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Could you imagine going through life every day with near-debilitating, chronic back pain? Back pain is one of the most common ailments in America - it's estimated that 8% of all adults, or 16 million people, suffer from chronic back pain in the U.S. every year. If you've never experienced a back injury or pain, be thankful. Chronic back pain affects every aspect of a person's life, from participating in sports to limitations with everyday activities, like cooking dinner. In fact, many people with chronic back pain can't even make a reliable living and put food on the table. Almost 83 million workdays are lost every year due to choric back pain.
The inability to work and provide isn't just a physical issue - it can become an emotional one too. Many people suffering from chronic back pain also suffer from depression and anxiety. Unfortunately, in the past, chronic back pain sufferers wanting to avoid addictive medications and invasive surgeries had few viable relief options. However, if you're suffering from a chronic back issue like sciatica, a pinched nerve, or a bulging disc, pain relief may be closer than you think.
Modern chiropractic care and, more specifically, a spinal decompression chiropractor in Pawley's Island, SC, may be the long-term solution you need for chronic back pain.
A common misconception is that chiropractors only adjust your back and neck when, in fact, they treat the whole body with all-natural treatments. Here at Elite Healthcare, our doctors focus on your overall health, not just pain. We want to find and address the underlying causes of your symptoms. If you're unfamiliar with an integrative approach to medicine, this strategy may seem new. Our chiropractic care is less about putting a band-aid on the problem and more about finding a natural, long-term solution to your pain.
Fortunately, our experienced chiropractors provide the best in natural pain relief. Prescription and over-the-counter pain medications mask the symptoms you're experiencing versus getting to the cause of your pain. Pain is often the result of your spine being out of alignment, which leads to nerve issues. Once your spine is back in alignment, the nerves function correctly again.
Because our chiropractic center offers a combination of different therapies and non-surgical treatments, we provide a comprehensive approach to healing. Depending on the extent of your back problems, spinal decompression therapy may be the answer to your chronic pain problems.
Initially developed in 1985 by Dr. Allan Dyer, spinal decompression has been used by chiropractors for years. Unfortunately, spinal decompression is often passed over as a viable treatment, despite its numerous benefits.
In the past, patients suffering from chronic back pain issues like herniated discs were usually prescribed powerful medications. They were instructed to refrain from physical activities, referred to a physical therapist, and sent on their way. While physical therapy has an important role in back pain recovery, some back conditions need a more comprehensive treatment approach. For those patients, surgery seemed like the only option.
Today, patients with chronic back pain have many more options to consider. One of the most effective treatments for serious back pain is spinal decompression. This proven therapy, provided by Elite Healthcare, has been shown to significantly reduce pain and help patients live a normal, even active lifestyle once again.
Spinal decompression, also called Lumbar Cervical Decompression Therapy (LCD Therapy), is a very effective non-surgical solution to chronic back pain problems. If you're like most patients, your back pain is caused by disc issues related to your spine. This type of therapy uses computer technology and a spinal decompression machine in cityname, state, to stretch your spinal column slowly and gently, relieving abnormal pressure on the discs in your back, which sit in between your vertebrae.
This precise stretching action causes negative pressure to form inside the discs in your back, making them retract. With time, this negative pressure causes a reverse vacuum of sorts that actually draws your protruding discs into place. When pressure is removed from the disc segments in your spine, you experience much-needed pain relief.
The primary purpose of spinal decompression therapy is to provide you with immediate pain relief while creating a healthy environment to heal your spinal disc condition. Some of the most common conditions that spinal decompression therapy treats include:
This happens when spinal discs in your back are pushed outside of the spinal canal. When pushed outside of their usual space, these discs can put pressure on the nerves in your spine, resulting in localized pain and pain throughout your body. If a bulging disc is left untreated, it has a high chance of rupturing, which can necessitate surgery and longer recovery time.
Herniated discs are discs in your back that fracture or crack and leak fluid. The fluid or gel that leaks from a herniated disc may irritate the nerves in your back. When this happens, you may experience an intense burning sensation that shoots up and down your lower back and legs.
