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.