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! 

Adjustments and Manipulations

Chiropractors employ many different techniques for spinal manipulations. An adjustment is a procedure in which the chiropractor will realign vertebrae that have moved out of place. When vertebrae are unaligned, the flow of nerves and systems in your body from the brain are not functioning properly, causing pain.

Along with pain relief, adjustments have a direct effect on our nervous systems. Stresses on the spine, known as sublaxation, create an interference to our nervous. Restoring the spine to it's proper health aids in the flow of information to the rest of the body from the nervous system. 

When it comes to side effects, the most common reaction to a chiropractic adjustment is aching and soreness in the spinal joints and muscles. Side effects typically subside after about 24 hours. Side effects are not common with all patients and overall, adjustments are an excellent way to keep the body functioning appropriately. When your body is in alignment, it is able to respond and perform as it was designed to.