Alternative Health Information Blog: Neck Pain Treated With ...

It is predicted that six in ten people in today's society endure neck pain. It should come as no surprise that neck pain is among one of the most common conditions that is treated in Chiropractic offices today. I am asked, on a daily basis, the reason this discomfort occurs. In the majority of cases, neck pain can be directly linked with unsatisfactory posture. When you consider the reality that the individual head weighs almost the same as a bowling ball between eight and twelve pounds and you pair that pressure with the posture shown by the majority of people you will get the formula for an epidemic of constant neck pain. Think about trying to hold up a bowling ball having your arms extended directly out before you. How long can you support the ball there? Unless you are a body builder your arms are likely to give way after only a few split seconds losing the ball to your side. Now, consider this formula as your posture after putting in many hours at a desk bending forward to read a computer screen. This poor posture is going to leave your neck feeling 'tight' or in spasm which will result in your pain. At this point you have two choices, endure through the pain or get help and return to a life without pain.

Chiropractic treatment that focuses on spinal correction is paramount in the treatment of chronic neck pain. The concept of spinal correction is not necessarily a unique one; offices that focus on this form of chiropractic produce drastic and long lasting results in patients suffering from neck pain. Focusing on spinal correction lets us initially, concentrate on the current complication of neck pain reeducating your spine to its perfect position to minimize your pain. This, nonetheless, is not the only benefit. Inadequate posture induces the bones and soft tissue to remodel as the body takes its best shot to stabilize itself in its current position. An example of this is the 'prominence' found at the base of the neck in lots of elderly patients with poor posture. This remodeling often affects or invades the space of surrounding nerves creating a large number of symptoms, not only in the neck, but all the way down the arms as well. With our Spinal Correction Therapy, we have produced a decrease in the strong possibility of women forming the 'prominence' at the bottom of their necks as they age.

Soft tissue care is also utilized in the treatment of patients suffering from neck pain. Muscle stimulation is used to relax muscle spasms and boost blood flow to the managed area; ultra sound is used for its deep heating influences and to lead to cellular repair. In addition there are two specific muscle techniques that can be implemented to help these patients which are Muscle Alignment Technique (MAT) and Active Release Technique.

Muscle alignment technique manages groups of muscles that collaborate. To appreciate the process of how this is accomplished, I must first describe a little about how a muscle functions. Put simply, muscles perform through contractions or getting shorter. For a muscle to stretch, an opposing muscle needs to pull on it. This cooperation between resisting muscle groups is synchronized by our nerves. It falls to them to choose how much stress each muscle requires in order for the entire system to continue to work properly. MAT uses eccentric muscle contraction maneuvers to stop the nervous system from totally resetting a muscle or muscle teams back to the symptomatic chronic tension state.

There is also a cutting edge soft tissue therapy known as Active Release Technique (ART). ART is a soft tissue therapy created for and used by world-class athletes that has been shown to work great on every patient. What sets me apart, as a ART practitioner, from other healthcare providers is the specificity in caring for the underling muscles. To illustrate how this works, I must first explain a neck injury in a little more detail.

Spasmed muscles from poor posture are categorized as a constant tension injury. Essentially what is taking place is the tight muscle is likely to lead to a reduction in circulation to the affected area leading to calcium retention and bringing on compromised muscle cells in this area. The body deals with these compromised muscles by forming adhesions. In other words, the body will secure the harmed muscles to other tissue in the area. These bonds can be compared to an athlete's sprained finger wrapped to another finger to strengthen it. These adhesions will in turn reduce the range of neck movement making it challenging to swivel the head. The key to addressing these injuries is the specificity that ART therapies offer. Every ART practitioner is trained to review each muscle to establish the exact area of the underlying trouble. This examination results in a particular treatment for the muscle that has been affected.

The use of Spinal Correction Therapy to realign the spine, Muscle Alignment Technique to help lower chronic tension and Active Release Technique to break down particular adhesions can yielded terrific results. What I hope this helps you understand is suffering with chronic neck pain does not need to be long lasting, this chronic injury can become just a bad memory with chiropractic treatment.

My name is Dr. Kristopher Adolph I am board certified and a state licensed Doctor of Chiropractic.
A transplant to the Pittsburgh area from the Midwest, I am a graduate of The University of Kansas and Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City.
I have extensive training in manual adjusting, and activator adjusting, as well as certification in active release technique. Active release technique or ART is a cutting edge soft tissue technique used to break down adhesions in muscles and surrounding soft tissues enabling the patient to regain a much higher range of motion and over all function following an injury.
There is an old saying that has always stuck with me. "Chiropractic adds years to your life and life to those years." If you are experiencing pain or having mobility issues, call to schedule an appointment as soon as possible, so I can address your issues and start you on your way to better health.

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