As you grow older, joints in your body, like your knees and hips, begin to wear away with time. The same thing can happen to the discs in your back. Often caused by heavy lifting or a family history of spine problems, degenerative discs are painful and can lead to serious situations. In advanced cases, bone spurs can form and affect the nerves of your spine.
When a herniated disc or bone spur begins to put pressure on the nerves in your back, it often causes sciatica. Sciatica is a common back problem that causes pain to radiate from your lower back down your legs via your sciatic nerve. Sometimes, this pain is only felt in one of your legs.
This condition is similar to arthritis of your spine, where the cartilage inside your facet joint breaks down and becomes inflamed. The result is often intense neck and back pain. It's most often caused by degenerative changes in the joints located between the bones of your spine.
This painful condition manifests when the space in your backbone is too small. When this happens, pressure impacts your spinal cord and the nerves that travel through it. Like other conditions treated by a spinal decompression therapy cityname, state, stenosis is caused by wear-and-tear in your back, which forms arthritis.
This term is often used to classify a range of back problems, most often caused by a pinched nerve root in your spinal column. This pinched nerve root may occur in different locations down your spine, like the lumbar or thoracic areas. Usually caused by a narrowing of the space where your nerve root leaves the spine, symptoms of this condition include pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness.
If you're looking for a safe way to relieve your chronic back pain, spinal decompression should be on your list of treatments to consider. This painless procedure is backed by research showing higher success rates in many patients when compared to spinal surgery. Unlike many medications, spinal decompression from Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine is designed to correct the condition you're facing while also minimizing costs and eliminating recovery and downtime.
Some of the most popular reasons why patients choose spinal decompression over surgery and other treatments include:
Invasive procedures, like back surgeries, often leave the patient racked with pain, long recovery times, and complications. Sometimes, the surgery doesn't work as intended, leaving the patient responsible for a therapy that didn't work correctly. As a non-invasive treatment, spinal decompression therapy can treat back and neck pain without needles, incisions, or harmful manipulations of the spine.
Getting back pain relief from surgery is far from guaranteed. However, because spinal decompression targets the underlying causes of your back pain, it's a much more effective long-term treatment. Spinal decompression is not a quick fix. When coupled with positive lifestyle changes like losing weight, you can maximize the pain-relieving benefits of spinal decompression.
Surgery of the back and spine requires the patient to be bedridden and uncomfortable for days and even weeks. Recovering from back surgery is no easy feat and often requires strong pain medications to help. Sometimes, back surgeries don't go as planned, causing complications and worse scenarios. Spinal decompression, on the other hand, is very effective and doesn't require much recovery time at all. Once your spinal decompression session is over, you'll probably be able to drive yourself home from our office.
One of the least talked about issues with back pain medications is that they only treat the pain, not the underlying causes. For many patients, relying on meds to relieve back pain fosters dependency on pain pills. Pain pill addiction is a very serious issue in the U.S., often leading patients down a dark path. With spinal decompression, you won't have to worry about taking pills for pain relief. That's because the root causes of your back pain are addressed, not just the symptoms.
If you were to look at the cost of surgery and subsequent years of prescription medication, you might be shocked. When compared to spinal decompression, surgery is a much more expensive treatment to consider. You've got to take the cost of surgery into account, but also the fact that you'll be forced to take time off work. By choosing spinal decompression therapy, you're choosing a safe, non-surgical treatment that doesn't require any time off work.
Spinal decompression relieves pressure on disrupted discs, causing them to retract back into place. This revolutionary treatment also lets oxygen, fluids, and nutrients re-enter your spinal discs, which provides additional healing.
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By now, you probably have a better idea of how spinal decompression can help rid your life of back pain. But spinal decompression treatment does more than help with bulging discs, herniated discs, arthritis, and more. It has also been shown to provide patients with important quality-of-life benefits.
