- Activator Method
- Acupuncture
- Chiropractic Care
- Corrective Exercises
- Custom Orthotics
- Diversified Technique
- Kinesio Taping
- Lifestyle Advice
- Massage Therapy
- Nutritional Consultations
- Pediatric Chiropractic
- Pre/Postnatal Chiropractic
- Spinal Screenings
- Worker’s Compensation
- X-Rays
- Hormone Problems
- Sleep Deprivation
- Stress
- Wellness Care
Activator Method
The Activator is the most widely used chiropractic instrument. Studies show improvement with the Activator Method. It also has been compared to other techniques and proven to be just as effective. This means that for many patients an Activator adjustment could very well lead to the same outcome as a manual adjustment. This offers chiropractors and patients an alternative to manual adjusting when it is preferred for clinical reasons.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an old healing practice of traditional Chinese medicine dating back over 4,000 years. It still remains effective today as a way to strengthen the body rather than merely treating symptoms. It is primarily used to relieve pain as well as treat other conditions. More than 3 million Americans and 200,000 children in the U.S. have had acupuncture to help relieve a symptom or condition. Because of its low side effects, it has been the treatment of choice for many doctors across the country. It is even more popular in other countries.
Chiropractic Care
We specialize in correcting your body’s misalignments. Our goal is to ensure that your spine and the rest of your body are working harmoniously. To do so, we will help you develop a plan that will require light stretching, some exercise, chiropractic care, and a healthy diet.
Corrective Exercises
Corrective exercises are the use of bodily movements and/or postures to restore desirable changes in diseased or injured tissues. The corrective exercises are movement strategies that minimize or eliminate compensation. Corrective exercises should precede more integrated exercises, because they can cue the patient’s motor system to respond in a more desirable way and assist in removing or improving biomechanical constraints.
Custom Orthotics
Custom foot orthotics are designed to align the foot and ankle into the most anatomically efficient position. They look similar to insoles, but are biomedical appliances that are custom made to correct your specific foot imbalance. The plastic body of the custom orthotic helps to re-align the foot while you walk. We understand that everyone is different, which is why custom foot orthotics are made just for you.
Diversified Technique
The goal of the Diversified Technique is to reduce nerve interference. There are no special or unique procedures needed. Patients are assessed using these various mechanisms: history and basic examination (orthopedic and neurologic), palpation, x-ray, leg checks and reflex procedures as well as others.
The procedure involves analyzing the full spine and extremities. The majority of adjustments used in Diversified are manual adjustments, HVLA (high velocity, low amplitude), or long lever manipulations aimed at cavitating the joint and creating an audible release. This sound is known by patients as the “popping” or “cracking” sound associated with adjustments. Some chiropractors utilize specialized equipment such as drop tables or pelvic blocks.
Kinesio Taping
Kinesiology Taping is a precise rehabilitative taping technique that is designed to facilitate the body’s natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints. This technique allows the body’s normal range of motion as well as providing extending soft tissue manipulation to prolong the benefits of manual therapy administered within the clinical setting. Kinesio tape is latex-free and hypoallergenic which makes it “skin friendly” for patients with sensitive or fragile skin; such as, patients with diabetes, fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis.
Lifestyle Advice
Our team here at Advantage Chiropractic is dedicated to helping you achieve your long-term health and wellness goals by offering you reliable lifestyle advice. If you are not sure if the lifestyle choices you are making are worsening or improving your condition, we are here to help. We address the typical chiropractic issues as well as coach our patients to live a healthier life by looking at the individual as a whole mentally, physically and emotionally.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments) to enhance a person’s health and well-being. There are many types of massage therapy methods (also called modalities). People seek massage therapy for a variety of reasons; for example, to reduce stress and anxiety, to relax muscles, to rehabilitate injuries, to reduce pain and to promote overall health and wellness.
Nutritional Consultations
Here at Advantage Chiropractic we want to help you on your journey towards health and wellness. Our goal is to help you achieve total health and balance with your body. In order to achieve that goal, we are here to offer specific recommendations on nutritional supplements and healthy food choices to help you maintain a healthy weight.
Pediatric Chiropractic
Chiropractic care is not just for adults. In fact, more and more parents are seeing the many benefits of their children seeing a chiropractor every single day. Some of the benefits are improved sleep, improved behavior and attitude, and improved immune system function. Children encounter many physical stresses in their life that you may not realize. These stresses can cause your child’s spine to have issues in growth and development.
