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1005 Eastern Avenue New patients are welcome! 80.5% of Asthma patients show much improvement with Chiropractic care.
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Services Activator ActivatorA device used to deliver chiropractic adjustments. It
is a very useful tool when we are treating broken ribs, the elderly, or
infant children. We can vary the impulse that the activator delivers.
It is a nice option in many situations that we encounter throughout the
day to help us deliver a patient’s manipulation that we would not
be able to do manually for one reason or another. Electrical Muscle StimulationThere are several different sources of electrical muscle
stimulations. First, interferencial therapy is a therapy applied to a
patient that offers several benefits. It provides pain relief and increased
blood flow that help the muscles relax and pain decrease. Russian stimulation
is another type of muscle stimulation that we utilize. This variation
of electrical muscle stimulation actually helps contract the muscle and
helps the patient regain strength in the injured muscle area to offer
greater support in rehabilitating the patient’s injury. The third
type of muscle stimulation that we utilize is Micro current. This is a
therapy that we use in very acute situations with associated swelling,
such as, an ankle sprain. This therapy is wonderful in simulating the
body’s normal healing energies, and it tends to speed the recovery
of ankle sprains and other acute injuries when applied within the first
48 hours Graston TechniqueWe utilize the Graston technique, which is tool-assisted
soft tissue work. These very smooth metal tools are designed in various
shapes and sizes that fit angles in the body. We utilize these to work
on the muscles, ligaments, and tendons throughout the body. This technique
is extremely useful in breaking up scar tissue and helping the body’s
ability to reform scar tissue. This speeds the healing process of various
injuries, such as, tendinitis and deep-seated back and neck pain. Hot Moist CompressWe use hot moist packs prior to the manipulation. Hot
moist packs are a terrific way of reducing muscle spasm and relaxing the
patient so that the manipulation can be performed with greater ease. Heat
is very useful not only at reducing the muscle spasms associated with
many of the spinal ailments that we treat but also helps draw blood flow
which enhances the body’s ability to heal. Ice PackIce packs are used when there is acute swelling and spasm
in an area. This is helpful 1) killing pain and 2) reducing the inflammatory
response thus speeding the healing rate and recovery for the patient involved.
Intersegmental TractionWe utilize a Cox flexion-distraction table, which is
table that allows us to do lumbar intersegmental traction on people with
injured low backs. What this does is it stretches each lumbar disk, which
is the pad in between each individual vertebra. We are able to flex, extend,
rotate, and bend side to side each individual disk allowing a proper restoration
of normal motion. Stretching each disk helps reduce pain and muscle spasm.
These motions increase the rate of healing in the disks, which are notoriously
slow to heal. These tables are highly successful in allowing us to treat
acute low back disk patients by positioning them in postures that reduce
their pain and relieving nerve pressure. This is an excellent tool when
treating patients with severe low back pain, ruptured discs and sciatica.
We have had great degrees of success with it with not only regular low
back pain but also with ruptured disks and sciatic pain. Manipulative TherapyThis is a gentle force applied in a corrective manner
to the spine or affected extremity joint. This force is used to correct
the motion in that joint giving proper alignment and function to that
area in the spine. This helps optimize biomechanics and relieve pressure
from the nerves and freeing the nervous system thus creating better overall
health in the individual receiving the adjustment. Passive StretchingAnother soft tissue technique. The doctors use various
techniques of stretching so that we can lengthen tightened muscles within
the skeletal structures. This will help allow the patient’s healing
by creating a better balance and symmetry throughout the body. Soft Tissue TherapyWe utilize several methods of soft tissue therapy first
being trigger point therapy. A trigger point is a local area of muscular
spasm. Often when it is an active trigger point when you press it, you
will have pain referring to other parts of your body. Trigger point therapy
is performed by utilizing our hands to work on trigger points (knots)
that cause many of the pain syndromes that affect our patients. By using
our hands to work on these trigger points, the toxins that cause the pain
in these muscles can release and be flushed out of the body. Massaging
also attracts blood flow to the injured area to help increase the rate
of healing within the body. Therapeutic ExercisesUltrasound is a very effective therapy at penetrating
and breaking up scar tissue. We utilize ultrasound on many different injuries
from back pain to neck pain. It is also very effective in treating injuries
such as tendonitis, sprains, and strains. The sound waves from the ultrasound
machine penetrate your skin through an applied gel. The sound waves continue
through muscles, tendons, and ligaments breaking up scar tissue along
the way. This cellular massage helps break up the injured tissue and drawing
blood flow deep into the muscle bone interface. This deep blood flow helps
heal deep injuries and increases the rate of recovery for many injuries
that are stubborn in nature. UltrasoundUltrasound is a very effective therapy at penetrating
and breaking up scar tissue. We utilize ultrasound on many different injuries
from back pain to neck pain. It is also very effective in treating injuries
such as tendonitis, sprains, and strains. The sound waves from the ultrasound
machine penetrate your skin through an applied gel. The sound waves continue
through muscles, tendons, and ligaments breaking up scar tissue along
the way. This cellular massage helps break up the injured tissue and drawing
blood flow deep into the muscle bone interface. This deep blood flow helps
heal deep injuries and increases the rate of recovery for many injuries
that are stubborn in nature. X raysRadiographs are an essential tool in the chiropractic
office. A radiograph allows us to determine if a patient’s condition
is treatable in our office. We rule out fracture, tumors, etc., with the
use of radiographs. This is important because our primary responsibility
is to make sure that we are the proper treating physician because if we
are not, we are going to send the patient to a healthcare practitioner
that can most appropriately serve their needs. Radiographs also show us
postural alignment and degenerative changes that can help us assist in
treating the patient’s condition more specifically so that we can
give them the most effective care for long term recovery.
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At Francis Chiropractic, we believe chiropractic care
can offer a complete wellness approach to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
This chiropractic manipulative treatment is appropriate for patients of
all ages. It is an ideal treatment for infants, children and teenagers.