What's A Spine, Bone And Joint Specialist?

A spine specialist is a health professional who focuses mainly on treating spine conditions. 

Chiropractors are known to be spine and joint specialists as their main focus is get the body back into proper alignment as to how it was meant to function using non-surgical procedures and without the use of drugs.

The overall health condition of the body is related to the entire nervous system which flows from the brain through the entire spine branching out to the whole body.

Any abnormalities or spinal dysfunctions are known as subluxation. 

Our bone and joint specialist Penang who is a chiropractor, specializes in detecting and correcting spinal misalignments which affects the nervous system that is causing pain and discomfort to patients.

Once these subluxations are identified and treated, this will allow your body's nervous system to heal and recover providing pain relief for the spine, joint and body allowing it to heal naturally.

The spine and joint specialist in Penang specializes in checking and making necessary chiropractic adjustment or spinal manipulation to the spine and joints to ensure the body's nervous system is not blocked and is functioning properly so that the body can heal and pain is reduced.

Our spine specialist Penang don't just treat your spine but he's interested in looking for the sources of your back pain, joint pain and overall health condition that is related to your entire nervous system.

Top chiropractic Malaysia spine treatment also enhances athletic and personal performance keeping the spine, joint and bones aligned for your body to function optimally.

Athletes like Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps go for regular chiropractic care to maintain optimal athletic performance in swimming.

What Kind Of Spine Conditions Do They Treat?

Here's a whole long list of spinal condition problems that our Malaysia best chiropractor and spine specialist in Penang treat.

These include neuromusculoskelatal conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis, tendinitis and fibromyalgia.

Why Focus On Spine Care?

Because your spine contains a large part of your body's nervous system which is linked to your brain.

What Will The Spine And Joint Specialist Do For You?

Our spine specialist in Penang will ask you questions about your health and perform a structural exam of your posture, spine and balance. 

This involves examining your back, extremities, tendons, ligaments and joints. 

Our Gonstead chiropractor Malaysia will also require an x-ray of your spine and joint that is related to where you're experiencing pain.

With this information, the spine specialist will determine what kind of treatment is best for you.

The most common Gonstead chiropractic Malaysia treatment would be spinal adjustments and spinal mobilization.

Important Spine Care Tips For Everyone

By getting regular chiropractic adjustments, this ensures that your spine and joints are properly aligned. 

So once your spine and bones are lined up and balanced, this will help to relieve tension in the body allowing it to heal properly and reduce pain.

The goal of Malaysia best chiropractic techniques is to restore or enhance joint function while resolving joint inflammation and reduce pain. 

Chiropractic adjustment is used to treat neck and back injuries which also relieves pain throughout the joints and muscles in the body.

A combination of chiropractic adjustments and postural corrective exercises helps provide lasting relief and correct difficult cases that is unable to achieve with chiropractic adjusting alone.

Work On Your Posture

Be more aware on your posture. 

Humans are creatures of habit so if you've been spending a lot of time slouching over the computer, then you need to consider healthy work ergonomics to take care of your health in the long run.

If you catch yourself slouching, commit to straightening yourself up. 

Whether you're sitting at a desk or walking, be vigilant about maintaining a healthy posture to protect and care for your spine.

An easy thing to remember is to keep your eye, shoulder and hip lined up neatly all the time.

Our spine specialist in Penang is able to do corrective spine care and teach you on proper posture care.

A lot of patients have bad posture. Most of it is due to sitting down all day with their texting with their smart phones, tablets, or gaming on their desktop and laptops. 

Maintaining good posture will keep your bones and joints in correct alignment so that the muscles are used correctly.

This helps prevent abnormal wearing of joint surfaces that usually result in pain and degenerative arthritis.

Movement Is Important

If you're spending long hours sitting in front of the computer or the TV, you need to break that habit by consciously moving out of your seat and walking about for a few minutes on intermittent breaks. 

Our bodies are not designed to be sedentary.

We need to keep moving.

Otherwise our muscles start to waste away and we become fat and lazy as a result of an unhealthy lifestyle.

According to the World health Organization (WHO), approximately 3.2 million deaths each year are attributed to insufficient physical activity.

It's no wonder that we are seeing a dramatic increase in health issues all over.

Our human bodies need to move physically. 

If not, your spine suffers due to lack of activity which eventually affects your health.

Make an effort to do regular movement daily. 

Go for walks, take up a sport, work out your muscles and keep yourself flexible.

Physical activity and movement decreases inflammation, supports healthy lymphatic flow and function, keeps muscles and ligaments strong and the spine supported plus reduces pain and stiffness.

For every 30 minutes spent sitting, get up and walk around for 1-2 minutes.

Consider a standing desk or improvise one.

Prevent Text Neck

What is text neck? 

Looking down at your mobile phones or tablets for long duration is like putting the weight of a bowling ball on your upper spine. 

This leads to neck pain, stiffness and damage to the spine.

How do you solve this? 

Bring your device up to eye level, draw your chin back and take regular breaks from those mobile screens.

Patients who usually go for chiropractic treatment would already be in pain.

What Do You Carry Daily?

Heavy handbag? Briefcase? Are your kids lugging around heavy school bags? 

Take some time to investigate what are the items that you and your kids carry around every day. 

If your handbag is heavy and you usually sling it on one shoulder, then chances are it's putting a lot of daily strain on your shoulder and ultimately your spine.

This usually results in neck pain, shoulder pain and back pain.

If you really need to carry a bag every day, consider getting a backpack that you carry with both shoulders so that the weight is evenly distributed.

You need to make an effort to lighten your load.

How's Your Sleep Posture?

Top chiropractor Malaysia usually recommend sleeping on your back or on your side instead of on your stomach. 

Invest in a good, firm quality mattress and pillow that will provide both neck and spinal support.

For better pelvic alignment, you can put a pillow between your knees overnight.

Self-adjusting by turning or cracking your own neck to make it 'pop' may give temporary relief but in most cases it may make the problem worse.

Without proper touch and contact on the stuck joint, you could be causing damage to surrounding joints.

Stop Smoking If You Want To Get Well

Other than air pollution, smoking is bad for your health and second hand smoke affects others around you. 

Your body doesn't need the toxins.

Smoking promotes inflammation, dehydration, free radical damage, depletes vitamins, minerals and oxygen to tissues.

Your body will heal faster the moment you quit smoking.

Our best chiropractor Malaysia can adjust and get your body aligned properly but without effort from your end, you're not going to get the best results.

Optimal results occur when the entire spine care program and health care program prescribed is followed properly.

Pay Attention To What You're Eating

Nutrition plays a crucial role in helping the healing process. 

A wholesome diet high in fresh, seasonal, colorful produce and low in inflammatory fast food, bad fats and refined sugar will support your entire body - spine included.

The right foods will nourish and heal, decrease inflammation, pain and cut the risk of disease.

Find out what types of food you're allergic to and cut them out from your diet.

You can't go wrong with lots of vegetables, fruits, lean meat and healthy fats.

Avoid foods that are loaded with sugar and gluten like junk food, sodas, fast food, chocolates, breads and pastries made from flour.

Foods play a crucial role to provide joint pain relief as the aim is to bring down the inflammation and eliminate all the unnecessary food chemicals from causing more havoc to your body system.

Cut down on processed foods that usually comes in packaging like instant noodles, processed meats, junk food, etc that are also high in salt content.

Rule of thumb, if it comes in a pack and have been processed, please avoid it.

Getting the best chiropractic Malaysia treatment will help if you take into consideration the type of food you consume to help your body heal faster.