SERVICES

Spinal Manipulation

Chiropractic Treatments of the Spine. For spinal manipulation, I use Diversified Full Spine Adjusting and Thompson Drop Techniques which are very gentle methods of treatment.

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My Toolbox

Chiropractic adjustment and manipulation of the spine falls into a general category of rehabilitation known as high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) technique. As the name implies, the method of affecting change through physical manipulation is done via sudden, precise intervention with low levels of force.

 

But HVLA is just the metaphorical toolbox of a chiropractor. Within this distinction, there are numerous specific modalities that are used to adjust patients based on their condition. Though they all share the same characteristics, the way they’re administered makes them unique. The methods I predominantly use are:

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• Drop technique: Adjustment via this technique is done by creating space and momentum. Patients lay on a special table with specific sections that, when triggered by the doctor, release. This allows areas of the patient to drop simultaneously as they’re being acted upon, facilitating the adjustment.

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• Diversified technique: This is the classic method of adjustment. Patients usually sit or stand while the chiropractor positions joints for movement. With a quick thrust and shift, the affected area is pushed back into the bounds of a normal range of motion. In some cases, the body is positioned in an overcompensating way to facilitate a more determined shift.​

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• Traction: Traction is an outlier in HVLA adjustment because it’s often static in its application. The patient is placed in traction and held there to decompress or train the body to correct itself. Nevertheless, traction is a chiropractic tool that’s frequently employed in tandem with other HVLA adjustments.

 

Soft Tissue Techniques

Soft tissue refers to muscle, ligament, tendon, and other soft tissues that make up the Soft tissue refers to muscle, ligament, tendon, and other soft tissues that make up the musculoskeletal system.  The musculoskeletal system is often overlooked as the source of a person's pain.  However, it has now been proven that many pains that are chronic and previously thought to be associated with structures such as the spine or skeletal system are in fact distortions of soft tissue.

 

MFDT 

MyoFascial Disruption Technique is a hands-on approach to treating soft tissue injuries. MFDT recognizes that most, if not all, soft tissue injuries are a result of a separation or a disruption of the fascia. [fascia - a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue enveloping, separating, or binding together muscles, organs, and other soft structures of the body.]

 

The fascia can separate at the origin or insertion of a tendon or ligament. The fascia can separate within the muscle in a band like separation. It can 'wrinkle' like a shirt pulled out from your hamper. it can 'un-coil'  in the extremities like a twisted slinky toy. Dr. Stewart repairs the fascia by 'ironing the wrinkle', meaning he re-attaches the fascial which eliminates your pain.

 

Recovery Time

The following chart shows some of the expected recovery times typically achieved by patients.