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Over the past 15 years, it has become increasingly common for chiropractors to provide a holistic approach to healthcare. In addition to spinal manipulation and realignment to treat acute pain, we offer a spectrum of services designed to keep people pain free and in peak condition. Such services include stretching and strengthening exercises to prevent future bouts of spinal pain and or injury, formal physical therapy, therapeutic massage and electrical muscle stimulation to keep muscles lose and flexible, nutritional consults to keep bones and tissue healthy and strengthen the body's immune system, and in many cases stress management programs. Why stress management?Holistic healthcare practitioners recognize the mind body connection in health and disease. Managing stress by managing mental images and feelings that cause you to tense your muscles can go a long way to preventing painful muscle spasm. Learning a variety of stress reducing techniques including slow deep breathing can help people stay lose even when the pressure in their home or work environments ratchets up. If your mind is full of stress, anger, and frustration, this negative energy is telegraphed to your body, which reacts with pain, upset digestive function, and impaired immunity. A chiropractic wellness program aims to release the true source of your pain, not just your muscle spasm. It is hard to make healthful lifestyle choices when you are plagued by pain. Relieving pain and muscle tension greatly improves people's comfort and allows them to concentrate on other aspects of the wellness equation such as exercise, nutrition, relaxation, and proper sleep. These factors work together to create a healthier mind and body. A well-designed chiropractic wellness program can help you get the most out of life today and ease into older age with fewer disabilities. |
