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Headaches & Neck Pain Articles

Each month, Dr. Sara Littlefield publishes a new article related to headaches and neck pain. Here are some links to the current article and to previous months' articles.

Month
Article
May 2012
Tension Headaches
April 2012
Causes of Subluxations
March 2012
Sports Injuries
February 2012
The Weight of the World
January 2012
Billion-Dollar Headaches
December 2011
Whiplash!
November 2011
Phone Facts
October 2011
Neck Adjustments and Stroke
September 2011
Questioning Collars
August 2011
Are You Curvy?
July 2011
Cranial Nerves
June 2011
Get Your Neck In Gear!
May 2011
Another Syndrome?
April 2011
Snake Brain?
March 2011
Small Bones/Big Job!
February 2011
What Kind of Headache?
January 2011
Pillow Talk
December 2010
What a Pain in the Neck!
November 2010
Forward Head Posture
October 2010
Oh, My Aching Head
September 2010
No Respect!
August 2010
Get Your Head On Straight!
July 2010
Barking Dog Syndrome
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Dr. Sara Asks some important questions of interest to South Portland residents - Chiropractor South Portland Dr. Sara Asks...

Why is a "slipped disc" unlikely?
Separating each spinal vertebra is a disc. Its fibrous outer ring holds in a jelly-like material. Because of the way a disc attaches to the spinal bones above and below it, it can't actually "slip." However, a disc can bulge, tear, herniate, thin and collapse. But it can't slip.
Is a muscle spasm a cause or an effect?
With the knee-jerk use of muscle relaxers, you'd think it was a cause. But it's an effect. Chiropractors know that bones don't move unless muscles move them. And muscles don't contract unless commanded by the nervous system. That's why your nervous system is the focus of our South Portland chiropractic practice.