Our Services and Techniques
In our office we take a comprehensive approach to the patient's condition. I feel that the pain relief that the patients come to me for is just the beginning. Generally I end up knowing my patients very well. We analyze patterns of muscle imbalance and correct these through deep tissue muscle work. We look contractures of the musculature, and work to eliminate the abnormal functional patterns caused when overworked and imbalanced muscles create adhesive scar tissues. Most often found in the lumbar area, but these can be present in any area that has been subject to injury, stress from poor posture, or especially from long hours of sitting. It has been found that the long hours that most people now sit for work are causing a huge increase of epidemic proportions in the evidence of early degenerative changes in the lumbar discs. My job is to identify this type of problem, and depending on whether we have reached the patient in time, either control the further advancement of the degenerative process, or in some cases, reverse it.
“I find eliminating the acute pain for a patient is wonderful. But I find it just as satisfying to stop, control, or reverse the steady progress of degenerative conditions in the back which can often lead to slowly increasing pain and eventual debilitation if left unchecked.” Dr. Kyle Yoder
Because spinal degeneration is so widespread, and the symptoms come on slowly, people often feel they have no recourse. But, I have found that people “age” at wildly different speeds. With proper evaluation and care these patterns of decay can be altered.
Since my office specializes in not only acute pain, but in the more chronic degenerative pain patterns our treatment will be tailored to the individual.
The following are a part of what may be included with treatment:
- Massage Therapy
- Chiropractic Adjustment
- Nutrition and Exercise Counseling
- Wellness Planning
- Physiotherapy
- Spinal Decompression for degenerative discs
- Treating the hidden injuries from old Whiplashes
(reversal of the cervical curve and subsequent disc decay).
We specialize in healing injuries caused by automobile accidents, sports injuries, and workplace injuries. We can help reverse the effects of injuries caused by repetitive motion, poor posture, and poor lifting habits.