What is the piriformis muscle? The piriformis is a muscle in the buttocks. Due to the positioning of the piriformis, it can compress or irritate the sciatic nerve when it spasms or becomes too tight. When this happens, we call it piriformis syndrome. How can North Adelaide Chiropractic help piriformis syndrome? Piriformis syndrome can [...]
The sacroiliac joint (referred to as the SIJ) is located beneath our spine and connects our sacrum (the upper part of our ‘tailbone’) with the rest of our pelvis. SIJ syndrome or dysfunction can occur when the SIJ is inflamed, injured and/or stiff. This can be caused through trauma, or even built up over [...]
Lumbar facet syndrome - Treatment available in North Adelaide, Adelaide CBD and northern suburbs. If you're struggling with back pain, you may be suffering from a facet syndrome. The facet joints are located in the posterior aspect of our spine, and are particularly active with extension movements. For example, leaning backwards will aggravate symptoms [...]
Workplace environments and back pain It is no surprise that neck and back pain is becoming increasingly more common in our workplaces. After all, we’re working longer, sitting longer, and using computers more than ever! In fact, for the years of 2014-2015, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found that ‘an estimated [...]
Is pain stopping you from doing what you want to do? We may be able to help. You may be wondering how chiropractic can help you – often, people who have not tried chiropractic will think that it is simply about ‘back cracking.’ At North Adelaide Chiropractic, this is only one aspect of treatment. [...]
Chronic low back pain focus #2: Spondylolisthesis A spondylolisthesis is the forward slippage of a vertebral body onto the next vertebrae (or sacrum, if affecting the bottom-most vertebrae) below it. The amount of slippage can range from Grade 1 (25% of vertebral body has slipped forward) to Grade 4 (100% of vertebral body [...]
Chronic low back pain focus #1 – Pars defects (also known as spondylolysis) One of the causes of chronic low back pain is a pars defect, or otherwise known as a spondylolysis (sometimes referred to as “spondy” for short) in our lumbar spine. A pars defect is essentially a defect or stress fracture [...]
