Chiropractic
A chiropractor is a licensed healthcare professional who focuses on your body’s capability to heal itself.
Chiropractic is a healthcare profession that cares for your neuromusculoskeletal system—the bones, nerves, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. A chiropractor helps manage back and neck pain, extremity pain and headaches through the use of spinal adjustments to maintain good alignment.
Chiropractic is focused on the body’s ability to self-heal and includes other treatments like therapeutic massage, exercise, and other modalities.
By improving the neuromusculoskeletal system’s ability to perform, chiropractors believe the benefits of spinal adjustment and realigning joints improve the functioning of other systems throughout the body.
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Cupping therapy, also known as myofascial decompression, is a therapeutic technique that uses vacuum force to create suction beneath small cups applied to the skin. This suction generates a negative pressure environment, drawing the skin and underlying tissues into the cups. The resulting decompression promotes increased blood flow and the delivery of healing substances to the targeted area. Cupping therapy stimulates metabolic activity, enhances immune function, softens scar tissue, and reduces muscle pain.
Therapeutic Massage
Therapeutic massage or manual therapy involves the skilled application of hands-on techniques by trained clinicians to manipulate soft tissues, joints, and nerves. This focused approach is vital for multiple body systems, as it can be applied to joints, muscles, and nerves. The primary goals of this treatment include pain reduction, increased range and quality of joint movement, improved nerve mobility, increased muscle length, and the restoration of normal function and relaxation.
Common Techniques Used in Manual Therapy: *Traction: Gentle pulling to stretch and decompress joints. *Deep Tissue Massage: Targeting deeper muscle layers to relieve tension and pain. *Trigger Point Therapy: Applying pressure to specific points to alleviate pain and tension. *Pin and Stretch Technique: Isolating a muscle with pressure while stretching it to improve flexibility. *Assisted Active Range of Motion (AAROM): Guiding patient movements to enhance joint mobility. *Passive Range of Motion: Clinician moves the patient’s joints to maintain or improve flexibility. *Lymphatic Drainage: Gentle techniques to promote the flow of lymph fluid and reduce swelling. *Stretches (Muscle, Neural Tissue, Joints, Fascia): Various stretching techniques to improve flexibility and reduce tension. *Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization: Using tools to break down scar tissue and improve soft tissue function.
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) is a specialized form of manual therapy that involves using ergonomic tools to effectively diagnose and treat soft tissue dysfunction. These instruments allow clinicians to detect and treat scar tissue, adhesions, and fascial restrictions that can limit movement and cause pain.
Trigger Point Dry Needling
Trigger point dry needling (TDN) is a drug-free therapy that involves the use of thin needles to target trigger points in muscles. Trigger points are tight, irritated spots in muscle tissue that can cause pain, tenderness, and limited range of motion, often resulting from injury, overuse, or poor movement habits.
During TDN, a trained healthcare provider—such as a chiropractor, physical therapist or medical doctor—carefully inserts monofilament needles into the trigger point. The insertion of the needles stimulates the muscle, causing a contraction or twitch, which can help relieve pain and improve mobility. TDN also activates nerves near the trigger points, helping to relax the muscle by reducing excessive contraction of muscle fibers. The process may cause minor tissue damage, which can increase blood flow to the area and produce a calming effect on the nerves.
TDN can be used to treat many neuromusculoskeletal disorders, including: Carpal tunnel syndrome Tennis/golf elbow Headaches Muscle tendonitis/injury Shoulder and scapula problems Repetitive stress injuries Neck pain Sciatica Joint pain and dysfunction Plantar fasciitis
