by Jared Thomas | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have observed over the years that when patients are in chronic pain for a long time and seek help repeatedly from their medical provider, eventually, they will be diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Providers often diagnose patients with fibromyalgia as a way to encourage...
by Jared Thomas | Feb 25, 2017 | back pain, chiropractic, chiropractor, Disc Injury, Roseville Chiropractic, Roseville Chiropractor, Uncategorized
Life tends to be really hard on the discs between the vertebrae in our spines. Discs are made of a flexible cartilage with a thick fluid and a hard nucleus in the middle. Discs are designed to improve motion and provide shock absorption which makes them the most...
by Jared Thomas | Nov 30, 2016 | chiropractic, chiropractor, dysfunction, healing, Roseville Chiropractic, Roseville Chiropractor, Uncategorized
Recently, I had a patient ask me if I ever got stressed out about trying to put all of the Humpty Dumptys back together again. I joked that I am not all the king’s horses and all the king’s men so it is not my job to put Humpty Dumpty together again. This...
by Jared Thomas | Oct 5, 2016 | chiropractic, chiropractor, diagnosis, healthcare, Roseville Chiropractic, Roseville Chiropractor, Uncategorized
Full confession, I really do not like the word diagnosis. It is a little too limited, definitive, and stodgy for my tastes. I believe that we would be better served just identifying dysfunctional body parts than knowing fancy words that typically just describe...
by Jared Thomas | Aug 9, 2016 | acute injury, chiropractic, chiropractor, diagnosis, dysfunction, Health, healthcare, Roseville Chiropractic, Roseville Chiropractor, Uncategorized
In a world where we have so much access to information, I find that when it comes to diagnoses, there are some overly-simplified patterns. If there is pain in the foot, it is plantar fasciitis, pain down the leg is labeled sciatica, and elbow pain is tennis elbow. Not...
by Jared Thomas | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
It could be the late cold season or a rampant allergy season, but I have had several patients come in with vertigo this month. If you do not know what vertigo is, lucky you! If you have experienced the nauseating feeling of being on solid ground while your brain is...
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