CHIROPRACTIC
Chiropractic Manual Therapy
You have been feeling low back pain from winter shovelling and it just became worse with your spring yard work. You instinctively call WIN Health Performance Centre for your immediate care.
You’ve been dealing with this pain for weeks, and you’re hoping this visit will provide some relief.
During the visit, your WIN Health Chiropractor asks you some questions and does an assessment. Based on their assessment, your chiropractor explains the different techniques they can use to treat your pain, including manual therapy.
Through your manual therapy treatment, your chiropractor uses their hands to strategically address areas of concern, working gradually and carefully to avoid causing any further pain.
You can feel your muscle tension being gradually released. After the treatment, your WIN Health Chiropractor asks you to move and test your range of motion. You notice an increase your mobility and less discomfort.
Overall, you leave the session feeling much more relaxed and mobile than when you arrived, with a greater understanding of your body and how you can care for it.
What Is Chiropractic Manual Therapy?
Chiropractic manual therapy is a non-invasive method of treatment, where WIN Health chiropractors use their hands to address concerns with muscles and joints at WIN Health Performance Centre.
Our WIN Health Chiropractors are trained and seasoned manual therapists.
They use their hands to assess and test certain areas of concern related to the musculoskeletal and nervous systems.
Based on their assessment and findings, they then can treat areas of concern with specific techniques using their hands. They will work on areas of restricted muscle, fascia or joint mobility. Manual therapy can also help scar tissue, calcific or fibrotic areas of concern.
This therapy enhances blood flow to the area of concern, like muscles and ligaments. This results in improved healing times.
Start Feeling Better
Improve Your Mobility
Overcome Your Joint and Muscle Pain
With manual therapy in your chiropractic plan of care it can help you with improved range of motion as well as reduced muscle tension and pain. It helps your nervous system operate better as muscle, fascia, joint or scar tissue impingements are alleviated. It also can improve your circulation. Most importantly, healing time increases with manual therapy.
What Is Manual Therapy?
Our WIN Health Performance Centre Chiropractors are each trained in different methods of manual therapy. There are many well known techniques that our WIN Health chiropractors can offer you in your chiropractic plan of care.
These techniques often follow a certain process of treating your muscles, joints and soft tissue.
Our WIN Health Chiropractors will use a variety of methods in your plan. For example, stretching or adding tension to your muscle while also moving the area of the body being treated can help reduce restrictions that may have formed.
Another example includes using dull edged instruments to help knead out soft tissue that has restrictions and tension. This helps muscles, joints and tissues feel better and move better.
What Conditions can Manual Therapy Help?
Manual therapy with your chiropractor at WIN Health Performance Centre can help alleviate many concerns you may struggle with.
Conditions such as:
Back Pain
Neck Pain
Headaches & Migraines
Whiplash Injuries
Sciatica
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Joint Pain and Stiffness
Sports Injuries
Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
Pregnancy Related Discomfort
Will Manual Therapy Help Me?
Manual therapy can help address health concerns related to the muscles, the bones and the joints.
Your manual therapy treatment at WIN Health Performance Centre is always individualized to you! Our WIN Health chiropractors are able to alleviate pain and improve your mobility. If you are in the Niagara Falls area, visit one of our WIN Health chiropractors to experience these benefits.
What Does Manual Therapy Do?
Manual therapy can help improve mobility and flexibility. By getting your muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves working and moving better you will experience better range of motion.
You can also experience reduction of pain and pressure in the area of concern.
What Are The Benefits of Manual Therapy?
Manual therapy can address many different concerns, especially when your receive a treatment by a skilled WIN Health Chiropractor. Benefits of manual therapy include:
Pain relief
Improved range of motion
Reduced muscle tension
Improved circulation
Relaxation
Posture support
Is Manual Therapy Safe?
Manual therapy by our trained and licenced WIN Health Chiropractors is safe and effective.
This treatment option is a well tolerated and is a non-invasive. Prior to beginning your treatment, your WIN Health chiropractor will take a thorough health history wth you and do a physical examination, to determine a suitable treatment plan for your condition. Along with this, your WIN Health chiropractor will always discuss any risks that may be associated with treatment and answer any questions you may have.
We will always make sure that you are comfortable with all aspects of your treatment as this will lead to the best outcomes.
How Often Do I Need Manual Therapy?
The frequency of manual therapy treatments comes down to you – your health concern, your individualized plan and your overall state of health.
Having a manual therapy treatment often helps speed up the rate of recovery, which can help you start feeling better faster!
Your WIN Health Chiropractor will always assess your needs with each visit and will share with you the treatment plan so you understand how often you may need to visit.
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We Provide
Our Chiropractic Services
Manual Therapy
Manual therapy, myofascial release, fascial distortion principles and spinal manipulations/mobilizations are specifically selected.
Acupuncture
Evidence-based neurofunctional acupuncture to regulate nerve function, release trigger points, reduce inflammation and manage pain.
Neubie Therapy
We are one of the few Canadian health clinics professionally trained in offering this Direct Current Therapy that provides a functional and neurological approach to faster healing, injury rehabilitation and high athletic performance.
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave therapy uses high-speed pulsations applied to a localized site to break down scar tissue, increase blood flow and change the biochemistry of an injured or chronically inflamed site.
Class IV Laser Therapy
Our Class IV Laser system decreases inflammation and increases the rate of healing through an effective medical-grade laser transmission over the area of concern.
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Our Chiropractic Procedures
Discuss
At our WIN Health Performance Centre and chiropractic clinic, in Niagara Falls, there are many ways we can help. We start by discussing your musculoskeletal health concerns and find out what are the sources of your pain and your daily obstacles to being pain free.
We will discuss your musculoskeletal health concerns and find out what is preventing you from performing and feeling your best. For example, what may have caused this pain in your everyday life, or if you had a previous injury. We will talk about what makes your symptoms better or worse. We will also talk with you about other factors that may be contributing to the concern, like surgeries, medications or (repetitive) trauma.
Assess
We will assess your movements and any limitations you have. We will use specific testing to discover “what” and “why” you are in pain. These functional assessments are an important part of our approach. They help us determine which chiropractic therapies would work best for your situation.
Treat
You will receive an individualized treatment plan that is the best fit for you. Chiropractic treatments aim to improve the function of an area of the body so you can move better and feel great. We will work with you to provide an understanding about the goals of your treatment, the area it is helping and what benefits to expect. We will guide you along your path to better health so you can reach your health goals.
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About WIN Health Performance Centre
Life is about thriving, enjoying each day, doing what you love and living life to the fullest. We strive to have you function fully and perform to your highest level.
This is how WIN Health Performance Centre – one of Niagara Falls largest multidisciplinary health clinics – can help you.
At WIN Health Performance Centre, you will find a number of health professionals – Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Naturopathic Doctors and Registered Massage Therapists – to guide you in your health journey.
With 20 years of service to the Niagara Region, we know how important it is for you to stay healthy to feel great in your life and contribute to a healthier community!
Why WIN Health Performance Centre?
At WIN Health Performance Centre, in Niagara Falls, we believe in helping you discover how you can keep your body moving well and feeling great. The WIN Health Performance Centre providers will take the time to talk with you, assess your specific concern and explain the injury and details of your body. You will receive a treatment plan that is individualized and comprehensive.
Through innovative treatments you will receive the professional care you need to address an ongoing health concern or prevent one from happening.
If you are struggling with a health concern, or want to be proactive in your health, we will guide you and help improve upon your health concerns.