James J Santiago, DC, MS, L.Ac, DACBSP

Article September, 2025 Many people sustain a lifetime’s worth of microtraumas without ever encountering the word, microtrauma . These injuries can be so slight that they go unnoticed, and they involve areas that include joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and sometimes bone.  Over time, like a tower of blocks, microtraumas can build one on top of another until the tower crashes, resulting in a stress injury.  Stress injuries include musculoskeletal and bone damage from ex

From sitcoms to movie depictions, the chiropractic profession has certainly earned its ‘good sport’ award as we’ve watched actors enact what they believe to be a re-creation of a chiropractic adjustment accompanied by a very loud series of noises.       In reality, though, one of the most commonly asked questions in a chiropractic office is “What is that sound?” Patients are often inquisitive about the ‘popping’ and ‘cracking’ sounds and different types of chiropractic adjust