Our Chiropractic Services

		Complimentary Consultation
		Comprehensive Health History
		Neurological and Orthopedic Exams
		X-RAYS
		Spinal Adjustments
		Flexion/Distraction
		Applied Kinesiology
		Trigger Point Therapy - reducing muscle spasm via digital pressure
		Electric Muscle Stimulation - Speeds healing and improves blood flow to reduce pain and spasm
		Hydrocollator/Cryotherapy - Ice therapy to reduce pain and swelling
		Intersegmental Traction
		Massage Therapy
		Nutritional Counseling
		Spinal Health Workshops
		Scoliosis Screening
		Well Patient Programs
		Family Plans

Complimentary Consultation

Comprehensive Health History

Neurologic and Orthopedic Exams

Spinal Adjustment

The chiropractic adjustment is a skilled and specific form of manipulation.

Spinal manipulation, 94% of which is provided by a doctor of chiropractic, is a treatment modality which is designed to restore normal function to a musculoskeletal joint causing disability and/or pain. It consists of providing a specific maneuver to the affected joint (articulation) to achieve this end. Its purpose is to mobilize the joint, thereby returning it to its normal function and allowing other parts of the musculoskeletal system -- which often compensate to the improper functioning joint(s) -- to return to their normal relationships and function as well.

Some of the beneficial effects of spinal manipulation and the restoration of normal motion, function and
biomechanics which follow such treatment include:

		Relief of pain
		Reduction in joint swelling
		Relaxation of tight muscles
		Restoration and maintenance of ligament and muscle flexibility
		Restoration of normal muscle tone and coordination
		Restoration and maintenance of normal joint sensation and proprioception
		Improved alignment of new connective tissue
		Prevention of scar tissue shortening and chronic stiffness
		Promotion of quicker, more effective healing
		Reduction in the risk of reinjury and degeneration

(Slosberg, M. Validating Chiropractic: Documenting the Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice [Seminar],
Chicago, 1993.)

Flexion/Distraction

Flexion/Distraction is a non-force method of manual lumbar traction to affect the biomechanics of the lumbar spine.

In essence, flexion/distraction reduces lumbar disc bulging and protrusion by allowing the bulging aspect of the disc to reduce and recede into the disc body.

This technique was developed in the late 1960's, by Dr. James Cox, a Fort Wayne, Indiana Chiropractor. To date, it is the most effective non-force technique in use to affect the biomechanics of the disc and the vertebral motor and to stabilize the lumbar spine.

Applied Kinesiology

Trigger Point Therapy

Electric Muscle Stimulation

Electric Stimulation is the application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the threshold of the skin to pain.