Back to Movement

06/09/2019

Dizzy? Has your world ever been spinning?

DR ALFIE ARCIDIACONO'S PRACTICE CASE STUDY

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder arising from a problem in the inner ear. People can experience dizziness, a spinning sensation (vertigo), lightheadedness, unsteadiness, loss of balance and nausea.

PATIENT STORY:
The patient has surgery 15 days ago and the following morning could hardly walk feeling disorientated. In surgery, whilst great care is taken certain movements of the head may potentiate the shift in little crystals in the inner that cause concerning disorientation and nausea. After an array of medical scans, the good news there was nothing life-threatening. On the advice of her GP, she consulted with me for help.

DON'T WAKE THE SLEEPING GIANT
With a practice specialising in some complex neurological complaints, our treatment was to include a series of head movements that shift particles in the ears to help carefully reposition these crystals. However, despite a thorough clinical examination repeated testing was unremarkable, so we gave this lady some advice on how to proceed and consult with us if things did not improve, as if we did something, we may have risked 'waking a sleeping giant' despite the patient desperate for help.

CLINICAL OUTCOME
This case study is a reminder that sometimes the best treatment is NO treatment, as in actual fact she may have been naturally resolving her problem anyway. To only interfere with this process, may have meant we made things worse. However, the technique we use in practice for such patients who are positive can be very good in many cases, sometimes needing repeated treatment.

IN HER WORDS
"Thanks so much for your time and all of your follow up. I was really impressed with the time you took today to explain everything and to reassure me. Mum and I went straight to Mona Vale beach for a and a walk. The more I moved around the more confident I became and I had no dizziness but did get a bit fatigued which I guess is to be expected as I've been so sedentary lately. I'm slowly going to get more mobile over the next few days with the view of returning to work next week."

On our further follow up she positively replied: "I feel 100% today - best I've felt in weeks!"

OUR VISION
Our goal at Chirosports & Back to Movement is to ensure people can fully live their life to their greatest human potential, and if you know anyone who has been experiencing such symptoms with all other medical testings otherwise unremarkable, please ask them to consider a consultation with us as their first choice on 9970 7611.

07/07/2019

DO YOU EXPERIENCE SHOULDER PAIN?
NO NEED TO SUFFER. GOOD NEWS!
HELP IS AROUND THE CORNER!

Shoulder Blow Out?

We often take the health of our joints for granted until they start playing up, and just like a wheel alignment, everything seems to work OK until you start losing tread. If you let this continue, the thin tyres my blow out, causing an accident that could be catastrophic. But probably, if you are like most people and this happened to your shoulder you would say "but this injury just happened, I've never had a problem before!"

Shoulder Knock-On Effect

This is exactly the problem. It is often a little injury that may appear to resolve pain wise, but you are left with the subtle misaligned shoulder dysfunction. Over weeks, months and years you now develop a 'structural' change where the shoulder and surrounding soft tissues (rotator cuff), ligaments, tendons and more may be damaged, and sometimes to a point of irreversible damage if ignored. Hopefully, this is not the case if you have suffered a shoulder injury. This is why a comprehensive shoulder and spinal assessment can be priceless in catching early dysfunction and circumvent a more chronic shoulder problem, that will often have a 'knock-on effect' on the neck, mid back and often the whole arm itself.

Most Common Shoulder Complaints

Some of the more common injuries we see at Chirosports & Back to Movement are 'rotator cuff shoulder injuries, supraspinatus tendonitis, subacromial bursitis, impingement syndromes, adhesive capsulitis or frozen shoulder, acromioclavicular sprain or arthritis or degeneration" to name a few.

"Cranky Shoulder Syndrome"

If you or anyone you know had been experiencing shoulder pain, it is not something to ignore as you will NOT value your healthy shoulder function until you lose it. It will affect almost every activity of daily living from washing your hair, putting on a bra, wiping your bottom, reaching overhead, sport, play and impacting your sleep when you roll onto the painful shoulder making you very cranky indeed.

World Class, First Choice Professional Care Next Door

Dr Alfie Arcidiacono & Dr Adam Gee are leading spine and sports chiropractors on Sydney's Northern Beaches in North Narrabeen with over 25 years plus of experience each, serving our community with the highest standards of professional care and outstanding results and considered the first choice when it comes to shoulder pain, rehabilitation and prevention.

Two Common Shoulder Questions

Two of the most common questions asked are; "Is it too early to check children for shoulder and posture issues?" and "I'm too old, I suppose there is nothing you can do for my shoulder anyway?"

The best time to tackle any early dysfunction in the finely tuned musculoskeletal system is from youth, so the sooner children have a check-up to identify any imbalances the better.

