FAQs About Chiropractic Care

Community Health Network believes in a holistic approach to healthcare. Which is why we offer integrative medicine services. This approach to treatment ensures we offer the best care plans to help heal patients — in a personalized way — while using all the tools available.

One tool we use to target the body, mind and spirit is chiropractic care.

What Is Chiropractic Care?

Chiropractic care involves the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Through joint and spine manipulation, it can help ease pain and promote better mobility or function throughout the body. This care can target pain in numerous areas of the body, including the back, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles.

Chiropractors work to relieve joint or muscle pain, while aiming to restore the range of motion and functionality a patient had before the pain occurred.

What Services Are Offered?

Chiropractic care encompasses many special services. Community Health Network provides:

• Dry needling — Small needles are used to gently pierce the body’s soft tissue to promote deeper and quicker healing. This method creates pain relief through muscle stimulation.
• Cupping — Suction cups are placed along the body, and the upward motion of the suction improves blood flow, working to relieve pain and reduce inflammation.
• Massage therapy – Manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to release stress and tension, provide relief from symptoms, heal injuries and support wellness.
• Functional rehabilitation — This method aims to restore proper motion and function through focusing on a patient’s current movement patterns to work toward better functionality and pain relief.
• Chiropractic manipulative therapy — Chiropractors add controlled pressure to the joints and even massage the areas to help correct alignment, improve movement and restore function.

Is It Painful?

While patients may experience some discomfort, chiropractic care isn’t painful. Any uncomfortable feeling often comes from inflammation of the muscles, which will ease as your body adjusts to the treatment and heals.

Although you may hear popping noises or feel pressure, none of your bones are shifting, cracking or breaking. It’s simply the release of gas and tension built up in the joints.

Overall, chiropractic services are simply meant to get the body back to living harmoniously.

What Are the Benefits?

For children and adults, chiropractic treatment helps balance the body, which can include alleviating stress, anxiety and sleep. Chiropractic methods can help with other chronic conditions and symptoms like:

• Headaches and migraines
• Injuries
• Arthritis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Posture issues

Chiropractic treatment is also great for anyone experiencing pregnancy or postpartum pain.

Treatment can help alleviate sciatic or ligament pain, pelvic issues or any pain caused by the restrictions of pregnancy. After childbirth, loose or overstretched muscles can be worked on and strengthened to help your body rebuild.

For babies, chiropractic services help with colic, bowel movements and overall mood. In babies, you can often immediately see the relief and improvement from treatment.

Alongside pain relief and functional mobility, chiropractic care is a beneficial treatment that is non-invasive while providing hands-on restoration. And, it’s more cost-effective compared to other therapies or procedures.

What Can I Expect at an Appointment?

Appointments usually start with intake forms and a detailed patient history. Here, we learn about daily habits, past experiences and need-to-know information that might help determine what’s contributing to any issues. From there, we follow a more physical, hands-on approach. We provide tests for muscle movement and mobility, analyze your gait and ultimately find the source of the pain.

Afterward, we talk about treatment plans. As firm believers in education, we want you to leave with a plan and resources that empower you to feel more in control of your body.

How Often Will I Have To See a Chiropractor?

Several factors determine how often someone may have to visit the chiropractor — including the pain source and lifestyle choices.

One thing that may help lessen the amount of time spent with the chiropractor is to make sure you’re doing your at-home exercises and care routine as directed by your provider.

Who Should See a Chiropractor?

Anyone who has a spine can and should see a chiropractor.

But more importantly, anyone who is experiencing joint pain, muscle pain or changes in typical function of their joints should go see a chiropractor.

Every person has their own bodily trauma and pain points, but chiropractic care can be helpful for people of all ages and all genders, from infancy and up.

Will My Insurance Cover Chiropractic Care?

In most cases, insurance will cover chiropractic services just like they would any other necessary treatment.

Do I Need a Referral?

You do not need a referral for chiropractic care at Community Westfield Medical Office Building. To schedule your appointment, please call our office at 463-622-9850. Visit eCommunity.com/integrative for more information about chiropractic care.