Neck pain and headaches
Neck pain, and the headache that shows up with it
Turning to check a blind spot, waking up unable to look over your shoulder, a headache that starts at the base of your skull by mid afternoon. Mahle Chiropractic in New Castle looks at the neck itself before deciding what to do about it.
Chapter 01
How it shows up around Lawrence County
A stiff neck rarely stays in one place. It shows up backing out of the driveway and not being able to turn far enough to check the mirror, or it's the drive across town that leaves your shoulders up around your ears by the time you park. Some people notice it first thing, waking up already stiff, others notice it building through a desk shift or a day spent looking down at a phone or a screen.
The headache that rides along with it usually starts low, at the base of the skull, and works its way forward through the afternoon. It's not always the neck pain itself that brings someone in first. Sometimes it's the headache that finally makes the appointment happen.
A clinical treatment room at Mahle Chiropractic with a therapy cart and lead wires set up beside the table.
What's actually on offer for a neck
Manual adjusting is a small, hand delivered force at the exact angle of the joint, meant to put back motion the joint has lost, and it's one of two ways Mahle Chiropractic works on a neck. The other is instrument style adjusting with Sigma Instruments, which uses speed rather than force, a gentle tapping guided by a reading of how tight the joint actually is.
Among the doctors' full list of manual techniques are a Cranial Technique used for infants and children and a Sacro-Occipital Technique. Both are real parts of what's offered here, but neither one is presented as the answer for an adult's neck pain or headache specifically. They're simply part of the broader set of hands-on approaches the practice's three doctors know between them.
Ultrasound therapy is also available, aimed at breaking up tightness in the muscle tissue and easing trigger points, and electric stimulation, by pad or delivered by hand, is used to ease spasm and bring back range of motion in a neck that's locked up.
Chapter 03
What one patient actually said
A Mahle Chiropractic patient, Lorraine Jones, left a review describing her own experience this way: "I get my ears cracked to help drainage. Helped my migraines, my son's planter fasciitus, my niece's spinal curvature." That's her own account of what helped her, not a claim the practice makes about treating migraines, and it's included here as a patient's own words.
It's the kind of specific, personal detail that shows up across the practice's reviews, alongside a 4.8 out of 5 rating from 28 Google reviews overall.
Three doctors on Decker Dr since 2000
Dr. Mitchell Mahle founded the practice in 2000, and Dr. Kelsey Bowser and Dr. Christopher Argiro have joined him since, all three having played sports themselves before ending up on this side of the adjusting table. Call (724) 656-9050 to get on the schedule. Same day appointments are usually available, and Spanish speaking representatives are on staff.
The practice carries an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. In-season student athletes get a flat $30 rate for an adjustment and therapy with a parent or guardian along on the first visit, and veterans can ask in the office about how Mahle Chiropractic gives back.
Mahle Chiropractic — Accredited with an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau. Call (724) 656-9050.