Perimenopause, Menopause, and Musculoskeletal Pain At OMNE Chiropractic, we believe patients are often the best teachers. Over the last six months I have noticed more and more women complaining of joint, muscle, and tendon pain that seemed to pop up our to nowhere. It has become clear that the common denominator are the hormone changes these women are experiencing as they transition through menopause.It is no secret that menopause is associated with hot flashes, sleep…

What is shockwave therapy? OMNE Chiropractic has one of the ONLY focused shockwave therapy devices in Omaha, Nebraska. As someone who doesn’t normally fall in love with shiny pieces of technology, I believe in this technology so much that I took out a home equity loan on my house to buy it. Find out why through the story and the science around bringing shockwave therapy to OMNE Chiropractic. The story of shockwave It all started…

Pain Focused Early in my career, I focused too much on pain. I was happy to be the “pain guy”. I would see a patient with back pain and then discharge them when the pain went away. The classic "let me know when you need me" guy.  It made sense at the time. Everyone seeing me was in pain and I was short sighted and thought that was the best way to help them. My…

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the result of irritation or pressure on the median nerve at the wrist. It is the most common compressive neuropathy of the upper extremity. Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome can be pain, numbness, and tingling in the wrist and hand.  The anatomical structure of the carpal tunnel is made up of your carpal bones (wrist bones), wrist muscle tendons, transverse carpal ligament, and the median nerve. Think of your wrist as…

Shark week just ended, and it got me thinking about the lessons a shark attack can teach us about pain.  Before diving into (nice pun) the lessons to be learned, we need to clarify a few things about pain There is no such thing as pain fibers This may come as a shock, but the body doesn’t have pain fibers. Instead of pain fibers, our body has special nerves that gather information, and only sometimes…