Second Chiropractic Opinion
When should I get another Chiropractic opinion?
- If your insurance company requires it before it will cover your treatment.
- If there are several options for treating your condition, or you want to know if there are other options.
- If the treatment your doctor recommends has significant risk.
- If the treatment will greatly affect your lifestyle, work or family.
- If you feel rushed to make a decision and want more information.
- If you don’t have full confidence in the recommended treatment or in the doctor.
Doctors expect (and many managed care plans require) their patients to seek other opinions. Don’t worry about hurting the doctor’s feelings when you ask for one.
Consultation Services (Physicians only)
Information needed to refer a patient:
To facilitate a referral, please be prepared to provide the following information when you call:
- Patient’s Name
- Patient’s Address
- Patient’s Phone Number
- Patient’s Date of Birth
- Type of insurance (i.e. – Cash, PPO, Workers’ Compensation, Medical Assistance, etc.)
- Area of complaint with current working diagnosis
- Referring doctor’s name and contact number
- Please request “Consultation Only” or “Consultation With Treatment“
Power Massage
Our office uses a G5-GK3 Power Massager which has the power to stimulate circulation deep within muscles, which in turn stimulates cell metabolism by flushing out persistent metabolic by-products such as lactic acid. By improving localized circulation, it promotes edema drainage (the fluid that causes joints to swell), reduces pain caused by lactic acid build-up in the muscles, and promotes healing by stimulation the flow of nutrients to injured tissues.
Its powerful motor, variable speed control and wide selection of use-specific applicators make it the most versatile massager available. Many professional athletes, sports teams and trainers rely on it.
Hand Massage
Used for thousands of years as a simple, effective method of attaining and maintaining good health. Massage is the manipulation of connective tissue to enhance healing, health and wellness and relax the mind and body. Our certified massage therapist uses different stroking and pressure techniques to help relax muscles and relieve painful, tense areas in the limbs, neck and back.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound uses high frequency sound waves (not within the range we can hear) to stimulate the deep tissues within the body. By passing an ultrasound probe over the body, deep tissues are stimulated by the vibration of the sound wave. This leads to warming and increased blood flow to these tissues.
Ice and Heat Therapy
Ice and heat are useful to warm up and cool off muscles. In addition, these modalities can stimulate blood flow and decrease swelling. These can be important aspects of the therapeutic process.
Myofascial Release Therapy
Myofascial release therapy is based on the idea that poor posture, physical injury, illness, and emotional stress can throw the body out of alignment and cause it’s intricate web of fascia to become taut and constricted. Because fascia link every organ and tissue in the body with every other part, the skillful and dexterous use of the hands is said to free up, or “release,” disruptions in this fascial network. Pressure on the bones, muscles, joints, and nerves is relieved in the process, and balance is restored.
Baps Board
Used for re-educating muscles, stretch and strengthen muscles, proprioception, increase blood flow and nutrients to an injury, rehabilitate ankle and leg, prevent injury, and balance training.
Paraffin Therapy
Paraffin therapy is one of the most effective methods of applying deep heat to relieve pain and stiffness.
- to soothe chronic arthritis joint pain
- to relax stiff muscles
- in therapeutic massage
- prior to therapeutic exercise
- to increase range of motion
Electrical Muscle Stimulation
The method is a complement to other physiotherapy measures and should always be combined with active training of mobility, strength, coordination, and functional training. Electrical muscle stimulation may lead to faster progress in the patient’s treatment program. Electrical Muscle Stimulation also provides: muscle reeducation, muscle training, slowing of muscle wasting from inactivity, retaining muscle strength during the immobilization phase, preventing postoperative muscle weakness, reduction of spasticity i.e. involuntary muscle spasm Improving circulation, and specific nerve stimulation.
Digi Flex
Consists of five handheld units to expedite the healing of hand injuries with graduated resistances. This allows measurement of initial strength and patient progress. Spring-loaded buttons allow the patient to strengthen and flex each finger. Increases hand, wrist and forearm strength.
Neuromuscular Reeducation
Neuromuscular reeducation creates new pathways for the muscles and joints thereby increasing mobility and promoting pain free, healthy tissues. It is used as an adjunct to other therapies for acute and chronic pain conditions. It is used, at times, to correct the cause of a painful condition caused by clear biomechanical and postural factors.
Intracell therapy
The Intracell therapy provides myofascial release and trigger point therapy by segmentally elongating muscle bundles. Because of it’s unique design qualities, the Intracell Stick can simultaneously release multiple lesions in minimal time with virtually no physical effort very helpful for Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
Theracane therapy
Applies pain-relieving deep compression directly to hard, knotted “trigger points” anywhere they occur – breaking up tension even in the hardest-to-reach muscles between your shoulder blades. If you have limited strength or mobility, this helps both the practitioner and the patient locate the most painful areas in the muscle