The chiropractic treatment
Whatever your symptoms, the goal of your chiropractic treatment will be to find and correct your specific spinal malfunctions.
The chiropractor begins the
first consultation with a careful case history of your general health. If
you already have results of X-rays, Magnetic resonance or CAT scan results,
bring them with you for the chiropractor to see. These, together with a
physical examination, including orthopaedic, neurological and chiropractic
tests, will help your chiropractor come to a diagnosis and treatment plan
for your particular problem.
Treatments consist of a large variety of adjustments for the joints of your spine, together with many
kinds of soft tissue work for your muscles tendons and ligaments. Apart
from the use of a small device called an activator, all our work is done
with our own hands. No machines or medicines are used. Our techniques allow
us to relieve pain and other symptoms primarily by treating the cause of
your problem, and more importantly for the long term to restore normal function
to the whole spinal column and pelvis.
In this way you can expect to be
healthier after your course of treatment than you were before the problem
arose.
In Britain and many other North European countries, manipulation or the
chiropractic adjustment has been recognised as the treatment of choice for
low back pain. Following an important piece of Research published by the
British Medical Journal, Family doctors in Britain have been directed to
refer their low back pain patients, within the first six weeks of onset
of symptoms, to a qualified chiropractor or osteopath.
The activator seen in the photograph on the left is sometimes used as an
alternative to conventional adjustments for babies and children, the older
generation, acute patients and in cases when the usual adjustment is not
appropriate. Just like a normal adjustment, it is designed to deliver a
measured high velocity thrust in a specific direction and it is completely
painless.