Your path to wellness

Chiropractors examine your spine and extra-spinal joints to look for areas that are not functioning in the way they are meant to. We palpate all the joints starting with the pelvis, that is one of the most important and most frequently dysfunctional joints of the spine. We then move up through the lumbars, up to the thoracic spine and the cervical spine. We palpate for aberrant motion which means joints that don’t perform their normal multi-directional movement.

... Often, we find more than one such joint, since one dysfunctional joint will influence other joints in a negative way.

Since the spine and pelvis are influenced by extra spinal joints, i.e., knees, feet, wrists, etc., we must make sure these are also working.

Chiropractors use joint manipulation to restore joint movement, this can be done by different methods –

I personally use several techniques to mobilize joints, that could be thrusts into the joint to get movement improved, but also, I use a little device called an activator.

An activator puts a little push impact into a joint to activate the joint. The activator is very popular with people that are not in favor of the cracking noise associated with traditional spinal manipulation, especially the cervicals in the neck.

During the last 10 years I have gone from mainly treating joints with manipulative treatment to look at the all-important fascia. Fascia is part of the connective tissue that surrounds and invades all tissues.

Fascia has traditionally only been looked at by therapists, experts and researchers as a packaging material and not given much importance. ... In the last 10 years or so, however, we have found that fascia plays a much bigger role in restoring movement and function to the body and its’ joints than we thought. I now use fascial treatment on everybody – because everybody with a dysfunctional joint will have a problem with the fascia to a smaller or more often a greater degree. In my opinion fascia is the tissue where every problem starts!

Tight fascia will tighten the joints and often block them. The fascia is what is painful – not the muscle….it is the largest sensory organ in the body!

Fascia is treated by me with fascial manipulation, which is a persistent massage of the involved tissue, long enough to soften it and restore elasticity in it. This way the joints regain their mobility at the same time. In my opinion a chiropractic treatment that neglects to consider the fascial involvement is not a thorough treatment.

Joints are often blocked because of tight immobile fascia and merely treating the joint is not good enough. We must examine the surrounding fascia wherever it is located.

The involved fascia can very well be located at a distance from the painful area or joint. An example could be in a case of sciatic pain, often treated by chiropractors in the pelvic or lumbar region, but with fascial treatment we must include the thoraco-lumbar area or all the way down to the calves. Quite often that is where the origin of trouble sits causing sciatica. Treatment with fascial manipulation in conjunction with chiropractic manipulation in my opinion often reduces the number of treatments necessary by at least 50%.

We treat all types of trauma and neurological conditions, and patients of all ages. Our technique is primarily based on manual therapy, with which we evaluate and treat musculoskeletal conditions, primarily through the manipulation and mobilization of joints and soft tissues. We primarily use our hands and sometimes suction cups and tools to reach deeper tissues, with the goal of improving soft tissue function, relieving pain, and increasing range of motion. ...

Our main techniques are kinesitherapy (joint mobilization), manipulation, massage therapy, and stretching. We focus primarily on the treatment of muscular and joint structures, seeking to restore function and reduce dysfunction. In our treatment, we apply specific manual techniques according to the patient's condition, using our hands to manipulate joints, muscles, and soft tissues.

We also complement manual techniques with therapeutic exercises to improve strength, balance, coordination, and motor control. We always adapt to our patients, while taking into account factors such as age, physical condition, and specific pathology. With our treatment, we achieve a high percentage of pain reduction, especially in cases of chronic pain. We improve joint and soft tissue mobility, reducing both inflammation and edema in the affected areas. Ultimately, we improve the patient's functionality, allowing them to perform daily activities without limitations.