Conditions We Evaluate & Care For
26 condition guides — each written and medically reviewed by Dr. Bader, with honest care expectations and the red flags that belong with a medical doctor.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Alan S. Bader, DC — Chiropractic Physician, Nevada License B-567 · About Dr. Bader · Last reviewed: July 2026
Spine & Back
Low Back Pain
It grabs you when you stand up from the desk, makes the first steps out of bed careful ones, and turns lifting…
Read more →Neck Pain
You turn your whole body to check a lane change. The stiffness that started at a desk now greets you every mor…
Read more →Herniated & Bulging Discs
Few phrases scare patients like 'herniated disc.' Here's the balancing truth: disc findings are common, many h…
Read more →Scoliosis
A school screening, a physical, or a photo from behind — that's usually how a curve gets noticed. The two most…
Read more →Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Pain
One-sided pain right at the dimple of the low back. Worse rolling over in bed, standing from a chair, or stand…
Read more →Spinal Stenosis
You can shop longer leaning on the cart than walking upright. Standing tightens the legs; sitting releases the…
Read more →Degenerative Disc Disease
A radiology report says 'degenerative disc disease' and it sounds like your spine is crumbling. Deep breath: D…
Read more →Mid-Back & Rib Pain
A deep breath catches. Between the shoulder blades lives a knot no massage reaches for long. The thoracic spin…
Read more →Head & Nerve
Sciatica
A hot wire from the low back through the buttock and down one leg. Sitting makes it worse, standing doesn't fi…
Read more →Headaches & Migraines
Some headaches live at the base of the skull and creep over the top of the head. Some clamp like a band after …
Read more →Pinched Nerve
Numbness that wakes you. Tingling that traces a line down the arm or leg. A 'pinched nerve' is the everyday na…
Read more →Piriformis Syndrome
Deep, cranky ache in one buttock. Worse with sitting — especially on a wallet or a long drive — sometimes trai…
Read more →TMJ & Jaw Pain
Clicking when you chew. Mornings that start with a tired, tight jaw. Ears that ache with no infection. The tem…
Read more →Vertigo & Dizziness
The room shouldn't move when you roll over in bed. Dizziness has many owners — the inner ear, the neck, blood …
Read more →Extremities
Shoulder Pain
Reaching the top shelf has become a negotiation. Sleeping on that side wakes you. Shoulder pain has a short li…
Read more →Hip Pain
Hip pain lies about its address more than any other complaint. True hip-joint pain usually lives in the groin;…
Read more →Knee Pain
Stairs down hurt more than stairs up. The first minutes of a run negotiate with you. Knees are honest joints c…
Read more →Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
You shake your hand awake at night. The thumb-side fingers go fuzzy on the steering wheel. Carpal tunnel syndr…
Read more →Plantar Fasciitis & Heel Pain
The first steps out of bed feel like walking on a stone bruise. It warms up, teases you into a normal day, the…
Read more →Foot & Ankle Pain
The ankle you rolled in 2019 still doesn't trust downhill trails. The arch aches by afternoon. Feet carry ever…
Read more →Elbow & Wrist Pain
Shaking hands stings. Lifting the coffee pot pulls at the outer elbow. 'Tennis elbow' rarely comes from tennis…
Read more →Injuries & Lifestyle
Whiplash & Auto Accident Injuries
The crash was Tuesday. Wednesday you felt 'mostly fine.' By Friday your neck won't turn and the headaches have…
Read more →Sports Injuries
Reno plays hard: ski season, trail season, golf season, softball-that-we-take-too-seriously season. Sports inj…
Read more →Arthritis & Joint Stiffness
Stiff first thing, better once you're moving, cranky after you overdo it. Osteoarthritis is the body's most co…
Read more →Posture & Desk Strain
By 3 p.m. your shoulders live somewhere near your ears. The base of your skull hums. 'Tech neck' isn't a moral…
Read more →Muscle Spasms & Strains
You lifted, twisted, or just sneezed wrong — and the back seized like a fist. Muscle spasms are the body's ove…
Read more →This page is education, not medical advice for your specific situation — an examination is how care decisions get made. If you may be experiencing an emergency, call 911. Full medical disclaimer.
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