spine journal dishes on jfk’s chronic back pain and back surgeries
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY’S CHRONIC BACK PAIN “The 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy (JFK), experienced chronic back pain beginning in his early 20s. He underwent a total of 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 relatively minor surgeries that failed to significantly improve his pain. This […]
fascia as a proprioceptive organ and its relationship to chronic pain
FASCIA, PROPRIOCEPTION, AND CHRONIC PAIN “Fascia contains mechanoreceptors and proprioceptors. In other words, every time we use a muscle, we stretch fascia that is connected to spindle cells, Ruffini and Paccini corpuscles and Golgi organs. The normal stretching of fascia thus communicates the force of the muscle contraction and the status of the muscle regarding […]
corticosteroids and your chronic pain
CORTICOSTEROIDS AND YOUR CHRONIC PAIN “Corticosteroids are perhaps the most enigmatic of all the drugs in the western medicine man’s arsenal. It has been said by many practitioners that they are the most used and most abused of all our medicines. Corticosteroids are a necessary component of a healthy physiology and they can be life […]
another video testimonial: chronic hip flexor pain and fascial adhesion
CHRONIC HIP FLEXOR PAIN AND FASCIAL ADHESION IN A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN CHRONIC PAIN. It’s a bummer. The kicker is that some experts say that almost one third of Americans — 100,000,000 people — are dealing with some sort of chronic pain. Chronic pain comes in all shapes and sizes. There’s pain due to AUTOIMMUNE […]
chronic pain or chronic illness? treat it systemically
DEALING WITH CHRONIC PAIN OR CHRONIC ILLNESS?TREAT IT SYSTEMICALLY The most conservative estimates reveal that 1 in 6 Americans are dealing with some sort of CHRONIC PAIN issue. Many organizations suggest the actual number is closer to 1 in 3. Regardless of the exact numbers, it’s a serious problem — particularly if you’re the one […]
hormonal or endocrine issues? why paleo controls inflammation and helps halt chronic illness in its tracks
HORMONAL OR ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS? LET ME GIVE YOU A FEW MORE REASONS PALEO IS THE WAY TO GO Dealing with endocrine issues (THYROID, DIABETES, FEMALE HORMONES, MALE HORMONES, DIGESTIVE ISSUES, ADRENAL FATIGUE, etc, etc, etc) can be extremely complex. Just remember that the first thing that must be taken care of with any chronic health […]
struggling with chronic pain? why a trip to see dr. schierling might make sense for you
THINKING ABOUT A TRIP TO MOUNTAIN VIEW TO SEEDR. SCHIERLING FOR YOUR CHRONIC PAIN ISSUES?IT MIGHT BE A GAME CHANGER Have you ever competed with or against a person who is truly a game-changer? Webster’s defines game-changer as, “a newly introduced element or factor that changes an existing situation or activity in a significant way.” […]
upper crossed syndrome: what it is, what causes it, how to recognize it, and how to solve it
UPPER CROSSED SYNDROMEWHAT IS IT, WHAT CAUSES IT, WHAT DOES IT LOOKLIKE, AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS IT YESTERDAY I talked about Dr. Janda’s Lower Crossed Syndrome. Today we tackle the upper body’s analogous muscle imbalance pattern; Upper Crossed Syndrome. Like its counterpart, this biomechanically aberrant […]
what is lower crossed syndrome?
