How Do You Know If You Need Chiropractic Care?

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Chiropractic is a healthcare discipline which mainly concentrates on the musculoskeletal structure of the body and how it relates to the body function and the central nervous system. Its a holistic approach, the chiropractor manipulates the musculoskeletal structure, especially spine, to alleviate pain and help the body to heal. The chiropractic therapy is based on the concept where the poorly aligned vertebrae cause blockages along the nerve bundles within the spinal column. These poorly aligned vertebrae are called subluxations and they are considered as mechanical disorder of the spine even though they cause no pain to the body. All functions of the body depend upon the central nervous system, if the spine is blocked with subluxations, the theory is that a person’s overall health deteriorates. The chiropractor identifies and corrects these subluxations and optimizes over all health. [Read more...]

Acupuncture is the oldest of all the chiropractic treatment. Originating from China, acupuncture has been in practice for thousands of years although records show it being used in Europe more than a hundred years ago. The old Chinese traditionalists believed that illness is derived when the natural energy flow in the body becomes weakened, stuck or deleted. This treatment works with the energy of the body or qi. By treating certain points, which are related, to the illness, acupuncture benefits body energy flow rebalancing. The qi flow channels also referred to as meridians are like flowing rivers through out the body to nourish and irrigate the body. Five needles are used at a certain acupuncture point initiating the body’s affected organ to rectify the problem. [Read more...]

Cold laser therapy is a treatment that uses low intensity or low level laser light to treat some types of pain, inflammations and healing of wounds. In addition, cold laser are sometimes used for acupuncture, using laser beams to stimulate the body’s acupoints rather than needles. Therefore this treatment procedure is necessary for those patients who fear needles and they want acupuncture. This procedure is used in two different ways which include targeting the acupuncture trigger points without the use of needles and also broad coverage of deep tissues to stimulate changes in the tissue with use of laser photons. Cold laser therapy, therefore, offers an option which is not disturbing as acupuncture and surgery. Furthermore, cold laser therapy is not addictive as it is experienced in long term use of drugs which may also bring some complication in the body. [Read more...]

The rising prevalence of health related body pains as a result of physical and mental stress has made massage therapy in demand. This observation is true in every country as you could hardly find a place without a massage spa or massage clinic, and NYC is certainly no different. It seems people who are under stress find a balance of their well being in massage therapy regardless of their location. Indeed, it has been proven that massage therapy has many benefits. [Read more...]