Blog

• posted: May 08, 2025
• RCWC Admin1

Many pregnant women suffer from low back pain which could be debilitating at times. The treatment and therapies available to these expecting mothers are limited due to precautions taken not Read More

• posted: Mar. 07, 2025
• RCWCAdmin1

  As you may know, acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine practiced for thousands of years. This technique involves the insertion of very fine needles at specific points on the body. While the precise mechanisms by which acupuncture addresses a range of symptoms and illnesses, including depression, require further research, here is a summary of how it is believed to work: Acupuncture could help regulate neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine, which play crucial roles in mood regulation. Imbalances in these neurotransmitters can contribute to the onset of depression, and acupuncture may assist in restoring their levels. Additionally, acupuncture has

The post Medford Acupuncture Helping People with Depression and Anxiety appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Mar. 06, 2025
• RCWCAdmin1

The spring is coming! The grip of subzero temperatures loosens, and the promise of spring shimmers on the horizon. Temperatures above 50 degrees are no longer a mere distant wish. This resurgence of warmth ignites a desire to reconnect with nature, spurring increased activity: yard work, home projects, invigorating hikes, and sports. While this renewed activity is undeniably beneficial, it can also introduce physical stressors like muscle tightness, fatigue, strains, and spasms. The question arises: is a regular massage or a therapeutic massage the appropriate remedy? At Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center in Medford, MA, we offer both.  Standard massages, such

The post Medford Massage Just In Time For March Madness! appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Mar. 05, 2025
• RCWCAdmin1

Over the years our Medford chiropractor has helped many sciatica sufferers.  Sciatica is a condition described as a pain, numbness, or tingling along the path of sciatic nerve running from lower back to lower leg.  Sciatica is usually caused by a physical pressure to sciatica nerve from a herniated disc, a bone spur, or spinal canal or spinal nerve foramina stenosis (i.e. narrowing). The pressure could also come from a muscle such as piriformis muscle which is in close proximity to sciatic nerve in the buttock area. Occasionally poor posture, pregnancy, or even medications are the culprit of sciatica. At

The post Medford Chiropractor Helping Sciatica Pain appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

The quick answer is yes, they could. The injuries caused by fender benders or low speed accidents depend on a few factors such as the type of the cars involved, your body position at the time of accident, having a seat belt on or not, and the past medical history and condition of your spine , just to name a few. The symptoms and discomfort caused by an auto accident could be immediate or it might take a few days, weeks, and sometimes months to show up. It’s a good idea to get checked even if you do not have

The post Do Fender Benders cause injury? appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

Numbness and tingling in arms and legs are annoying, disrupting, and at higher intensity debilitating. What is the cause? Numbness and tingling are mostly experienced in arms and legs. They could be intermittent to constant. The cause could be irritation, swelling, or compression of a nerve. Conditions such as diabetes, stroke, multiple sclerosis, migraines, carpal tunnel, disc injury, and myofascial trigger points (MTP), just to name a few, could cause numbness and tingling. If the cause is a disc injury, a pressure on spinal nerve or cord could bring about the symptoms. On the other hand, myofascial trigger points (muscular

The post Experiencing numbness and tingling in arms and legs? Read This appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

It is a new year and you might have set out some goals for the months ahead. I have a suggestion that could be an easy and achievable goal in the new year. Why not make a resolution to sit in a way to reduce tension on our spine specifically our neck and low back. Here it is, simple and straight forward: First, if you sit, try sitting all the way back agaisnt your chair, that is, let your back rest on the back of the chair. Do not sit at the edge or the middle of your chair as

The post Sitting Properly Can Keep Neck and Back Pain Away. appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

The number two complaint of pregnant women (after morning sickness, number one complaint) is pelvis and low back pain. Change of physiology including weight gain and as a result change of female’s center of gravity, and loosening of spinal ligaments due to hormonal changes is a perfect recipe for low back and pelvic misalignment. Pain, ache, tightness and pain radiation into buttocks and legs could be the symptoms that the expecting mother has to face. Unfortunately the passage of time is not a healing factor but correction of misalignments could very well be a “life saver”. We have had the

The post Pain Relief For Pregnant Women appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

How do we end up having inflammation in our body? Most of people might assume a traumatic event such as a sprain or strain injury as the cause for inflammation. Although these types of trauma produce inflammation but they are not the only cause of inflammation, as a matter of fact, most of the inflammation in our body is promoted by our diet! Americans are very much suffering from cardiovascular disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and most other chronic diseases due to consumption of food that promote inflammation in the body’s tissues and organs. Consumption of large amount of

The post Is Your Diet Inflammatory or Anti-inflammatory? appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

You might be familiar with the word stenosis if you have been experiencing spinal pain for a while and most likely in your lower back and possibly in your legs. Spinal stenosis is a condition where the spinal column is narrowed causing pressure and irritation to spinal cord. Stenosis could also happen where spinal nerves exit from spinal column leading to compression of theses nerves. The symptoms of stenosis include neck or back pain, arm or leg pain, numbness and tingling, and pain upon walking which is relieved with resting. Causes of stenosis Arthritis or spinal degeneration, disc herniation, trauma,

The post Spinal Stenosis appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.

• posted: Dec. 10, 2024
• doctormmdev

Carapl Tennel Syndrome is one of the most common nerve entrapment conditions encountered in the population. Noramally it is caused by repetitive mechanical stress to wrist where median nerve passes through a tunnel formed by capal bones on the top and a ligament called “Transverse Ligament” on the bottom. The compression could be casued by fracture or trauma but it is often due to a direct pressure on the wrist or when the wrist is held in a flexed or extended position repeatedly for long periods of time. The symptoms represent as hand numbness and tingling, weakness or clumsiness of

The post Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Treatment Options appeared first on Riverside Chiropractic Wellness Center.