The Spine Care Center specializes in helping people take care of their spine with drug free active Spine Care.
Active Spine Care is a hands on, patient-centered approach, which combines spinal adjustments and postural exercises to help mobilize and realign the spine. The big problem we see in spine health is that when the spine starts to pull out of alignment specific areas of the spine can become stiff and rigid. This loss of motion can eventually lead to pain, disc bulging, disc herniation, stenosis, spondylosis, arthritis, and impaired nerve function. |
When the spine is out of alignment this can also stress the nervous system. Stress on the nervous system can affect overall health, function, and quality of life.
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What causes Spinal Misalignment?
Acute and chronic stress. Acute stress would be from some type of injury, like a
car accident, sports injury or work injury. Chronic stress could be things like hunching over phone, poor posture, slouching, sleeping wrong, repetitive activities, sports, hobbies, work stress and emotional stress.
Acute and chronic stress. Acute stress would be from some type of injury, like a
car accident, sports injury or work injury. Chronic stress could be things like hunching over phone, poor posture, slouching, sleeping wrong, repetitive activities, sports, hobbies, work stress and emotional stress.
How Do We Evaluate Spinal Alignment?
Normal spinal alignment simply means keeping your body in alignment with the force of gravity. When the head is centered over the shoulders we have perfect spinal or postural alignment. We use a computer to calculate the degree your spine is out of alignment. Here's an example of a computerized postural exam:
Your spine is also examined for loss of vertebral motion using a spinal exam technique called Motion Palpation. This spinal examination method involves feeling and comparing the range of motion in each vertebrae to locate
the specific vertebrae that are not moving properly.
the specific vertebrae that are not moving properly.