As mentioned above, harsh surgeries leave you bedridden and unable to work for long periods of time. Spinal decompression allows you to jump right back into the workforce, so you can continue providing for your family. Plus, reducing your back pain naturally increases your mobility since you won't be stressing about hurting yourself while moving. Instead, you'll be living in the moment.
One of the worst symptoms affecting people with back pain is the inability to sleep well. Sleeping with back pain can be horrible, causing you to toss and turn to find a comfortable spot. As soon as you find one and get settled, your back starts to hurt again. It's a vicious cycle, but adjusting your spine and relieving pressure with spinal decompression will help you get a good night's rest.
Did you know that when your spine is decompressed, it helps fluids circulate throughout your body? These fluids actually flush your lymphatic system, which helps support your overall immune system. Better circulation also benefits your brain and can help boost concentration and memory. The improved circulation from spinal decompression may also distribute oxygen and nutrients to your skin, creating a multi-benefit effect.
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At Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine, we practice an integrated approach to pain relief and chiropractic care. Our goal is to restore your spine to its proper alignment, which speeds up your recovery time and prevents additional injuries. If chronic back pain has taken over your life, it's time to visit our chiropractic office for a thorough evaluation.
Ask yourself this: Have you been suffering from headaches and sleepless nights due to muscle strain? Is your ability to work and put food on the table compromised due to a pinched nerve? No amount of over-the-counter pain medication can provide a long-term fix for such an issue. Thankfully, our chiropractors have years of experience providing relief to patients just like yourself.
After a comprehensive exam, our doctor will create an individualized treatment plan tailored to your body. That way, we can address the full scope of your symptoms by correcting any root causes of your back pain.
From minor chiropractic adjustments to spinal decompression treatment, we'll find the solution that your back and body need to heal correctly. If you're ready to get back on the road to better health, we're here to help every step of the way. Contact our Elite Healthcare Physical Medicine today to get started.
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Think, “Midsommar.” Or “Shaun of the Dead.” Or, “The Wicker Man.”These are some of the movies that have inspired 21-year-old film director Mathew Epp in a latest film project that takes place in Pawleys Island.Epp, a Charlotte, North Carolina, resident, graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently and is working on a new project, “Eden Avenue.” Pawl...
Think, “Midsommar.” Or “Shaun of the Dead.” Or, “The Wicker Man.”
These are some of the movies that have inspired 21-year-old film director Mathew Epp in a latest film project that takes place in Pawleys Island.
Epp, a Charlotte, North Carolina, resident, graduated from University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently and is working on a new project, “Eden Avenue.”
Pawleys Island has the perfect small town nature to it, Epp said. He had been visiting a friend — the lead actor — for the past five or six months and decided it was a perfect setting for the film.
“I just realized like the more and more I go down there, you know, it’s a small town,” Epp said. “It’s a local community. And it’s beautiful.”
“Eden Avenue” follows a group of recent college graduates — Michael, Allie, Nick and Brandon, as they decide to take one last vacation together.
The beach town they end up at is inviting at first, Epp said. The town name “Eden Avenue” is supposed to give the area a motherly, inviting feeling.
But there’s a darker side.
The people of Eden Avenue are infected by the algae in the waters. It turns them into a cult-like group of people bent on infecting the protagonists, Epp explained.
It takes on a theme of “group of kids versus everyone else,” he said.
All of this occurs as the protagonists face internal struggles about change. The movie is character driven, and is much more about personal conflicts, such as accepting change than the cult, he said.
With about 20 working on the project, including a crew of 10 and around five to 10 actors, it’s still a while before local residents can see Pawleys Island on the screen.
Epp said that “Eden Avenue” was still in a pre-production stage, but filming is set to begin this month and will take a few days. The crew is still working on getting permits to film in specific areas.
Local viewers can expect to see a recognizable area in Pawleys Island, including the Pawleys Inlet toward the south end of the beach. Epp said he was working with Clam Bake Cove or Oakley as possible settings as well.
