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The Vibracussor™ delivers waves of percussive impulses deep into the tissues of the body. The percussion waves promote an increase in circulation and lymphatic flow and a decrease in muscle spasm. Additionally, these waves heighten neurological awareness of specific areas of the body and facilitate energetic normalization. The repetitive pumping action of the Vibracussor™ is ideal for releasing joints. The power of multiple percussive waves accumulates to loosen up ‘stuck’ areas without using heavy thrusting forces.

Vibracussor™ therapy is very effective for relaxing muscles. The Vibracussor™ can be used to ‘warm-up’ muscles and setting proper tonus prior to athletic events. Vibracussor™ therapy can be used following an event or exercise to ‘flush’ muscles and help minimize soreness. The Vibracussor™ Instrument can also be used to gently change the flexibility of shortened ligaments. This can help increase ‘limited’ ranges of motion and improve postural distortions.

The Vibracussor™ is also highly effective in treating ‘fascial restrictions’. Restrictions at the shoulder, hip and knee joints can be treated successfully with minimal discomfort. Vibracussor™ therapy often helps ‘frozen’ shoulders to become mobile in just a few treatments. The Vibracussor™ is also very helpful with scars and adhesions associated with surgery.

Who Can Use Vibracussor™ Therapy?

If you have any of the following then Vibracussor™ therapy is ideal for you.

• Joint Fixations
• Postural Distortions
• Myofascial Restrictions
• Trigger Points
• 'Frozen’ Shoulder
• TMJ Problems
• Scar Tissue

The secret behind the instrument’s effectiveness comes from its controlled repetitive input. This input produces a cumulative ‘snowballing’ effect on neural receptors. This allows the ArthroStim™ instrument to create extensive neurological feedback to the brain, using greatly reduced forces. By utilizing controlled, incremental thrusts, the ArthroStim™ instrument is also able to stimulate specific neural receptors (mechanical and propioreceptors) without activating undesirable pain receptors.

The ArthroStim™ instrument allows your Chiropractor to maintain the effectiveness of your adjustment while reducing the amount of force that is applied. This dynamic combination allows your Chiropractor to comfortably manage a wider range of conditions.

You might say the ArthroStim™ instrument can’t be used on just anybody, but it can. It may be especially beneficial to the following individuals:

This is not a heat treatment, the effects are photochemical. Low-level laser light is compressed light of a wavelength from the cold, red part of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. It is different from natural light in that it is one precise color; it is coherent (it travels in a straight line), monochromatic (a single wavelength) and polarized (it concentrates its beam in a defined location or spot). These properties allow laser light to penetrate the surface of the skin with no heating effect, no damage to the skin and no known side effects. Laser light directs biostimulative light energy to the body's cells which the cells then convert into chemical energy to promote natural healing and pain relief.

Laser Therapy is a newly approved F.D.A. method of pain treatment. It is non-invasive and highly effective. A cold laser is applied directly to the skin providing relief from chronic pain anywhere in the body. Laser Therapy has been approved for application in almost every spot of the body and for about any type of pain. LLLT has undergone over 1000 published laboratory studies and is already proven in over 100 successful randomized double blind controlled clinical trials (RCT's). These trials include osteoarthritis, tendinitis / tendonopathies and other sports injuries, back and neck pain, diabetic foot and venous ulcer wound healing.

Vibration Therapy is the influence of speed/frequency/Hertz delivered into muscle that allow them to involuntarily contract and expand.  This rapid cellular movement increases the resistance against the next and then the next contraction and expansion. This increase in resistance is measured in magnitude/ amplitude/force of gravity. Applying this involuntary contraction and expansion movement to your body for only 10 to 15 minutes a day will actually deliver the equivalent of a whole hour of weight training at the gym. Vibration therapy exercises the muscles of your entire body at once instead of a specific muscle group that depends on the weight and repetition of each movement that is routinely done at a gym. Also, with a conventional work out at the gym you only exercise 40% of the muscle fibers while with Vibration therapy you near the 100% mark.

What Are the Benefits of Vibration Therapy?

