Traumatic brain injury and concussion are common, however mostly invisible, injuries. First, there must be a clear mechanism of dysfunction and/or injury. For concussion, this includes a short loss of consciousness, alteration of consciousness, forgetfulness/amnesia, or any focal neurologic deficits affecting senses, speech, or movement. Following a concussion, patients often experience headache, dizziness, mental fogginess, […]
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Dr. Grace at Natural Pain Solutions in NE Portland offers Nasal Specific therapy at his clinic on the corner of 30th Ave. and Emerson Street. What is nasal specific therapy? Nasal specific therapy is a form of chiropractic treatment by Dr. Grace. Nasal specific therapy is an internal therapy that helps open the nasal passages
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https://health.usnews.com/health-care/health-insurance/articles/alternative-medicine-health-insurance IT’S STILL KNOWN AS alternative medicine, but services like chiropractic care, acupuncture and therapeutic massage are not that alternative anymore. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, almost 40% of adults and 12% of children use complementary or alternative medicine, or CAM, to stay healthy and treat chronic or severe conditions. (GETTY IMAGES) Many
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At Natural Pain Solutions, we are boosting our measures towards an appropriate Covid response. We will be propping open doors and keeping windows open during the day to encourage air circulation. Please dress warmly, in layers for your appointments to adjust for the weather. We will continue to take your temperature upon entering the door,
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Chronic pain is a frustrating and elusive condition. We typically classify pain as chronic if it lasts for more than three months. Most injuries that happen to your body can heal within three months. When the pain lasts longer than that it is deemed, “chronic pain.” If we continue to feel bodily pain past a
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RETIREMENT AND THE FINE ART OF THE BUCKET LIST After 37 years or so of helping people ‘take back their lives’, it seems the wheel of life has turned and its now my turn to begin exploring the fine art of “The Bucket List”. In many ways it seems like ‘just yesterday’ that I made
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had an absolutely awful outcome with his lumbar spine surgery. He was in Portland the other day and spoke at a press conference: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/23/thompson-suffering-of-warriors-coach-steve-kerr-is-heartbreaking/
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If you haven’t already reserved your seat, there is still time! Join us for a Pasta Extravaganza at the Old Spaghetti Factory “THE PASTA IS ON US” 6:30 pm October 25, 2016 You heard us right! Bring along a friend or loved one who desperately needs to hear about nonsurgical spinal decompression and we’ll treat
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Research recently came to light which shows an increased risk of vertebral fracture for patients whom had received lumbar epidural steroid injections. The study, which appears in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, randomly selected 3,000 patients who had a lumbar epidural steroid injection and compared them to 3,000 patients who did not undergo the
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