Blog Articles: Ptak Family Chiropractic
Are you seeking relief from chronic or trauma-related pain? Or do you simply want to feel healthier, inspired and more energetic every day? Our passion at Ptak Family Chiropractic is restoring patients of all ages to their optimum health and wellness through natural, effective methods.
Why Do I Keep Getting Muscle Cramps?
Drink more water. Eat a banana. Take magnesium. But what if your recurring muscle cramps have little to do with any of those things? A muscle cramp does not automatically mean you are dehydrated or low in potassium or magnesium. Many people with recurring cramps have...
Why Does My Neck Hurt — and Why Does It Keep Coming Back?
The episode always settles. That’s the part that fools people. Feeling better and being recovered are not the same thing. Neck pain that keeps returning usually isn’t a new problem each time. The pain settles faster than the capacity comes back — so you return to the...
Why Do My Hands Go Numb When I Sleep? Is It Carpal Tunnel?
Which fingers go numb tells us where to start looking and it may not be your wrist. Jeffrey Ptak, DC, DSS, MSS, MA Nighttime hand numbness does not automatically mean carpal tunnel. The first useful question is much simpler: which fingers? The classic median-nerve...
Why Do I Wake Up Stiff and Achy Every Morning?
Don’t just tell me you wake up stiff. Tell me how long it takes to loosen up. Almost everyone is somewhat stiff on waking. The useful information is how long it takes to loosen up, where you feel it, and whether moving helps. That number won’t diagnose you, but it...
Why Am I Bloated and Gassy All the Time?
Feeling bloated doesn’t necessarily mean you have too much gas. Notice when it happens the pattern may tell us far more than the word bloating ever could. Feeling bloated doesn’t necessarily mean you have too much gas. Before eliminating another food or trying another...
Is It Me Spinning or the Room? Why?
You don’t need to figure out why it’s happening. Two things give us surprisingly useful information: how long does it last, and what seems to set it off? When the room suddenly spins or you feel as though you’re moving when you aren’t it can be frightening. And if...
What Is Innate Intelligence? The Body Knew What to Do Before It Had Nerves
Your heart started beating before a single nerve reached it. Here is the physiologybehind chiropractic’s oldest idea — and what it does and doesn’t prove.Jeffrey Ptak, DC, DSS, MSS, MA Yesterday marked 131 years since the day chiropractic traces its beginning,...
Why Am I Dizzy When I Stand Up?
“Dizzy” can mean several very different things. Describing what you actually feel isoften the first step toward figuring out why it is happening. If you feel lightheaded, your vision greys or narrows, or you feel as though you might faint when you stand, the first...
Why Do I Have a Headache Almost Everyday?
Daily headaches are a pattern, not something to keep treating one day at a time. Two numbers usually change the conversation. A headache on most days is a pattern worth investigating. One commonly missed possibility is that frequent use of headache medication can...
Why Am I So Tired Even Though I’m Sleeping Enough?
Eight hours in bed and still exhausted? Maybe the question isn’t how long you slept. Maybe it’s whether you actually recovered and whether something is interfering with that. Sleep and recovery are not the same thing. You can spend eight hours in bed without getting...
Office:
3122 Santa Monica Blvd #102,
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Email:
ptakfamilychiropractic@gmail.com
Office Hours:
Monday:7:30am – 12:15pm & 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Tuesday: 7:30am - 12:15pm
Wednesday: 7:30am – 12:15pm & 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday:7:30am - 12:15pm & 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday:7:30am – 12:15pm
Saturday: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Phone:
310-473-7991
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