Chiropractic Services
All chiropractic techniques follow the same basic principle that the body has the ability to heal itself when your nervous system is functioning properly. The chiropractic adjustment is non-invasive and designed to remove interference in the nervous system to allow natural healing from inside out without the need of drugs or surgery. Dr. Jenna and Dr. Shaun are the only chiropractors in Denver with a current Cox flexion distraction certification, a specialization in neck decompression and low back decompression. To learn more about how we can help you, read about the various techniques below.
Activator Methods Technique
Activator Methods technique is a gentle and effective technique
that utilizes an instrument to deliver the chiropractic adjustment. Your doctor
pinpoints the areas of misalignment and corrects them.
What will I experience?
Your doctor will ask you to move into several different positions while face down on the table in order to analyze which areas are in need of adjustment. The adjustment itself is barely felt and is often described as a tapping.
What is really happening?
The speed of the adjustment puts the bones that make up the joint back into a more normal position. It can also cause muscles surrounding the joint to relax and move more effectively.
How is this going to help?
When your joints aren't moving properly it causes wear and tear that leads to pain and dysfunction. By restoring proper motion to the joints not only is the pain eliminated, but it reduces the wear and tear that leads to degeneration.
What will I experience?
Your doctor will ask you to move into several different positions while face down on the table in order to analyze which areas are in need of adjustment. The adjustment itself is barely felt and is often described as a tapping.
What is really happening?
The speed of the adjustment puts the bones that make up the joint back into a more normal position. It can also cause muscles surrounding the joint to relax and move more effectively.
How is this going to help?
When your joints aren't moving properly it causes wear and tear that leads to pain and dysfunction. By restoring proper motion to the joints not only is the pain eliminated, but it reduces the wear and tear that leads to degeneration.
Thompson Technique
The Thompson drop technique utilizes an adjustive thrust with a slight drop to balance the hips and spine both improving posture and increasing function.
What will I experience?
The doctor will analyze your leg length as you lie face down on the table. Using this information along with other postural and functional tests they will determine the direction to adjust. The sections of the table pop up underneath the area to be adjusted and the doctor then provides an adjustment by pushing down in a specific direction.
What is really happening?
The force of the adjustment combined with the drop places the spine and pelvis in a more functional position, it also breaks up scar tissue that forms in joints that have been a chronic issue.
How is this going to help?
Your joints receive nutrients through normal motion when they are functioning properly. If they are not moving normally they are not getting all the nutrients they need, and over time this can lead to inflammation, pain and dysfunction. By introducing motion back into the joints and breaking up scar tissue cause by inflammation the health of the joint can be restored.
What will I experience?
The doctor will analyze your leg length as you lie face down on the table. Using this information along with other postural and functional tests they will determine the direction to adjust. The sections of the table pop up underneath the area to be adjusted and the doctor then provides an adjustment by pushing down in a specific direction.
What is really happening?
The force of the adjustment combined with the drop places the spine and pelvis in a more functional position, it also breaks up scar tissue that forms in joints that have been a chronic issue.
How is this going to help?
Your joints receive nutrients through normal motion when they are functioning properly. If they are not moving normally they are not getting all the nutrients they need, and over time this can lead to inflammation, pain and dysfunction. By introducing motion back into the joints and breaking up scar tissue cause by inflammation the health of the joint can be restored.
Cox- Flexion-Distraction Technique
The Cox technique is a hands on method which allows flexion-distraction of the spine as well as decompression. Research has shown the technique is able to reduce intradiscal pressure, decrease pressure on spinal nerves, return motion to the spine and widen the spinal canal. Spinal decompression treats low back and neck problems including disc herniation,stenosis,sciatica and many other conditions.
What will I experience?
The doctor will determine the area of involvement through several diagnostic strategies. They will then place a hand on your back and begin moving the table up and down and possibly side to side. You will feel a deep stretch.
What is really happening?
The motion occurring at the area the doctor is working on is releasing the pressure that is placed on it due to gravity. The motion is also rushing nutrients to the area and allowing inflammation to be removed.
How is this going to help?
By reducing the pressure on the disk and spinal nerves many symptoms of nerve damage can be reduced (pain, numbness, weakness, burning sensations). It may also improve function of various organ systems.
What will I experience?
The doctor will determine the area of involvement through several diagnostic strategies. They will then place a hand on your back and begin moving the table up and down and possibly side to side. You will feel a deep stretch.
What is really happening?
The motion occurring at the area the doctor is working on is releasing the pressure that is placed on it due to gravity. The motion is also rushing nutrients to the area and allowing inflammation to be removed.
How is this going to help?
By reducing the pressure on the disk and spinal nerves many symptoms of nerve damage can be reduced (pain, numbness, weakness, burning sensations). It may also improve function of various organ systems.
Arthrostim Instrument
The Arthrostim Intrument uses your bodies mechanoreceptors ( sense of body position ) to restore proper structure and motion to regions of the body.
What will I experience?
Your doctor feels for areas of decreased joint mobility or detects a region of the spine that has lost its natural curve. Once located a quick adjustment restores motion to the joint. You will feel several pulses and hear the instrument clicking while in use.
What is really happening?
By adjusting the area, joint mobility is increased and proper structure is restored. This allows the joint to move more easily and through its full range of motion.
How is this going to help?
Having better motion allows you to turn your head and neck farther, bend over easier and in general move through life easier. Movement is a powerful stimulus to the body that overrides the sensation of pain. By keeping your joints moving you can naturally reduce your own pain.
What will I experience?
Your doctor feels for areas of decreased joint mobility or detects a region of the spine that has lost its natural curve. Once located a quick adjustment restores motion to the joint. You will feel several pulses and hear the instrument clicking while in use.
What is really happening?
By adjusting the area, joint mobility is increased and proper structure is restored. This allows the joint to move more easily and through its full range of motion.
How is this going to help?
Having better motion allows you to turn your head and neck farther, bend over easier and in general move through life easier. Movement is a powerful stimulus to the body that overrides the sensation of pain. By keeping your joints moving you can naturally reduce your own pain.
Cranial-Sacral Technique
Cranio-Sacral Therapy uses a very gentle touch to evaluate and correct restrictions in the tissues that surround the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord. It can help to restore the cranial motion that can improve the performance of the nervous system.
What will I experience?
Gentle touch at both the head and the sacrum at the base of your spine. It is very relaxing.
What is really happening?
There is a small amount of motion between the bones that make up our skull. By shifting these bones and the sacrum the natural pump of cerebrospinal fluid throughout your brain and spinal cord is greatly increased. This fluid helps your nervous system gain nutrients and remove waste from the cells.
How is this going to help?
Improving central nervous system health in adults is vital to maintaining cognitive function and can help with a variety of nervous system disorders. In children it can help shape the infants cranial bones after the trauma of birth reducing colic and other problems
What will I experience?
Gentle touch at both the head and the sacrum at the base of your spine. It is very relaxing.
What is really happening?
There is a small amount of motion between the bones that make up our skull. By shifting these bones and the sacrum the natural pump of cerebrospinal fluid throughout your brain and spinal cord is greatly increased. This fluid helps your nervous system gain nutrients and remove waste from the cells.
How is this going to help?
Improving central nervous system health in adults is vital to maintaining cognitive function and can help with a variety of nervous system disorders. In children it can help shape the infants cranial bones after the trauma of birth reducing colic and other problems