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What is Chiropractic ?
In other words, “Who is a chiropractor?” or even “What is a chiropractor?”
Chiropractic care is a branch of complementary or alternative medicine relying on the belief that human body can potentially heal itself with the help of specific physical manipulations from a well-trained healthcare professional in the specialty.
Chiropractor is the provider of chiropractic healthcare service. What a chiropractor does is to properly manipulate your muscles and bones, in a way that leads to the reduction or relief of your musculoskeletal pain.
Chiropractic care covers a variety of spinal manipulation also known as chiropractic adjustments.
Chiropractic Treatments
Otherwise known as “Chiropractic Adjustment”, Chiropractic Treatment is the service you get at a session or series of sessions of treatments that aim to relieve your musculoskeletal pain in
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Who Is Chiropractic Good for
Chiropractic can benefit a wide range of patients with conditions varying from musculoskeletal pain to acid reflux. In general, though, people more often seek chiropractic care for issues including
- back pain
- neck pain
- hip pain
- shoulder pain
- sciatica
- headaches
- repetitive strain injuries (RSI)
- dizziness and vertigo
- whiplash
- jaw problems (TMJ)
- numbness and pain
- scoliosis
- muscular tension associated with asthma
Chiropractic can also help pregnant women with antenatal and postnatal care as well as with other pregnancy related musculoskeletal pains.
Chiropractic can help improve prenatal issues including
back pain
- thoracic spine (upper back)
- lumbar spine (lower back)
pelvic strain
- sacroiliac joint
- symphysis pubis
- coccyx discomfort
Chiropractic may help pregnant women with postnatal conditions such as
- cervical spine (neck) pain
- thoracic spine (back) pain
- discomfort associated with breastfeeding
Other pregnancy related musculoskeletal pains may also be eased getting chiropractic adjustments.
What to Expect at the Chiropractor
Since chiropractic adjustments can be an alternative for pain reliever medications, chiropractic patients become likely to reach out to their chiropractor first, when they have backache, neckache, headache or other pains, once they try chiropractic.
A chiropractic care session is more about spinal manipulation and less about anti-inflammatory medications. Neither is chiropractic treatment always about cracking bones.
One gentle chiropractic treatment procedure is aligning your spine using an activator, which is a handled device.
In general, during chiropractic treatment, your chiropractor performs a set of treatments known as manipulations, either by hand or using instruments. These manipulations are expected to ease discomforts that include but are not limited to
- back pain
- neck pain
- hip and leg pain
- pelvic pain
- arm and shoulder pain
Our experienced chiropractors are happy to consult with you about the chiropractic treatment plan that works best for YOU.
Go ahead and make your first appointment for chiropractic treatment at Somatic Healthcare here.
What to Expect from Chiropractic Adjustments
At a chiropractic adjustment session, your chiropractor gives you treatment focusing on relieving pain resulting from conditions impacting muscles, bones – especially spine, – connective tissue, cartilage and joints.
If you ever google “chiropractic vs physical therapy”, what comes up includes a number of similarities. The two services do indeed share some features, so the question will shift to “chiropractic or physical therapy”.
So, if you wonder “why chiro and not physical”, the truth about chiropractic vs physical therapy is that, depending on the conditions causing the pain, your body may actually benefit from both.
Improvement of overall mobility and athletic performance; relief of chronic spinal, back and neck pain or pain caused by injury; posture correction; ease of arthritis and reduction of scoliosis symptoms are among results that may be expected from chiropractic adjustments if administered by a trained chiropractor.
Read further about the benefits of chiropractic care below or book your chiropractic appointment here.
Chiropractic Benefits
“What is chiropractic treatment good for” may be the question many people ask these days.
Benefits of chiropractic treatment are numerous. Conditions that chiropractic treatment may help improve range from lower back pain to infant colic and from constipation to acid reflux.
According to clinical trials, if received for the appropriately for each specific treatment and if given by a trained chiropractor, chiropractic care
- Improves overall mobility
- Improves back pain
- Eases neck pain
- Improves headache symptoms
- Can improve osteoarthritis symptoms
- Eases back pain
- Can help improve athletic performance
- Can help correct and improve posture
- Improves scoliosis symptoms
- Diminishes dependence on opioid pain relievers
- Is a cost efficient solution to chronic back pain
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Chiropractic Care for Back Pain (Spinal Manipulation)
As a non-invasive treatment, chiropractic may be an alternative to injections or even surgery to treat short term or chronic back pain.
Since patients with chronic low back pain are often encouraged to opt for non-medication solutions before seeking medication or surgery, chiropractic care in form of spinal manipulation is among the options patients are suggested to consider.
Studies indicate that chiropractic spinal manipulation is likely to moderately improve short-term back pain and its function as well as chronic back pain.
Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain (Spinal Realigning)
If you sit for extended hours in a normal day, if you have poor posture or if you bend your neck when using your phone, then neck pain is familiar story to you.
That is when your chiropractor comes into the picture. Through chiropractic realigning of the spins, which, in turn, results in easing the tension in the neck, your chiropractor may be able to help relieve your neck pain.
Research indicates that cervical spine manipulation in chiropractic treatment may help improve short-term neck pain through adjusting the levels of neuropeptides, which are proteins in your blood that serve as neurotransmitters.
Chiropractic Care for headache
Chiropractic spinal manipulation can help treat headaches associating with your neck as well as tension headaches.
Clinical trials show that an adequate number of cervical and upper thoracic spine manipulation treatment sessions can be more effective for easing chronic headaches than exercise.
