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Chiropractic and Massage Therapy. The dynamic Duo
As numerous massage therapists and chiropractors have already discovered, when the two professions work together they create a dynamic duo that benefits their clients' health and their individual practices. In fact massage therpaists work closely with physiotherapsits and osteopaths where massage can work alongside treatment and speed up the process.
Chiropractor's treat musculoskeletal and general health problems through spinal adjustments. It is based on the fact that spinal dysfunction, or subluxation, affects the nerves and compromises health throughout the body. Manual adjustments, which release small amounts of carbon dioxide from the vertebral joints, reinvigorate the nerves and allow the body to heal itself.
Massage therapy focuses on manual manipulation of the muscles and other soft tissues of the body, in order to reduce pain and enhance relaxation. Other noted benefits include stimulation of blood and lymph circulation, and reduction of stress, heart rate and blood pressure.
Although the focus is different for each modality, practitioners in both camps agree that when massage is incorporated into a chiropractic-treatment program, the results are better. Musculoskeletal problems are a combination of subluxation, as far as the spine is concerned, but also the muscles attached. By loosening muscle attachments to the spine, the therapy is working on both muscle and skeleton for a net effect. The adjustment is more effective and longer lasting.
Massage and chiropractic are both effective as standalone therapies but when combined you get the best of both worlds.
Effective treatment
Accelerates recovery
Reduces pain
Prevents reoccurrence
Eliminates tension
Increased movement
Greater sense of wellbeing
Relieve tension in the soft tissue associated with the misplaced vertebrae
Get more from your chiropractic treatment
Cost efficient