Chiropractic care is a patient-centred, non-invasive, hands-on healthcare profession focused on your spine, muscles, joints, and nervous system.
Every client has a story.
We’re not sure what experience you do, or don’t have, with chiropractic treatment as the profession itself is rapidly developing. It has become a far more evidence-based healthcare practice in recent years.
Chiropractic treatment at PT’MOVEMENT is backed by science and research and fully integrated into our clinical practice alongside physiotherapy and GYROTONIC® movement modalities.
How do I know Chiropractic care is right for me?
You have experienced, or are currently experiencing one or more of the following:
- Neck/Back pain
- Shoulder/Arm/Legs/Hip/Knee pain
- Sprains/Strains
- Headaches
- Sports injuries
- Jaw pain
- Pain associated with arthritis
- And much more…
Chiropractic care at PT’MOVEMENT combines various treatment techniques, exercise programs, and patient education, in order to increase mobility, alleviate pain, and promote overall wellness.
What to expect from your chiropractic assessment and treatment:
- The Doctor will take a thorough patient history
- A physical examination
- Movement assessments
- A report of findings outlining the Doctor’s findings and diagnosis
- An individualized, patient-specific treatment plan
The most commonly asked questions…
What is that POP I hear during an adjustment?!?
An adjustment is just a high velocity, low amplitude thrust targeted at a specific joint segment to help increase mobility and decrease pain.
During an adjustment, you may hear a loud popping sound, or what we call cavitations. The joints being adjusted are synovial joints, which means that they contain something called “synovial fluid” surrounding the joint to help lubricate it.
Think about opening a can of pop. When you crack the can open, it quickly lowers the pressure inside of the can as the gas rushes out, thus creating that loud hissing noise. During an adjustment, the joint is separated very slightly, causing a drop in pressure in
the synovial fluid between the joints – the release of a gas bubble – and that signature “POP” sound.
What is the difference between physiotherapy treatment and chiropractic care?
Both are evidence-based healthcare professions with many similar treatment interventions. The truth is that they have more in common now than ever before. Chiropractic medicine has evolved greatly. Presently, chiropractors are trained in a variety of other evidence-based approaches to spine and joint conditions.
AT PT’MOVEMENT, we help you to determine the best match for you and your healthcare needs!
