Services

Spinal Manipulation​​​​​​

If you are a new chiropractic patient, there are several initial tests that your chiropractor may wish to perform. In addition to a detailed family and patient history, you will likely receive a detailed physical exam to identify any potential issues. Your chiropractor may also request or perform a spinal and postural screening.

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Corrective Exercises

Chiropractors are genuinely out to see their patients succeed and enjoy life as much as they would like. Therefore, they aren’t likely to simply perform an adjustment and send you out of the door. Chiropractors care to understand the root of your issue and then offer a broad approach to make sure that you get the most from their care. One of these avenues is to help you understand some corrective exercises that you can perform. The exercises that your chiropractor will suggest are based on your unique history, condition, and limitations.

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Lifestyle Advice

If you’re a person who enjoys an active lifestyle, the last thing that you want is to be sidelined by an injury or pain. While chiropractic care is often seen as a therapy that can help to heal an athlete, it can also be used to make you more resilient and improve your overall athletic abilities.

​​​​​​​While people who lead active lifestyles are typically aware of the overall benefits of their increased movement, there are also some drawbacks. Some injuries occur from overuse of joints or the increased impact that we impose on our joints from high impact activities like running, skiing, or hiking.
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Nutritional Counseling

In today’s world, there is a growing group of people who are putting their personal health at the forefront of everything. These people strongly believe that having a positive outlook on their health can increase the chances of reaching their goals and increase their quality of life.

​​​​​​​Congratulations if you are considering making a healthy change! Improving your health and quality of life can be an exciting outlook. While you are beginning your transformation, you may also want to consider enlisting the services of a health and wellness coach.
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Palmer Technique

The Palmer technique in chiropractic care was developed by the Palmer family, who were the pioneers of chiropractic medicine. This technique incorporates several therapies into a complete package. These include Diversified, Gonstead, and Thompson techniques, as well as the Toggle Recoil method, which were developed by Dr. B.J. Palmer.

Here at Whitehead Chiropractic we also offer Activator, Cox Flexion-Distraction, and Atlas Orthogonal techniques. When used as part of a personalized treatment plan, these chiropractic techniques provide the most comprehensive treatments.
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Spinal & Postural Screenings

If you are a new chiropractic patient, there are several initial tests that your chiropractor may wish to perform. In addition to a detailed family and patient history, you will likely receive a detailed physical exam to identify any potential issues. Your chiropractor may also request or perform a spinal and postural screening.

A spinal and postural screening is a test conducted by your chiropractor that can help identify neuromusculoskeletal disorders before serious issues arise. This test can find spinal alignment and postural positioning that may have yet to present with an actual problem. If left untreated, these conditions may cause chronic conditions in the neck or back.
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Logan Basic

The Logan technique is a conventional technique that works by applying pressure to the spine.
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Activator

Trigger Point Therapy

Trigger point injections are an effective therapy that is designed to help with issues surrounding myofascial pain syndrome. This syndrome is a muscle disorder that causes significant pain. Myofascial pain syndrome is characterized by myofascial trigger points. While myofascial pain syndrome can occur concurrently with fibromyalgia, the two are distinct from each other.
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Interferential Therapy

In the USA, Interferential Therapy is approved for the symptomatic relief and management of chronic (long-term) intractable, post-traumatic and post-surgical pain. Many medical professionals use Interferential Therapy for its drug-free, non-invasive promotion of healing and pain relief. IFT in physiotherapy has become incredibly popular due to the ease of use, lack of side effects and the amazing feedback from people suffering from a variety of different conditions.
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Hydrocollator Packs (Hot Packs)

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Therapeutic Ball Therapy

Anybody that has been experiencing back pain knows that they will do just about anything to relieve their discomfort. Fortunately, there are many options available for patients. If you have been experiencing lower back pain, you should schedule an appointment with a chiropractor.

Your chiropractor will want to interview you and do an examination to make sure that they fully understand your condition and any limitations that you are having. After this assessment, they may suggest completing a therapeutic adjustment.
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Flexion Distraction