Our Services
Chiropractic
We provide safe, effective spinal and non spinal (arms, legs, feet, wrists) corrections to help you achieve your fullest health. Chiropractic treatments may also include acupressure (no needles here—just massage-like pressure), Myofascial Release (trained in Active Release Techniques ® in 1994, Graston Technique - tool assisted muscular treatment) and active evaluation techniques which allow for better diagnosis and treatment and make our practice unique in the chiropractic community.
Customized stretches and exercises
As a patient of Charschan Chiropractic and Sports Injuries Associates, you can expect to receive some training during your chiropractic appointment to help you manage your pain and maintain your health at home. This usually includes stretches and structured exercises that are designed to address your particular needs.
Myofascial Release, Active Release Techniques (R) and Graston Technique
Many muscular complaints never go away, even with exercise which many times can aggravate the condition. Myofascial release has been available in many forms over the years.
Myofascial release improves muscle and nerve function by removing entrapments and adhesions created as a consequence of the way they heal after activity, injury and exertion. The Active Release Techniques (R) style of myofascial release has become well known to athletes because of its effectiveness in getting them out of pain and back to their sport without the use of drugs and surgery. We also use other styles of myofascial release depending on which one I believe would work best for the problems I find. Download our myofascial release brochure in our Brochures On Line area in the web site for a more detailed description.
Many chronic pain patients are told they have fibromyalgia by doctors. Often, they are really people with chronic myofascial pain that their doctors may not understand fully. Many of them find themselves living on drugs instead of having their problems resolved.
By hand or with the assistance of Graston Treatment tools, we diagnose and restore normal function. The pain is gone as well as the chronic tightness. This differs markedly from stretching which has only a temporary effect (yoga included). Many television stations have reported on how Graston Technique eliminated pain which prompted many inquiries from prospective patients like yourself with pain how the method can help them. Visit our links section to find out more about the method through their web site.
Myofascial release and Graston Technique adds reliability to the diagnosis, treatment and overall cost effectiveness of neuromusculoskeletal injuries.
Benefits of Myofascial Release and Graston Technique
- Shorter treatment times with improved outcomes
- Chronic lower back problems resolved
- Chronic sciatic cases - many resolve quickly
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - resolves in an average of 6-10 visits
- TMJ - restores normal jaw function in many patients with a high rate of predictability
- Chronic neck stiffness resolves
- Common running complaints such as shin splints, knee pain, kneecap tracking problems resolved
- Dupuytren's contracture responds favorably to this type of treatment and challenging cases may be able to avoid surgery.
- Many chronic pain syndromes are significantly relieved or resolved (myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia).
Rehab
Active Care
