Chiropractic healthcare focuses on the spinal bones, vertebrae, and underlying nervous system brain stem, spinal cord, and nerve roots. The nerves control all of our body functions therefore, if you pinch the nerve you cause dysfunction to that body area.
It cannot tell the body part what to do and it becomes diseased, in pain, or performs abnormally. Chiropractic adjustments move the misaligned bones back into their proper anatomical positions. This is important because the joints in your skeletal system can impede health when they are stuck or misaligned. An adjustment will restore proper movement, blood flow, and electrical flow to the area and eliminate pain or the improper messaging to that body part. An occasional adjustment, or regular chiropractic adjustment, to the skeletal system is good for maintaining wellness in the long run because minor traumas occur on a regular basis.
We also adjust extremities, which keep you moving. Yes, we adjust feet, ankles, knees, shoulders, wrists, elbows, and jaw bones too. Think TMJ, carpal tunnel, rotator cuff, computer and cell phone posture, sprained ankles, sports injuries, knee arthritis. Massage therapy is used to help manage a health condition or enhance wellness. It involves manipulating the soft tissues of the body. Massage has been practiced in most cultures, both Eastern and Western, throughout human history, and was one of the earliest tools that people used to try to relieve pain.
Physical therapy, also known as physiotherapy, may include certain exercises, massages and treatments based on physical stimuli e. The aim of physical therapy is to relieve pain, help you move better or strengthen weakened muscles. Another important goal is to show patients what they can do themselves to improve their own health. Physical therapy includes exercises to actively do certain movements yourself, guided, passive movements that the therapist does for you, as well as applying pressure massage , and treatments based on physical stimuli such as heat, cold, electrical currents or ultrasound.
These approaches are used to treat acute and chronic symptoms, and also to prevent future problems or for rehabilitation after long-term medical problems, surgery or injuries. The most suitable type of physical therapy treatment will depend on the symptoms and specific medical problem, as well as whether the patient has had the pain for a short time or long time, for instance. His or her personal preferences and overall physical fitness will play a role too. Cold laser therapy is a type of treatment in which low-intensity light is applied to your body, typically over injured or inflamed tissue.
