A common belief that we often hear is that an individual is in too much pain to be seen and treated by a chiropractor – is this true? We are happy to report that this is actually false! What is true is that there are times when an adjustment may not be utilized. For example, in acute pain cases, spending …
Snap, Crackle, Pop: Joint Cavitation Explained
What’s that Cracking Sound? The origin of the noise produced during spinal manipulation has been cause for wonder for as long as joints have made noise. Some popular beliefs for the creation of the cracking noise include ligaments snapping, bones cracking, or bubbles collapsing inside the joint. Research has historically been lacking in its ability to explain the mechanism for …
X-Ray Referral Process
At Capital Chiropractic we send our patients out for imaging only when necessary. There are a few reasons we would refer out for an x-ray. Medicaid insurance – If your insurance is a Medicaid policy (Iowa Total Care or Amerigroup, Iowa Medicaid (Elevance and Moline in future) they require chiropractors to have a new patient x-ray on file. Clinically necessary …
Arm and Hand Numbness Can be a Real Pain in the Neck!
“Neck pain is the fourth leading cause of disability, with an annual prevalence rate exceeding 30%” (1). Neck pain, while unfortunately very common, can be quite the debilitating condition. Losing the ability to turn your head during simple and necessary daily activities, such as driving, adversely impacts one’s quality of life. Getting through episodes of neck pain quickly is …
Dr. LoRang Fell Off a Ladder!
Unfortunately, this is not a joke. TW: There are photos in this blog that may be sensitive for some readers. They include a photo of Dr. LoRang’s back with a bandage, and an IV setup. On Labor Day of this year, Dr. LoRang was on a 6 foot step ladder putting up a final piece of trim on the exterior …
What is an Injury Screening?
So… what exactly is an “injury screening”? An injury screening is a free face-to-face assessment with one of our practitioners. These are relatively short (10-20 minutes) exams in which our clinical team’s goal is to find out why you hurt and discuss what we think we can do to help. There does not need to be an acute injury or …