Back to Basics: What is Chiropractic Care? 

As chiropractic physicians, we typically diagnose and treat patients whose health problems are at the hand of the body’s muscular, nervous, and skeletal systems. In your treatment protocol, we incorporate the use of physiologic therapies like ultrasound, electrical nerve stimulation, and traction. Here is what chiropractic care could help you with. 

What is Chiropractic Care? 

Chiropractic care is the focus on aligning the body’s musculoskeletal structure, mainly the spine, for the purpose of the body healing itself naturally. Spinal manipulation helps restore mobility to joints after a patient falls or undergoes repetitive stress, like sitting without proper back support. WebMD explains that chiropractic treatment is primarily used as a pain relief alternative for muscles, joints, bones, and connective tissue, like cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. 

Spinal Health with Chiropractic Care

The practice of chiropractic care is based on the idea that a healthy spine follows a normal alignment. When the spine becomes misaligned, discs and the nerves surrounding them can become compressed. When you seek chiropractic care to restore natural alignment, it can often relieve the pain and other symptoms that more conventional treatments can’t get rid of. 

How Chiropractic Care Works 

The chiropractor will apply a small amount of focused pressure to move vertebrae and loose joints that have become frozen in an incorrect position. Once the spine is in correct position, it is easier to find the hurt nerves and muscle tension. Those could be what is causing the remaining discomfort.

Many people get startled when they hear the popping noises and feel the adjustment take place and fear that it causes damage to the spine, however, that is not true. Rather, we are able to treat cases that would typically result in surgery, which allows the patient to forgo having to go under the knife. Additionally, we also specialize in treating patients who have been in a car accident, because our adjustments are gentle enough to correct the spine without causing further discomfort or injury.

If you are someone who suffers from chronic pain, neuropathy issues like numbness and low back pain, you could benefit from chiropractic care at Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center. 

Having a healthy spine doesn’t only include spinal manipulation though, it can also include other treatments to get your spine as healthy as possible — like spinal decompression and active release technique. 

Spinal Decompression

Common symptoms that could mean you have cervical compression include:

• Bulging and herniated discs noted on imaging tests
• Unusual wear to the spinal joints
• Nerve root damage that causes fatigue, chronic pain, and tingling
• Lack of flexibility and stiffness in the neck

Here in our Austin, Texas office, we offer spinal decompression therapy. This can help treat disc related conditions and chronic back or neck pain. Spinal decompression can help restore spinal health without the risk or side effects of other treatment methods.

Spinal decompression therapy uses intradiscal pressure to create a vacuum effect at the level of the hurt disc, which is called negative pressure. When negative pressure happens, degenerative discs are rehydrated and herniated disc material can be pulled back inside the disc. With this, the body can heal itself by placing the disc back in its proper position.

In this therapy, the patient will be attached to a padded harness. Once connected,  a computer carefully and slowly stretches the back and neck to release tension. Many patients will recognize a difference in a matter of only a few visits. 

Active Release Technique 

ART is also known as active release technique. This therapy can provide relief to muscles, tendons, fascia, nerves, and surrounding tissues caused by repetitive motion and injury. ART therapy can relieve numbness, tingling, burning, and aching by breaking down the scars that form in the tissues. These scars appear aver overused muscles substation repeated trauma and causes the muscles to become shorter and weaker. This can lead to reduced flexibility, loss of strength, and pain. 

Active Release Technique can help treat issues like:

• Achilles Tendonitis
• Ankle Injuries
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Frozen Shoulder
• Rotator Cuff Syndrome
• Golfers and Tennis Elbow
• Hip pain
• Running Injuries
• Sports Injuries
• Tendonitis
• Nerve related disorders

Make an Appointment with Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center

Close to 65 million Americans have reported a recent episode of back pain, while 15 million adults experience persistent or chronic back pain. If you are someone who has back pain, come see what chiropractic care can do for you at Texas Spine and Sports Therapy Center. Make an appointment with us today.