• Increases Your Muscle Strength up to 50% in as little as 3 weeks
• Improves Blood Circulation and Lymphatic Drainage
• Builds Bone Density and Fights Osteoporosis
• Reduces Back and Joint Pain
• Dramatically Increases Your Flexibility
• Improves Your Sense of Balance and Coordination

Why Use Aqua-Water Massage Therapy?

• You remain clothed and dry for privacy and comfort with no post-session clean-up of oils or contaminated water.
• The optimized V-shaped spray bar, with 36 water jets that has been researched and designed in conjunction with medical professionals for maximum effectiveness forward and back, can massage the full length of the body or easily be selected to concentrate on a specific area.
• The water jets simulate a fingertip massage from the center of the body to the sides of the body. The force can be adjusted to suit the sensitivity of the client and with a consistency that cannot be duplicated by manual massage or other massage devices.
• The pulsating water jets can be adjusted from a relaxing 2 cycles per second up to an invigorating 10 cycles per second. The pulsation can be varied independent of water pressure for maximum effect and client sensitivity.
• The water temperature can be adjusted from approximately 90°F to 104°F using the electronic thermostat.

Our Aqua-Water Massage therapy is very effective for relaxing muscles. It can be used to ‘warm-up’ muscles and relax you prior to your chiropractic treatment. It can be used following an event or exercise to ‘flush’ muscles and help minimize soreness. This can help increase ‘limited’ ranges of motion and improve postural distortions.

If you have any of the following then Aqua-Water Massage therapy is ideal for you.

• Myofascial Restrictions
• Trigger Points
• Scar Tissue
• Stress
• Muscle Strains
• Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Headaches

Therapeutic taping is a technique based on the body’s own natural healing process. The therapeutic taping exhibits its efficacy through the activation of neurological and circulatory systems. This method basically stems from the science of Kinesiology, or study of muscle. Muscles are not only attributed to the movements of the body but also control the circulation of venous and lymph flows, body temperatures, etc. Therefore, the failure of the muscle to function properly induces various kinds of symptoms.

Consequently, so much attention was given to the importance of muscle function that the idea of treating the muscles in order to activate the body’s own healing process came about. Using an elastic tape, it was discovered that muscles and other tissues could be helped by outside assistance. Utilization of therapeutic tape creates a completely new approach to treating nerves, muscles and organs.

The tape is used in therapy to relax overused muscles and in rehabilitation to facilitate underused muscles. The method is to apply the tape over muscle to reduce pain and inflammation, relax overused muscles, and to support muscles in movement on a 24 hour per day basis.  Advocates claim that the wave pattern found on the tape's adhesive has a lifting effect on the skin which can reduce swelling and inflammation by improving circulation and reduce pain by taking pressure off pain receptors.

It is a non-restrictive type of taping which allows for full ranges of motion, contrary to traditional sports tape, which is wrapped around a joint for stabilization and support during a sporting event, obstructing the flow of bodily fluids as an undesirable side-effect.

The use of therapeutic tape became mainstream when seen on Olympic athletes in the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. Of these athletes, the most notable was Kerri Walsh who used the tape in competition following surgery on her rotator cuff. Lance Armstrong, winner of the Tour de France, talks about using tape in his book, where he describes the effectiveness of the treatment for his sore muscles. Serena Williams has also used therapeutic tapes during competition. University of Connecticut basketball player Hasheem Thabeet wore black therapeutic tape on his left shoulder during the 2009 Men's NCAA basketball tournament.

Therapeutic taping can be used on anyone with a soft tissue injury involving a joint, not just athletes.

Normally, when a muscle is working, its sarcomeres act like tiny pumps, contracting and relaxing to circulate blood through the capillaries that supply their metabolic needs. When sarcomeres in a trigger point hold their contraction, blood flow essentially stops in the immediate area. The resulting oxygen starvation and accumulation of the waste products of metabolism irritates the trigger point. The trigger point responds to this emergency by sending out pain signals.

The defining symptom of a trigger point is referred pain; that is, trigger points usually send their pain to some other site. This is an extremely misleading phenomenon and is the reason conventional treatment for pain often fail. Research has shown that trigger points are the primary cause of 75% of the time and are at least a part of nearly every pain problem. Trigger points can cause headaches, neck pain, jaw pain, back pain, tennis elbow, and carpal tunnel syndrome. They are the source of the pain in such joints as the shoulder, wrist, hip, knee and ankle that is so often mistaken for arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, or ligament injuries.

