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Intersegmental
Traction with Heat
Intersegmental
traction is a special therapy table with built-in rollers and vibrating
massage, which roll up and down your spine. You lie on your back and
relax
while the table does the rest. It is used to improve mobility and
circulation
in the joints of the spine. Due to its soothing effect on the spine and
spinal
nerves, it helps reduce tension and nervousness, as well as helps the
spine to
heal with more mobility and strength. This helps prevent recurring
spinal
injuries. The heat relaxes the muscles and brings blood flow to the area
to
improve healing.
Pressure Point
(TriggerPoint) Massage
Massage relaxes muscles and
improves circulation, relieves pain, and
relieves physical fatigue. One type of massage is Pressure Point
Therapy. Your
body stores “stress” in areas called Pressure Points. Pressure Points
are small
painful pockets of energy that are located on or along a nerve or nerve
pathway
in the body. Pressure Points will block the nerve energy from flowing
through
your body. As you may know, the entire body is run by nerves. Your
nerves
control all functions in your body. The nerves run your heart, digestive
system, muscles, immune system, senses such as sight, taste, hearing,
etc. If a
nerve is blocked by a Pressure Point, the messages that flow through the
nerve
also become stopped. The basic idea, then, in Pressure Point Therapy is
to find
the areas of Pressure Points and treat them to open up nerve pathways
again.
Vibratory
Massage – VibraCusor Instrument
This
is a mechanical method of vibrating the tissue and muscles surrounding
your
problem area.This vibratory massage
aids in further relaxing your muscles and the surrounding tissues. You
will
also hear your doctor talk to you about “trigger points.”These are tight
hard spots found in the
muscle which create spasm and thereby discomfort and pain. These trigger
points
can be released through direct pressure and through vibratory massage.
Vibratory
massage also aids in increasing circulation in the involved area. When
used along
the entire spine and/or the arms and legs, it will greatly increase the
overall
circulation and will assist in draining the lymphatic system which helps
fight
disease.
Infrared
Therapy
Infrared
Therapy is for pain management and healing. It causes a reaction in
cells which
results in pain relief, reduction of swelling and repair of the tissue.
Electrical
Muscle Stimulation
Electrical
muscle stimulation is electrical current that affects the area where the
nerve
connects to the muscle. It will exercise and thereby strengthen the
muscle
without injuring it. This procedure increases the circulation in the
area
through exercise, also promoting the healing and strengthening of the
area of
muscles involved.
Therapeutic
Ultrasound
This is
used by Doctors in the musculo-skeletal health fields – hospitals,
medical
doctors, dentists, osteopaths, podiatrists, chiropractors, and physical
therapists.
Ultrasound is used by dentists to clean teeth. It is used by doctors, in
the
musculo-skeletal field, to clean the injured tissue to speed up proper
healing.
Use of ultrasound will shorten the treatment time, and usually, the
treatment
frequency.
TheraStim
TheraStim
is a type of electrical nerve and muscle stimulation for pain,
stiffness,
swelling or injury. The stimulation goes through the skin. One benefit
includes
helping to relieve pain syndromes following strain or sprain injuries.
It also
helps relax spasms, and reduce swelling and pain in many back problems.
In
addition,
TheraStim may help reduce
swelling and pain for such conditions as
tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder, knee injuries and
frequently
helps persistent, post-surgical pain. TheraStim can help build strength
in
muscles, tendons, and ligaments, especially following injury. It is also
useful
in restoring normal freedom and range of motion in patients experiencing
stiffness, or limitation of movement. Many professional sports teams use
TheraStim to treat injured athletes, helping them to recover more
rapidly, and
decrease or eliminate suffering from longstanding, residual, chronic
conditions.
Bioelectric
Nerve Block- Synaptic 3200 Device
Bio-electric Nerve
Block is a non-invasive,
pain control treatment. It blocks pain messages sent to the nerves and
the
electrical signals also cause the nerve cells to release natural
chemicals
known as neuro(nerve)-transmitters.
Some of these transmitters act as natural morphine-like agents to
inhibit pain.
Oxygen Therapy
Your
brain and nervous system need two things to survive: fuel and
activation. Fuel
comes from glucose (sugar) and oxygen. You get the glucose from the food
you
eat BUT as you age, your ability to use oxygen decreases. We use oxygen
therapy
to help you heal faster. The cerebellum
is the back part of your brain and it controls ALL of your spinal
muscles, as
well as your balance and coordinated movements. It is the most dependent
area
of the body when it comes to oxygen. When it is not firing correctly,
the
spinal muscles will spasm, the vertebrae (bones of your spine) lock up
and the
disc (cushion between the spinal bones) will lose fluid and degenerate.
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