Auto Accidents
Auto accidents can cause serious injuries that can affect your quality of life. Even a minor fender bender can lead to whiplash, which is a neck injury caused by the sudden back-and-forth movement of your head. Other common injuries include back pain, headaches, and shoulder pain. In some cases, these injuries may not be immediately apparent, and symptoms may not manifest until several days or weeks after the accident. Seeking chiropractic care after an auto accident can help you manage your pain, reduce inflammation, and improve your overall function.
At our chiropractic clinic, we specialize in treating patients who have been in auto accidents. Our experienced chiropractors use gentle and non-invasive techniques to help you recover from your injuries and get back to your normal activities. We start by performing a thorough examination to identify the source of your pain and create a personalized treatment plan that addresses your specific needs. Our goal is to help you achieve optimal health and wellness so you can get back to living your life to the fullest. Whether you have suffered a minor or major auto accident injury, we are here to help you every step of the way.
Chiropractic Care
Imagine feeling your best without the use of drugs or surgery? With safe, natural and effective chiropractic care, you can experience pain relief and so much more. We believe that when the back is working right, the body will often begin to function properly again.
Help for Many Conditions
Chiropractic is helpful for a myriad of common conditions. These include:
- Back pain
- Headaches
- Neck pain
- Shoulder pain
- Sciatica pain
Hands-on Diversified
When Dr. Craig first saw a chiropractor at age 11, he could feel and hear his back release. Though he has been adjusted with other techniques over the years, the Diversified Technique innately felt right to him. That’s why he mainly uses it on his patients. “As Diversified is a hands-on adjustment, patients can directly feel what I’ve done. It always seems like the most direct and effective path to solving their problems.”
Feel at Ease at Craig Chiropractic
Since 2000, Dr. Craig has safely and effectively adjusted his many patients without any issues. If you hear a sound while getting adjusted, it’s similar to what you would hear when popping your knuckles. The sound is made by separating the joint surfaces, helping them move more freely. If you don’t want to have your neck manually adjusted, that’s completely fine. We also offer instrument-assisted adjusting with the Activator® that works well. “For patients who don’t want their neck adjusted, I say, ‘Pretend you don’t have a neck and let’s work on everything below it.’” Rest assured, that we will never do something that you don’t want to have done.
Corrective Exercises
Corrective exercises are the use of bodily movements and/or postures to restore desirable changes in diseased or injured tissues. The corrective exercises are movement strategies that minimize or eliminate compensation. Corrective exercises should precede more integrated exercises, because they can cue the patient’s motor system to respond in a more desirable way and assist in removing or improving biomechanical constraints.
Diversified Technique
The goal of the Diversified Technique is to reduce nerve interference. There are no special or unique procedures needed. Patients are assessed using these various mechanisms: history and basic examination (orthopedic and neurologic), palpation, x-ray, leg checks and reflex procedures as well as others.
The procedure involves analyzing the full spine and extremities. The majority of adjustments used in Diversified are manual adjustments, HVLA (high velocity, low amplitude), or long lever manipulations aimed at cavitating the joint and creating an audible release. This sound is known by patients as the “popping” or “cracking” sound associated with adjustments. Some chiropractors utilize specialized equipment such as drop tables or pelvic blocks.
Lifestyle Advice
Our team here at Craig Chiropractic is dedicated to helping you achieve your long-term health and wellness goals by offering you reliable lifestyle advice. If you are not sure if the lifestyle choices you are making are worsening or improving your condition, we are here to help. We address the typical chiropractic issues as well as coach our patients to live a healthier life by looking at the individual as a whole mentally, physically and emotionally.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments) to enhance a person’s health and well-being. There are many types of massage therapy methods (also called modalities). People seek massage therapy for a variety of reasons; for example, to reduce stress and anxiety, to relax muscles, to rehabilitate injuries, to reduce pain and to promote overall health and wellness.
Myofascial Release
Myofascial release is an intervention administered to various patients to alleviate pain or restrictive tissue problems. The release treatment usually involves the application of gentle or moderate pressure on the connective tissues and leads to relaxation and eventual elongation of the fascia therein. These restrictions are often caused by traumatic accidents or inflammations of the soft tissue. Some patients get them as an after-effect of surgery. They always result in muscular tension and spasm of sharp pain. They cannot be detected through standard diagnosis tests like the x-ray scan. It is essential for a patient to visit a doctor or physiotherapy expert once they notice restriction of movement in the hip area or shoulder. Painful backs can also be a sign of the restriction and can only be treated through the Myofascial Release procedures.
If you have never undergone a Myofascial Release procedure before, you might wonder what will be done. There is no need to panic any way, since it is a minor therapy intervention meant to alleviate any pain that could be as a result of fascia muscle pain and restriction. Here is what you can expect if you visit a standard therapist for your myofascial pain treatment.
- The therapist might have to interview you about what you think the cause of the pain could be. They may also palpitate the affected area to identify the particular fascia that needs to be massaged and given due attention during the procedure.
- A standard treatment should last anywhere from 30 minutes to one hour, but should not last longer than that as that may lead to soreness and fatigue.
- You may experience considerable relief, but if the case is severe, you may need to go for another session or two in the subsequent days.
- The treatment does not require the use of any equipment and creams or gels. The therapist will only need their hands to manipulate and apply slight pressure to the trigger points and affected muscles.
Pediatric Chiropractic
Chiropractic care is not just for adults. In fact, more and more parents are seeing the many benefits of their children seeing a chiropractor every single day. Some of the benefits are improved sleep, improved behavior and attitude, and improved immune system function. Children encounter many physical stresses in their life that you may not realize. These stresses can cause your child’s spine to have issues in growth and development.
Pre/Postnatal Chiropractic
Here at Craig Chiropractic, we offer a conservative approach to treating pregnant women. Our prenatal care is gentle and safe. We aim to alleviate the stress and strains of pregnancy while improving comfort for both the mother and baby. We understand the physical changes that come with pregnancy, and we offer relief without using any drugs.
Spinal Screenings
Sometimes all that stands between your daily pain and a happier, healthier you, is a chiropractic adjustment. Your body naturally wants to be in alignment, and our daily activities can throw what is naturally aligned out of balance. Also known as chiropractic manipulation, manual manipulation, or spinal manipulation, chiropractic adjustment refers to the manipulation of the vertebrae that have abnormal movements and are not functioning properly. Here at Craig Chiropractic, we can help you achieve balance and proper alignment, giving you relief and improving your health.
Our goal in treating your joint and spinal issues is to reduce subluxation, increase range of motion, reduce nerve irritability, and improve mobility. Our highly skilled chiropractor will work with you to relieve your pain and get you back to living a pain free and healthy lifestyle.
Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s compensation is a form of insurance that replaces lost wages and pays for medical and chiropractic care for people injured on the job. It typically covers a number of injuries that can happen to nearly any worker. These injuries may occur as a result of a slip and fall accident, tripping over a hazard or on an unsafe surface, or falling off a ladder. For some workers, workers’ compensation will cover injuries that happen while the worker is driving or traveling as part of his or her work duties.
Musculoskeletal disorders affect a person’s muscles, bones, joints and connective tissue, such as tendons and ligaments.
A number of musculoskeletal disorders can keep a worker off the job, including:
- Sprains, strains, and tears
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive stress injuries
- Headaches and migraines