Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Use Common Sense When It Comes To Your Health...

So, I’m on the phone with a neurologist in regards to a patient. I ask the neurologist if there are any natural alternatives or at least things she can be doing in addition to the medications in order to get better. The answer I got: “No, in fact, if I saw this patient a year ago I would have prescribed this medication.”

Now, that’s fine, if that is his honest and best decision to help the patient. However, after speaking with this patient’s primary doctor, he gave some health alternatives other than harsh medications, but suggested a neurologist because a neurologist would know more about this patient’s problem since it is more his specialty.

There’s good and bad doctors, there’s good and bad chiropractors, there’s good and bad contractors, you name it. This patient’s primary care doctor; overall great- good guy, pleasant to talk to, very knowledgeable, refers to other appropriate practitioners, and truly cares about helping his patients. My primary doctor, an osteopath actually, all the same- great doctor, great guy, etc …

That being said, sometimes you’ve got to find the great ones, and you may go through a few on the other end of the spectrum first.

My take home message: Use your gut, and your common sense. If something doesn’t feel right, or a recommendation just doesn’t sit right with you, consult with someone else!

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompressionAdditional Reading Resources:


Tuesday, February 8, 2011

- Benefits of Oxygen Therapy -

Oxygen therapy has been gaining alot of popularity lately. One way they do this is through a hyperbaric chamber, known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).

Most big hospitals have been using it some time for severe burn victims, the bends, carbon monoxide poisoning, and a handful of other conditions.

Recently fox news explained how it's helping kids with autism. Chiropractic neurologists have been using oxygen to help a number of other conditions also. A lot of these conditions are neurologic in nature. The brain, our main control center, especially needs oxygen for its fuel. HBOT works extremely well as does something called an oxygen concentrator.

The key is getting more oxygen than we get with our normal everyday routine. The air we breathe we may get about 21% oxygen, whereas an oxygen concentrator we can get close to 85%, and with HBOT 100%.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression

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Friday, February 4, 2011

Our Spinal Decompression History


At CT Spine & Disc Center in Glastonbury, CT we’ve been using this technology since February of 2006. What prompted us to get a decompression machine in our office was that a number of patients that came in for chiropractic just weren’t getting the results we wanted.

We knew we needed to find something else that would relieve their back pain, leg pain, or sciatic. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had some fantastic success stories using chiropractic care for these conditions. However, there were some patients that needed to continually be seen or that just didn’t get better. In most cases, these individuals had disc degeneration, bulging discs, or disc protrusion.

Skipping ahead now to 2011; Glastonbury Chiropractic is now CT Spine & Disc Center. Now, not only do we help neck pain or back pain, but also those severe cases of sciatica and disc pain. Chiropractors Dr. Gill and I (Dr. Bellinger) have been more than pleased with the results we have been getting. Adding DRX 9000 Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression to our chiropractic office has really helped us get nearly all of our patients pain free and back to health.



The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompression
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Occipital Neuralgia - Success with Chiropractic


Occipital Neuralgia can cause severe neck pain and headache-like pain. What happens is that pressure and inflammation around the back of the neck puts alot of pressure on nerves in that region; namely the occipital nerves.

Chiropractic neck adjustment helps to loosen the occipital muscles, cervical paraspinal muscles, and trapezius muscles in the back of the neck. Chiropractic treatment allows inflammation to dissipate and nerves to be free from pressure.

Your chiropractor can also help to correct postures like forward head carriage. This posture in particular contributes to pressure and tension in the back of the neck. When the head shifts forward, not only does it tension the spinal cord and nerves but it stretches the muscles in the posterior neck. Through all of the muscle fibers run nerves as well, so this adds to the nerve pressure and therefore pain.

In addition to the chiropractic adjustments the doctors also use muscle work, therapies like neck traction, and specific exercises to help spinal alignment stay corrected.

The Glastonbury Chiropractor is located in central Connecticut- CT Spine and Disc Center specializes in patients who suffer from sciatica, disc degeneration, bulging disc or herniated disc in the lumbar spine. Call our chiropractic office at 860-633-8756 to schedule an appointment and to see if you are a candidate for non surgical spinal decompressionAdditional Reading Resources:

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