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Our Chiropractor's Adjusting Techniques

We use a number of highly-effective adjusting approaches to help improve spinal biomechanics and reduce nervous system interference. The approach we use is based on our judgment and years of experience.

Think of an adjustment as "tuning" a piano, adjusting each string so it produces the perfect tone.
The primary adjusting techniques we use include:

Diversified Technique

Diversified chiropractic technique addresses biomechanical failure in each section of the spine, as it relates to partial dislocation or subluxation. This is a manual mobilization of the spinal and extremity joints that is painless. Extremities and axillary skeleton include: Shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, foot, ribs and chest/sternal attachments. Dr. Giovatto is especially experienced with extremity adjustments since a large portion of his clinical experience has dealt with treating amateur, semi-professional and professional athletes. If you’ve been to a chiropractor before and prefer to be adjusted in a particular way, let Dr. Giovatto know. We want you to relax, enjoy and fully benefit from your treatments.

Flexion-Distraction

Chiropractic flexion-distraction technique treats disc injuries and canal stenosis involving back and leg pain. A specialized table is used to gently stretch the spine to isolate the problematic area.

Nimmo:

Nimmo is a soft tissue technique that uses compression to alleviate extremely tense muscles or trigger points that have suffered from trauma, poor posture and emotional stress. We perform this technique by applying a pressure on certain “trigger points” and areas of stress for brief seconds to muscles and seconds more to ligaments and connective tissue to get your desired outcome of more relaxed musculotendinous and ligamentous structures. Be sure to drink plenty of water following your session since you may have some soreness the next day, similar to what you would feel following working out/exercising.

Active Release Technique (A.R.T.)

A.R.T. treatment is a hands-on touch and case-management system that allows a practitioner to diagnose and treat soft-tissue injuries. Soft tissue refers primarily to muscle, tendon, fascia and nerves. Specific injuries that apply are repetitive strains, adhesions, tissue hypoxia and joint dysfunction. With this type of technique we treat occupational injuries to amateur and professional elite athletes and have had much success and sometimes have even eliminated the need for surgery.

Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Low Volt Electrical Muscle Stimulation is used to reduce edema, adhesions and muscle spasm. It also has a positive effect on pain and provides passive exercise and relax the tissue. (Hoppenfeld 1976)

Hot/Cold Packs

Heat is generally applied in an attempt to decrease pain and relax the tissue. In doing so, it also helps decrease muscle spasm and joint stiffness. This will result in increased muscle and flexibility. Cold is generally applied in an attempt to reduce inflammation by cooling the body tissue thereby causing a vasoconstriction and decreasing tissue metabolism. Pain and swelling reduction is also the desired effect. (American Chiropractic Association 1993 and Sauders 2007)

Ultrasound Therapy

Therapeutic US produces thermal and nonthermal effects. Thermal effects include increased collagen extensibility, alterations in blood flow, changes in nerve conduction velocity, increased cell membrane permeability, increased tissue metabolism and increased pain threshold. Non thermal effects of US include increased cell membrane permeability, increased intracellular calcium, increased rate of protein synthesis by fibroblasts, production of stronger collagen fibers, altered enzymatic activity, accelerated angiogenesis, increased macrophage responsiveness, accelerated bone healing, increased release of inflammatory mediators…, and decreased length of the inflammatory stage of tissue healing. (Sauders 2007)