lead to back injury or muscle tightness.  If you are experiencing stiffness from change of your daily routine or too much snow fun, try out these stretches and exercises from Little Rock chiropractor, Dr. Brady DeClerk.

Try out these at home exercises to help upper and lower back pain and let us know how they work out!  As always, if pain or discomfort persists,  give us a call at Omnis Rehab Joint and Performance Center and we can get you schedules with out Central Arkansas Chiropractor or North Little Rock Chiropractor.

Call today to set up your appointment.

Sciatic Pain in Little Rock, Arkansas

Do you have a sharp pain that typically radiates from one side of your back down one leg?  What about numbness, tingling, or weakness in one leg?  If you answer yes to this question, you may be suffering from sciatic pain.

Sciatic pain can vary widely from patient to patient so let us at Omnis Rehab Joint Performance Center help you understand this common condition.  Sciatica can originate from one side in the lower back, or the buttock area.  It often travels down the affected leg, causing numbness, tingling, pain, weakness, or a pins and needles sensation.

Some of the primary symptoms of sciatica include:

• Leg pain that worsens when sitting, often times driving
• Tingling or burning running down the leg
• Numbness, weakness, or difficulties moving the foot or entire leg
• Loss of range of motion in leg
• A consistent pain on one side of your lower back
• An intense and/or intolerable pain that makes it hard or uncomfortable to stand up

What is Sciatica?

Sciatica (sometimes known as radiculopathy) is inflammation or irritation of the sciatic nerve.  This can be caused from dysfunction of the muscles and/ or joints surrounding this nerve.  These dysfunctions can be caused by an injury or joint misalignments/ joint restrictions putting pressure on the sciatic nerve.  Muscle weakness or muscle tightness can also contribute to nerve pressure causing sciatic pain.  Pregnancy is another leading cause of sciatic pain.  The sciatic nerve passes underneath the uterus and as your body changes throughout pregnancy, pressure on the sciatic nerve can increase.

Treatment of Sciatic Nerve Pain

Sciatic pain can be debilitating.  At Omnis Rehab Joint and Performance Center, our goal is to treat your pain through chiropractic and rehab treatments that are non invasive and safe.  Our goal is to accurately diagnose and treat the cause of the problem, getting you back into the swing of things through non invasive and conservative care.

At your first visit with your Little Rock chiropractor, we will determine through a thorough examination, which may include x-rays, what is causing your discomfort.  We will then work through some basic treatments of your sciatic pain in Little Rock, Arkansas that may include:

• Chiropractic Adjustment:  Your Little Rock chiropractor can apply spinal manipulations to allow your spine and joints to move freely and unrestricted.  Adjustments help realign the spine.  This allows nerves, joints, and muscles to function together correctly within the body.
• Heat and Modality Therapies: In our Little Rock or North Little Rock chiropractic offices, we often use heat for muscle relaxation.  We often pair heat with TENs units (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) which is a small battery powered, portable box that stimulates the muscles. It uses electrical currents at variable intensities to help control pain and reduce the occurrence of muscle spasms.
• Myofascial Therapies:  These types of therapies can help reduce trigger points and other muscle adhesions that can contribute to pain and underlying problems.  We use ART (Active Release Technique) as well as Percussion Massage.
• Spinal Decompression:  Spinal decompression utilizes a table that provides a gentle release to create more space within each joint of the spine.  This process takes pressure off nerves, relieving pain and symptoms in affected areas.
• Chiropractic Exercises:  Strengthening the muscles surrounding joints leads to better stabilization and healing of areas.  When your body and joints are properly aligned and muscles are firing appropriately, your body feels its best.

If you have sciatic pain, we can treat the source of the pain with our expertise at Omnis Rehab.  We have two locations for chiropractic care in Central Arkansas.  Call us today at 501-313-2844 or schedule your appointment today.  We accept most major insurance policies and you can check your insurance benefits here.

Welcome Dr. Kevin Nguyen to Omnis Rehab

Omnis Rehab Joint and Performance Center is excited to announce that Dr. Kevin Nguyen has joined the staff at our North Little Rock chiropractic clinic.

About Dr. Kevin

Dr. Kevin Nguyen is a Chiropractor, who is dedicated to helping others pursue optimal function and health. He was raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and minor in nutrition at the University of Central Arkansas, he then pursued his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Logan University in St. Louis, Missouri.  He then moved back to work as a chiropractor in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Dr. Kevin Nguyen will start regularly seeing patients starting on January 18th, 2021.  Call us at Omnis Rehab, 501-313-2844 to schedule your appointment with any of our Little Rock Chiropractors.  We look forward to seeing you!

Omnis Rehab North location is located at 5017 Warden Rd, Suite 7, NLR AR 72116.

Effective Chiropractic Adjustments

What are the components of an effective chiropractic adjustment?

