The Pasadena Neck & Back Pain Center, LLC is located at:

2512 Mountain Road
Pasadena, MD 21122
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Phone: 410.360.0014
Fax: 410.360.0064

Arthritis & "Rheumatism"

Arthritis is a disease of the whole body (a systemic disease) that is most dramatically seen in the joints. the word "arthritis" may include more than 100 conditions, many that were formerly known as "rheumatism".

Very few people with arthritis are crippled. In fact, arthritics may have the condition for many years, even decades, and never know it! You may have some arthritis right now.

Rheumatoid Arthritis is the crippler than can destroy joints and affect the heart, blood vessels, eyes, skin, muscles and other organs. It's accompanied by fatigue, weight loss and acute pain. The best medical care can provide is physical therapy such as hot water baths and drugs for the pain and inflammation.

Subluxations

A vertebral subluxation is a spinal abnormality that interferes with your nerves. It can create dis-ease, lowered resistance to disease, pain, imbalance, fatigue and can pave the way for ill health. It is sometimes called the "silent killer" because it can slowly eat away at your health and vitality for years without having the slightest awareness of it. Doctors of chiropractic specialize in locating, analyzing and correcting vertebral subluxations.

Subluxations are caused by stress: macro-stress (accidents, falls, sports injuries and other trauma) or micro-stress (repeated movements that gradually wear down your body parts, bad posture, dental work and emotional stress which can cause chronic tension). Subluxations can occur from a difficult birth and from childhood falls.

For those reasons periodic spinal examinations to locate and correct vertebral subluxations should be a part of every family's health routine.