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843-258-5401Back pain is no laughing matter, especially when it affects every aspect of your daily life. For many Americans, that's reality - estimates show that almost 16 million people in the US have chronic back pain problems. These are people who have trouble with everyday chores and activities, like driving to work, cooking dinner, and playing with their children. For some, chronic back pain affects their ability to put food on the table and support their families.
And while back problems manifest in physical pain, there's the mental side of the issue too. When you can't live a normal life, anxiety and depression can set in, creating a problem that leads to life-changing medical treatment through addictive medicines and invasive back surgeries. Fortunately, a more reliable, less invasive solution exists for people suffering from issues like pinched nerves, sciatica, lower back pain, and bulging discs.
Seeing a chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC, from Back 2 Health Physical Medicine may be the long-term answer to your back pain problems. To understand the benefits of seeing a chiropractor, it's important to first understand what chiropractic care can do for your body.
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What is Chiropractic Care?
The foundation of chiropractic care comes from the idea that a healthy spine leads to a healthy body. The nerves near the vertebrae that make up the spine can quickly become squeezed when they are out of alignment, leading to a lot of discomfort. The pain and other problems caused by this misalignment can be reduced by restoring natural alignment.
To do so, a chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC, uses time-tested techniques and a small amount of concentrated pressure to relax joints that have become frozen in troublesome positions, encouraging the natural movement of each vertebra. When the spine is properly aligned, the spinal nerves can transfer signals to and from the brain normally, resulting in a healthy spine and a healthier individual.
The Importance of Maintaining Your Spine Health
Spine health is critically important for every person on earth, as it protects your nervous system and ensures it functions normally. When your spine is degraded, dysfunction often follows, leaving your nervous system lacking and unable to perform at the highest level. On the opposite side of the coin, a flexible, strong, healthy spine with fluid joint motion and proper curvature better protects your nervous system.
Think of it like this: when your spine is misaligned or unhealthy, information from your brain to your nervous system can flow without interruption. But when there's a "kink" in the spine, those communications slow down, almost like when a video is buffering online, and you have to wait for playback. That's where a chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC, can be incredibly helpful because they can help correct spinal issues and, by proxy, maintain your nervous system.
When your spine is strong and healthy, it provides numerous benefits, including:
- Better Shoulder Support
- Greater Range of Mobility
- Enhanced Quick Movement Control
- Body Frame Support
- Easier to Run, Walk, Bend, and Rotate
- Optimal Nervous System Functionality
What are the Benefits of Getting Adjusted by a Chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC?
At Back 2 Health Physical Medicine, our chiropractors use a variety of adjustment techniques to provide relief from back pain. Some adjustments use a manual approach that involves a "popping" sound, while others do not. No two patients are exactly the same, so we use the techniques that we believe are best for each patient. Some people worry that popping noises during adjustments can damage their spines. However, this noise, known as cavitation, is simply gas released from a joint and is perfectly normal.
In fact, stretching can cause your skeleton to "pop" without you even hearing or feeling it. There are other adjustment techniques that use instruments, specific movements, or a chiropractic table to align the spine. The risk of injury from chiropractic adjustments is negligible when seen by a trained and licensed professional. Chiropractic adjustments are far less risky than many other basic medical procedures. The truth is that the chiropractic profession has an excellent safety record and very high patient satisfaction and is one of the few choices that patients have for non-invasive treatment.
Benefits of chiropractic adjustments can include:
- Pain Relief
- Stress Relief
- Better Food Digestion
- Help with Pregnancy Symptoms and Birthing
- Reclaim Athletic Ability
- Recover from Sports and Car Injuries
- Alternative to Surgeries and Prescription Painkillers
The Most Effective Chiropractic Adjustments Explained
Chiropractic adjustments are drug-free, all-natural, non-invasive techniques that grant patients more mobility and less back pain. These adjustments also help maintain your spine health. As we mentioned above, when your spine is aligned correctly, your nervous system works as it should, and back strain can be reduced and even eliminated. If you're interested in restoring your mobility and joint function and eventually enjoying a healthier range of motion and less back pain, it's time to see a chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC.
The Chiropractic Doctors of Back 2 Health Physical Medicine are experts at locating and analyzing the improper placement of the vertebrae and correcting back issues, enabling the body to return to its proper alignment. This is key in correcting the "vertebral subluxation complex," which can interfere with your body's normal functioning and long-term health.