Just like you rely on your physician and dentist for annual check-ups, it’s also important to make sure you have a plan for ongoing chiropractic care. Chiropractic care is a part of effective, holistic maintenance for your body, and it can help you avoid surgery and ongoing medications.

Visiting a chiropractor may be able to help you overcome some or all of your symptoms like back pain, headaches, or stress.

A chiropractic adjustment can have myriad positive benefits without the stress or invasiveness of surgery or other more intense medical techniques.

Most people do not know what an adjustment actually looks like. In the feature photo, Dr. DeClerk is performing a full body adjustment to free up any restriction of the spine as well as any misalignments that could cause stiffness, pain, nerve irritation or even dysfunction to any area that the nerves supply.

What happens during intake?

An initial chiropractic consultation is similar to that of a standard medical intake. You’ll fill out a questionnaire detailing your health history. Typically, the chiropractor asks you to indicate where you are experiencing discomfort by marking the areas on a drawing of the human body.

What happens during the physical exam?

The chiropractor starts with a physical exam that focuses on the spine, paying special attention to the areas you marked on your intake form. Rather than simply focusing on the areas of concern, the chiropractor will most likely examine your entire spine. For example, if you complained of lower back pain, the chiropractor would also perform a neck exam because the adaptations resulting from injury in one area can result in secondary pain elsewhere in the spine.

The physical exam typically consists of a variety of assessments, such as range of motion tests, palpation, reflex testing, muscle strength comparisons, and neurological and orthopedic tests focused on the main complaint.

What goes into a treatment plan?

Following the physical exam, the chiropractor develops a treatment plan that takes into account:

• Your general health
• The extent of your injury or irritation
• The condition of your spine
• Your goals

Your treatment goals should result from the discussion you have with your chiropractor. Many people seek simple relief of pain or discomfort, while others want to begin a regimen of ongoing care meant to improve their general health.

In initial consultations, your chiropractor will tell you the status of your condition and recommend an approach to care. Ask questions. As in any professional-patient relationship, trust and mutual understanding are vitally important.

What is a typical treatment?

Adjustments are usually the central part of chiropractic treatment. The chiropractic adjustment is a therapeutic manipulation that uses controlled force, leverage, direction, amplitude, and velocity directed at specific joints. In other words, an adjustment involves a lot more than simply opening up a joint.

Your chiropractor will most often make these adjustments to the spine, but he or she might adjust other joints, such as the ankle, knee, wrist, elbow, or shoulder in order to restore structural alignment or to improve joint function. Again, proper structure is necessary for appropriate function, and good extremity function is an important part of healthy daily living.

When being treated for a complaint such as back or neck pain, you will most likely receive a series of adjustments, separated by either a day or a few days, to incrementally reduce irritation and improve normal function. This might continue for several weeks, usually diminishing in frequency.

Adjustments are often accompanied by non-manual therapies such as application of heat or ice, electrical stimulation, orthotic supports for your shoes, rehabilitative exercise, counseling about diet, weight loss, and nutritional supplements.

Little Rock Chiropractor Care

Omnis Rehab is here to help people across Central Arkansas get back to the activities they love with as little pain as possible (and without undergoing surgery).

Give us a call at (501) 313-2844 or Request an Appointment and we will follow up quickly to make sure you’re at your best as soon as possible.

Let’s Talk About Disc Injuries…

Do you have radiating symptoms to your extremities such as numbness, tingling or weakness?

Have you been told you have disc injuries and/or disc degeneration and surgery is the only option?

By pairing regular chiropractic adjustments with decompression therapy, we can not only relieve some of these symptoms, but in some cases restore health to the area.

Helping Avoid Back Surgery

Spinal decompression is a type of motorized traction to help relieve neck and back pain. It works by gently stretching the spine and taking pressure off the discs which can decrease nerve irritation.

Back Pain Relief from Your Little Rock Chiropractor

If you’d like to discuss how we can help you possibly avoid surgery and get back to feeling healthy, please schedule an appointment today.

Chiropractic Care after Car Accidents

Little Rock Chiropractor – Dealing with Car Accident Aches and Pains

If you have recently been in a car accident, then you know how stressful in can be.  One thing that usually takes a backseat to all the activity is your health.

Do not ignore symptoms such as neck pain, back pain and headaches no matter how major or minor they may be.  These things may seem small at the time but tend to linger and turn into other issues down the road.

The last thing you want is to have to change your way of life because of something that was left untreated after an accident.

At Omnis Rehab we are experts in these types of injuries and treat them quickly and effectively.  We want to help you get all aspects of a motor vehicle accident behind you.  We will work with your insurance company, the at fault insurance company and with any attorneys involved.

If you think you could benefit from seeing us after an accident, please give us a call and we will set you up with an appointment ASAP.

Our Services Include:

• Chiropractic Adjustments
• Spinal Examinations
• Back Pain Treatment
• Joint Pain Treatment – Neck, Shoulder, Elbow, Knee, etc.
• Pain Relife
• Massage Therapy