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Chiropractic.Meet our Chiropractic Team > What is Chiropractic?
The aim of Chiropractic is to restore and preserve spinal health. Chiropractors seek to do so by means of manipulation (also known as a spinal adjustment) and other conservative interventions. The spine is a mechanical structure and is protected by muscles. Muscles are controlled by our nerves through a series of reflexes. When the spine has restricted vertebral joint motion - these reflexes may be altered, possibly creating poor spinal muscle control and instability. This may lead to a range of problems, most notably pain and dysfunction. Joint correction by way of spinal manipulation may provide relief or resolution of these problems. Typically, Chiropractors treat spine related disorders, including (but not limited to) neck and low back pain, pins and needles, jaw pain, headaches and migraines. Sports Lab Chiropractic aims to:
Sports Lab Chiropractic focuses on your needs, desires and outcomes with respect to your pain or injury. We employ a whole body joint by joint assessment and treatment for common spinal disorders. This means that the chiropractor assess the entire body as part of a kinetic chain, making sure all contributing factors of your pain or injury are identified and optimally treated. This approach helps uncover the pain generator and weak links within the body - often revealing which areas need mobility, stability or strength. Research back's Sports Lab's holistic approach to modern and functional Chiropractic care. To make an appointment, please call the practice and request a Chiropractic consultation or ask for an integrated initial assessment in which the Chiropractor and Physiotherapist will take a multidisciplinary approach, assessing your injury at the same time, in the one session. Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilisation Instrument Adjusting technique (Impulse)
Cranial Therapy
Cranial therapy is not without controversy. For years anatomists believed that sutures functioned as growth regions of the skull and served no purpose other than to hold the skull together. The commonly held belief was that cranial bones fuse early in life and the skull is therefore regarded as a rigid bone structure with immoveable sutures. This theory is predominately based on the study of cadavers. However some biomechanical evidence (primarily from orthodontic and dental journals) show that cranial bones adapt to forces and that human adult sutures may remain open throughout life. Cranial sutures appear to have a tiny or microscopic range of mobility and may have the potential to be a joint-like structure, which may be responsible for pain and dysfunction. A review of cranial literature in 1997 concludes that animal and human studies demonstrate a potential for small magnitude motion. When viewing the surface features of the human skull (see coloured model above), suture mobility appears to be simple and direct. However these sutures have exceedlingly complexed forms, characterized by overlapping surfaces, ridges and grooves. Armed with knowledge of the intricate make up of the human skull, our cranial therapists are able to contact accessible sutures on the skull, face and inside the mouth. Specific skull palpation may elicit a painful response indicating some form of cranial dysfunction. Utilising gentle to moderate finger pressure along these tender contact points, sutural tension can be released and relieved. Some conditions where cranial therapy may be appropriate include (but are not limited too):
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Sports Lab Chiropractic is a health care discipline which focuses on the relationship between structure - primarily the spine - and function, as coordinated by the nervous system. The word "chiropractic" is derived from the Greek words "cheir" and "praktkos" which means "done by hand."
Specially designed soft tissue instruments (SASTM & Graston Technique) are used to aid the Sportslab chiropractors hands whilst performing soft tissue therapy. These instruments are sensitive in detecting and treating soft tissue anomalies like scar tissue or adhesions, which maybe missed by the therapists hands. An advantage of these instruments is that they can quickly scan and comb over surrounding muscle and fascial restrictions. Another plus is that the practitioner can work through restrictions while the tissue is being stretched, contracted or in motion. In other words, soft tissue mobilisation can take place in a position which reproduces the patients pain or discomfort.
A recent technique addition to Sports Lab is a new electromechanical device known as the Impulse. With 3 different force settings, single or multiple extremely fast (low force) adjustments are appropriately applied to spine. Research shows multiple thrusts maybe advantageous as they allow 25% more vertebral joint motion. Impulse adjusting may be particularly useful in targeting stiff joint segments.
Sports Lab cranial therapists aim to release cranial bone tension, allowing them to function within their normal ranges. The human skull consists of 22 different bones. These individual bones are separated from each other by articular seams or joints along their edges. These joints are known as sutures. Sutures are sites of suppleness or flexibility between the more rigid skull bones. Made up of soft connective tissue, their primary function is to allow bone expansion and brain growth. Cranial sutures will invariably experience and transmit mechanical stresses throughout life. The most obvious include muscle contraction involved in biting and chewing or by several therapeutic dental-orthodontic procedures.
