Chiropractic Care
We focus on providing each patient with a personalised and comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation plan.
We address the fundamental causes of joint, spinal and muscular dysfunction rather than simply providing short term pain relief. By detecting, correcting and preventing abnormal musculoskeletal biomechanics, which can impair correct functioning of the nervous system, chiropractic can provide natural pain relief and restore and maintain good health and well being.
What is a chiropractic adjustment?
A chiropractic adjustment is the application of a specific force in a precise direction, applied skillfully to a spinal joint that is fixated, “locked up”, or not moving as it should. This can help improve or restore motion to the joint, helping the spine to gradually regain more normal motion and function.
There are many ways to adjust the spine. Your chiropractor’s hands or a specially designed instrument delivers a brief and highly-accurate thrust. Some adjusting methods are quick, whereas others require a slow, constant or indirect pressure.
Restoring better spinal function can help improve mobility, vitality, and endurance.
Do chiropractic adjustments hurt?
While brief discomfort after an adjustment can occur, it is rare and most people find having an adjustment very relaxing.
With some adjustments you may sometimes feel or hear a popping sound from the spinal joints. This is simply caused by a change in pressure in the joint, as spinal movement is improved. The noise is similar to when you click your tongue off the roof of your mouth.
Our chiropractors may use a hand-held instrument to adjust the spine, wedges or blocks to help realign part of the body. Whatever the technique, your Healthlink chiropractors use skill, not force or strength, to care for people with the highest degree of safety and effectiveness.
What your Healthink Chiropractor will do:
1. Evaluate presenting complaints and identify underlying causative factors.
2. Identify spinal dysfunction and resultant neuromuscular imbalances.
3. Refer for and Evaluate spinal x-rays.
4. Provide quality chiropractic treatment in a professional environment. Our Chiropractors are trained in manual and non-manual chiropractic adjusting and neuromuscular techniques.
5. Provide patient education and spinal strengthening exercise to encourage postural awareness and spinal stability.