He anticipates a spring 2024 release, with “Eden Avenue” distributed on public platforms and then premiering locally in theaters.
The project members are asking for donations to help with production.
And “Eden Avenue” still has some spots left for extras in some scenes, he said.
Those interested can email Fortis Fortuna Films, the production company, at Fortisfortunafilm@gmail.com.
This story was originally published August 11, 2023, 5:00 AM.
Georgetown County Council has given final approval to a rezoning request that allows an Aldi grocery store to be built on property at the corner of Highway 17 and Petigru Drive in Pawleys Island. During Tuesday’s meeting, the vote was 5-0 to approve amending the Pavilion Square Flexible Design District (FDD) zoning that will now allow for a “larger retail store” to be built on the site.Councilmembers Stella Marcado and Lillie Jean Johnson were absent from ...
Georgetown County Council has given final approval to a rezoning request that allows an Aldi grocery store to be built on property at the corner of Highway 17 and Petigru Drive in Pawleys Island. During Tuesday’s meeting, the vote was 5-0 to approve amending the Pavilion Square Flexible Design District (FDD) zoning that will now allow for a “larger retail store” to be built on the site.Councilmembers Stella Marcado and Lillie Jean Johnson were absent from the meeting.The zoning change request was made by attorney Dan Stacy, representing 3J7B Real Estate of Charleston. That company also owns 7 Brew drive-thru coffee shop on the site.Plans for the site not only include a 19,423-square-foot grocery store, identified by County Councilman Bob Anderson as Aldi, but also for four buildings containing a mix of office and retail space.Aldi is a privately-held German company which, last year purchased 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets as part of an expansion.This is the second time a grocer has considered the site. Back in 2017, grocery chain Lidl – a direct Aldi competitor – had the property rezoned. Plans for that store fell through and in 2019 the original flex district zoning was placed back on the property.County Planner Holly Richardson told council when the matter was before the county Planning Commission last year, only three residents expressed concerns. The biggest issue raised was how the new businesses will impact traffic in the area.Richardson said Tuesday it is estimated once the property is developed it will result in 2,584 annual daily trips, which is about 1,000 less than the estimate in 2017 when the Lidl rezoning was being considered.The owners must provide the county with a parking and landscape plan, Richardson said..
Lisa Ann SassMAR 01, 2024 • I'm not happy that we need another Grocery store. We have enough stores, I feel this will put our stores in jeopardy. I say no to another Grocery store. We have enough traffic now. When does Pawleys Island stop with stores.LadFEB 28, 2024 • We welcome Aldi’s to Pawleys Island! Finally a reasonably priced grocery store! PFEB 28, 2024 • SERIOUSLY, another grocery store. Between grocery stores, storage units & gas stations, Pawleys Island has lost it's charmAnonFEB 28, 2024 • Pawleys Island does NOT need another grocery store. Stop trying to push this small town to its breaking point, we are FULL!!!!CooperFEB 28, 2024 • In this case, more is not less when it comes to cars in this already busy intersection. Unless scdot adds a safe crossing for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as sidewalks along Petigru, this intersection will become more hazardous and unsafe for all.
Work began this week to repave the main road on Pawleys Island, but the work won’t be completed until spring.And that’s fine by town officials who have waited two years for the project to start. They hope the extra time can be used to make improvements to drainage on the island.“This could be a positive overall,” Mayor Brian Henry said.The state Department of Transportation is repaving Myrtle Avenue from the Birds Nest section on the south end to First Street on the north end. The repaving will co...
Work began this week to repave the main road on Pawleys Island, but the work won’t be completed until spring.
And that’s fine by town officials who have waited two years for the project to start. They hope the extra time can be used to make improvements to drainage on the island.
“This could be a positive overall,” Mayor Brian Henry said.
The state Department of Transportation is repaving Myrtle Avenue from the Birds Nest section on the south end to First Street on the north end. The repaving will continue along First Street to Atlantic Avenue and then north to the dead end. The work was approved in 2021, but the contract allowed it to be completed by the end of 2024.
