Columbus Chiropractor

Columbus Chiropractor

Massage Therapy

Massage is one of the oldest healing arts: Chinese records dating back 3,000 years document its use; the ancient Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied forms of massage for many ailments; and Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems. Today, the benefits of massage are varied and far-reaching. As an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs, massage therapy has also proven beneficial for many chronic conditions, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes, immunity suppression, infertility, smoking cessation, depression, and more. And, as many millions will attest, massage also helps relieve the stress and tension of everyday living that can lead to disease and illness.

So What Is It Exactly?
Massage, bodywork and somatic therapies are defined as the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the human body. Specifically:

Massage: The application of soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation. The many variations of massage account for several different techniques.

Bodywork: Various forms of touch therapies that may use manipulation, movement, and/or repatterning to affect structural changes to the body.

Somatic: Meaning “of the body.” Many times this term is used to denote a body/mind or whole-body approach as distinguished from a physiology-only or environmental perspective.

There are more than 250 variations of massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies and many practitioners utilize multiple techniques. The application of these techniques may include, but is not limited to, stroking, kneading, tapping, compression, vibration, rocking, friction, and pressure to the muscular structure or soft tissues of the human body. This may also include non-forceful passive or active movement and/or application of techniques intended to affect the energetic systems of the body. The use of oils, lotions, and powders may also be included to reduce friction on the skin. Click here for more information on what to expect.

Please note: Massage, bodywork and somatic therapies specifically exclude diagnosis, prescription, manipulation or adjustments of the human skeletal structure, or any other service, procedure or therapy which requires a license to practice orthopedics, physical therapy, podiatry, chiropractic, osteopathy, psychotherapy, acupuncture, or any other profession or branch of medicine.

Traction Therapy

Passive procedure in which mechanical power develops centrifugal tension in the backbone axis (tractions) or in extremity axis (extension). Pulling force affects mainly soft tissue of the locomotory apparatus (muscles, ligaments, sinews and articular capsules). Traction tension can be started manually by another person or mechanically.

Manual tractions (called also hand tractions)can be a part of different techniques used in individual therapeutic physical training (especially hand tractions of cervical spine or hand tractions of low extremity in thighbone axis). In individual therapeutic physical training there can be used also so-called redress positioning, which means the force (of hand, a bag of sand or harness) is used right through the joint whose restricted mobility we want to improve this way.

Mechanical tractions of cervical spine are performed by means of Glisson winch by pulling the weight or on the traction table by means of the weight of the patient´s body itself caused by gravity. The traction of coxal spine is performed in a similar way with the patient lying on the back while the pelvis is fixed (with a possibility of traction to flexion or to extension). In these mechanical tractions, the effect of pulling force is constant and continual. Tractions in water also use the weight of the patient´s body, while the influence of the gravity is strongly eliminated due to hydrostatic uplift forces.

So-called apparatus tractions are performed by means of special equipment which works in the mode of intermittent tractions when not only pulling force and duration of the whole traction are adjusted, but also the duration of the dynamic tension and quiescent period. Modern apparatus has special pre-set programmes. The procedure has to prescribed by a doctor who will specify a kind of required traction and place. Duration: 20 minutes Read more

Decompression Therapy

Spinal Decompression zeroes in on the exact disc or joint that is causing your pain…then corrects it!

Unlike other disc treatments, spinal decompression therapy uses advanced computer technology to “target” the offending disc/s and relieve spinal pressure by applying a gentle, curved angle pull.

This precise, computer-driven manipulation is simply not possible with a manual adjustment by even the most gifted chiropractic physician. And although it is traction-like in some respects, traction can actually cause muscle spasms or contractions as a response to the “stretching,” leading to further disc compression.

Spinal decompression therapy, on the other hand, uses state-of-the-art technology to prevent the contraction response for a comfortable, relaxing, experience. (In fact, some patients even fall asleep during treatment!)

As a result, the treatment achieves true decompression by creating a vacuum inside the disc that draws oxygen in and other nutrients to aid healing.

By increasing the space between the vertebrae, decompression treatments dramatically reduce pressure on the discs, relieving inflammation and pressure on pain-sensitive nerves and fibers in the spine. This restores biomechanical function while reducing or eliminating your pain and releasing your body’s natural healing powers.

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