Dr. Marjan Kaveh, D.C.

No one can cure anything for you however your body if it is giving the right things can cure itself and that is true with Sciatica as well. Chiropractors with align your spine and they assess your body for muscle weakness and improper angulations and giving you correct exercise/streches to proper address the root cause of your problem. Sciatica pain can be caused by many different thing. You need to start with your doctor to have an MRI done first to make sure there is no serious problem causing this sciatica pain. Best luck to you!

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One of the reason that chiropractors check leg length is because a short leg means you have a posterior inferior ilium on that side, which ends up pulling top of ilium up, PSIS down and Ischial tuberosity more in. The chiropractors then go to point of reference on top of ilium, PSIS and ischial tuberosity to check for that. They also can tell by reviewing x-ray. Second reason is brain is not firing down as strong as it should to PMRF center in Pons to inhibit muscle tone on the same side, creating increase tone of anterior muscles above T6 and posterior muscle below T6. causing increase tone of hamstring which ends up pulling the ilium posteriorly. Third one can use short leg testing as a muscle testing to plan for their treatments. Their are many reason for this and it depends to your chiropractor. I like to congratulate you for getting chiropractic care. I hope it helped!

Hello there, There are many way pelvis can be adjusted. Your chiropractor decides depending on your age and condition which will be the best way to adjust you at that time. For example there is a technique called S.O.T which uses blocks under your pelvis. another way is by instrument called activator which is fast and less force. there is also adjustments done by drop table which the force of your body with does the movement and the last is osseous movement. It all depends which will be the best technique for you and by communicating that with your chiropractor, you will find the best way to take care of your pelvis issues. Please also check with your medical doctor since some of pelvis pain are referred pain from your organs and once everything is cleared a chiropractic adjustments are very helpful in releasing fixations and misalignment that could be causing your pain. Best luck!

Hello there,

This is a great question since there are so many misconception about pinched sciatic nerve. Sciatic nerve can be caused by few reason but if your pain is radiating to your leg and only if THE PAIN RADIATES BELOW YOUR KNEE , then you know your sciatic nerve is involved. If the pain does not travel below your knee it is not sciatica. In either way your chiropractor is specialized to help you with your sciatic nerve pain. Best luck to you!

Hello there, It means your rib is not moving as much and it is fixated. It has decreased the normal movement which can cause your rib cage not to expand as much as it could which can have affect in your oxygen intake. Round your shoulder forward and try to take a deep breath rather than straight up with shoulder back try to take a deep breath. You realize sitting up your ribcage can expand more and you can inhale a deeper breath. It has a same affect. Best luck to you!

Absolutely! Chiropractors work on every vertebrae to make sure it has a correct alignment. Each vertebral segments can be misaligned in many different way such as flexion, extension, rotation, or lateral bending. They use appropriate tech to place each segments alignment back correctly by adjustment of your spine by utilizing their hand or instrument such as activator. It is all pain free.
I hope this is what you mean by straightening of your spine.

Yes, absolutely. The nerves that supply your hand come from cervical spine and are called brachial plexus. As long as cancer is ruled out by your MD through necessary imaging, chiropractic treatments can be beneficial. Get it checked and do not wait.
Good luck!

Doing balance exercises and core exercises such as side planks on the weaker side first.

It really depends on the knowledge of each chiropractor and the cause of your shoulder pain. tendinitis or bursitis can take few weeks to months. It really depends how long you have had this condition. As a chiropractic neurologist we know this condition can also be caused by misfiring of brain. It really depends on our exam findings and your willingness to follow up on your exercises.
Best luck to you!

Anxiety can be cause by variety of reasons. It can be psychosocial, psychological, Neurological, autoimmune or many more. As a chiropractic neurologist and having knowledge of functional neurology anxiety is something that can be helped as long as other medical reasons are role out and dealt with. Maybe combination of psychotherapy and functional neurology to address complexity of anxiety disorder. I hope I was a help to you!

Yes, as long as other serious condition such as metastasis is rolled out. Rib heads joins sternum and if the rib head is misaligned you can feel tenderness in the joints. We also can sprain/ strain our ribs in the front. A chiropractor will do full history and order necessary imaging to roll out serious causes and by their exam can locate the area of misalignment. Please make sure you refer to your MD first. Best of luck!