lundi 10 juin 2013

Chiropractic Care Yields Many Benefits


Chiropractic care offers a variety of methods and types of treatments. Spinal manipulations and spinal adjustments are the primary form of chiropractic care. Proper placement of joints is achieved by chiropractors using their hands to manipulate tissues and joints. Chiropractors apply a manual force that helps promote joint mobility after a tissue injury Other instruments chiropractors use for adjustments include drop tables, ArthoStim (TM) adjusting instruments and activators. While people generally experience immediate pain relief, pain continues to diminish with repeated treatments and time.

Ultrasound therapy is another method of care offered by many chiropractors. This ultrasound delivers a mini-massage, unlike the medical ultrasound used for diagnoses. Ultrasound therapy offers many benefits including a decrease in pain, muscle spasms, stiffness, and swelling, and an increase in blood flow. Ultrasound is effective for many conditions because it offers this wide range of health benefits. Spinal adjustments can also be more effective after ultrasound therapy, as the patient may be more relaxed.

Manipulating the soft tissue structures is the main goal of massage therapy. This manipulation helps to alleviate and prevent pain, stress, muscle spasms and discomfort while promoting health and wellness. Practitioners use their hands to cause movement, apply pressure to the body and hold areas during their manual soft tissue manipulations. The benefits of massage include: improved posture, lowered blood pressure, improved circulation, deepened breathing, deepened relaxation, improved range of motion, improved flexibility, relieved headaches, improved surgery rehabilitation, strengthened immune system and an enhanced general sense of well-being.

Low level laser therapy (LLLT), often referred to as cold laser therapy is a technique that lasers lightwaves into affected tissues to decrease pain and enhance healing. Your body is able to repair itself faster after treatments with the laser. Another benefit is that the laser helps reduce inflammation, which helps a multitude of conditions for which people seek chiropractic care. Other conditions that benefit from LLLT include: back and neck pain, whiplash, muscle sprains, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and bursitis, as well as pain located anywhere throughout the body.

Many chiropractic clinics also offer acupuncture, which is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that helps to regulate the flow of your vital energy (qi). This vital energy is believed to control your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health. The most common form of acupuncture is the insertion of tiny needles through the skin along pathways known as meridians. Acupuncture is performed to relieve pain in your back, neck, joints or head, with back pain being the most sought after type of relief. Acupuncture is also used to control pain from dental work, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, menstrual cramps, arthritis, tennis elbow and knee injuries. Many people are starting to try acupuncture to avoid taking over the counter pain medications, which can have side effects.

Lifestyle and wellness coaching are offered at many clinics, particularly in the fields of exercise, ergonomics and nutrition. Chiropractic philosophy holds that the body (if treated properly) has an innate ability to heal itself and maintain proper health. Triggers in daily routines and life are identified by the chiropractor which could be leading to problems, and solutions offered to help your body function optimally.

While chiropractors offer a wide array of tools and techniques, the treatment plan and method of care will be determined by the condition being treated, and how the body responds to that treatment. It may be necessary to visit a few chiropractors to determine the best match for you.

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