Whiplash or WAD (whiplash associated disorder) is a condition that is described as a strain/strain of the soft tissue around the cervical spine stemming from the neck rapidly being thrown backward (hyperextension) and forwards (hyperflexion). While the muscles of the...
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What Does Whiplash Feel Like?
Whiplash is a catchy name that could otherwise be described as a neck sprain sustained from rapid head movement where the neck flexes and extends. This is most commonly reported in car accidents where someone is hit from behind, forcing their head backward, and then...
How to Treat a Muscle Strain Quickly
A muscle strain or “pull muscle” is described as an excessive stretch or tear within the muscle tissue. In this blog post, we'll cover • What is a muscle strain • How muscle strains are caused • How to treat a muscle strain • and more What is a muscle strain?...
Auto Accident FAQs: Top Questions Our Chiropractors Are Asked
Those who’ve suffered from an automobile accident understand that it can be one of the most physically and emotionally traumatic experiences of our life. Even if the accident is less severe, your world is turned upside down, and you are left asking questions and...
The Relationship Between Neck Pain & Shoulder Pain
Chiropractors often work with patients suffering from neck pain or shoulder pain. And while these two things may seem like completely different problems, they are very much interconnected. In fact, sometimes, when you experience neck pain, the condition causing that...
How Cupping Can Lead to a Healthy Back
Cupping is an ancient technique that has been relied upon for its proven track record of pain relief. Because chiropractors are trained in the soft tissues and how to effectively heal them using holistic techniques, cupping is often part of a chiropractic treatment...
Why Does My Mid Back Hurt?
Here is the reality: The mid back pain has increasingly become one of the most common ailments and conditions we treat at Tangelo. Since the pandemic, it seems that more and more people are reaching out to Seattle’s premier chiropractic and sports rehabilitation...
Why Cupping Therapy & Chiropractic Care Work So Well Together
Chiropractic adjustments are one of the safest methods to sort out spinal and soft tissue injuries found in the back, shoulders, and neck. Using a quick, controlled thrust to the affected area, pain is reduced, mobility is restored, and patients can generally find...
Finally Revealed: The Top 5 Lower Back Relief Exercises
Today we're going over our five favorite exercises for low back relief that you've probably never heard of. Why You Probably Haven’t Heard of These Low Back Exercises First of all, we need to understand that the drivers of lower back pain are complex. There are...
How Exercise and Chiropractic Care Work Together
There is no doubt that movement is the best medicine. I have never met anyone who has said that their body and mind feel worse after a workout. Movement, and more specifically, exercise, is a drug that should be in everyone's preverbal medicine cabinet. That being...