The Diversified Adjustment
Used by almost every chiropractor, this technique is very common and used for three primary reasons:
- Restoring Spinal Alignment
- Ensuring Healthy Mobility and Movement
- Repair Dysfunctional Joints
Using extreme precision and targeted thrusts, chiropractors use this adjustment when a patient's range of motion is affected by misaligned bones and joints. It is also helpful for spinal realignment.
Spine Mobilization
Also called manual therapy or spinal manipulation, this adjustment is utilized by chiropractors and physical therapists alike. Though this technique is considered a manual therapy like the Diversified adjustment, more stretching and less rigorous thrusting motions are involved. This chiropractic technique helps relieve joint pressure, improves nerve functionality, and reduces inflammation.
The Activator Adjustment
In this method, your chiropractor uses a spring-loaded handheld device to apply gentle impulses to affected areas and vertebral segments of your spine. By applying this technique to targeted areas across your body, you can benefit from less back pain, fewer headaches, and a range of other conditions. The Activator is also great for patients who want to avoid large, forceful adjustments or movements.
Flexion Distraction Adjustment
Using a specialized table that flexes and distracts your spine in a rhythmic motion, this technique works best for disc injuries that cause uncomfortable symptoms like leg and back pain. Patients often love this style of adjustment when they are recovering from a recent injury or are extra sensitive to other chiropractic techniques.
Cervical Spine Decompression Technique
The cervical spine consists of seven vertebrae and discs, several muscles, and eight pairs of spinal nerves. When poor posture or injury compress your cervical discs, the pressure can herniate your discs, which is an excruciating condition. When you have a herniated disc, pain radiates down the backs of your arms and can even cause numbness. While some patients opt for surgical spinal decompression, it should only be used as a last option, as it doesn't always help with pain relief and can cause other areas of your spine to degenerate.
At Back 2 Health Physical Medicine, our highly-trained chiropractors can perform non-surgical spinal decompression, using gentle stretching and traction to decompress your spine. This non-invasive option releases disc pressure and has been shown to reverse disc herniations when applied soon after an injury.
Is Cervical Spine Decompression Painful?
While some patients may experience slight discomfort as their spine stretches, it's much less painful than surgical options. When finished, many patients notice immediate results, while others need a few sessions to experience relief. When combined with ongoing chiropractic care and a customized exercise program from Back 2 Health practitioners, spinal decompression can be very effective.
If you notice any of the following symptoms, it's important you make an appointment with a chiropractor soon, as you may qualify for spinal decompression:
- Frequent Headaches
- Nerve Root Impingement
- Herniated or Bulging Discs Discovered in Imaging Tests
- Chronic Pain, Numbness, Fatigue, or Tingling
- Neck Stiffness
- Lack of Flexibility
Consider These Surprising Chiropractic Facts
Information from the American Chiropractic Association tells us that three in four people that visit a chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC describe their experience as "very effective." That's not a bad batting average. Whether you're suffering from chronic back pain that has plagued you for years or have recently been in an auto accident, your chiropractor can help you get back to living a normal life with little downtime and recovery.
Surprisingly, though, many people don't know that great chiropractic care goes beyond your spine and neck. Here are a few interesting facts to consider when seeing your chiropractor, which may end up benefitting your overall health.
Pregnancy Benefits
There's a misconception that chiropractic care isn't meant for pregnant women. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, chiropractic adjustments can benefit pregnant women. With the proper techniques, a woman's pelvis and uterus can be rebalanced, creating more room for baby and mom. This can help facilitate a healthier birth and can reduce lower back pain in pregnant women.
More Than Back Pain Relief
Yes, your chiropractor is probably your go-to source for back pain relief. But did you know that chiropractors can help with insomnia, digestive problems, headaches, anxiety, and more? During your appointment at Back 2 Health Physical Medicine, talk to your chiropractor about your wellness and health goals. You may be pleasantly surprised.
Illness Prevention
Yes, you read that right. Professional chiropractic care can help you fight off illnesses because adjustments often decrease inflammation and boost brain activity. When that happens, your immune system benefits. A more robust immune system means fewer sore throats, colds, and stuffy noses.
