Dr. Payman Shahin and the team at Shahin Chiropractic & Wellness Center in Santa Ana, CA, are dedicated to helping every chiropractic patient achieve optimal health, wellness, and relief.
Guide to Chiropractic Care
You might think of a chiropractor as someone who helps relieve back and neck pain – and that much is true. However, chiropractic care is much more in-depth. In this guide, Dr. Shahin at Shahin Chiropractic & Wellness Center in Santa Ana, CA, explains the goals of chiropractic care, common techniques used by chiropractors, and how they can benefit you.
Purpose of Chiropractic Care
Chiropractors are healthcare professionals who focus on enabling the body to heal itself. The human body is an incredible thing, with various systems and processes that help you stay healthy, pain-free, and alive. Unfortunately, many things can prevent this from happening.
Although most people don’t realize it, the musculoskeletal system impacts your entire body. For example, a spinal misalignment can cause a spinal disc to tear. That disc’s filling can then spill onto nerves that are responsible for nerve function.
When the nerves can’t properly carry messages between the body and the brain, it can lead to health issues, pain, and more. It can also impede blood circulation, which every system of the body needs.
Chiropractors specialize in detecting and correcting the underlying issues and restrictions. Once these are removed, pain naturally dissipates, nerves can function properly, and blood can flow more freely.
Techniques and Benefits of Chiropractic Care
Chiropractors use a variety of techniques to treat conditions, symptoms, and injuries. Below are some of the most commonly used techniques as well as the benefits they provide.
- Adjustments and manipulation: Adjustments and manipulation restore proper alignment to the bones and joints. This relieves pressure from the discs, nerves, and other soft tissues.
- Spinal decompression: When discs and nerves become compressed, decompression therapy helps gently stretch the spine. This relieves the compression and improves blood flow.
- Soft tissue therapies: Electrical stimulation therapy, cold laser therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, and chiropractic massage all effectively relieve tension and trigger points, improve blood flow, and more.
- Therapeutic exercise: Therapeutic exercises include stretching and strengthening movements to help restore range of motion, relieve tension, heal damaged tissues, and provide better support for the skeletal system.
These are a few examples, but every patient’s treatment plan is customized to their specific needs.
Schedule a chiropractic appointment with Dr. Shahin and the team at Shahin Chiropractic & Wellness Center in Santa Ana, CA, by calling (714) 544-1600 today.