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Chiropractic Adjustment

Management includes joint and soft-tissue manual treatments, rehabilitation exercises, patient education, lifestyle modification, and the use of physical therapy modalities.

Excerpt from "The Current Status of the Chiropractic Profession - Report to the World Health Organization from the World Federation of Chiropractic (December, 2012)"

To ensure that each patient receives treatment that is tailored to his/her specific needs, a range of natural and complementary therapeutic approaches may be employed by a chiropractor.

A chiropractic adjustment refers to a chiropractor applying manipulation to the vertebrae that have abnormal movement patterns or fail to function normally. The objective of this chiropractic treatment is to reduce the subluxation, with the goals of increasing range of motion, reducing nerve irritability, and improving function.

A chiropractic adjustment typically involves:

A high velocity, short lever arm thrust applied to a vertebra
An accompanying, audible release of gas (joint cavitation) that is caused by the release joint pressure
A relieving sensation most of the time, although minor discomfort has been reported (that usually lasts for a short time duration) if the surrounding muscles are in spasm or the patient tenses up during this chiropractic care.

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CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE EMPHASIZES THE CONSERVATIVE

MANAGEMENT OF DISORDERS OF THE NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL

SYSTEM WITHOUT THE USE OF MEDICINES & SURGERY

脊骨矯正是以徒手進行的治療程序。脊醫會以手力推動脊椎移位之關節。脊醫透過脊骨矯正，改善及治療脊椎關節移位問題。

超聲波可促進受傷位置的血液循環，從而達到修復受損組織的目的：血液流通可為受傷位置輸送營養、帶走廢物，因此對於康復過程非常重要。
超聲波治療採用高頻（超聲）波修復受損的軟組織，如肌肉、神經、肌腱和韌帶等等。超聲波還可加熱軟組織，以緩解疼痛和肌肉痙癴。

肌肉疼痛或痙癴會影響脊椎關節的活動能力。干擾電流治療可預先放鬆緊張的肌肉，從而加強脊骨矯正的成效，令緩解痛症和恢復活動能力的效果更持久。干擾電流治療採用中頻電流促進血液流動，並輕度活動肌肉、令其得到放鬆和緩解疼痛。

把特制的矯形鞋墊放置於患者的鞋內，幫助患者恢復正常的體位排列及機理。矯形鞋墊對以下症狀有改善作用：結構性扁平足、足內翻、偶發性足踝扭傷、足底筋膜炎等。脊醫注重幫助患者恢復身體的正常生理機械性能。專業訂造的矯形鞋墊可為足部提供適當的承托，並糾正不良的走路姿勢，確保所有關節協調一致，有助維持脊骨矯正的成效。

繃緊的肌肉內存在多個肌肉痛點，它們是引起痛點本位及附近區域出現痠痛的源頭，亦會令肌肉再度勞損或容易受傷。衝擊波治療的原理是把非電磁式的壓力波聚焦於痛點患處，引起微量創傷，激發細胞再生及重組結構。癒後，肌肉得以放鬆，痛症得以緩解。對幫助解散增生之鈣化組織都有其功效，對付在肩峰、前膝、足跟的骨質增生都有輔助治療作用。衝擊波治療慢性筋腱或鈣化肌腱炎及肌肉勞損特別有效。