Those Aren't Back Cracks
If there's one thing chiropractors are "known" for, it's cracking backs. But when a chiropractor makes adjustments, and you hear a popping noise, it's not because your back is cracking. It's because built-up gas in your joints is being released, almost like gas from a soda bottle. This gas release actually alleviates uncomfortable pressure and can help move your skeletal structure into optimal alignment.
Yes, They're Doctors
One of the biggest myths about chiropractors is that they're less trained and less qualified than MDs. The truth is that chiropractors spend as much time studying and refining their skills in school as medical doctors. The difference is that medical doctors focus on surgery and pharmaceuticals, while chiropractors focus more on neurology and nutrition.
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Are you suffering from headaches and sleepless nights because your muscles are strained? Are you unable to work or put food on the table because of a pinched nerve? Do you have trouble completing everyday tasks because you lack mobility? No amount of over-the-counter or even prescription pain pills can provide a long-term solution for such issues. Fortunately, seeing a Back 2 Health chiropractor in Kiawah Island, SC, can provide the long-lasting relief you need.
At our chiropractic office, doctors and practitioners take an integrated approach to chiropractic care and back pain relief. Our goal is to restore proper alignment to your spine to accelerate your recovery time and prevent further injury. If chronic back pain has taken over your life, it's time to visit our chiropractic office in South Carolina.
It all starts with a comprehensive exam performed by one of our chiropractic doctors. Once your evaluation is complete, our team creates a personalized treatment plan created for your body, not someone who matches your age and weight. That way, our chiropractors can address the underlying causes of your symptoms instead of masking your pain.
From simple chiropractic adjustments to more involved spinal decompression solutions, your chiropractor will work tirelessly to heal your back and body so you can live a normal life free of pain and mobility problems. If you're ready to give your back the attention it needs, your recovery starts at Back 2 Health Physical Medicine. Contact our office today to schedule your initial appointment.
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Latest News in Kiawah Island, SC
Kiawah's 2024 home sales exceed $1B, top out at a record for SC resort island
Teri Errico Griffishttps://www.postandcourier.com/business/kiawah-island-south-carolina-home-sales-buy-million-president/article_58169df2-dd0a-11ef-a4b1-7b5003833572.html
Kiawah Island broke a record with $1.07 billion in home sales in 2024 even as annual transactions normalize after the pandemic spike.In all, 447 properties sold last year on the seaside resort community. The total is much closer to the typical annual volume of 318 closed properties in 2019 that sold for $300 million than the 656 sold for $807 million in 2020.The biggest change is the prices.“What’s interesting is the pace of sales has dropped to normalcy,” said Dan Whalen, president of Kiawah Island Rea...
Kiawah Island broke a record with $1.07 billion in home sales in 2024 even as annual transactions normalize after the pandemic spike.
In all, 447 properties sold last year on the seaside resort community. The total is much closer to the typical annual volume of 318 closed properties in 2019 that sold for $300 million than the 656 sold for $807 million in 2020.
The biggest change is the prices.
“What’s interesting is the pace of sales has dropped to normalcy,” said Dan Whalen, president of Kiawah Island Real Estate. “We’re selling a similar number of properties prior to COVID, but the average price went up exponentially.”
Founded 45 years ago, KIRE is the island’s primary real estate brokerage. Of the $1.07 billion in closed sales for 2024, the agency handled 80 percent of the volume, or roughly $825 million in transactions.
The overall 2024 sales eked out the island's previous 2021 record of $1.04 billion from 733 transactions.
“It’s still that old economic equation of supply and demand,” Whalen said. “We have had very little inventory since we got through COVID in 2020 and 2021.”
As of Jan. 1, the island had 113 homes for sale out of a total of about 4,800 properties. A healthy inventory is about 8 percent to 10 percent, but current resales equate to 1.5 percent, Whalen noted.
Pricing for single-family homes stabilized somewhat in 2024 after years of high growth, with the average sale price recorded at $3.88 million and the median sale price at nearly $2.98 million, versus $3.66 million and almost $3 million, respectively, in 2023.
As single-family prices continue to increase, buyers are looking to the island’s 1,600 other dwellings as points of entry, Whalen said.
“Our villa and cottage market has gone through the roof with sales up 79 percent,” Whalen said. “Before, if a person’s budget to get on Kiawah was $1 million or $1.5 million, there were a fair number of single-family homes in that price point.”