Until last week, the town thought the work would be done in the spring. But after a meeting last week with DOT staff, Administrator Dan Newquist said he learned it would start this week.
“Welcome DOT,” he said. “This, frankly, was overwhelming.”
Because of the short notice, the Georgetown County Water and Sewer District didn’t have time to upgrade the manhole covers along the route of the repaving. New covers needed to be ordered.
Police Chief Mike Fanning pointed out that the last time the covers were replaced the utility found corrosion damage to the pipes.
After letting property owners know to expect paving to start this week, Newquist started to hear concerns. DOT then agreed that the contractor would put down asphalt to level the pavement this week, then return in the spring to complete the work.
The town hopes that the added pavement, although only 1.25 inches on average, will help reduce flooding from high tides and during storms.
Paul Groce, an island resident, praised the town and DOT for improving the project on the fly.
“A common sense solution has allowed DOT to reallocate a whole lot of material that had been allocated for driveways,” he said.
Instead, it will be used to fill low areas.
Henry noted that DOT has promised to repair damaged drain pipes when they’re found. It makes sense to find them before the repaving, he said.
The town got $250,000 in the state budget for drainage improvements along with word last week it will receive another $150,000 from the S.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority for the same purpose.
Newquist wants to update the survey of the island’s drainage system. He went looking for drains with the public works crew last week. “They are hard to find,” he said.
“This may be an opportunity for us,” Henry said.
Council Member Rocky Holliday said it will also allow time to make sure that the new pavement doesn’t dam up water on people’s lots.
Work began this week to repave the main road on Pawleys Island, but the work won’t be completed until spring.And that’s fine by town officials who have waited two years for the project to start. They hope the extra time can be used to make improvements to drainage on the island.“This could be a positive overall,” Mayor Brian Henry said.The state Department of Transportation is repaving Myrtle Avenue from the Birds Nest section on the south end to First Street on the north end. The repaving will co...
Work began this week to repave the main road on Pawleys Island, but the work won’t be completed until spring.
And that’s fine by town officials who have waited two years for the project to start. They hope the extra time can be used to make improvements to drainage on the island.
“This could be a positive overall,” Mayor Brian Henry said.
The state Department of Transportation is repaving Myrtle Avenue from the Birds Nest section on the south end to First Street on the north end. The repaving will continue along First Street to Atlantic Avenue and then north to the dead end. The work was approved in 2021, but the contract allowed it to be completed by the end of 2024.
Until last week, the town thought the work would be done in the spring. But after a meeting last week with DOT staff, Administrator Dan Newquist said he learned it would start this week.
“Welcome DOT,” he said. “This, frankly, was overwhelming.”
Because of the short notice, the Georgetown County Water and Sewer District didn’t have time to upgrade the manhole covers along the route of the repaving. New covers needed to be ordered.
Police Chief Mike Fanning pointed out that the last time the covers were replaced the utility found corrosion damage to the pipes.
After letting property owners know to expect paving to start this week, Newquist started to hear concerns. DOT then agreed that the contractor would put down asphalt to level the pavement this week, then return in the spring to complete the work.
The town hopes that the added pavement, although only 1.25 inches on average, will help reduce flooding from high tides and during storms.
Paul Groce, an island resident, praised the town and DOT for improving the project on the fly.
“A common sense solution has allowed DOT to reallocate a whole lot of material that had been allocated for driveways,” he said.
Instead, it will be used to fill low areas.
Henry noted that DOT has promised to repair damaged drain pipes when they’re found. It makes sense to find them before the repaving, he said.
The town got $250,000 in the state budget for drainage improvements along with word last week it will receive another $150,000 from the S.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority for the same purpose.
Newquist wants to update the survey of the island’s drainage system. He went looking for drains with the public works crew last week. “They are hard to find,” he said.
“This may be an opportunity for us,” Henry said.
Council Member Rocky Holliday said it will also allow time to make sure that the new pavement doesn’t dam up water on people’s lots.
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