Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care is used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches.
The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become hypomobile – or restricted in their movement – as a result of a tissue injury. Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminished function for the sufferer. Manipulation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.
In many cases, such as lower back pain, chiropractic care may be the primary method of treatment. When other medical conditions exist, chiropractic care may complement or support medical treatment by relieving the musculoskeletal aspects associated with the condition.
Doctors of chiropractic may assess patients through clinical examination, laboratory testing, diagnostic imaging and other diagnostic interventions to determine when chiropractic treatment is appropriate or when it is not appropriate. Chiropractors will readily refer patients to the appropriate health care provider when chiropractic care is not suitable for the patient’s condition, or the condition warrants co-management in conjunction with other members of the health care team.
For a free evaluation, call Dr. Darrach at 419-427-6300.
Spinal Decompression Therapy (SDT)
Have you been told you have a bulging disc and you may need surgery to eliminate your pain? Here's your chance to become one of the many Findlay area residents that are now pain free and enjoying life again.
Spinal Decompression Therapy (SDT) has been shown to be 86% effective for treatment of bulging, herniated discs, facet syndromes, sciatica, stenosis, and radiating pain involving a disc without the need of surgery.
For articles, information and study results of SDT, click on this link:
http://www.trentonchiropracticandrehab.com/decompression.html
Call 419-427-6300 for a free evaluation by Dr. Darrach, at Findlay's premier SDT clinic, Trenton Chiropractic and Rehab.
Rehabilitation
Core rehab is the ability of the lumbopelvic hip complex to prevent buckling and to return to equilibrium after it has been disturbed. In mechanical terms this concept proposes that you need to have a strong or stable base from which any lever system, i.e., your limbs can operate.
The functional result of good core stability is that normal everyday activities (sit, stand, reach, push a trolley, or carry shopping bags) can be done with greater safety.
But first you must treat and control the instability in your spine, or core, before rehabilitation exercise will be in effective. It is essential in regaining function but has to be inserted into your care progam at the correct time.
For additional information and a consultation with Dr. Darrach, call 419-427-6300.
Acupuncture
Available June 2008.
Acupuncture, simply stated, is a health science which is used to successfully treat both pain and dysfunction in the body.
Acupuncture has its roots deeply planted in China. In fact, authorities agree the science is between 5,000 and 7,000 years old. Its use spread throughout ancient Egypt, the Middle East, the Roman Empire and later into Western Europe as merchants and missionaries to China told of the amazing discoveries the people of the Orient had developed. Acupuncture did not become known on a national level in the US until 1971 when diplomatic relations between China and America were relaxed.
At first glimpse, Acupuncture appears strange, as its primary notoriety is the utilization of needles placed in the skin at various locations to relieve pain or affect a body part.
Early Chinese physicians discovered there is an energy network traversing just below the surface of the skin which communicates from the exterior to the internal organs and structures over 1,000 "Acupoints" on the body. This energy works in harmony with the body's circulatory, nervous, muscular, digestive, genitourinary and all other systems of the body. When this vital energy becomes blocked or weakened, an effect in a body system or anatomic location becomes evident. Stimulation of one or a combination of key "Acupoints" on the body may restore harmony to the affected area.
Historians have stated, "More people have benefited from Acupuncture over the course of fifty centuries than the combined total of all other healing sciences, both ancient and modern."