Median prices for villas and cottages have increased by 104 percent year-over-year.
For the second consecutive year, more than 20 homes on Kiawah Island sold for more than $5 million.
Among the priciest transactions of 2024:
Whalen said buyers are still a mix of moving within the island, coming from drive-to markets like Charlotte or making major moves from New York and California.
Chicago resident Alison Beitzel and her husband will close on their first Kiawah property on Valentine's Day after five years of looking to buy a vacation getaway on the island.
Beitzel grew up in Ohio traveling to South Carolina every summer and plans to continue the tradition with her grown sons once she completes renovations.
"We decided Kiawah would be our spot and went there a couple years ago to begin looking," Beitzel said. "I think my husband had us ride our bikes on every single road to view properties."
While Beitzel said other South Carolina spots like Hilton Head are attractive, Kiawah Island offers more for its residents with a golf course membership, restaurants, amenities, a home with a marsh view and easy access to Charleston.
"Kiawah is quintessential Lowcountry and to be near a pretty decent size city is a huge selling point," she said. "We've traveled the world, and Charleston is one of our favorite cities for sure."
Golf Real Estate’s New Golden Age: Surging Demand, Changing Lifestyles
Erik Matuszewskihttps://www.forbes.com/sites/erikmatuszewski/2025/02/07/golf-real-estates-new-golden-age-surging-demand-changing-lifestyles/
Like golf itself, the landscape of golf real estate is experiencing a renaissance, driven by a perfect storm of factors that extend well beyond the traditional appeal of a links lifestyle. While the sight of homes along fairways probably won’t excite most golfers mid-round, the dream of owning property alongside a course or in a residential golf community is in exceedingly high demand.This resurgence is evident in golf communities across the country, from the coastal shores of South Carolina to the Hill Country of Texas and the ...
Like golf itself, the landscape of golf real estate is experiencing a renaissance, driven by a perfect storm of factors that extend well beyond the traditional appeal of a links lifestyle. While the sight of homes along fairways probably won’t excite most golfers mid-round, the dream of owning property alongside a course or in a residential golf community is in exceedingly high demand.
This resurgence is evident in golf communities across the country, from the coastal shores of South Carolina to the Hill Country of Texas and the Hawaiian Islands.
Take Kiawah Island, where 2024 marked the most successful year in the resort island’s history, with over $1 billion in total sales volume across 447 transactions, surpassing even the COVID-era peak of 2021. The average sale price reached $3.8 million, with 20 home sales exceeding $5 million on Kiawah Island, which has five resort courses and two private layouts, with a third on the way.
"The continuing strength of the real estate market on Kiawah Island further solidifies our belief that the desire to be a part of this exceptional community is much more enduring than a cyclical trend," says Chris Randolph, Managing Partner at South Street Partners.
Fundamental Shift
A key element in play is a fundamental shift in how people view these communities.
Rob Duckett, President of Operations at South Street, has observed a significant transformation in residential patterns. "There’s been this migration to these safe-haven communities, and COVID heightened the demand,” Duckett said, pointing to Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina as an example. The Lowcountry community has seen full-time residency climb past 50% – up from 30% to 40% just five years ago and from 20% when the property first opened.
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Palmetto Bluff opened a reversible short course called Crossroads at the start of 2024 and more recently unveiled plans for a new 18-hole course designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw that will anchor the community’s third village. The new offerings could help Palmetto Bluff surpass what was a near record-breaking year in 2024, with over $384 million in sales, just $7 million shy of the community’s 2021 historic total.
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And the trend extends well beyond the Southeast U.S.
While the prestigious South Carolina enclave of Timbers Kiawah has been sold out since 2021 due to increased demand – with buyers from the Northeast in particular seeking year-round golf and other outdoor activities – Timbers Kauai in Hawaii is experiencing record sales because of new offerings. This ranges from shared ownership interests in Hokuala’s private residence club to full ownership residences in Timbers Kauai and vacant lots in a new subdivision for families to build a dream home on the Garden Isle.
The newest Laola Nani luxury townhomes along the signature 15th hole of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Ocean Course, which traces the shoreline of Ninini Point Bay, range from $6.1 million to $7.5 million.