Pre/Postnatal Chiropractic
Here at Advantage Chiropractic, we offer a conservative approach to treating pregnant women. Our prenatal care is gentle and safe. We aim to alleviate the stress and strains of pregnancy while improving comfort for both the mother and baby. We understand the physical changes that come with pregnancy, and we offer relief without using any drugs.
Spinal Screenings
Sometimes all that stands between your daily pain and a happier, healthier you, is a chiropractic adjustment. Your body naturally wants to be in alignment, and our daily activities can throw what is naturally aligned out of balance. Also known as chiropractic manipulation, manual manipulation, or spinal manipulation, chiropractic adjustment refers to the manipulation of the vertebrae that have abnormal movements and are not functioning properly. Here at Advantage Chiropractic, we can help you achieve balance and proper alignment, giving you relief and improving your health.
Our goal in treating your joint and spinal issues is to reduce subluxation, increase range of motion, reduce nerve irritability, and improve mobility. Our highly skilled chiropractor will work with you to relieve your pain and get you back to living a pain free and healthy lifestyle.
Worker’s Compensation
Worker’s compensation is a form of insurance that replaces lost wages and pays for medical and chiropractic care for people injured on the job. It typically covers a number of injuries that can happen to nearly any worker. These injuries may occur as a result of a slip and fall accident, tripping over a hazard or on an unsafe surface, or falling off a ladder. For some workers, workers’ compensation will cover injuries that happen while the worker is driving or traveling as part of his or her work duties.
Musculoskeletal disorders affect a person’s muscles, bones, joints and connective tissue, such as tendons and ligaments.
A number of musculoskeletal disorders can keep a worker off the job, including:
- Sprains, strains, and tears
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive stress injuries
- Headaches and migraines
X-Rays
One of the most important elements of chiropractic care is diagnostics. Chiropractic radiology is a tool utilized in care as a diagnostic practice to rule out pathology (such as possible tumor or fracture) and/or an additional aid to determine where to adjust the spine. Chiropractors rely on a variety of diagnostic techniques in order to fully understand what is occurring in the patient’s musculoskeletal system, and how a given treatment intervention could bring about positive results in each patient.
Hormone Problems
If you suffer with PMS in Longview WA and Battle Ground WA, you may have mood swings, tender breasts, food cravings, fatigue, irritability and depression. Other symptoms may include constipation or diarrhea, acne flare-ups, abdominal bloating, weight gain, headaches or migraines, joint pain, anxiety, crying spells, insomnia, and poor concentration. 75% of women in United States reports experiencing PMS symptoms.
PMS
Research from the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (May 1999) reports that a relatively high incidence of spinal dysfunction exists in PMS sufferers compared with a group of Non-PMS Sufferers. The study suggests that spinal dysfunction could be a causative factor in PMS and that chiropractic care offers hope for women whose lives are affected by PMS.
MENOPAUSE
Menopause is a normal transition experienced by all women as they age. We believe, that menopause doesn’t have to be difficult. The most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause are hot flashes, night sweats and sleep issues.
If you are having menopause symptoms like hot flashes, irregular periods or mood changes, you might wonder whether you should take some type of menopause hormone therapy (MHT). Be cautious of hormone replacement therapy, research has shown that this once common menopause treatment carries significant risks and can increase your risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke.
Chiropractic can provide a drug-free solution to relieving the symptoms of menopause. Every function of the body is controlled by the nervous system. Chiropractic adjustments align the spine to remove pressure and interference from the central nervous system, allowing it to express itself freely and function optimally. The goal is to normalize the function of the body. Many women experience a decrease in menopausal symptoms with regular chiropractic visits.
Over the past 18 years, at Advantage Chiropractic thousands of women have found chiropractic to be the answer to a smooth transition with menopause.
INFERTILITY
The nerves that coordinate with our reproductive organs originate in the low back. Fertility health can be affected when the spine is misaligned. These misalignments interfere with the nerves going to the reproductive organs and to the systems that coordinate the delivery of hormones, preventing their normal function and contributing to hormone imbalance.
In the traditional approach to infertility, the importance the nervous system is often overlooked. We believe that this should be addressed first and foremost.
Fertility health, conception, and birth are controlled in large part by the nervous system.
According to the American Pregnancy Association, “In many cases, fertility issues may be associated with improper nervous system function, poor nutrition, high stress and poor lifestyle habits.
Chiropractors are nervous system specialists and reducing interference in the nervous system is our primary goal.
“Your body is an amazing creation that can accomplish numerous miraculous tasks including creating new life. These miraculous tasks are accomplished under the direction of the nervous system.”
