The term stress is frequently used in our daily dialogue. But what is stress?
The interesting fact is that our body is dependent on stress. In fact, some every day normal processes require a stress response. Some examples of a healthy stress response are sweating while exercising and being sick after a bad meal. These are examples of your nervous system coordinating an adaptive response to maintain a balance.
Sometimes we categorise stress into three groups;
Clearly, stress produces a reaction in your body. This may manifest as an altered structure, identified by improper spinal joint dysfunction.
If you suffer from spinal joint dysfunction, the spinal bones become fixed or stuck. Your freedom of movement can be challenged and difficult.
Some features of spinal joint dysfunction can be
Your chiropractor can detect the presence of the spinal joint dysfunctions. Skilful, effective and comfortable therapies are employed to minimise this stress response on the body.
Your nervous system regulates every cell of your body.
When your nervous system doesn’t work right, you don’t work right. And clearly, sickness or disease can occur.
Stress on the nervous system can result from improper posture. You can self test your posture to help you evaluate whether chiropractic can help you. This test can be performed with family members or friends. Simply stand infront of your family member or friend and ask them to check your levels relative to both sides, the ears, shoulder lines, hips, knee folds and achilles.
How did you go? If the structure is slightly miss-aligned maybe chiropractic may help you.
How long you decide to benefit from chiropractic care is always up to you! However, many factors can influence your decision. Typically, the type and the chronicity of the condition can be critical elements with the prognosis.
Some musculoskeletal problems require time to repair and heal. As an example; an injured rotator cuff will often cause local pain and discomfort over the shoulder. However, this injury can also disturb shoulder girdle and spinal patterns of movement. This movement alternation should be retrained and rehabilitated. Appropriate management considering these factors may require some time- beyond the initial painful limits.
In the above case example, a crisis model of care would address only the shoulder pain. Different modalities and therapeutic techniques would by actively employed to minimise the presenting pain. Contrastingly, a functional model of care may consider other elements conflicting with your health. In the above example, such factors like altered spinal movement or limited physical activity may contraindicate your natural healing process. Importantly, neither model is right or wrong- simply various approaches of care management. Therefore, a chiropractor may consider both a crisis and functional management option for your healing journey.
At Coastline Chiropractic Centre, we actively encourage a non-dependent model of care. Such that an engaged role with education and rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal disorders is a major focus of our centre. The model and duration of care is your choice and supported by your chiropractor.
A biomechanical model of analysing and adjusting the body. After careful testing and palpation, where indicated a specific manual thrust is administered to the spinal joint by hand.
The direction, speed, depth and angle that is used is the result of years of experience, practice and a thorough understanding of spinal biomechanics. Commonly with this technique, a small popping noise can be heard.
Another safe and effective manual approach to examining and adjusting the body. Utilising the information gained from x-ray evaluation and spinal palpation, Gonstead's foundation principle explains how a subluxation pattern in one area of the spine can produce compensatory changes in another. Commonly with this manual adjusting technique, a joint release can be heard.
ART is a patented, state-of-the-art soft tissue system that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART.
These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles. ART is a very specific gentle technique applying manual maneuvering over the injuries area. Some over 500 set protocols are established for treating lower limb, upper limb and spinal injuries.
Thompson Terminal Point technique is an analysis system based on the findings that subluxations produce a functional short leg. With this adjusting technique, individual cushions or drop pieces located along our adjusting table, support each area of your spine until the thrust is delivered, at which point the drop-piece gently gives way, reducing the amount of energy needed to produce movement of a specific spinal segment.
Many subluxation patterns (both acute and chronic) can cause scarring to occur within the surrounding tissues. Where indicated our Chiropractors incorporate specific release techniques to these tissues in order to promote improved blood flow, reduce muscular pain symptoms, and speed up repair.
In conjunction with your adjustments, this allows natural recovery to occur quickly. If necessary we may also refer you to another therapist to facilitate this process.
If you have been to a chiropractor before and have a preference for how you are adjusted, let us know. We want you to relax, enjoy and fully benefit from your adjustments.
If you have other questions about chiropractic, feel free to contact us or just drop by at our clinic for a quick or thorough consultation.
More and more, evidence supports early referral and assessment of musculoskeletal pain patients to an appropriately qualified clinician such as a chiropractor. Coastline Chiropractic Chiropractors are not only trained to treat musculoskeletal pain patients, they are also trained to facilitate health promotion and lifestyle advice, rehabilitation and patient education.
