Subluxation

The spine consists of 33 vertebrae—seven cervical, 12 thoracic and five lumbar—and if any one of these become misaligned or moves out of its normal position, it is called a subluxation. These subluxations can be caused by a wide variety of factors, including minor slips or bumps, car accidents or sudden trauma. Once a subluxation forms, it can put pressure on nerves, blood vessels and everything around it, which interrupts the natural pathways the nervous system uses to send messages between the brain and the rest of the body.

 

If a subluxation goes untreated, the spine and surrounding features, such as discs, can actually begin to degenerate, which becomes more difficult to reverse as surrounding muscles, nerves and bones adjust to the new shape. As this happens, the body will accommodate these structural changes by compensating in other areas. Compensation can lead to more injuries and ailments throughout your body.

 

Regular chiropractic treatment at our office with Dr. Richard Robinson is an effective treatment for subluxation. By utilizing his hands, he can adjust your spine with quick movements to move the vertebrae back into place and remove the interference from you body’s natural healing ability. The process is without discomfort.

 

To schedule an appointment with Robinson Family Chiropractic in Rolling Meadows, IL call 847-963-4894 or 847-458-8444 for our Algonquin, IL office. For more information, visit www.handsdoc.com

Massage Therapy

Here at Robinson Family Chiropractic, we believe in providing our patients with the best services available. One of these is massage therapy. Chiropractic massage therapy benefits our patients in multiple ways, including helping with musculoskeletal efficiency, reducing physical and emotional stress, and improving overall health. Chiropractic care in general is great for balancing the body’s nervous system and improving health, and chiropractic massage is a large part of the process.

 

Dr. Richard Robinson has put together a highly skilled team of massage therapists to provide with the most effective care. Massage therapy has a multitude of benefits: removing toxins in the body, increasing circulation, giving patients better flexibility in connective tissues and muscles, and helping with muscle spasms from certain physical injuries. Patients choose massage therapy in our chiropractic office for many reasons, whether it is ongoing pain after an injury or from physical stress from contact sports. Other patients visit us following a surgical procedure to promote swift healing through chiropractic massage therapy.

 

Aside from helping the body’s systems, massage therapy is also advantageous for patients dealing with sleep disorders, eating disorders, diabetes or high blood pressure and cholesterol.

Call our Algonquin, IL office at 847-458-8444 or our Rolling Meadows office at 847-936-4894 to book your therapeutic massage appointment today. Please also visit www.handsdoc.com to learn more about our practice!

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.

Electric Muscle Stimulation

If you are dealing with acute or chronic pain, electric muscle stimulation is often not the first treatment option presented to you, but it is effective. More common than that, people ignore their injury or try to prevent the pain with medication. At Robinson Family Chiropractic, we offer EMS treatment and have great success healing patient’s neck, back and joint pain.

EMS treatment mimics the body’s nervous system by sending low frequency electrical pulses to the affected area. This will cause he muscles to contract and increase the blood circulation to the area. By utilizing and encouraging the body’s natural healing mechanisms, Dr. Richard Robinson is able to drastically reduce patient’s dependence on medications and unnecessary surgeries to resolve painful symptoms.

EMS therapy is a great tool for patients with the following conditions:

• Carpal tunnel
• Muscle Atrophy
• Muscle Spasms
• Sciatica
• Sports Injuries
• Tennis Elbow
• Ulcers

EMS is a great tool for chiropractors. If you are suffering from any of the above conditions, call  You can set up an appointment with Dr. Richard Robinson by calling 847-963-4894 for the Rolling Meadows office or 847-458-8444 for the Algonquin office. Please also visit our website www.handsdoc.com for more information about our practice.