Chiropractor In Malvern, PA
Chiropractors are physicians, just like medical and osteopathic doctors. However, rather than relying on medications or surgery, chiropractors specialize in hands-on treatments and natural therapies to help promote healing and restore function. They believe that our bodies have a powerful and innate ability to heal, and with the right stimulus and balance, medication and surgery are more often not necessary.
The professional chiropractors at Aligned Medical Group like to educate their patients so they can live healthier lives.
Chiropractic Care and Treatment Options
Our chiropractors in our Malvern, PA office provide both common and more specialized techniques when providing chiropractic care and treatment, including spinal manipulation and other joint adjustments. In addition to adjustments, chiropractic care may include techniques like therapeutic stretching, soft tissue therapies, including the Graston technique, heat and cold therapy, therapeutic massage, electrical nerve or muscle stimulation, and dietary management to treat patients. These techniques release muscular knots, increase circulation, restore posture and often provide immediate pain relief for patients.
Our Chiropractors are knowledgeable in these important areas:
- Diet
- Exercise
- Natural Supplements
- Posture
- Proper lifting techniques
- How to select a good mattress
What Should I Expect During Chiropractic Care and Treatment?
During chiropractic treatment, when a joint stretches, you may hear and feel a “pop” or “crack” sound which feels good. This is normal and called cavitation. Cavitation is the release of air bubbles from synovial fluid and a vacuum-like effect that allows a further range of motion when being adjusted. Over minutes to hours, the air bubbles diffuse back into the synovial fluid.
Conditions That Chiropractic Care Can Help
Chiropractic helps many musculoskeletal conditions, conditions involving joints, posture, nerves, cartilage, aches, and pains, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Some of the more common conditions we help include:
- Sciatica And Pinched Nerves
- Herniated Discs
- Back And Neck Pain
- Headaches
- Poor Posture
- Whiplash
- Arthritis
- Stenosis
- Knee Pain
- Rotator Cuff Strain
- Hip Pain
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care begins with techniques that release muscle and joint tightness, improve joint mobility, balance joint motion, and correct for misaligned joints. Polypeptides, enkephalins, and endorphins, are released with cavitation (the cracking or popping sound) and act as pain relievers and assist in immune system modulation. For this reason, patients often experience immediate relief.
If you have an imbalanced posture, adjustments on your neck, upper back, and shoulders may help restore posture by treating the imbalance. Just stretching neck muscles has limited benefits, but with chiropractic care, your nervous system will reduce muscle tension, and help better position your joints to reduce joint stress. Muscles are often tight in response to a restricted joint.
The techniques used in the course of chiropractic care include:
- Spinal adjustments
- Flexion distraction therapy
- Diversified technique
- Traction and long axis distraction
Aligned Medical Group provides patients with solution-focused chiropractic care in Malvern, PA. After chiropractic care, patients have the ability to live their lives to the fullest.
FAQs About Chiropractic Care and Treatment
What is a Chiropractor?
Chiropractors are licensed physicians who attend 3-5 years of doctorate training following 4 years of prerequisite coursework, similar to pre-medicine. Graduates must then pass state boards exams and maintain continuing education for licensure. While graduates are qualified to be Primary Care Physicians, perform minor surgeries, and prescribe medications, state boards decide the facets within which they may practice, state to state. In addition to chiropractic adjustments and spinal decompression therapy, most states permit chiropractors to order and interpret lab work and diagnostic tests such as X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and Ultrasound in the course of chiropractic care.
Is Chiropractic Care Safe?
Every year, millions of people seek chiropractic care in the United States. When provided by a Board-Certified and licensed Chiropractor, chiropractic care is considered very safe. Our trained professional knows how to use gentle techniques and understands where caution may be necessary. Chiropractors can work on soft tissues to increase the mobility of your muscles and joints.
It is important to tell your Chiropractor if you’ve had a recent fever or illness, sprains, strains or fractures, trauma, osteoporosis, or cancer.
If you want to learn more about chiropractic care plans and how it can help you, call Aligned Medical Group at (610) 644-3166 to schedule an evaluation.
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