The Wellness Blog by Precision Pain Relief Center

Around October 2012, after a series of three falls, I was desperate for relief from the resulting constant pain. I had been suffering for several weeks with severe pain shooting down my left leg and sharp pain in my back and neck. I could not straighten my left leg, movement was difficult.

On average, how many minutes a day do you think you spend on your smartphone texting, checking your email, playing games, or searching one of your many downloaded apps? Ten? Twenty? Sixty? More?

A recent study from the Journal of Behavioral Addictions that has found that young woman typically spend 10 hours daily engaged with their cell phones. No, that isn't a typo. They spend roughly ten hours.

When you visit our office in the new year, please be sure to update our staff with any changes to you, or your family's health insurance plan.

If new cards were sent to you by your Insurance company, please bring them with you to your next appointment or, call our office 770.448.4742 so that we can update our records and get a head start on 2015.

The Academy of Chiropractic is proud to announce that Dr. Donald Capoferri has been the first chiropractor nationally to have completed a Mini-Fellowship in Neuroradiology, focusing on  MRI spine interpretation. Dr. Capoferri, a 1981 Pennsylvania College of Chiropractic graduate, did so by completing a 40 hour program requiring a minimum pre-requisite 25 hours of MRI study.

Have you noticed the increasing amount of Certificates hanging in our waiting room & throughout the Clinic?

Well, though not necessarily an HGTV decorating tip, we are very proud of the certifications being earned by both Dr. Capoferri and Dr. Truter, and just love to display them all over our walls!

I just got an e-mail from the Georgia Chiropractic Association.  They explained the ASHN (American Speciality Health Network) will now be administering claims for many of Cigna Insurance Companies policies.  They already do most of Blue Cross.  ASHN exists to limit the nonmedical benefits of the policyholders of those and other companies.  They create additional cost to the provider and reduce reimbursements.  While we will still care for ASH network patients we do recommend the if benefits for healthcare outside of drugs and surgery are important to you than study your policy.  If you have a choice then contact us for the plan options that best reflect your goals and values.  Setting up and account for healthcare that you control is also a good idea.  

A recent study of laser therapy and athletic performance revealed that when laser light treatments were applied to specific muscle groups soon after a workout muscle strength improved by 55% compared to working out alone over a 12 week period. Get the most from your workouts and perform better in competition with laser treatments.

I am so impressed with the fantastic results we have been achieving with the Dynatron Solaris Laser treatments in our office.  One of the latest cases is of a very badly damaged low back disc that is repaired using the laser.  Check out the MRI photos:

Herniated disc.

A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on May 10, 2010 reveals that medications called "protein pump inhibitors" we call them Prilosec, Nexium as well as others cause an increased risk of spine, wrist and forearm fractures.  They also increase the risk of infections by 74%.  Ask us about alternatives to help your heartburn pain.