Consumers usually seek chiropractic care for back pain, neck pain and headaches, as well as for general health and wellbeing.
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
There is a common misconception that chiropractic care involves a singular therapeutic technique – spinal manipulation (spinal adjustment). Chiropractors, however, use a patient-centred, multi-modal model of care.
Coastline Chiropractic Chiropractors provide a therapeutic approach to care that incorporates a range of manual therapies which may include:
A combination of these therapies has been shown to be of benefit to people with a range of musculoskeletal conditions.
When treating patients, chiropractors are no different from any other health professional (including GPs). They make an assessment and develop a treatment plan in accordance with the needs of the patient and provide advice on future management strategies.
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
Coastline Chiropractic Centre Chiropractors use skill, not force or strength to conduct specific chiropractic adjustments. Various types of manual therapy and low force interventions are also used where appropriate.
Chiropractic care has a very low-risk profile, especially when compared with more invasive methods of spinal healthcare however, all forms of chiropractic treatment have the potential for adverse reactions in some people.
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
A chiropractic adjustment is the application of a specific force in a precise direction, applied skilfully to a spinal joint that is fixated, “locked up”, or not moving as it should. This can help improve or restore motion to the joint, helping the spine to gradually regain more normal motion and function.
There are many ways to adjust the spine. Usually, the chiropractor’s hands or a specially designed instrument delivers a brief and highly-accurate thrust. Some adjusting methods are quick, whereas others require a slow, constant or indirect pressure.
Restoring better spinal function can help improve mobility, vitality, and endurance.
To learn more about Chiropractic Adjustment Technique click here
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
In short, no! There is no age limit on chiropractic and more and more people are consulting chiropractors, especially in their later years. In order to deliver the safest, most effective and highest quality care possible, chiropractic techniques are modified appropriately for each person at every age and stage of life.
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
While brief discomfort after an adjustment can occur, it is rare and most people find having an adjustment very relaxing. Coastline Chiropractic Centre Chiropractors work with you to make sure you are relaxed prior to the adjustment.
With some adjustments, you may sometimes feel or hear a popping sound from the spinal joints. This is simply caused by a change in pressure in the joint, as spinal movement is improved.
Sometimes we may use a hand-held instrument to adjust the spine. Other times we may use wedges or blocks to help realign part of the body. Whatever the technique, Coastline Chiropractic Centre chiropractors use skill, not force or strength, to care for people with the highest degree of safety and effectiveness.
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
In Australia, chiropractors share a common tertiary education pathway with osteopaths and physiotherapists and chiropractic education involves undergraduate and/or masters-level university training over five years.
All accredited chiropractic programs in Australia include units in basic and clinical sciences. Also included are units in physical therapy, physical rehabilitation, radiology, nutrition, paediatrics, geriatrics, public health and evidence-based practice.
As with other primary healthcare professions, chiropractic pre-professional training requires a significant proportion of the curricula to be clinical subjects related to evaluating and caring for patients. As part of professional training, final-year students must also complete a minimum of a one-year supervised clinical internship.
All Coastline Chiropractic Centre chiropractors complete mandatory professional development each year in order to maintain registration and practice as non-pharmacological, non-surgical spine care and musculoskeletal-allied healthcare professional.
Learn more about our Coastline Chiropractic Centre Chiropractors here
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
All chiropractors must be registered with the Chiropractic Board of Australia and meet the Board’s registration standards, in order to practise in Australia.
Under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force in each state and territory, a person cannot call themself a chiropractor (or hold them self out to be a chiropractor) or undertake manipulation of the cervical spine if they are not registered with the Chiropractic Board of Australia.
Professionally, our practitioners of Coastline Chiropractic Centre are proudly associated with the peak national professional bodies such as Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA), Australasian Academy of Functional Neurology (AAFN), Exercise Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and Australian Spinal Research Foundation (ASRF).
Learn more about our Coastline Chiropractic Centre Chiropractors qualifications here
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
More and more, evidence supports early referral and assessment of musculoskeletal pain patients to an appropriately qualified clinician such as a chiropractor. Coastline Chiropractic Chiropractors are not only trained to treat musculoskeletal pain patients, they are also trained to facilitate health promotion and lifestyle advice, rehabilitation and patient education.
Consumers usually seek chiropractic care for back pain, neck pain and headaches, as well as for general health and wellbeing.
(Ref: Australian Chiropractors Association www.chiro.org.au)
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