Pain Management

Chiropractic care offered by Dr. Richard Robinson includes pain management assistance, which helps our patients find relief for their pain, whether chronic pain or following a trauma or injury. There are a myriad of pain that can benefit from chiropractic treatment including: shoulder, neck pain, back pain, headaches or migraines and sciatica pain. Through adjustments and manipulations, massage, and acupuncture, our team here at Robinson Family Chiropractic helps patients find the relief they have been looking for.

 

At our chiropractic office, we believe in providing treatments that go beyond treating just one area of the body, but encouraging the body to learn how to heal itself. By offering adjustments of the spine for chronic pain management, our patients not only find their primary pain gone, but over time, other pains and areas of discomfort also start disappearing. They are able to get this alternative treatment, as opposed to taking prescribed medications.

 

We also offer additional methods of pain management, including applying hot and cold packs, and showing our patients how to perform gentle exercises at home that help them ease their pain.

Trigger Point Massage

At Robinson Family Chiropractic, we offer a unique pain treatment known as Trigger Point Therapy. A trigger point is a small patch of tightly contracted muscle, an isolated spasm affecting just a small patch of muscle. That small patch of knotted muscle cuts off its own blood supply, which irritates it even more — a vicious cycle called “metabolic crisis.”

 

The length of time it takes to release a trigger point depends on several factors, one of which is how long you have had the condition. Other factors include the number of trigger points you have, how effective your current treatment is and how consistently you can administer or receive treatment.

The most common method for chiropractors is to apply pressure to the TP using the finger or thumb. This is a very effective way of treating trigger points; it also gives Dr. Robinson immediate feedback to see how the muscle is responding. Dr. Robinson applies the pressure for a few seconds until the trigger point disappears and the muscles to relax. This is followed by massage and has proven to be the least invasive technique for treatment of chronic pain. 

Sports Massage

While chiropractic care focuses on joints and movement patterns, massage focuses on the soft tissues of the body like muscles and ligaments. Massage paired with regular chiropractic adjustments and manipulations have proven to be one of the most effective methods for relieving chronic pain in athletes.

 

Massage therapy offers a treatment approach which actually relieves musculoskeletal pain for many patients. At Robinson Family Chiropractic, we provide specific massage and muscular therapy that is tailored to meet the patient's unique pain condition or injury. Massage has been known to relieve muscle pain and spasms, increase a patient's range of motion, while also aiding in a patient's recovery. The benefits of massage therapy include:

• Increased blood circulation
• Reduction in swelling
• Relaxation of muscles

We offer a pre-event sports massage that involves a stimulating Swedish massage that targets the muscles you will use in your upcoming event. We also offer post-event, restorative and rehabilitative massages that are designed to help your body recover quicker. Call our office today for more information!