Chiropractors are skilled practitioners who have a an understanding of multiple regions of the body. Ways in which chiropractors treat can vary based on symptoms and patient goals and in most cases patients can find themselves feeling better within the first couple of sessions.
Some conditions chiropractors can treat include but are not limited to:
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Headaches
- Migraines
- Shoulder Pain
- Arm pain
- Breathing Problems
- Decreased Motion
- Disc Herniations
- Joint pain and Stiffness
- TMJ / Jaw Pain
- Fatigue
- Mid Back Pain
- Muscle Tension
- Numbness/Tingling
- Rotator cuff issues
- Strength Issues
- Asymmetry
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Dizziness (vertigo)
- Fibromyalgia
- Hip Pain
- Migraines
- Muscular Imbalance
- Pinched Nerve
- Chronic Pain
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Chest Pain
- Golfer’s / Tennis Elbow
- Low back pain
- Muscle Spasms
- Poor posture
- Tendinitis
Other Benefits Of Chiropractic Care?
Chiropractic care decreases pain and promotes the bodies natural healing process so that it can repair itself to the best of its ability.
Chiropractic treatment offers the following benefits:
- Boost in physical performance (increases mobility)
- Improves mental health
- Decreases stress
- Better range of motion and flexibility
- Better sleep
- Increased energy
How Can Our Chiropractic Team Help?
Depending on the severity of the injury or area of concern our practitioners in our Broadmeadows, Westmeadows and Fawkner Clinics will treat accordingly to your complaint. Treatments that may be provided but are not limited to include:
- Spinal manipulation, Activator Methods, Drop Piece, SOT and other adjustive techniques can help alleviate joints that have restriction such as spinal segments and joints (LeFebvre, Peterson & Haas, 2012)
- PNF/PIR/prescribed stretching – Stretching has shown to reduce pain, improve functionality of the wrist and hand also maintains strength and improves patients in both long and short-term outcomes.
- Remedial Massage, Trigger point therapy or use of handheld massager – Have shown to decrease pain/tenderness, enhance both range of motion and quality of life and influence flexibility (Shah et al., 2015) (Imtiyaz, Veqar & Shareef, 2014)
- Advice on daily living activities/diet – This enables advice on how to change to make healthy actions into habits and may offer a valuable alternative with potential for long-term impact. (Gardner, Lally & Wardle, 2012)
- Prescribed exercises – produce more beneficial outcomes in terms of increased strength, improved function and reduced pain scores. (Fernandes, Pedrinelli & Hernandez, 2015)
- Dry Needling or Cupping to the surrounding musculature to help decrease tension and inflammation around the area of the hand and forearm.
For more information on whether we can help contact using the link below – https://themelbournechiropractor.com.au/contact