25 Mar Treating Soft-Tissue Injuries with Chiropractic
Treating soft-tissue injuries with long-lasting results starts the moment you enter our Mile High Spine & Pain Center doors. When you are in pain, your immediate need is relief. Your initial consultation with us will involve a treatment plan for soft-tissue-injury pain relief, but also allows us to establish a total body wellness plan to prevent injuries like this from reoccurring. Mile High Spine & Pain Center in Broomfield is equipped to answer any questions you may have about how chiropractic care can benefit you with soft-tissue injuries and what you can expect.
Soft-Tissue Injuries: Causes and Prevention
Soft tissue injuries often stem from ballistic movements of smaller stabilizing muscles as they compensate for the under-performing larger ones such as hamstrings, glutes and quads. An early evaluation of your muscular strengths and weaknesses by a member of our Mile High Spine & Pain Center team members can help you identify specific musculoskeletal imbalances and sources of hypersensitivity through a combination of orthopedic tests. A postural analysis provides an excellent start for determining skeletal structure, soft-tissue integrity, neurological control and the underlying causes of distortions resulting from muscular dysfunction.
Patients suffering from certain soft-tissue injuries can benefit from active release techniques (ART) which are recognized for reducing pain, weakness and numbness through the treatment of nerves entangled by scar tissue.
Treatment Options for Soft-Tissue Injuries
Chiropractic treatment is indispensable for soft-tissue injuries. Chiropractic care isn’t just about treating your symptoms, but the cause of your symptoms. Muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories and pain relievers do nothing to improve the outcome of an injured tissue, however, passive motion and techniques to increase joint mobility which naturally relax muscles allows an increase in rehabilitation in a pain-free setting. Putting motion into healing soft tissues is perhaps the most important piece of the puzzle when treating an injury. How scar tissue forms is very important to the treatment and the avoidance of a lifetime of chronic pain with an injured individual. Soft-tissue injuries or sprain/strains of the neck and back are commonly treated by chiropractors. Chiropractic care offers a unique approach to these soft-tissue injuries that many other health care providers do not, and that is the re-establishment of “joint function”.
Mile High Spine & Pain Center treatment options that are used to help with your soft-tissue injuries include:
- MRI scans to determine if the tendons are swollen or enlarged
- Instruction on exercise adjustments that eliminate the irritation
- Gentle stretching to help you eliminate tension in the hip or knee: This includes the prescription of three to five daily exercises designed to increase strength and flexibility.
- Massage and pain management for short term injury
- Balance adjustments
- Trigger Point Therapy: An effective method for easing muscle tension and reducing the pain caused by knots in your muscles that refer pain to other parts of your body. For instance, a “muscle knot” in the back can cause referred pain in the neck, while one in the neck can create problems ranging from dull headaches to severe migraines.
- Dry Needle Therapy
The Initial Visit
When you arrive for your first visit, a member of the Mile High Spine & Pain Center team will spend time with you collecting your patient history. This information will help your Mile High Spine & Pain Center Team know how significant your soft-tissue injuries are and how best to help you. As you get started with a treatment plan for your soft-tissue injuries, we will give you some at home tips to be aware of. The team at Mile High Spine & Pain Center has a lot of experience with soft-tissue injuries, but we will also need your participation in your care for the best results.
Call for a Free Consultation
Mile High Spine & Pain Center consists of a team of medical professionals that offer integrative treatment and therapy. Our clinic provides patients in the Westminster and Broomfield area with a wide range of services in one convenient, comfortable office. We’ll help you address your pain and inflammation from your soft-tissue injuries that can drastically compromise your quality of life. Read more about our services below and contact us to schedule an appointment with our spine, nerve, and physical medicine specialists today. Call (720) 507-0080 today to schedule your free consultation!