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A trigger point is a localized spot of tension in a muscle that is especially tender to the touch. It can cause pain directly where it is located or can refer pain to a nearby muscle. Many people call trigger points “knots” as they can usually be felt superficially. Why do they occur? Muscle strains,…

A healthy diet and physical activity can help you maintain or attain a healthy weight, manage and prevent diseases, improve sleep, and boost your mood. Additionally, it can help you keep up with your work-home activities and become more productive. Certain health conditions, such as chronic diseases, can be prevented or managed by consuming a…

Here at Advanced Care Specialists, we have a few different departments, two of which are labeled as Active and Passive. Active refers to our Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation and Passive refers to the room in our facility with the therapeutic modalities. These modalities consist of many different treatments such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation, hot/cold therapy,…

Our program at Advanced Care Specialists has been created to offer a solution to patients with peripheral neuropathy. There are a number of different causes of peripheral neuropathy such as diabetes, previous chemotherapy, drugs or other toxins. The most common symptoms are numbness, tingling, and burning in the feet and sometimes in the hands. It…

At Advanced Care Specialists, our medical team works daily to redefine the patient experience. Our providers want to provide the patients with an experience that never have had before when seeking medical attention. We take time to listen to patients and actually hear what they are telling us. This is exactly why we decided to…

Over the course of the last two years, more and more people started working from home. It’s important to have a workspace that not only allows you to get your work done but to do it in a way that promotes good body mechanics. Poor body mechanics can lead to neck and back pain and…

The cause of headaches are often multifactorial and determining one cause is not always the right or only answer. At ACS we work for you to determine the true causes of headaches and while chiropractic can be one of the solutions to headaches, there may be more going on in the body that is also…

After neck, low back and knee pain, the next most common issue walking into our office is foot pain. The foot is a complicated structure, containing 26 bones, more than 30 joints and countless muscles and tendons. The foot plays an important role in providing support for our entire body, balancing, absorbing forces, helping to…

Calling all golf enthusiasts out there. It is that time of the year again with the weather warming and the golf courses getting busier and busier. For those of you planning to hit the links several times a week or even just a few times this summer, there are a number of things you can…

Here at Advanced Care Specialists, we do custom orthotics fitting. We typically do orthotics for neuropathy patients and patients with lower extremity issues. Even if we see patients with knee or hip injuries, it is always a great idea to start from the ground up. Foot orientation plays a major role in a person’s knee…