WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS ?
Doctors of Chiropractic utilize adjustments to correct misalignments of your spine. An adjustment is a specific manipulation of the vertebral segments of your spine. The adjustments assist in providing proper biomechanics to help alleviate pain and allow for proper functioning of your spine, neurological elements, associated muscles, tendons and ligaments. Adjustments may also be performed on the joints of your extremities. Often times shoulder, elbow, wrist, knee and ankle injuries require correction of minor misalignments as well.
In addition to adjustments, Foundation Chiropractic utilizes a wide range of modalities to further assist in your treatment program. Moist heat pads, ultrasound, ice, massage, and exercise instruction may be utilized by your doctor to assist in your healing
Chiropractic care is designed to help improve your health and alleviate discomfort. On your first visit, you will be examined and treated. It can take an hour. On subsequent visits, you will always receive your therapies, manipulations, and be able to discuss your case. These visits are approximately a half hour. X-rays are not mandatory and are strictly optional.
WHAT IS SCOLIOSIS?
There are 24 bones of the spine, when stacked in the correct position, it is straight. The shoulders and hips are level when viewed from the back or front. From the side you should have 3 curves which act structural self defense and stability. When the spine is twisted or curved abnormally, this is called scoliosis-from the Greek word meaning crooked. Studies say they 85-90% is of unknown origin,10-15% by pathology-tumor, birth defect, bone deformity, infection. It is not true that poor posture causes scoliosis. Since the bones in the spine are twisted, nerve interference can occur even more frequently. New research shows a cause or at least contributing factor to be a disturbance or dysfunction in the nervous system to areas of the spine that are involved with body balance, posture and position sense of the body. Chiropractic does not treat disease-even scoliosis, but it does correct spinal nerve stress, which is evident in many cases of scoliosis. And if the condition is caught young enough, there is a possibility of slowing down or, in some cases, preventing it from getting worse.
WHAT IS LOWER BACK PAIN?
Fact: 85% of the population will have some type of back pain at least once in their lives. An estimated cost of treatment in the USA is $50 billion dollars a year. All of your back muscles and leg muscles anchor to your back. Lack of exercise, muscle imbalance, poor nutrition and diet, stress, prolonged sitting or standing, all create or promote a low back episode. The problem is it never heals correctly in the first place because you have to keep using it, through work or play, and expect it to keep up. You don't treat it very good either! Back pain is commonly thought to come from the discs (the little shock absorbers between your spinal bones), hip joints, pelvis, lower back and even all the way down to the knees and feet, or as far away as your skull.
