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To complement and enhance the healing effects of specific Chiropractic manipulative treatment, we at Advanced Healthcare Inc. also provide the following physiological therapeutic procedures:

  • MedX Laser Phototherapy
  • Ultrasound Therapy
  • Laser Enhanced Spinal Decompression Therapy (Triton® DTS)
  • Interferential electrical muscle stimulation (IFC)
  • Microamperage neural stimulation (EMS)
  • Acupuncture (laser, electronic, needle-insertion)
  • Traction
  • Cryotherapy (ice therapy)
  • Thermotherapy (dry/moist heat therapy)
  • Paraffin (wax) bath
  • Rehabilitation and exercise/stretching programs
Electrical Muscle Stimulation: At Advanced Healthcare Inc., we utilize several different sources of Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS). First, Interferrential Therapy (IFC) is a therapy applied to a patient that offers several benefits. Producing a faint “pins and needles” sensation, tiny amounts of electrical impulses are induced into the tissues in the vicinity of the injury. Where these waves intersect below the surface of the skin, a low-frequency stimulation is created. This prompts the body to secrete endorphins and other natural painkillers to help relieve pain, restores normal movements, increases blood flow that helps to decrease local swelling; promotes soft tissue healing, muscle tone, muscle relaxation and accelerates the healing process . Russian Stimulation is another type of muscle stimulation that we utilize. This variation of electrical muscle stimulation actually helps contract the muscle and helps the patient regain strength in the injured muscle area to offer greater support in rehabilitating the patient’s injury. The third type of muscle stimulation that we utilize is Micro-Current. This is a therapy that we use in very acute situations with associated swelling, such as, an ankle sprain. This therapy is wonderful in simulating the body’s normal healing energies, and it tends to speed the recovery of ankle sprains and other acute injuries when applied within the first 48 hours.

Thermotherapy (Hot Dry/Moist Compress): We may use hot moist packs prior to the manipulation. Hot moist packs are a terrific way of reducing muscle spasm and relaxing the patient so that the manipulation can be performed with greater ease. Heat is very useful not only at reducing the muscle spasms associated with many of the spinal ailments that we treat, but also helps draw blood flow which enhances the body’s ability to heal.

Cryrotherapy (Ice Pack): Ice packs are used when there is acute swelling and spasm in an area. This is helpful with pain reduction and for reducing the inflammatory response, thus speeding the healing rate and recovery for the patient involved.

Intersegmental Cervical Manual Traction: We utilize manual intersegmental traction on patients with certain neck conditions. Usually with the patient lying on their back on the adjustment table, what this does is that it stretches each disc, which is the pad in between each individual vertebra. We are able to flex, extend, rotate and bend side to side each individual disc, which eventually allows a proper restoration of normal motion. Stretching each disc helps reduce pain and muscle spasm. These motions increase the rate of healing in the discs, which are notoriously slow to heal. This is an excellent tool that has provided a great degree of success when treating patients with moderately severe cervical disc trauma and arm neuralgia. Lumbar (low back) traction is also an excellent tool that has provided a great degree of success when treating patients with moderately severe lumbar  disc trauma and leg sciatic neuralgia.

Passive Stretching: Another soft tissue technique. The doctors use various techniques of stretching so that we can lengthen tightened muscles within the skeletal structures. This will help allow the patient’s healing by creating a better balance and symmetry throughout the body.

Soft Tissue Therapy: We utilize several methods of soft tissue therapy first being trigger point therapy. A trigger point is a local area of muscular spasm. Often when it is an active trigger point when you press it, you will have pain referring to other parts of your body. Trigger point therapy is performed by utilizing our hands to work on trigger points (knots) that cause many of the pain syndromes that affect our patients. By using our hands to work on these trigger points, the toxins that cause the pain in these muscles can release and be flushed out of the body. Massaging also attracts blood flow to the injured area to help increase the rate of healing within the body.

Ultrasound: Ultrasound is a very effective therapy at penetrating and breaking up scar tissue. We utilize ultrasound on many different injuries from back pain to neck pain. It is also very effective in treating injuries such as tendonitis, sprains, and strains. The sound waves from the ultrasound machine penetrate your skin through an applied gel. The sound waves continue through muscles, tendons, and ligaments breaking up scar tissue along the way. This cellular massage helps break up the injured tissue and drawing blood flow deep into the muscle bone interface. This deep blood flow helps heal deep injuries and increases the rate of recovery for many injuries that are stubborn in nature.
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