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Back Pain, Alignment Issues, Car Accidents, or Sporting Injuries can wreak havoc on your body and inhibit daily living. Allow us to help you find alignment and healing today.

Accidents

Why we recommend seeing your Physician or Chiropractor before continuing your regular activity schedule following an accident.

In an accident, the impact to people’s bodies occurs in similar ways to the impact to the body/ frame of vehicles .  Damage to a vehicle is generally identifiable right away though it is not unusual to find “hidden” damage as a repair is handled.

In people, damage to the hard tissues – bones is generally immediately identifiable but for the soft tissues – muscles, organs, connective tissues etc. injuries often take a few hours or days to become apparent to the patient.

Chiropractors who work with these injuries daily may be able to identify injuries earlier leading to quicker better outcomes. One point is that rotational forces will act on the passengers based on their positions at time of impact and even when the car started by traveling straight, it is not unusual for people to be twisting, moving or repositioning themselves at the time of impact leading to injuries.  Cars are built with interchangeable body parts. People not so much.

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Neck Pain:

5 Facts about Neck Pain

  1. Neck pain is extremely common.  About 1 in 3 people experience an episode of neck pain every year.  Women are affected more often than men.  Along with lower back pain, neck pain is one of the leading causes of disability, lost wages and reduced productivity.
  2. Neck pain symptoms vary significantly.  Acute neck pain often feels sharp, espeically during certain movements.  Chronic neck pain often feels sore and stiff.  Both acute and chronic neck pain can also present with headaches, jaw pain, ringing in the ears, difficulty sleeping and arm/shoulder pain, numbness, weakness and tingling.  These symptoms vary from person to person and may get worse or better with certain activites.
  3. There are several risk factors for neck pain and many are preventable.  These include poor posture, stress, frequent heavy lifting or repetitive overhead movement, and acute trauma such as a car accident or slip and fall. 
  4. A chiropractor is highly trained in diagnosing neck pain conditions.  A few of the most common underlying causes of neck pain we diagnose at our chiropractic clinic includes whiplash, muscle strains, osteoarthritis, disc herniation or bulge
  5. Chiropractic care provides effective drug-free neck pain treatment.  We use adjustments, exercises, massage, and lifestyle counseling to concurrently relieve neck pain symptoms and address the underlying causes of your pain to help get long-lasting relief!

Lower Back:

What causes lower back pain?

Our lower backs are under constant stress during daily activities.  The muscles support the weight of our upper bodies and determine posture.  The nerves are responsible for flexing and rotating our hips for walking.  Over time, these nerves can become agitated leading to a great deal of pain.

Lower back pain is common complaint; nearly everyone will have it at some point.  It can begin around age 30 and become more prevalent and severe with time.  There are many causes of lower back pain, the most common being a pulled muscle or ligament.  Causes of lower back pain include:

  • Lifting a heavy object is probably the #1 way of injury
  • Twisting and falling can also cause instantaneous pain
  • Its not uncommon for professional and amateur athletes to experience sports injuries
  • Inactivity can also lead to problems in the lower back because the muscles are weak.
  • Jobs requiring repetitive lifting or twisting motions often cause lower back pain.
  • Sitting at a desk for prolonged periods, particularly if slouched, or assuming an injurious sleeping position can lead to postural pain.

Chiropractic Manipulation "adjustment"

A Chiropractic Manipulation is a procedure in which a trained professional (Chiropractor) uses their hands or a small adjusting instrument to apply a gentle and controlled, sudden force to a joint to increase range of motion, reduce pain, and correct dysfunction.

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Soft Tissue Manipulation

Soft Tissue Manipulation is a service that is made up of many techniques ranging from "Pin and Stretch", Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation (Scraping), Cupping, and light massage.

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Therapeutic Modalities

Therapeutic Modalities are modalities that produce a specific physical and therapeutic response. The procedures include Inferential Current, Ice,  and Heat (superficial and deep). Interferential Current (IFC) is electrical therapy used in the treatment of strained and muscle spasms.

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