Massage Therapy VS Chiropractic

After years of training and 2 decades of practice and seeing thousands of patients, I have come to realize that gentle chiropractic healing is the best approach to complete and lasting body alignment. Many people associate chiropractic with violent twisting and jerking, It doesn't have to be that way.
Good skeletal alignment is vital for proper function of the nervous system and muscular activity, but that alignment can be achieved gently, by stretching some muscles and strengthening others. Sometimes a 'quick fix' is necessary, but the majority of the time excellent results can be achieved with gentle pressure, stretching, pulling and massage".
Years of training in human anatomy and physiology has convinced me that the way people hold themselves, the little things they're not aware of, are responsible for many of the problems they experience. In other words, in a large majority of cases, we're causing our own pain! It's our own tight muscles that put things out of alignment; that keep joints from operating properly; that cause the pinched nerves we feel as pain.
To correct the problems, the body simply needs to be "reeducated". Sometimes it takes a while, but it is almost always possible to do. And that, in a nutshell, is my mission: To reeducate the individual so they heal themselves, and to reeducate the public that healing is possible. In my practice, I use a variety of techniques.
The most common of them, generally part of every session, are listed below:
Massage
I focus on the muscles that inhibit proper alignment. Sometimes the important muscles are very small ones alongside a joint, that could easily be missed in a traditional massage.
Pulling
Pulling on a limb, (also known as traction) is incredibly effective for sore joints. Often combined with shaking and jiggling to promote relaxation, this maneuver creates a small amount of additional space in the joints, which is often sufficient to reduce friction and eliminate pressure-induced pain.
Stretching
Stretching muscles and ligaments is another technique that promotes good alignment. But knowing how to use the body's own leverage to increase the stretch -- and how to do so safely -- is something that takes training. Beyond the individual techniques, it takes years of training to learn how to identify the root causes for many problems.
For example, a pain in the neck may be caused by the way a person holds their back, which could be the result of trying to protect a painful knee! It's my job to "connect the dots", and fix problems all along the chain -- rather than just the problem that lies closest to surface.
Perhaps what sets my work apart is I teach the body how to align itself better. I communicate with my clients and teach them about the connections, so they become more aware of the underlying causes for the sensations they experience.

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