LOWER CROSSED SYNDROME: WHAT IS IT, WHY IS IT A PROBLEM, AND HOW SHOULD YOU BE ADDRESSING IT? “Understanding Professor Janda’s background and training allows one to better appreciate his contribution. His disability (polio-stricken), which began during his teenage years, enhanced his observational skills to almost unbelievable proportions. Because he was initially trained as a […]
levator trigger points and a chronic pain case history
If you look at the following pictures, you’ll notice that the Levator Scapulae muscle has it’s insertion points (upper attachment) in, among other places, the lateral mass of the Atlas (C1 vertebrae). Why is this important to know? The Atlas is the one vertebrae in the spine where SUBLUXATION not only causes irritation of the […]
scar tissue, chronic pain, and autoimmunity: a couple of case histories
SCAR TISSUE, ADHESED FASCIA, CHRONIC PAIN, AND AUTOIMMUNITY: A PAIR OF CASE HISTORIES Sometimes I take CASE HISTORIES that people send me and discuss them via a blog post where everyone can see. Oh dear God, PLEASE help me with my right hip pain. It stated aged 19 and I’m 39. I don’t take pain […]
chronic pain? why a trip to see doctor schierling from springfield, rolla, poplar bluff, or mountain home, might make sense
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH CHRONIC PAIN AND LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD, ROLLA, MOUNTAIN HOME (AR), OR POPLAR BLUFF… WHY NOT DROP ME A LINE AND SEE IF I CAN HELP? I don’t claim to be very smart. After all, I graduated from chiropractic college in the middle of my class. But after a quarter century […]
lots of visits or lots of relief? the choice is all yours
LOTS OF VISITS OR LOTS OF RELIEF? THE CHOICE IS YOURS I’ve shown you what a FIRST TIME VISIT to my clinic looks like. It’s very different than the average, where someone will usually try and sell you a large care package. Some people (for instance, people struggling with HERNIATED DISCS or who were just […]
tissue deformation: the way connective tissues like fascia are remodeled
TISSUE DEFORMATION: THE BEST METHODS FOR REMODELING FIBROTIC CONNECTIVE TISSUES The soft tissues that I chiefly deal with in my clinic are LIGAMENTS, TENDONS, and FASCIA. Even though muscles are not considered to be “Connective Tissue,” for our discussion they will be simply because most (certainly not all) muscle injuries are actually injuries to fascia […]
chronic pain: where should i start?
STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH CHRONIC PAIN? WHERE’S THE BEST STARTING POINT FOR RELIEF? “I just wanted to add that I wish I had come here first, because if I had I known about Doctor Schierling, it would have saved me two cat scans, a cat scan with dye, two MRI’s, a diagnosis of possible liver […]
answering a patient’s questions about chronic pain from a whiplash accident
SEVERE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT LEAVES PATIENT IN CHRONIC PAIN: QUESTIONS ABOUT OPTIONS & POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS A patient I’ll call “Brenda” sent me the following history in response to a recent post on CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN. I told her I would answer her publicly so that everyone could read, since what she is dealing with […]
nightshades: a commonly missed food sensitivity that can cause chronic pain and chronic inflammation
COULD NIGHTSHADES BE CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES AND PAIN? That bastion of truth and knowledge, Wikipedia, says of NIGHTSHADES, “The Solanaceae, or nightshade family, are made up of over two thousand different species of flowering plants, herbs, vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes important agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and […]
chronic disc issues: dealing with underlying inflammation
CHRONIC DISC ISSUES AREN’T THE ONLY PROBLEM SOLVED BY DEALING WITH UNDERLYING INFLAMMATION The large red “X” above is at the IVF of the fifth lumbar disc — the lowest disc in the spine. Although this disc should be the thickest disc in the spine, after 25 years of practice I can authoritatively say that […]
scar tissue, stretchmarks, fascial adhesions, and chronic pain
SCAR TISSUE, STRETCHMARKS, FASCIAL ADHESIONS, CHRONIC PAIN, AND CHRONIC RESTRICTION; KELOIDAL SCARS -vs- HYPERTROPHIC SCARS Let me start by saying that I am not trying to equate the back of the 16 year old male or the left of the 30 year old female on the […]
chronic pain can make desperate people gullible
CHRONIC PAIN AND CHRONIC ILLNESS CAN MAKE DESPERATE PEOPLE GULLIBLE All of us have been in what we would consider to be “desperate” situations. Unfortunately, desperation tends to make people gullible — willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise do or spend money they wouldn’t otherwise spend. As defined by Webster’s, the word gullible means, […]