Dr. Pete Lazarnick "Dr. Pete": Blog

At Dr. Pete Lazarnick’s (Dr. Pete) office in Carrollton, GA, our staff provides quality treatment for a variety of conditions. This includes the treatment of Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). It is a chronic pain disorder that is difficult to treat. It causes widespread pain across the musculoskeletal system, including the muscles, joints, tendons, and soft tissues. Dr. Pete offers treatment in the form of chiropractic adjustments and manipulations. With treatment, you can greatly increase your quality of life.   As mentioned, FMS is a difficult disorder to treat. This is partly due to the lack of cause behind it. Medical experts theorize a few factors that might cause FMS, including genetics, infections, and physical/emotional stress. Treatment between traditional medicine and chiropractic differ greatly. Other medical professionals focus solely on treating your pain. This is often done through an overabundance of prescription pain relievers. Your Carrollton chiropractor is different. Dr. ...

When people think about lower back pain, they naturally envision a problem in the lumbar region of the spine. But in fact, pain frequently radiates from the sacroiliac joints, the places where the fused vertebrae at the base of the spinal column (the sacrum) connect with the pelvis. Dr. Peter Lazarnick (Dr. Pete) is an experienced chiropractor in Carrollton, Georgia, who can help patients to better recover from this condition without reliance on dangerous drugs or surgeries. The pelvis bears a lot of weight and the joints in it can easily become worn down. “Sacroiliitis” specifically refers to dysfunction in the sacroiliac joint accompanied by inflammation, but inflammation is not always present. It can also result from a traumatic injury. People with sacroiliitis may experience pain between their lower backs and their thighs, and it is often worse when they have been standing or sitting for a long time or after walking up stairs. The pain may be sharp or achy, and it sometimes only pr...

We’re well-equipped at the Carrolton chiropractic office of Dr. Peter Lazarnick (Dr. Pete) to assist patients suffering from common mechanical problems of the spine. If you’re suffering from lower back pain and soreness and tightness in your legs, one possible culprit is degenerative spondylolisthesis. Our vertebrae have flat circular bodies separated from each other by spongy discs. The vertebrae are linked together in back by facet joints. When a facet joint becomes fractured, a vertebral body can slip forward. This condition is called spondylolisthesis, and although it can come about through sudden injuries it is usually the result of a long process of degeneration. People with the degenerative form of this condition are most often over the age of sixty-five, and it is more common in women. Degenerative spondylolisthesis occurs in the lumbar region more often than in the neck, but more than one vertebra may be slipped at a time. Imaging tests can reveal whether a vertebra has slippe...

If you’ve ever played contact sports, you’re doubtlessly familiar with stingers. Also called burners, stingers are injuries felt in the neck and shoulder. Although they are often short-lived, they could be a sign of more trouble to come, which is why we at the Carrolton chiropractic office of Dr. Peter Lazarnick (Dr. Pete) want our patients to seek an evaluation if they suffer one. The nerves to the arm emerge from the neck vertebrae and bundle together in the shoulder. If the head is suddenly pushed too far while the arm is being pushed the other way, the shoulder nerves may be briefly compressed. This would cause a sudden, shooting pain accompanied by a feeling of heat or numbness. A person’s first stinger usually does not last for more than a few minutes, but having suffered one puts them at greater risk for suffering more, which may get worse. We use imaging testing and manual examinations to determine whether a patient has suffered damage to the spinal column itself. If the proble...

The Carrolton chiropractic office of Dr. Peter Lazarnick (Dr. Pete) is equipped to provide patients with a comprehensive range of treatments for lower back pain. Not only do we possess the expertise to provide safe, noninvasive treatments for musculoskeletal disorders, we also possess new technology. Intersegmental Traction is vital to relieving patients from a variety of ailments related to misalignments and their impact on soft tissues. An Intersegmental Traction table is a device that gently vibrates rollers positioned beneath individual vertebrae. It is operated under doctor supervision and used to make gradual adjustments. If the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the spinal cord is blocked, vibrating pressure can ease its passage around misaligned joints and onward to the spinal discs. This allows the discs to be lubricated and supplied with vitamins, making them less likely to become herniated. The vibrations of the Intersegmental Traction table also relax muscles that have stif...