BY DR. ARNAN SISSON
What is something that we’ve all come across in our lifetimes that ruin’s a day? That awful thing is…. headaches! It can make you kiss goodbye to a long night’s rest. This leads to tiredness and just an overall irritable mood the next day. It may be that your headaches don’t happen every night, but when they do hit you have to curl up in a dark room and wait them out. Or you may be going through endless bottles of Tylenol to mask the pain.
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Posted on 2023-09-08
BY DR. ARNAN SISSON
August 11, 2023
A good bit of folks coming in with back pain ask me this question. They wonder if one leg is longer than the other. Their dead set that the leg length problem is the major cause of their back or sciatic pain.
I will say that their can be a link. If someone has some scoliosis, knee replacement, or hip replacement; there could be one leg that becomes longer than the other. And this can most definitely make back pain worse. But in other cases, theirs n...
Posted on 2023-08-11
BY DR. ARNAN SISSON
August 7th, 2023
I must admit, 99.9999% of the time back pain is not linked to any serious pathology. Usually its just a traditional form of back pain that can be treated within a few weeks. But in very rare cases it can be something more serious behind the back troubles. So, with that said, today we’re going to go over a few red flags. These red flags are just a few characteristics I get during questioning of my clients to rule out serious pathology. By knowing w...
Posted on 2023-08-07
BY DR. ARNAN SISSON
If you’re a frequent reader of this column you may have noticed that I put a little phrase at the end of most columns that says, “movement is medicine.” At first glance it may seem that it’s just a good catchy phrase to wrap up everything. But I’d say it’s the basis of what I do to get folks back to playing with their grandkids, walking with their husbands or wives again, or just avoiding a painful/invasive surgery. It is somewhat of a G...
Posted on 2023-08-04
BY DR. ARNAN SISSON// JULY 14, 2023
Today we’re going over a very important piece of knowledge for anyone out there that’s currently suffering with any sort of neck pain. It’s the single most cause of neck pain 90% of the time. By knowing this you can get yourself or a loved one further away from the mounds of Tylenol and the fear of having to have a painful neck fusion surgery.
The most common position I see in the clinic that causes neck pain is a forward head post...
Posted on 2023-07-14
