HEALTH KNOWLEDGE

The relief of pinched nerves is just one specialty of chiropractic doctors. One such chiropractic doctor is Dr. Jeff Cottingham in Chandler Arizona.

Pinched nerves, caused by other tissues forcing pressure on an affected area, can be found nearly anywhere in the body. Tissues that force this pressure range from bones and tendons to muscles and cartilage. This added pressure can cause many symptoms, including pain, numbness, tingling and weakness.

Surgery can also be used to help a pinched nerve if chiropractic measures and / or physical therapy are not effective. Surgery is not often used or needed though. It is most often a last measure to a severe problem caused more often than not by an accident.

A mixture of inflammation and pressure results in nerve pain (pinched nerves), and the issue can be fixed by solving either the inflammation or the pressure. The most simple solution to healing a nerve is taking time to heal and making sure not to be quite as active in the affected area.

A good way of quickening the process of healing a nerve is getting regular exercise, thereby getting your blood pumping. When you get your blood pumping, you increase blood flow through the arteries and to the nerves. If you would like to increase blood flow to deeper tissues you can also apply ice to the affected area. This will also reduce inflammation. Do not use heat to loosen your muscles. While this will offer temporary relief and feel good, it will bring the blood flow to the skin, slowing down the healing process in the nerves found deep in the tissue.

Chiropractic medicine, as practiced by Dr. Jeff Cottingham, stretches and loosens the muscle while also reducing the amount and severity of spasms. This loosening of the muscles will make exercise easier, allowing you to increase blood flow without having to worry so much about the pain of physical labor. Try chiropractic medicine and physical therapy before you decide to move on to more potentially hazardous methods like surgery and / or narcotics.