Chiropractic Care for Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis pain results from the damage in the cartilage in a joint, which leads to the ends of the bones to rub on one another. Certain types of chiropractic adjustments may help align your joints that leads to the reduction of the rubbing together of the bone ends.
There is also evidence suggesting that, by improving the overall status of bone, joint capsule and cartilage, chiropractic manipulation may reduce the progression speed of arthritis.
Chiropractic Care for Athletes
Pain reduction, decreased tissue restriction and increased join mobility resulting from chiropractic spinal adjustments may, in turn, lead to the improvement of your overall athletic performance.
People with symptomatic painful injuries may also find chiropractic adjustments effective in relieving their pain.
Chiropractic Care for Posture Improvement
If you are used to sitting for extended hours in your daily routine, that may cause poor posture. Chiropractic treatment may also help correct your poor posture.
There is evidence that suggests chiropractic treatment on patients with neck pain, back pain and headaches resulting from hyperkyphosis – otherwise known as hunchback posture – may improve posture in addition to relief in back pain, neck pain and headaches.
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1. Chiropractic Care for Scoliosis symptoms
Most often diagnosed in adolescents, scoliosis is a sideways spine curvature.
Chiropractic care may help reduce scoliosis symptoms by improving the Cobb angle of patients who have scoliosis.
If taken for an adequate number of sessions, chiropractic treatment can result in noticeable improvements in scoliosis symptoms.
Consult with our experienced chiropractors to see if chiropractic for scoliosis is right for you or book your appointment here
Chiropractic Care for Reduction of Dependence on Opioid Pain Relievers
If you have chronic pain, then you are likely prescribed opioid pain relievers to manage this pain.
Though chiropractic care is rather about spinal manipulation than common remedies such as epidural steroid injections, anti-inflammatory medications, spinal fusions or, more importantly, opioids.
The good news is that chiropractic, as a nonaddictive alternative treatment, may help get rid of the reliance on opioid pain relievers.
When it comes to your health, ALWAYS look for a specialist! Go ahead and make your appointment with our experienced chiropractors at Somatic Healthcare Clinic Melbourne here.
Chiropractic Treatment Cost
Chiropractic is considered an affordable and cost-efficient treatment to cure chronic low back pain compared to conventional treatments such as certain types of medication or surgery, provided that it is given by a trained chiropractor and for the proper amount of time.
We are honored to share that Somatic Healthcare Clinic Melbourne is BUPA and Medibank Members’ Choice Provider for offering excellent, VIP class service to all coverage holders of the two insurance companies.
So remember, if you are covered by any of these insurances, we’ve got you covered:
- BUPA Insurance
- Medibank Insurance
Whether you are dealing with chronic backache or have numbness and pain, book your appointment for chiropractic adjustments at Somatic Healthcare here.
Chiropractic Service at Somatic Healthcare
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At Somatic Healthcare Clinic Melbourne, we have top-notch chiropractors with years of experience, up-to-date knowledge and brilliant records of excellent patient care providing outstanding chiropractic service.
The manager of Somatic Healthcare, Dr Farah Rahravan, is a pharmacist of several years.
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Chiropractic FAQ’s
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine for treating musculoskeletal related issues and relying on the idea of human body’s ability to heal itself.
Chiropractic care covers a variety of spinal manipulation that are commonly known as chiropractic adjustments.
Chiropractor is the provider of chiropractic healthcare service. What a chiropractor does is to properly manipulate your muscles and bones, in a way that leads to the reduction or relief of your musculoskeletal pain.
The main use of chiropractic treatment is pain relief.
If chiropractic treatment is done by a trained and knowledgeable chiropractor, expected outcomes can include:
- Improvement of overall mobility and athletic performance
- relief of chronic spinal, low back and neck pain
- relief of pain caused by injury
- relief of headache that originates in the neck
- posture correction
- ease of arthritis
- reduction of scoliosis symptoms
Chiropractic has numerous benefits that may include
- improvement of overall mobility
- improvement of back pain
- ease of neck pain
- improvement of headache symptoms
- possible improvement of osteoarthritis symptoms
- ease of back pain
- improvement of athletic performance
- correction and improvement of posture
- improvement of scoliosis symptoms
- diminishing dependence on opioid pain relievers
- being a cost efficient and reasonably priced solution to chronic back pain
Chiropractic can benefit a wide range of patients with conditions varying from musculoskeletal pain to acid reflux. In general, though, people more often seek chiropractic care for issues musculoskeletal issues.
Chiropractors usually see patients with conditions involving pain or discomfort in bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, cartilage and nervous system.
Chiropractic can also help pregnant women with antenatal and postnatal care as well as with other pregnancy related musculoskeletal pains.
While chiropractic treatment works wonders for some, others may not necessarily find it as effective.
Although chiropractic can be a great relief for lower back pain, research indicates chiropractic has not improved issues such as asthma.
It is important to seek chiropractic care only from trained and experienced chiropractors.
Is chiropractic worth the cost?
The fact that appropriate chiropractic treatment may be an alternative for conventional medication and/or surgery makes chiropractic well worth the price.
Chiropractic is based upon the idea that the human body has the ability to heal itself. Chiropractic care may be provided as holistic treatment. In other words, chiropractors work toward treating the body overall, rather than focusing on a particular pain.
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Chiropractic and physical therapy do have things in common. In chiropractic more hands-on manipulation by chiropractor is involved. Physical therapy deals more with rehabilitation through exercises and stretches.