Avoid Spinal Disc Surgery with Chiropractic and Other Conservative Treatments
People with spinal disc problems can avoid surgery by receiving chiropractic care and other natural, alternative treatments. Most people, when they have these disc herniations, when they find out they have a herniation on an MRI, the immediate thought is surgery. That is because that is what people are trained to hear nowadays. However, there […]
Treating Herniated and Degenerative Disc Injuries Without Surgery
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/356019852/a74f3c2c99″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/356019852/a74f3c2c99″][/su_vimeo] Chiropractors use a combination of chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression and core strengthening to treat herniated discs and degenerative disc injuries without surgery. Can you explain what a herniated and a degenerative disc is? Dr. Kyle Robertson: Absolutely. Each segment of your spine is separated by a disc, which gives the spine its […]
3 Types of Injuries That Functional Movement Tape Helps
Functional movement taping is the process of placing tape on the skin to lift it. This provides pain relief and allows blood flow to increase. The tape interrupts the pain signals sent to the brain to allow muscles and joints greater range of motion and functionality. Three different types of injuries that functional movement tape […]
Functional Movement Taping
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/288611528/5adc233024″][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/288611528/5adc233024″][/su_vimeo] Functional movement taping is the process of placing tape on the skin to lift it. This provides pain relief and allows blood flow to increase. The tape interrupts the pain signals sent to the brain to allow muscles and joints greater range of motion and functionality. Can you please start by describing […]
The Scraping Technique Protocol for Muscle Knots, Trigger Points and Scar Tissue
The most common things that we use the scraping technique for are trigger points, knots, and adhesions of the muscle, along with scar tissue after surgery or even just after an injury. Our regular treatment protocol for this is really dependent on the patient’s reaction to the therapy. With scraping, there is some bruising afterwards. […]
The Scraping Technique, The Graston Technique and ConnecTX Therapy
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/280249468/4f9a294bbf”][su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/280249468/4f9a294bbf”][/su_vimeo] The scraping technique is a popular chiropractic treatment that uses instruments to break down muscle adhesions and scar tissue and to massage trigger points with the goal of increasing range of motion. The Graston Technique and ConnecTX Therapy are forms of scraping that use different tools or instruments to reach muscles at […]
The Most Popular Chiropractic Techniques Used to Treat Adults
The age range of people that we treat is anywhere between 20 to 50 years old. Most of our patients come in with some musculoskeletal pain, either back pain, neck pain or mid-back pain, and we treat them with the HVLA adjustment. It stands for high velocity, low amplitude adjustments. That is the most standard […]
Chiropractic Adjustments for Every Demographic
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LightForce™ Laser Therapy
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A Unique Approach: The Ferraro Spine Method
What makes the Ferraro Spine Method unique is that we have compiled four different therapies that when used in unison create a much better treatment outcome. For example, a herniated disc injury is really four different injuries happening simultaneously, as one reacts with another, creating a negative reflex loop or cascade of events. At that […]
