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X-Ray & Diagnostic Procedures

Your chiropractor has many well-documented diagnostic procedures to help evaluate your condition that include asking you questions about your health and giving you a physical examination. Chiropractors may use x-rays to help determine the health of your musculoskeletal system and to see if your body has developed any serious conditions that should be managed by another provider. There are specific well-documented reasons for performing x-rays. A reputable DC will x-ray only the patients who require it. Feel free to question your chiropractor about the need for x-rays in your case, about the percentage of patients x-rayed in his or her office, or about any other diagnostic or treatment procedure that is unclear to you.

Physical Rehabilitation

Massage Therapy

What is a Massage?
Massage is a term describing a variety of techniques using the hands, mechanical or electrical apparatus to stimulate or soothe soft tissues of the body for therapeutic purposes.

How does Massage work?
Massage works by kneading and stroking muscles to relax them, and uses friction to stimulate soft tissues. This therapy can increase blood and lymph circulation while breaking up scar tissue between muscle fibers.

What does massage feel like?
Therapeutic massage and its effects vary with each individual. Clothing is usually removed from the area treated and the patient should be relaxed and comfortable. A lubricating oil or powder is used to reduce friction during circular stroking and compression of soft tissue.

Physiotherapy

There are three main fields of practice within the discipline of physiotherapy: musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiorespirological. Musculoskeletal physiotherapy causes or accelerates healing of soft-tissue injury and seeks to maximize the rate of safe return to function. Neurological physiotherapy accelerates and optimizes the return to normal movement and function after a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other neurological illness, and maximizes functional ability for spinal cord injured patients. Cardiorespirological physiotherapy seeks to improve breathing and prevent lung infection for those with respirological conditions. In addition, customized aerobic exercise programs are used together with techniques in energy conservation to increase functional capacity of those with heart or lung problems.  

Physiotherapy treatment can include exercise, manual therapy, electrical modalities, work hardening, as well as education and home exercise. Emphasis is placed on what the patient can do for him/herself and on the prevention of future injuries or disability. A physiotherapist promotes independence and facilitates patients taking responsibility for their rehabilitation.

Pain Management

Trigger Point Injections

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