Are You Familiar With the Benefits of Chiropractic Care?
Are you fed up with persistent back pain and wondering if chiropractic care can help? Are you nervous about trying chiropractic treatments because you heard it’s just about “cracking” your back?
At PhysioPlus Health Group in Toronto, ON, our chiropractors are highly skilled at safely and effectively treating all types of spine and musculoskeletal pain and/or injuries.
Chiropractic is an evidence-based, non-invasive, hands-on health care discipline that focuses on musculoskeletal and nervous systems disorders. Chiropractic is a licensed health care profession that emphasizes the body’s ability to heal itself. In fact, in some states, chiropractors are designated as “physician-level providers.”
Although spinal manipulation is a common form of treatment, it is certainly not the only tool in our toolbox. Chiropractors practice primarily using their hands, providing diagnosis, treatment, and preventive care for disorders related to the spine, joints, and muscles of the body. Chiropractors are also highly skilled at using other forms of treatment, such as exercise, posture and body mechanics, and nutritional counseling.
If you have grown tired of searching for a safe, natural way to manage your discomfort, look no further! Call PhysioPlus Health Group today to learn more about how our skilled chiropractors can help you feel better, faster, without surgery or drugs!
What conditions can a chiropractor help with?
Since the 1990s, clinical research has demonstrated the benefits of manual therapy (i.e., spinal manipulation) for various musculoskeletal conditions, particularly low back pain. As a result, manipulation is now regarded as an effective treatment option for spine-related pain in the US and internationally.
Chiropractic services are used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches. Chiropractic care may also provide symptomatic relief for the following conditions:
- Strains and sprains
- Degenerative joints and arthritis
- Limited range of motion in the spine and/or limbs
- Sports injuries and enhancing performance capabilities
- Weaknesses anywhere in the body
- Vertigo/dizziness
- Whiplash
- Sciatica
Chiropractors offer a variety of treatments to help people resolve aches and pain and more severe injuries and disorders. No matter what you are dealing with, you can rest assured our chiropractors will do their best to guide you back to health using proven, evidence-based strategies!
How do chiropractors treat pain?
Chiropractors use a combination of treatments, depending on the individual patient’s specific needs. After taking a history, performing an examination, and establishing a diagnosis, a chiropractor can develop and carry out a comprehensive treatment/management plan, recommend therapeutic exercise and other non-invasive therapies, and provide nutritional and lifestyle counseling.
For typical musculoskeletal injuries and postural syndromes, chiropractors use the following categories of therapeutic interventions:
- Joint manipulation and mobilization
- Soft tissue manipulation and massage techniques
- Exercise prescription, including corrective exercises and strengthening programming (i.e., posture and body mechanics)
- Modalities (i.e., heat, ice, ultrasound, electrostimulation, and other modalities)
- Instruction on home exercises and activity modifications (i.e., ergonomics)
- Nutritional counseling
One of the most common therapies a chiropractor uses is spinal manipulative therapy (SMT). In this technique, practitioners use their hands or device to apply a controlled thrust to a joint of your spine.
Specific training in SMT allows chiropractors to provide a force of a specific magnitude in a particular direction for a precise adjustment to the spine’s vertebrae. The goal of an adjustment is to improve and/or proper movement, resolve pain and improve overall function.
Your PhysioPlus Health Group chiropractor will determine which of their specialized techniques and methods are likely to help you feel your best in the least amount of time possible. Rest assured that if at any time you have questions or concerns about your treatments, you can feel free to ask at appointments!
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At PhysioPlus Health Group, our chiropractors are here to help you return to living a pain-free lifestyle that doesn’t prevent you from doing what you love to do. Our goal is to help point you in the direction of actual relief.
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