Introduction To Chiropractic Services
Chiropractors are medical professionals who treat your back and neck. They use a combination of chiropractic adjustments and massage therapy to help with issues such as headaches, back pain, and other ailments.
- Chiropractic care is a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that focuses on treating the cause of an injury, not just its symptoms.
- Chiropractors are trained to diagnose and treat problems with the spine and the nervous system. The neck and back support most of the body’s weight, so injuries to these areas can affect your overall health.
- The spine is a complex system of bones, joints, and ligaments that support and protect the spinal cord—the bundle of nerves running from your brain down through your neck that connects you to everything else in your body.
Massage therapy and sports massage
Massage therapy is a non-invasive treatment that can help with pain and inflammation. It also helps to increase blood flow, which can relieve achy muscles. Massage therapy is often used to help with sports-related injuries, headaches, and other issues. Chiropractors use massage techniques on their patients as part of their chiropractic care.
The goal of massage therapy is to reduce muscle tension by applying pressure to soft tissues in order to improve circulation and flexibility in the body.
Dry needling
A chiropractor may use a needle to help release muscle spasms or trigger points in your body. It is called a myofascial release (MFR). It is done by inserting the needle into your muscle, causing it to contract and relax more quickly than normal. This helps break up any knots of muscle tissue that have been created by tension, stress or injury and reduces pain and inflammation.
The needle itself has no medication in it; it is used only to make small holes in the skin so that blood can flow through those areas more easily. A good analogy would be poking yourself with a sewing needle at home; no matter how small you poke yourself with it, there will still be some bleeding! But there are tiny veins in your body called capillaries that have very thin walls between them because they need oxygen to flow through them. This means that even if you poke yourself with something as small as an acupuncture needle (which could get lost inside if inserted wrong), there will still be enough room for these capillaries to work properly without being crushed under too much pressure from outside forces like gravity pulling down on them from above…
Dry needling is a technique used by chiropractors, physical therapists, and other healthcare providers. It involves the use of a thin filament needle to puncture the skin without breaking it. The process of dry needling aims to treat pain symptoms by stimulating specific points in muscles known as trigger points. These trigger points are tender areas in the muscle that can cause pain when pressed against or compressed during normal movement of your body.
While dry needling is similar to manipulation, there’s no twisting or popping involved with this treatment method—just gentle stretching that can help with the pain you may be having. If you have pain in your neck or back that keeps coming back because your muscles are tight, you might want to see a chiropractor who does dry needling to help relieve your pain.
Kinesiology taping
Kinesiology tape is what you often see used in the Olympics. It helps fix problems with your muscles and joints while still letting you do normal things.
Kinesiology tapes can be used in many different ways; they help with pain and inflammation, posture, flexibility, and so much more!
They can also help athletes recover from injuries faster than other methods, such as ice baths or heat packs. In fact, there have been studies done that show a reduction of up to 70% in pain during physical activity after using kinesiology tape for three days straight!
Chiropractic manipulation and joint mobilization
Chiropractors are trained to treat a wide variety of ailments, including back and neck pain, spinal misalignments (subluxations), headaches, and migraines. They also use techniques to treat nerve problems (like carpal tunnel syndrome), digestive problems (like constipation or diarrhea), sports injuries, joint problems, and any other musculoskeletal condition that can be helped by physical therapy.
The doctor will explain these techniques and which ones may be best for you:
- Chiropractic Manipulation: This is an adjustment that involves manually moving bones into their proper alignment. It is performed by hand or with an instrument like an Activator.
- Joint mobilization: This technique uses pressure to move joints through their full range of motion in order for them to heal properly after injury or disability. This technique has caused tissue tension in the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments due to improper function over time without having been addressed during treatment earlier on, resulting in scar tissue forming inside your body where there should not be any!
- Massage therapy and Sports Massage: These modalities involve applying varying degrees of pressure through massage strokes as well as stretching positions specifically designed to target specific areas within our bodies that require attention, depending on what type of issue(s) they want us to look at first before deciding what needs to be fixed more quickly than others, depending on how serious each one is.
About Dr. Lara Sanders
Dr. Lara Sanders obtained her MTech Chiropractic degree from the University of Johannesburg. She is passionate about helping people of all ages, ranging from babies to the elderly. Lara loves working with her patients to help them overcome their pain and discomfort with the aim of achieving long-lasting results. She runs a Chiropractic Clinic in Linksfield Johannesburg. Her goal is to help restore her patients’ mobility and provide pain relief in a natural holistic manner. She aims to offer her patients a treatment that makes them comfortable and ensures every appointment is enjoyable and stress-free while still focusing on decreasing the pain and focusing on the root of the problem. She is one of the best Chiropractors in Johannesburg. Visit https://www.drlarasanders.co.za/ for more details.