Chiropractic Treatments Available

Chiropractic is a branch of the healing art concerned with care for the joints, muscles and nerves. Chiropractors like Dr Millar treat joint and soft tissue injuries using a variety of techniques, including:

Chiropractic manipulation is perhaps the most widely used chiropractic treatment. It is a safe and gentle procedure involving the manual adjustment of the joints – usually the spine.

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Ultrasound therapy can relieve discomfort by reducing swelling in inflamed muscles and joints.

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Electrical muscle stimulation produces a tingling sensation that relaxes tense muscles.

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Soft laser therapy uses invisible light that can painlessly reduce tenderness and stimulate tissue repair in injured muscles.

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Electro-laser acupuncture combines electrical pulses with the same low intensity infrared light used in soft laser therapy. Electro-laser acupuncture is used for reducing pain and treating headaches, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and a variety of other conditions.

Myofascial release helps restore flexibility and can decrease pain in tight, sore muscles. This is done by releasing adhesions (sticking) between the muscle and surrounding fascia (fibrous tissue around and between muscle layers) which usually develops as the result of an injury. A big part of myofascial release is the use of ART – Active Release Technique.

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Active Release Technique (ART) is used for the treatment of hypertonic (extremely tense) muscles that have become resistant to normal stretching techniques. When a muscle is injured – due to tearing or bruising – a small amount of bleeding occurs. This turns into scar tissue ‘adhesions’ between the muscle and its protective sheath (fascia), which restricts the sliding of the muscle as it lengthens. ART acts to break up this scar tissue to allow normal movement to the muscles.

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Patient reviews:

"I strained a muscle swimming butterfly when I was little. What happened was, scar tissue had developed around the injury. Whenever I exerted myself and started breathing hard the muscle would spasm.

I received ‘Electrical Muscle Stimulation’ on my neck. Now, I never would have thought that a problem in my neck could affect my ribs and the way I breathe – but I found out that there’s actually a nerve that goes from my neck to my diaphragm.

Ultrasound was then used to break up the scar tissue and after three weeks I started to notice a difference. Each time it reoccurred it was less severe and would go away quicker."

Andrea Sweeney – Graduate student and triathlete

"I’ve been swimming competitively for probably 10 years now, and at least once a year a problem occurs. I’d heard from other swimmers about ‘Active Release Technique’ and thought I’d look into it for my shoulders.

When you really overwork your muscles – as I do when training and competing – they tend to grow back ‘criss-crossed’. This is what’s known as ‘muscle fascia’. ART breaks up these bonds, or fascias, and helps the muscle fibre become more linear. This makes it stronger – more flexible – and gives you a greater range of motion.

ART is a relatively new technique, and not many people know about it – which is a shame. Not only does it fix the problem you have, but it can be used as a preventative measure as well.

Since I’ve been receiving ART my swimming has been going really well. I have a greater range of movement in my stroke, better leverage and extra power – which is what I’ve been looking for in my swimming."

Andrew Woegerer – University student and Varsity team swimmer

"I have Scoliosis – which basically means chronic back issues. I do my stretches every day, but once a month I go in and get all the knots untied."

Rebekah Voege – Stay at home mother with 2 children