Secondly, many older people often will resort to drugs, pills and potions to mask their pain, so the dysfunction keeps 'grinding the joints down like a mortar and pestle' until even the drugs they are taking are no longer working, let alone the potential side-effects or drug interactions with other medication which is a health risk on its own. Our seniors often respond very favourably to our gentle and effective care and surprised to see how much relief and function can be achieved that puts a smile back on their face again, despite thinking they had to live and suffer from this pain for the rest of their life. This puts a smile on the face of our practitioners when we see our client smiling again.

NEED HELP or MORE INFORMATION

Please visit www.backtomovement.com or call us on 02 9970 7611 for more information. or to book online visit https://www.backtomovement.com.au/bookonline

04/06/2019

SIX TIPS TO HELPING STIFF & ACHY JOINTS THIS WINTER!

Brrrrrrrr! Looks like winter has kicked in. This is a common time that those sleepy joints and stiff muscles will after wake up, rather than go into winter hibernation. It's often a reminder that we need to ensure we are taking greater care of our musculoskeletal system throughout our years to ensure we can 'age gracefully'.

This is the time of year we see a lot of our patients return to the practice for care, sometimes with an acute flare-up! Here are some tips to help you with your stiffness, aches and pains this winter:

1. Stay warm. A cold polar wind can wake up some of those latent or sleepy trigger points, and you wake up with a stiff neck or worse still severe spasm in your neck where you can hardly move! Wear a turtle-neck top, hoodie and/or scarf! Where a singlet to keep your back warm.

2. Use a mild heat pack on those stiff joint for 20min. Remember, soft tissue behaves like a piece of metal. If you heat it up, it becomes more ductile, allowing great flexibility. Cold stiffens things up.

3. Keep active, despite maybe not feeling like it. This ensures the joints and muscles have a healthy active blood supply bring nutrients into the joints and flushes the waste by-products of inflammation that stiffen you up and cause pain.

4. If you are going to get active with sport, house-work or any other physical chore, consider doing some pre-activity stretching. This will prevent an unnecessary injury.

5. You can chat to us about a natural anti-inflammatory and a joint formula that delivers great results from our practitioner-only Metagenics range.

6. Get adjusted again if it's been a while. When you have spinal misalignment or any other joint dysfunction, you will not know about this often before a certain degree of damage has been done to waken you to the problem. Your body is very clever at compensating in an effort to protect you by adapting, however this usually can only last for so long and usually resulting in other 'domino' effects. Preventative chiropractic care is designed to ensure an optimal healthy nervous system and beyond. Make a smart move and stay well aligned today.

25/05/2019

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WHY SHOULD I CONSIDER A SPINAL CHECK-UP?

** You Spine is your Lifeline!

Your spine is your 'lifeline' as it's the conduit for the 'super information highway' or central nervous system, relaying millions of bytes of data of vital information to keep you alive between the operating system (brain) to supply every cell, tissue, organ and muscle and vice-versa.

** Shades of Grey?

Christopher Reeves (aka Superman) We know what happens to someone who has a serious spinal cord injury!! What about the shades of grey in between from all of the sports injuries, accidents, slips, falls and postural problems of our tech era? As Chiropractors, we see the many innocuous results more often after too many years of unnecessary aches, pains and suffering. That's because your body has failed to adapt to stresses placed upon it.

** What if your spine was a vehicle?

Any interference to spinal alignment and posture may cause an array of symptoms across your whole body, not just the spine, and worse still sometimes not for many years or decades which is why preventative maintenance care is so important. If people spend as much time and money maintaining their spine as much as their motor vehicles that can be replaced it would be interesting to look at the improvements in the spinal pain epidemic.

** Time to Smile Again.

At Back to Movement as are dedicated to providing the highest standard of Chiropractic care possible, delivering World Class, First Choice, Professional Care that will bring a smile to your face.

** Free Call to Ask About How Can Chiropractic Help

If you would like to discuss how natural, drug-free, surgery-free and effective Chiropractic may help you or someone you care about, please feel free to call one of our Chiropractors, Dr Alfie Arcidiacono, Dr Adam Gee or Dr Thomas Sheehan on 02 9970 7611 or visit www.backtomovement.com.au for more information.

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In the new world of technology we are glued solidly to our mobile devices more than ever, and what is worse is it affects a much younger generation of spines!

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Leading By Example

Dr Adam Gee 'walks his talk' and leads by example, each day practicing great health care so he can achieve peak performance. This is why Dr Adam Gee is a world class athlete! Simple. If our team of experienced spine and sports experts can help you in times when you require pain relief, or looking to step up your game for better health and wellness.....we have your back. If you think our professional all natural 'drug and surgery-free approach' to care may help a friend or family member, please share this information and mention you passed on their details.

With gratitude.

Dr. Alfie Arcidiacono BSc(Syd)MChiro(Macq)GDExSportSc(Syd)
Clinic Director