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Glastonbury, Connecticut
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Hello, My name is Dr Matthew Bellinger and I am a Chiropractor in Connecticut. My office is...
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"What Kind of Arthritis Do I Have?"
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When degeneration is found in the spine or other joints, we often simply are told it’s arthritis. When we are a little more stiff in the morning, we call that arthritis ...
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Home Treatment Of Lower Back Trigger Points
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Everday I see patients who can benefit from muscle work along with their adjustments or spinal decompression. For example a patient may present to the office with lower back ...
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What Does It Mean To Have FibroMyalgia?
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Today’s blog post comes from Dr. Bellinger’s November Newsletter. At my Glastonbury CT office, I often see patients who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Fib ...
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New Study Shows Smoking Linked To Chronic Low Back Pain
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A recent Canadian study showed that regular smokers were more likely to have chronic low back pain. The study looked at survey data of over 70,000 people and showed that the d ...
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“I Squat Down When I Lift, But I Still Get Back Pain!”
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There are a few reasons for this. First, bending your knees and squatting helps, but you still may not be maintaining your normal lumbar lordosis. To do this, it’s rec ...
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Dr Oz Talks About Prescription Pain Medication
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Yesterday my wife was watching Oprah and said I should watch this episode. I did and was shocked at some of the ststs I saw. It's so scary to be addicted to pain medication, ...
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Jerry Rice: Spokesperson for the Foundation of Chiropractic Progress
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I was lucky that my father took me to his chiropractor when I was just a kid in high school. I had a sports injury and his chiropractor, my chiropractor, helped me get back o ...
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One of the Most Commonly Overlooked Sources of Back Pain…
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The quadratus lumborum muscle is one of the most common muscles to cause back pain. This muscle runs from the last rib and the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae do ...
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Tips For Heavy Lifting That Can Save Your Low Back...
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Here's 5 tips on lifting that can help you avoid back pain or a back injury: 1. Get help- have someone help you lift awkward shaped or extremely heavy items. Also, use a ca ...
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Shedding Pounds Will Help Shed Your Back Pain...
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Hello. Dr Bellinger here. I’ve seen hundreds of patients in my chiropractic and spinal decompression office. One thing I can tell you about back pain is that if you t ...
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How can Stress affect my Back?
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Stress is the response your body has to certain experiences. This response can be mental, physical, or both. Stress tends to disrupt your body’s normal physiologic equi ...
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Unexpected Positive Side-Effects of Chiropractic Care and Spinal Decompression.
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Most of us make our first visit to their chiropractor because of back pain or neck pain. After treatment not only is our back or neck pain better, but often we have better pos ...
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Washington Post Discusses Top-Rated Back Pain Treatments
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The June 2nd Washington Post Health section included an article reporting on survey results in April, in which survey respondents rated chiropractic/spinal manipulation as the ...
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Connecticut Spinal Decompression – A Very Advanced form of Lower Back Traction
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Spinal Decompression looks a lot like traction, however it is much more than a traction machine. The way decompression differs is that it creates a suction effect in the spine ...
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Consumer Reports says: "Chiropractor Best Choice For Back Pain Relief!"
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Consumer Reports lists chiropractors as your best choice for back pain relief. When compared to seeing your medical doctor (treatment with medication), survey respondents sai ...
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Do my leg and butt muscles play a role in my back pain and sciatica?
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Most often your leg and butt muscles do play a role in your back pain and sciatica. As I mentioned in the last blog, everything in the body works together. Having leg muscles ...
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I get pain when its bad weather outside, does that make any sense?
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…“the pain I experience in my neck and mid back are worse with the changing weather”. This is something I hear quite a few times from patients. In fact, som ...
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"I Only Have One Bad Disc, I Think I Can Tough It Out And Wait For It To Get Better On Its Own..."
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First, let me start off by saying that everything in your spine and back work together. You know the old saying: "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link". Wel ...
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Lower Back Rehabilitation: A Vital Tool To Keep Your Back Pain Away!
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Rehab for the lower back pain or sciatica patient should include natural, safe therapies such as chiropractic care, spinal decompression, muscle massage, low back stretches, a ...
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Dear Doctor, I have Butt and Leg Pain. Can you Help me?
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Pain starts in my left rear-end and travels down my leg. Sometimes I even get numbness. I don’t really have much back pain. Is it back-related? Over and over we see p ...
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