Massage
March 17, 2015
Massage is much more than just a relaxing experience. Massage is a great tool to use in rehabilitation of injuries of many types. Some massage techniques include myofascial, deep tissue, and stretching.
Myofascial works with fascia, which is the stuff that covers nearly everything in our bodies; muscles, muscle bundles and muscle fibers. It can become...
The core connection: Why the Multifidus muscle is the most important immediate stabilizer of the spine
March 17, 2015
The Multifidus muscle is the most important stabilizer of your spine. Why do we know that? Well, we know that because as soon as we injure the spine, the multifidus muscle is the first to atrophy. It atrophies up to 25% in the first week of spinal injury, which is incredibly important as it is the primary stabilizer of the spine. It continues to increase to...
The Pain-Gate Theory: How chiropractic care creates motion to inhibit pain
October 29, 2014
Our body is a network of nerves that signal the brain as to whether we experience fine touch, pressure, vibration, temperature changes or pain. Pain nerves are tonically firing, which means that they are always sending signals toward the brain. This is important and explains why we react so quickly to a hot stove, or a pin prick. Thus, the question should...