Corrective Care in Denver
Why is Correction Important?
The spine is the foundation of our body and is designed with curvatures to protect the spinal cord. Due to stress and strain over time the body may begin to develop structural compensations. If left uncorrected, this can add stress to the discs, joints, spinal cord, and nerves. Corrective chiropractic care focuses on restoring the natural curves in our body while also reducing the abnormal ones. In turn, this may help prevent pain and dysfunction as well as enhance nervous system function.
This first phase will include the majority of your corrective-based care and is determined through subjective and objective findings including X-rays. If symptomatic, this is also commonly known as the relief phase due to reduction and/or resolution of symptoms. These initial adjustments and home care recommendations break down abnormal neuromuscular patterns until your spine and nervous system begin to heal and stabilize.
During this phase your spine will continue to make corrective changes. This is when additional at-home rehab will be added to further stabilize and facilitate the structural changes occurring in Phase 1. Now that abnormal patterns have broken down, adjustments are able to re-wire and create new neurological connections.
The goal of the third phase will be ensuring your body is integrating and holding its new normal positioning. This establishes the foundation that allows your nervous system to adapt to everyday stressors. When the body is stabilized, it is better able to respond to stress so that the spine achieves maximum correction.
Neuromuscular Re-education
Wobble disc and flexion distraction table warms up the ligaments and muscles of the spine to prepare your body for the adjustment. Additional benefits include: disc hydration, reduced intradiscal pressure, increased range of motion, decreased muscle pain/tightness, and decreased pressure on spinal nerves.
Chiropractic adjustment
Corrects vertebral subluxations and removes interference off of the nervous system. You will receive a specific adjustment based on your x-ray findings and individual needs.
Arthrostim
This tool produces impulses that transmit essential information between the brain and body. This activation of neuronal pathways allows you to hold adjustments longer. It also aids in breaking up scar tissue and muscle adhesions while increasing range of motion in spinal joints.
Cervical traction
Used after the adjustment to gently stretch and pull the ligaments and muscles in the neck. This device helps to reduce pressure on the spine and facilitate a normal cervical curve.
Rehab
Supports spinal correction by strengthening and stretching specific soft tissue groups. This includes vibration therapy for intrinsic muscles, postural exercises based on x-ray findings and an at home traction device as needed to restore proper spinal curvatures.
*These 5 steps only apply to corrective care and auto accident patients. Please refer to our services to learn about other demographics we also specialize in.
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