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Chiropractic Care

Chiropractors use hands-on spinal manipulation and other alternative treatments. The theory is that proper alignment of the body's musculoskeletal structure, particularly the spine, will enable the body to heal itself without surgery or medication. Manipulation is used to restore mobility to joints restricted by tissue injury caused by a traumatic event, such as falling, or repetitive stress, such as sitting without proper back support.

Chiropractic Care Benefits

Chiropractic care is a form of complementary medicine based on the idea that your body can heal itself with the help of specific hands-on manipulations from a trained professional. These manipulations help realign your joints and can potentially lead to pain relief.

Chiropractic treatment may help relieve pain from conditions affecting your:

  • Bones
  • Cartilage
  • Connective tissue
  • Joints
  • Muscles

Chiropractic Care Techniques

There are multiple adjustment styles within chiropractic but boiled down to their essentials each chiropractor’s approach addresses three key areas regardless of the techniques used.

Manual Therapy

Manual therapy is what the layperson most often associates with chiropractic care. Here, the patient’s joints are manually manipulated, either on an adjusting table or a traction table. In this way, the patient’s joints can be stretched and mobilized, easing pain and also alleviating stress on surrounding musculature.

Soft Tissue Therapy

Having mentioned muscle pain and stress, we would be remiss if we didn’t also discuss how chiropractic adjustment addresses it. The application of heat (to promote flexibility and relieve pain), cold (to prevent swelling and inflammation), and even cutting-edge treatments like cold lasers is often undertaken in tandem with a regimen of stretches, trigger point therapy, and even multiple forms of instrument-assisted therapy. Some chiropractors’ offices will make use of what’s generally considered equipment for physical therapy alongside traditional chiropractic equipment.

Exercise Therapy and Self-Management

In some ways, the chiropractor’s craft overlaps with physical and occupational therapy. After all, s/he is often attempting to help patients restore range of motion, as well as strength lost to atrophy, or imbalances that occur when pain or misalignment cause patients to favor one side of the body, or one muscle group, over another. So from tips for good posture to exercises a patient can do between visits, a good chiropractor gives the patient tools to aid in their recovery and continued well-being.

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Why choose us?

When you choose InReach for your care needs, you are choosing a team dedicated to providing the support and healing needed to get you back to your best. Our therapists will develop a personalized treatment plan unique to your needs leveraged through leading, outcomes-driven techniques intended to improve movement and overall function goals.

About our team

Our physical therapists are specially trained in a range of specialties. We will also work collaboratively with your support network - from primary doctors to collegiate athletic trainers - to help you safely return to your day-to-day life while optimizing performance and preventing re-injury. We treat patients of all ages, and we pride ourselves on ease of access, convenience, quality of care, and a positive family-friendly environment.

At physical therapy appointments, we encourage patients to wear comfortable clothing that enables free movement and that allows the therapist access to the injured body part. Most patients wear athletic clothes to their appointments.

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