Prices have been “steadily increasing across the board in all offerings,” said Debbie Edgerton, Senior Sales Executive at Hokuala Real Estate, who attributes this success to more than just the golf amenities. "Buyers really love the community and 'ohana' feel of Timbers Kauai. The owners and Timbers Kauai Ohana are a tight-knit community. (But) the golf course definitely plays into the sales presentation as the Ocean Course is our most significant amenity here at the property.”
On the Big Island of Hawaii, the 1,260-acre oceanfront residential community of Hokuli’a on the Kona Coast also had its strongest year to date, with an average sale price of $4 million to $6 million. Not far from community’s recently-renovated Jack Nicklaus Signature course, Hokuli’a has launched new real estate options that include 20 oceanfront parcels than range in price from $4.25 million to $7.5 million and come with agricultural easements for owners to plant crops like fruit or coffee.
Evolution of Golf Communities
The evolution of these communities is exemplified at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Georgia, a 12,000-acre lakefront resort real estate property halfway between Atlanta and Augusta.
Reynolds has seven courses, five of which are open to public play as well as for guests of the on-property Ritz-Carlton. The other two, including the newly opened Richland course, are private options for some of the community’s 4,000 member families.
"We have seen almost a complete inversion of our membership demographically and psychographically over the last 10 years," explains Dave Short, Senior VP of Sales, Marketing, and Strategic Planning. "It's not the 65-year-old guy pensioning off from GM after 30 years who wants to play six days a week. When I put up a billboard, it's a much broader group of people who are attracted and are figuring out how to make this their permanent place."
In Texas Hill Country, the similarly established golf and lakeside real estate development at Horseshoe Bay continues to grow and expand, with $350 million in new and recently updated amenities.
Real estate sale prices in Horseshoe Bay increased 12% in 2024, with the offerings spanning a wide range, from the Waters Unit Condos that have been sold out for over two years to a new luxury development called Atten Hill that’s in a founders campaign. There are 92 homesites in the 24-hour guard-gated community, with each including a membership at the Horseshoe Bay Club’s private Summit Rock course that’s valued at over $200,000. The Jack Nicklaus design is the members-only course within the community that also boasts three resort courses designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
Stacey Persinger, the general manager of membership at The Club at Horseshoe Bay, said the surge in interest is predominantly driven by urban professionals and families seeking reprieve from the congestion of city life. They’re instead pursuing a full-amenity lifestyle that blends luxury with recreation and natural beauty.
A Reprieve From City Life
“But it’s more than just amenities – it’s a lifestyle shift,” said Persinger. “More people are trading city stress for the tranquility of the Hill Country, seeking not just a getaway but a community. The Club at Horseshoe Bay is meeting that demand with a robust social scene, exclusive dining, and a vibrant, active membership.”
About a half hour east, Loraloma Private Club and Estates outside Austin recently unveiled 29 homesites along its new David McLay Kidd-designed course, his first in the southern U.S. These fairway-front sites, priced between $1.13 million and $1.83 million, reflect the more measured approach to current golf-related real estate development than the boom years of the 1990s and early 2000s.
According to the National Golf Foundation, while U.S. golf development remains limited compared to previous decades, new course construction is at its highest levels in more than a decade. Among course projects under construction or in planning, 42% have a housing component – notably higher than the 25% of overall U.S. golf supply tied to real estate.
The impact on property values is significant, with NGF's research showing homes on golf courses experience an average 15% bump in property value.
Florida leads the nation in golf communities, with more than 500 residential golf developments, followed by California, Texas, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Among the newest golf real estate offerings in the Sunshine State is Cabot Citrus Farms, a four-course destination that has a limited number of two- and four-bedroom golf cottages along with a forthcoming selection of two-story Fairway Homes. Prices start at $1.8 million for the cottages, which are grouped in a small neighborhood between the courses near the main clubhouse that’s under construction, and $3.7 million for fairway homes that are situated near the 10th hole of the Roost course.
This new era in residential golf interest and new development reflects broader societal shifts: increased workplace flexibility, a renewed appreciation for outdoor recreation, and a desire for community connection in the post-pandemic world.
While these communities span seasonal retreats to year-round havens, they continue to attract older golfers with more time, money and inclination to engage with the game as well as a more diverse and younger demographic. The commonality is that all are seeking not just a place to play golf, but a comprehensive lifestyle that balances recreation, social engagement, and the freedom to work from anywhere.
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