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Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic adjustments remove joint restrictions increasing range of motion and reducing back pain, neck pain and other joint pains. Additionally, chiropractic manipulation has been shown to relax the muscles surrounding that joint. Proven safe and effective, a chiropractic adjustment is the best treatment for certain types of joint pain. An adjustment is a precise quick thrust movement applied to a joint which restores normal joint motion.
McKenzie Exercises
The McKenzie Method is an overall program of assessment, treatment and prevention strategies (including exercise) developed in the 1960’s by Robin McKenzie, a physical therapist in New Zealand. He discovered that bending the spine backward could provide significant pain relief to certain patients and allow them to quickly return to their normal daily activities. The focus of the method is treating the source of pain rather than just the symptoms. A central tenet of the McKenzie Method is that self-healing and self-treatment are important for the patient’s pain relief and rehabilitation. The long-term goal of the McKenzie Method is to teach patients suffering from neck pain and/or back pain to treat themselves and manage their own pain.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments) to enhance a person’s health and well-being. There are many types of massage therapy methods (also called modalities). People seek massage therapy for a variety of reasons; for example, to reduce stress and anxiety, to relax muscles, to rehabilitate injuries, to reduce pain and to promote overall health and wellness.
Sports Therapy
Precompetition Tune-up
Why spend weeks or months training and not be at your best for competition? Precompetition tune-ups involve a detailed assessment of joint flexibility and muscle strength. The assessment is specifically geared toward your sport so you can get the most out your training. I will give specific treatments and recommendations to improve performance and decrease injury.
Speed your recovery back to fully functional. After training or competition the body needs to recover and heal from the stresses placed upon it. Advanced deep tissue techniques can help speed this process up so that you can train at the highest level possible.
Sports/Peak Performance Consultation
This consultation evaluates your training program and musculoskeletal system to identify sport specific deficiencies before they become a problem. If you are injured, our doctors can work closely with your coach to correct whatever may be injured and to prevent future problems.
In Office and Home Based Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation is essential to retaining the level of function necessary by the patient and to reduce the chances of reoccurrence. Whether you are recovering from a minor injury or surgery, proper rehabilitation is a necessity. Often times, people will fail to properly rehabilitate their injuries predisposing themselves to future problems due to the fact that the most important rehab period often occurs once the symptoms have been resolved. Exercises are taught then reviewed during follow-up visits.