Your Treatment at Alliance Chiropractic

During chiropractic care, adjustments of the spine are just one element of your treatment. When Dr. Reyes and Dr. Castillo develop an individual treatment plan for each patient, that plan may include a variety of alternative health techniques including acupuncture, massage therapy, nutritional consulting and exercises. Every person and every health problem are different, so every treatment plan is different. Here are some of the services at Alliance Chiropractic Health Care that may be integrated into your course of care.

Myovision

This is an advanced scanning technique that the doctors use to detect any problem areas in your spine and back. Six sensors are applied to target areas along your spine. During this completely painless process, a computer measures the muscle tension throughout your back. The result is an image that shows areas of muscle tension and imbalance that can pull on the spine. These results help the doctors determine which areas of the spine are being restricted, enabling a more specific chiropractic adjustment.

Chiropractic Adjustments

The chiropractic adjustment is the restoration of motion to one or more vertebral segments of the body. Dr. Castillo and Dr. Reyes adjust the spine and any joint in the body by using their hands and specially designed treatment tables. This method of adjusting allows them to be extremely specific in their corrections of the spine and joints. More importantly, it is comfortable for the patient.

Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Low levels of electrical impulses are applied to the area of complaint through electrical stimulation pads. Depending on the settings, it can be used to stimulate the production of the body's natural painkillers, resulting in a reduction in pain symptoms, a reduction in muscle spasms and an increase in muscle strength.

Hot and Cold Packs

This method of treatment is used in conjunction with the electrical muscle stimulation. Use of either depends on the stage of healing: the hot, moist packs relax spastic muscles and promote circulation, while the cold packs decrease pain symptoms and reduce inflammation and swelling.

Therapeutic Ultrasound

Sound vibrations generated by an ultrasound machine penetrate the tissues deep in the body and create a heat response. The rise in temperature increases blood flow, relaxes muscle spasms, massages damaged tissues and speeds the healing process.

Trigger Point Therapy

Trigger points are muscle knots found in any part of the body. These trigger points can cause pain and sometimes refer pain to other parts of the body. Trigger point therapy is the application of firm pressure to these knots, either manually or with the help of a weighted tool, causing the muscle to relax and improve blood flow

Acupuncture

Meridian channels along the body allow the body's energy or "Qi" (pronounced chi) to move freely. When the energy or "Qi" becomes stagnant or does not move, it can cause pain or dysfunction. Acupuncture involves the insertion of thin needles into specific points along the meridian channel to improve energy flow and stimulate the healing process. Electrical stimulation can also be used in conjunction with the needles to enhance and speed treatment time.

Kinesio Taping

Developed by a doctor of chiropractic in Japan nearly 25 years ago, Kinesio Taping has become the gold standard for therapeutic rehabilitative taping. This method uses a uniquely designed and patented tape for treatment of muscular disorders and lymphedema reduction that affects the activation of neurological and circulatory systems. Kinesio Taping has been used on cyclists in the Tour de France, Olympic gymnasts, professional tennis players, professional volleyball players and even weekend athletes. Dr. Castillo is a certified Kinesio Taping practitioner.

Custom Orthotics

Our feet are the first to make contact with the ground and adapt to the contours of the terrain. Over-pronators (flat feet) or supinators (high arches) can have difficulty adapting to the terrain, which can lead to bunions, hammer toes, plantar fasciitis, knee pain, hip pain and low back pain. Dr. Castillo and Dr. Reyes can identify dysfunction in the feet and administer special shoe inserts called orthotics. Both Dr. Castillo and Dr. Reyes are certified practitioners in Sole Supports customized foot orthotics.

Rehabilitation Exercises

Rehabilitative exercises are critical to the healing process. When a patient suffers from an injury such as low back pain, the surrounding tissues and muscles automatically become weak or sometimes non-responsive. Dr. Reyes and Dr. Castillo will lead patients through a core-building exercise plan at our office that can be done at home to continue the healing process while strengthening and coordinating injured tissues and muscles. Rehabilitation exercises can help prevent future injuries and imbalances throughout the body.

Gait Analysis and Functional Rehabilitation

Gait analysis is the assessment of a patient's gait while walking, running or both to examine the "kinetic chain" from the ground up—looking at the feet, knees, hips and up to the back. Functional Rehabilitation works in conjunction with gait analysis, as well as a variety of other treatments offered at Alliance Chiropractic Wellness Center. After a patient's muscular imbalance has been identified and the spinal joint dysfunctions have been corrected, patients practice specific dynamic exercises that help establish a strong base and an efficiently working neruomuscular system.

Nutrition and Lifestyle Counseling

Optimal health and living a healthy lifestyle are the foundation of our core values. We believe that wellness can be attained by using science-based testing to correct nutritional imbalances, resolving many health issues. A comprehensive metabolic profile is a highly accurate test that can show abnormal levels of essential nutrients that may reveal root causes of symptoms that can lead to disease. This test eliminates the guesswork about where to start addressing your health issues. Based on your test results, an individualized nutritional program can be designed to correct any nutritional imbalances while optimizing your metabolic function and health. We also offer an advanced detoxification program to help your body rid itself of dangerous toxins. The process of detoxification is critical to health and the body needs specific nutrients to enhance its ability to cleanse itself.