Chiropractic care is a form of complementary medicine based on the idea that your body can heal itself with the help of specific hands-on manipulations from a trained professional. These manipulations help realign your joints and can potentially lead to pain relief.
Chiropractic treatment may help relieve pain from conditions affecting your:
When visiting a chiropractic clinic for treatment, the doctor will focus on your spine but may focus on other parts of your body depending on the particular issue you’re dealing with.
Chiropractic treatment has some similarities with physical therapy, and certain conditions may benefit from being treated with both types of therapy.
Family Chiropractic
It is safe for everyone in your family to receive chiropractic care. ReAlign’s family chiropractic care clinic focuses on patients that are days old, to centenarians.
Areas & Items That We Treat
Lower back pain – Chiropractic can help to alleviate pain from disc injuries, sprains, strains, SI (sacroiliac joint) joint injuries and many other lower back pain issues.
Neck pain – Chiropractic can help to gently restore proper movement, alleviate pain from pinched nerves, numbness and tingling and many other causes of neck pain.
Headaches – Chiropractic can help alleviate migraine headaches, cluster headaches, cervico-genic headaches, pressure headaches, tension-type headaches and many more.
Bed-wetting – By allowing better communication between the brain, spinal cord and bladder, chiropractic has been shown alleviate nighttime bedwetting in toddlers and infants.
Infant acid reflux (GERD) – This is a very common symptom that is currently a hot topic in our office. A simple adjustment to the middle back may restore proper stomach digestion and acid production. If you do not want to medicate your baby, try chiropractic today.
Heartburn and indigestion (GERD or Reflux) –By gently correcting the middle and upper back, we can ensure that the nerves which communicate to the stomach and esophagus are not choked off in any way. Once this adjustment is made the body will heal itself. Watch Video
Constipation/Diarrhea/IBS – Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common, “garbage-can” diagnosis nowadays. The bowel is an integral part of our health, and can be compromised by an array of stresses. A thorough chiropractic examination will reveal exactly what is causing the problem and will provide a pain-free, medication-free solution.
Insomnia – One of the great byproducts of a healthy nervous system is that we will have more energy and sleep better. If you’re sick of taking medication to help you sleep and are looking for a natural cure, look no further.
Arthritis – The inflammation of body joints affects millions of Canadians. Often times, structural changes or muscular weaknesses are behind this debilitating condition. Many have found that regular chiropractic adjustments help them not only with their pain, but restore their confidence and ability to do the things they love the most, such as golfing, gardening or simply chasing their grandchildren around the yard.
What are the benefits of chiropractic care?
Improves neck pain
Neck pain is a common problem, especially if you sit for many hours a day, frequently bend your neck to use your phone, or have poor posture. A chiropractor may help ease your neck pain by realigning your spine and easing tension in your neck muscles.
Reduces reliance on opioid pain relievers
People with chronic pain are often given prescriptions for opioid pain relievers to help manage their discomfort. However, undergoing chiropractic treatment may lower your need to take these pain relievers.
Eases back pain
Chiropractic treatment may be a good alternative to more invasive alternatives like surgery or injections for treating short-term or chronic back pain.
The American College of Physicians recommends that doctors encourage people with chronic low back pain to first seek non-medication treatments before taking medication to treat their pain. Some of the treatment options recommended include:
- spinal manipulation (chiropractic care)
- exercise
- acupuncture
- yoga
- tai chi
- progressive muscle relaxation
- meditation
- Possible reduction of osteoarthritis symptoms
Osteoarthritis pain is caused by the degeneration of the cartilage in a joint that causes the ends of your bones to rub together. Some types of chiropractic adjustments may help align your joints and reduce how much your bones rub together.
- Eases headache symptoms
Spinal manipulation may be effective at treating tension headaches and headaches that originate in your neck.
- Helps improve posture
Undergoing chiropractic treatment may potentially help correct poor posture, especially if your poor posture is caused by too much sitting.
- May help athletic performance
Spinal adjustments may potentially improve your athletic performance. This could be due to increased joint mobility, reduced pain, and less tissue restriction.
Chiropractic adjustments may be effective when used to deal with pain caused by an injury.
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