Chiropractic Treatment

Chiropractic treatment is often termed holistic as it involves looking at the whole body. Chiropractic treatment is also considered relatively safe because chiropractors do not prescribe drugs or use surgery. The word chiropractic means "by hand" as Chiropractors often use their hands to manoever the body into a better position by the use of an adjustment.

What is an adjustment?

Adjustments are gentle movements that are designed to correct misalignments of the spine and areas of interference to the nervous system. Sometimes this may be accompanied by a popping noise also known as a manipulation. But manipulations are only one type of adjustment and there are many other types of adjustments that Chiropractors use.

What other types of adjustments are there apart from manipulation?

There are many different types of adjustments and manipulation is just one type of adjustment.

These techniques include:

Toggle Drop - this is a gentle but precise thrust to parts of the spine and involves using the drop piece mechanism of the chiropractic treatment.
Drop piece - Drop piece adjusting uses the tables to do the work and is a very gentle way of adjusting the spine into a better position. This is a powerful way of correcting misalignments of the spine and improving posture.
Activator adjusting: this is often the most gentle way of adjusting the spine and is commonly used with infants, children or the elderly.

Different types of chiropractic treatment

On the basis of your working diagnosis your Chiropractor will be able to develop a specific program of care for you. You will have options as to the different types of care including relief care to reduce pain and inflammation, rehabilitative care to correct underlying issues and maintenance care to help maintain your improvements. your chiropractor will choose the right techniques to help you get the results that you need.

Does chiropractic treatment hurt?

Adjustments do not need to hurt. Generally adjustments are very gentle. At Back to Health we see patients of all different age groups from the very young to the very old. We have different techniques ranging from extremely gentle right through to firm. Your Chiropractor will choose the right technique for you to help you get the results you need.

If you have any questions or concerns please take the time to speak to your chiropractor and they will work with you to develop strategies to help ease your concerns and still get the results you need.

If you would like to find out of chiropractic can help you then call 0207 000 1728 to speak to one of our advisers now.