Vince E. Hassel, D.C.

Have you ever considered who is the best suited to treat back pain? Since there are so many treatment options available today, it is quite challenging to make this decision without a little help. To facilitate, a study looking at this very question compared the effectiveness between medical and chiropractic intervention. Over a 4-year time [..]

Interestingly, it is the rule rather than the exception that carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is accompanied by other conditions also caused by repetitive types of activities such as work duties and/or hobbies. Therefore, a very important treatment strategy is educating the patient about the causes of CTS and other repetitive motion injuries that usually accompany [..]

Fibromyalgia (FM) has long been considered a condition involving the soft tissues of the body—that is, the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and fascia. It is defined as "a chronic, generalized pain condition associated with symptoms of fatigue, stiffness, and sleep disturbance and is characterized by the physical findings of local tenderness in many specific but widely [..]

One of the reported causes of both migraine and tension headache is cervical muscle tension and spinal joint abnormalities in the neck. When considering treatment for headaches, whether it’s a tension-type or migraine, there are many choices available to the patient. The question is, which of the many options offer the best benefit? One study [..]

You might have wondered, "who should I go to for treatment of my whiplash problem?" You have many choices available in healthcare ranging from drug related approaches such as narcotic medications to natural forms of treatment such as chiropractic, exercise, and meditation with many others in between. Trying to figure out which approach or perhaps [..]

In 1921, physician Henry Winsor, MD, from the University of Pennsylvania, performed meticulous necropsies on 50 cadavers, and published the results in the journal Medical Times. A unique interest of Dr. Winsor was the stages of spinal dysfunction and spinal degenerative disease. Dr. Winsor discovered that 49 of the 50 cadavers displayed minor curvatures of [..]

Certain low back conditions can give rise to more than just lower back pain.To understand this better, a short "anatomy lesson" is appropriate. The spine can be divided into two halves: front and back. The structures in the front half include the larger, heavier bones called vertebral bodies and the shock absorbing cushions that lie [..]

There are many patients who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). In fact, CTS is one of the most common work-related injuries. In spite of multiple studies that show the benefits of chiropractic treatment for patients suffering from CTS, many medical doctors are unaware of the studies and still tell their patients that chiropractic treatment [..]

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain and tenderness in the musculoskeletal system. There are many treatment approaches available for joint and soft tissue pain management but few studies have looked at the long-term benefits of such treatments.One study looked at both the short-term and the long-term effects of using connective tissue [..]

Many whiplash patients ask questions like, "…why do I hurt so much now, but hardly hurt at all right after the accident?" Or "…why can neck pain after a minor car collision last so long?" In a low-speed collision, the pain and dysfunction that auto collision victims experience likely stems from injured soft tissues. This [..]

Headaches are a very common problem seen in chiropractic offices. They can vary from mild and barely noticeable to extreme, so much so that it results in total disability where a sufferer is restricted to bed rest in a dark, quiet room. One inexpensive, reliable method to track a patient's progress is a self-administered test called [..]

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common complaints presenting to chiropractic offices and remains one of the most challenging conditions to manage because there are so many causes. Some of its causes include the obvious such as over-lifting, over-use activities such as sports injuries (bowling, golfing, skiing, tennis, football, etc.), raking leaves, [..]