Rehabilitation

Without some form of rehab, recovery from an injury or long-term spinal problem can take longer to achieve. The combined effectiveness of chiropractic, physical therapy, and exercise rehabilitation (all performed at our office) can help improve motion, increase muscle strength, enhance coordination and balance and prevent your original health problem from returning again and again.

All of our patients receive a set of simple exercises they can perform, while some may require the use of specialized equipment to isolate or strengthen and increase the stability of the spine.

The different types of exercise are divided into three groups:

1. Active range of motion are those that are designed to stretch muscles that have been shortened and are tight.
2. Gentle strengthening exercises are designed to increase endurance of the muscle or for the muscle to keep working without getting tired.
3. Resistive exercises are aimed at increasing strength.

Usually this type of treatment allows a greater gap between treatment sessions as the healing process is expedited. Some injuries however, like car accidents, work, or sports injuries require a more initial intensive form of treatment. Regardless of how you choose, these exercises may be done at home or in the gym.

All in all, good physical fitness is one of the best ways to reduce the factors that lead to back and extremity injuries, to minimize damage if an injury occurs, to speed recovery time and protect facet joints, discs and ligaments.