Therapeutic Services
Therapeutic Services
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Therapeutic Help Your Body Needs
Willing Family Chiropractic provides two kinds of therapeutic services, therapeutic ultrasound and therapeutic exercise, to correct specific problems. We will help give you a holistic solution to all your problems. You’ll be glad to know that Dr. Willing never insists on contracts or pre-paid services. X-ray and physical exams are performed upon every visit. Call us
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Personal injuries caused from auto accidents, trips, falls, or other accidents are always welcome and encouraged to come in for relief. Any person using federal insurance is offered a massage with their adjustment at no additional cost.
Therapeutic Ultrasound
Therapeutic ultrasound is utilized for injuries related to most soft tissues, joints, and muscle spasms. While it shares the same name, this ultrasound is not the same as that used diagnostically to screen the body internally.
What is therapeutic ultrasound?
Ultrasound emits small sound waves at an extremely high frequency that is out of the range of human hearing. When applied to problem areas in soft tissues and joints, it produces heat that helps reduce inflammation and increase blood flow, in addition to decreasing pain, stiffness, and spasms. Therapeutic ultrasound is also believed to have a positive effect on the healing process.
How does therapeutic ultrasound work?
While its effects and goals are different from ultrasound screening technologies, ultrasound therapy is implemented in the same way. The process may be familiar if you’ve ever had an ultrasound screening in the past.
An ultrasound emitting ‘wand’ will be passed over your skin across the pain point or injury. We will apply ultrasound gel to your skin to reduce friction and allow for better transmission of the ultrasound waves. Despite the deep tissue heat applied during the therapy, you typically will feel little or no heat at all.
Therapeutic ultrasound has been shown to facilitate the body's healing process at the most basic cellular level.
Therapeutic Exercise
Therapeutic exercises are specific exercises meant for correcting specific problems. Depending on your case, your chiropractor may give you a list of exercises to perform to reduce discomfort. The focus of the therapeutic exercise is to regain flexibility, strength, and endurance related to specific physical problems.
Therapeutic exercise aims to improve, restore, and prevent loss of physical function. It can also improve a patient’s overall health, fitness, and a sense of well-being.
Additional objectives of therapeutic exercise include:
- Increasing mobility
- Releasing contracted muscles, tendons, and fascia
- Mobilizing joints
- Improving circulation
- Improving respiratory capacity
- Improving coordination
- Reducing rigidity
- Improving balance
Therapeutic exercises are classified into three major categories:
- Endurance training
- Resistance training
- Flexibility training
No matter what type of exercise is prescribed to remedy a patient’s specific condition, the final goal of rehabilitation is to acquire a maximum level of physical fitness, without the use of more invasive methods. Therapeutic exercise can be performed at home and gives you the power to improve your quality of life.
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