Gresham Family Chiropractic

Research Shows Chiropractic Adjustments Effective at Preventing Sports Injuries We see a large number of sports injuries in our Gresham clinic, and Dr. Ramsey is generally able to help these athletes. Stanford Children’s Hospital states that more than 3.5 million children of the ages 14 and younger are hurt each year when playing sports. Add that to the almost 2 million adults hurt annually while taking part in sports-related activities, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and you can begin to see the importance of preventing these sorts of widespread injuries. One approach to potentially achieve that goal, according to a study released in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, is to engage in routine chiropractic care. In Australian Rules football, hamstring and other leg traumas are commonplace, often sidelining the players and affecting their team's likelihood of winning. One particular study was administered using 59 semi-elite Austr...

In our Gresham, OR practice, it isn't uncommon for us to see patients troubled with sciatica, and Dr. Ramsey has helped many of them recover with chiropractic. What makes chiropractic care so useful to those who suffer with this condition? For starters, it reduces their time of recovery and a Norwegian medical study confirms it. Research Proves Chiropractic Helps With Sciatica Pain In the report, which took place in a Norwegian hospital's orthopedic department, the authors looked at 44 patients who reported sudden low back pain that was identified as acute sciatic nerve pain. The participants were all treated by a chiropractor, with the mean follow-up being two years after treatment. The authors found that all but two patients went back to their jobs after receiving chiropractic treatment, which is a 95% success rate. What's more, the average length of time that the patients spent off work "was reduced by two thirds as compared with that associated with conventional me...

Many people suffer with headache pain , and tension headaches are a frequent problem in our busy lives. Postural problems and stress are common causes of tension headaches, and ones that Dr. Ramsey and the staff here in our Gresham, OR chiropractic office have a lot of experience in treating. Research Supports Chiropractic Eases Tension Headaches The scientific literature verifies our results: A 2016 study from Spain managed a group of 76 patients with chronic tension headaches. The participants were divided into four treatment groups: 19 patients were treated with sub occipital inhibition (the therapist presses on the tight tissues at the top of the spine); 19 with chiropractic adjustments ; 19 with both adjustments and sub occipital inhibition; and 19 received no treatment. The researchers reported that the spinal adjustments were effective at relieving pain, and that the best results were found when adjustments were coupled with the sub occipital inhibition. When we get stressed, th...

According to experts, about 2-5 percent of the population will experience painful conditions like frozen shoulder syndrome at some time in their lives. That makes shoulder pain a common occurrence and one that Dr. Ramsey sees in our Gresham, OR practice on a regular basis. Research Proves Chiropractic Helps With Shoulder Pain By and large, this condition is more prevalent for people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s, and it tends to affect women more often than men. While ice, heat, and gentle stretches can often times help relieve the pain, so too can chiropractic. As an example, a study released in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine looked at 50 people with frozen shoulder who were given chiropractic care. The duration of care ranged from 11 days to 51 days, with 28 days being the average. The doctors found that almost all of the study participants fared extremely well with chiropractic care . The authors found: 8 of the subjects reported 50-75 percent improvement 25 indicated improvemen...