– American Pregnancy Association
At Advantage Chiropractic, we are pregnancy and pediatric specialists. Hundreds of families find hope and help in our office every year.
Sleep Deprivation
Over 100 million American have sleep problems. If you’re sleep deprived in Longview WA and Battle Ground WA, you understand how tormenting it is to be denied the most natural of all your basic human needs. You may be feeling depleted, irritable, impatient and sickly.
Chiropractors help to remove restrictions in the spine. These restrictions create w long list of unwanted effects including insomnia. By eliminating the restrictions, you’re eliminating the source of the problem, which means the negative side effects, including insomnia disappear and better quality sleep takes its place.
A recent paper published in the Journal of Sleep Medicine & Disorders suggests that insomnia could be caused by complex chemical interactions in the brain resulting from spinal misalignment. When the spine is misaligned, over time a pattern of chronic insomnia may develop and contribute to further discomfort and sleeplessness. Removing interference in the spine helps with relaxation and circulation.
According to the national sleep foundation (sleep.org), 40% of infants experience better sleep following a single chiropractic adjustment.
At Advantage Chiropractic, Chiropractic adjustments, nutritional and lifestyle suggestions can help you recover from insomnia and develop healthier sleep.
Stress
Stress Longview WA and Battle Ground WA is a common human experience. The purpose of stress is to mobilize us and to make us pay attention to the fact that action is required.
When short lived, your stress is healthy and normal. Let’s face though, many of you report having chronic stress. According to the science of stress on your health, chronic stress is currently the cause of death for 80% of Americans. Stress depletes you of your energy, it interferes with your sleep, it affects your digestion, your hormones, your blood sugar, your metabolism, your cholesterol, your blood pressure and even your skin. Stress is damaging to your relationships and to your potential to thrive.
Chiropractic care is necessary in order to help your body adapt to your stresses. Because the spine houses the nervous system, how well the nervous system can adapt and manage stress (so you don’t get sick) is highly dependent on the proper movement and function of your spine.
Chiropractic care helps you handle stress and reduces the physical problems it causes in a natural, safe, drug free way.
Wellness Care
Wellness care in Longview WA and Battle Ground WA is offered and recommended. Families who get find that regular adjustments help them with every aspect of their health and well-being.
COMMUNITY WELLNESS
Getting Better Faster class (required for new practice members) – (offered twice per month) Acquaint yourself with all that Advantage Chiropractic offers. Understand our goals for you, what it takes to get the most from your care and most importantly learn your chiropractic homework! At this workshop we will review your individually chosen exercises with you. You will receive instructions sheets and any other equipment required. IMPORTANT: bring a partner to learn this exercise with you. This helps with accountability and follow-through.
HOW LIFESTYLE AFFECTS OVERALL WELLNESS
The decisions we make and the actions we take in each moment of our day affect our bodies and can slowly produce problems that may not show symptoms. What we eat, how we sit, the work that we do with our bodies, and even the way we emotionally react to a situation, can have long-term impacts on our wellness. If you spend your days sitting at a desk, the way you hold your head or place your arms can have a major impact, not only on your neck and shoulders but also on your whole body.
This is because the bundle of nerves that sends messages to every other part of our body originates in our spinal column. When vertebrae become misaligned there are dozens of possible impacts on our health. This also goes for how we hold emotions in the body. If we are chronically tensing our shoulders due to stress or anxiety, this can once again impact the spine and the rest of the body. As you can see, even if we don’t feel sick, we may be in need of a little extra care to prevent daily activities from becoming more severe problems.
WHY WE NEED WELLNESS CARE
Health can be defined as the body functioning properly rather than just feeling good. You may not feel sick today, but if your nervous system is being impeded from sending messages to other organs and systems in the body, things may not be working as well as they could be. Through a regular wellness care program that works to restore spinal health and mobility, people often find that they have more energy and do not get sick as often. When the nervous system is functioning properly, the benefits are endless. Digestion, blood flow, lung capacity, heartbeat, skin tone, and overall mobility are just some of the body’s functions that are positively impacted by a spine that is properly aligned.
CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT AS PART OF A WELLNESS CARE PLAN
Chiropractic treatments work to keep the integrity of the nervous system intact and are an excellent choice as a part of a wellness care plan. Regular, gentle adjustments can ensure that the daily impacts of your life are not wearing your health down over time. By performing a thorough evaluation of your health history and current physical state, a chiropractor can help you detect problems before they develop into a more serious issues, keeping you at peak function and feeling great. Call to set up a consultation with our team at Advantage Chiropractic and start on the path of chiropractic wellness care today.