Trigger points also cause symptoms as diverse as dizziness, earaches, sinusitis, nausea, heartburn, false heart pain, heart arrhythmia, genital pain and numbness in the hands and feet. Even Fibromyalgia may have its beginnings with myofascial trigger points.

Trigger points are easily located and deactivated with the techniques of trigger point therapy. Myofascial release of the trigger point flushes the tissue and helps the trigger points contracted sarcomeres begin to release. In dealing directly with the trigger point, myofascial release is the safest, most natural, and most effective form of pain therapy.

With trigger point therapy, myofascial pain can usually be eliminated within three to ten days. Even long-standing chronic conditions can be significantly improved in as little as six weeks.
If you have any of the following then Trigger Point Therapy is ideal for you.

• Myofascial Restrictions
• Trigger Points
• Scar Tissue
• Stress
• Muscle Strains
• Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Headaches

Because the muscles of the trunk and torso stabilize the spine from the pelvis to the neck and shoulder, they allow the transfer of powerful movements of the arms and legs. All powerful movements originate from the center of the body out, and never from the limbs alone. Before any powerful, rapid muscle contractions can occur in the limbs, the spine must be solid and stable and the more stable the core, the most powerful the extremities can contract.

Training the muscles of the core also corrects postural imbalances that can lead to injuries. The biggest benefit of core training is to develop functional fitness - that is, fitness that is essential to both daily living and regular activities. Core strengthening exercises are most effective when the torso works as a solid unit and both front and back muscles contract at the same time, multi joint movements are performed and stabilization of the spine is monitored.

We utilize the Panasonic Core Trainer at Shelby County Chiropractic to work all the core muscles equally or enhance the strengthening of selected muscles. Whether physically fit or with exercise limitations, users can easily program the Core Trainer to meet their individual needs. The Panasonic Core Trainer works by constantly moving the user off their center of balance, forcing them to use core muscles to re-balance. With pre-programmed settings, variable tilt and speeds, you can build to an intense core workout. Simply sit and ride for 15 minutes for a complete core workout working all the core muscles equally or enhance the strengthening of selected muscles. It may not seem like it, but the machine does provide a workout. Using it for about 15 minutes a day, three days a week tones muscles, improves posture and increases metabolism, according to studies by Matsushita and a handful of universities.

The Panasonic Core Trainer provides great flexibility in customizing workouts for serious athletes, beginners or others with exercise limitations, such as those who:

• Have difficulty tolerating pressure or stress on joints
• Have limited aerobic capacity

Talk with your Chiropractor to see if core stabilization is for you.

Electrical stimulation (e-stim) currently is one of the most commonly used forms of electro-analgesia (pain control from electrical device). Hundreds of clinical reports exist concerning the use of e-stim for various types of conditions, such as low back pain (LBP), myofascial and arthritic pain, neurogenic (nerve) pain, visceral pain, and postsurgical pain.

The mechanisms by which e-stim produces neuro-modulation include the following:

• Presynaptic inhibition in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord
• Endogenous pain control (via endorphins, enkephalins, and dynorphins)
• Direct inhibition of an abnormally excited nerve
• Restoration of afferent input

The results of laboratory studies suggest that electrical stimulation delivered by an e-stim unit reduces pain through nociceptive inhibition (pain inhibition) at the presynaptic level in the dorsal horn, thus limiting its central transmission. Studies show marked increases in the body’s own natural painkillers, endorphins and enkephalins with low-frequency e-stim.

By placing electrodes on the skin in various locations the therapist can also recruit the appropriate muscle fibers. Contracting the muscle via electrical stimulation helps strengthen the affected muscle. The therapist can change the current setting to allow for a forceful or gentle muscle contraction. Along with increasing muscle strength, the contraction of the muscle also promotes blood supply to the area that assists in healing.

Consult with your Chiropractor to see if electro-stimulation would be appropriate to be used in conjunction with your Chiropractic treatments.

A majority of Chiropractic patients that use mechanical traction report some degree of pain relief after the first session. So to see if mechanical traction would benefit you with your Chiropractic treatment talk to your Chiropractor today.