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What is the Correct Adjustment?
When you first visit your doctor of chiropractic, you will receive a spinal analysis to determine where and how
many subluxations are in your spine. Then he/she will determine the location of your vertebral subluxation(s)
using various tools of spinal analysis. While only your body knows exactly where the vertebra needs to be, the
chiropractor can make a reasonable determination of the force and general direction of an adjustment using
analysis tools such as X-ray, motion palpation, study of the electrical quality of the muscles (S-EMG), imaging tools
such as MRI, X-ray and other spinal analysis instruments. Then he/she must determine how best to correct your
problem.
An experienced chiropractor also has a certain “feeling” when an adjustment is just right. This “feeling” can’t
easily be put into words, but when the chiropractor has you under his or her hands, intuition and experience
come into play. This includes sensitivity to the patient, knowing that every person is unique. No two
adjustments are ever the same.
Artistic and Scientific
All chiropractors have the same goal in common – the elimination or reduction of their patients’ subluxations,
reducing the stress on the nervous system and permitting them to unleash their inner healing ability. Yet, an
adjustment from two chiropractors may feel different. One reason for this is that each chiropractor is physically
unique; some are tall, some are short, they have different sized hands and they use different spinal adjusting
techniques. These differences are natural when dealing with adjusting, for it is an artistic as well as a scientific
procedure.
Chiropractic Adjusting Techniques
Not all chiropractors work alike. The chiropractic profession has developed nearly a hundred different methods,
referred to as techniques, used to analyze the spine for subluxations and adjust or release the vertebral
subluxation complex. Most chiropractors are familiar with at least a few of them. Each chiropractor usually has a
favorite one that he or she employs for the majority of patients. Why not ask your chiropractor what type of
adjusting technique he or she uses and why?
It’s like when your car is stuck in the mud and the wheels are spinning and spinning. Then along comes a friend
who pushes the car so the wheels finally catch and push the car free. Now, did your friend really push your two-
ton car out of the mud? Of course not! He just supplied the right amount of force in the right direction that the
car needed to dislodge itself. The chiropractor’s adjustment unlocks the jammed or fixated vertebra and nearby
tissues from their “stuck” or fixated positions and frees them to move where the body wants them to go.
Do Chiropractors Need To Be Strong?
Strength is not necessary to give an adjustment. Skill is. An adjustment has little to do with actual strength,
since the body is always trying to pull the vertebra back into proper alignment and release unnatural stress from
your muscles, tissues and joints. Most of the force is already there, locked up but not moving. The chiropractor
has the right “key” to open the “locked” areas. Just the right touch in the correct direction (at the proper
moment) should be all that is needed. Some adjusting techniques use so little force that patients feel barely
anything! In fact, a small female chiropractor of slight build can, with the proper adjusting technique, move man-
mountains.
Massage therapy can help release chronic muscular tension and pain, improve circulation, increase joint
flexibility, reduce mental and physical fatigue and stress, promote faster healing of injured muscular tissue,
improve posture and reduce blood pressure. Massage is also known to promote better sleep, improve
concentration and reduce anxiety.
What Should You Expect During A Massage Session?
Before the first session, you will be asked to complete a questionnaire about health-related topics. This will help
the therapist identify any contraindications and determine what techniques will best serve your needs. Feel free
to discuss any concerns you have. During this session, you will be draped with a sheet that will comfortably cover
you. Only the area of your body being massaged will be exposed. Relax during the session, and be sure to
communicate with the therapist if you would like the pressure to be lighter or more vigorous. Speak up and ask
questions – open communication is key to getting the most from a massage. Massages are available during normal
business hours Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Intersegmental Traction And Spinal Fitness
Intersegmental traction is a way of inducing passive motion into the spine in order to achieve spinal fitness by
flexing spinal joints, increasing mobility and preventing disc degeneration. Since discs have a poor blood supply,
they get nutrients from the circulation of fluids surrounding spinal joints. Fixations prevent this natural
circulation and can cause disc thinning and degeneration. Intersegmental traction helps increase and restore
necessary elasticity and motion to the spine.
With intersegmental traction, the patient lies face up on a bench table, which has roller-type cams beneath its
surface. These rollers slowly travel the length of the spine, flexing spinal joints. Most patients find this form of
treatment to be relaxing and very helpful. The gentle rolling action is restful, yet flexes and exercises the spine
without effort. Goode Integrative Health Care utilizes the ATT 300 electro-mechanical treatment table, which
enhances the correction of a spinal subluxation by relaxing tension and mobilizing the area to be treated. This is
done by adjustable, alternate pressure on the spine.
When you first visit your doctor of chiropractic, you will receive a spinal analysis to determine where and how
many subluxations are in your spine. Then he/she will determine the location of your vertebral subluxation(s)
using various tools of spinal analysis. While only your body knows exactly where the vertebra needs to be, the
chiropractor can make a reasonable determination of the force and general direction of an adjustment using
analysis tools such as X-ray, motion palpation, study of the electrical quality of the muscles (S-EMG), imaging tools
such as MRI, X-ray and other spinal analysis instruments. Then he/she must determine how best to correct your
problem.
An experienced chiropractor also has a certain “feeling” when an adjustment is just right. This “feeling” can’t
easily be put into words, but when the chiropractor has you under his or her hands, intuition and experience
come into play. This includes sensitivity to the patient, knowing that every person is unique. No two
adjustments are ever the same.
Artistic and Scientific
All chiropractors have the same goal in common – the elimination or reduction of their patients’ subluxations,
reducing the stress on the nervous system and permitting them to unleash their inner healing ability. Yet, an
adjustment from two chiropractors may feel different. One reason for this is that each chiropractor is physically
unique; some are tall, some are short, they have different sized hands and they use different spinal adjusting
techniques. These differences are natural when dealing with adjusting, for it is an artistic as well as a scientific
procedure.
Chiropractic Adjusting Techniques
Not all chiropractors work alike. The chiropractic profession has developed nearly a hundred different methods,
referred to as techniques, used to analyze the spine for subluxations and adjust or release the vertebral
subluxation complex. Most chiropractors are familiar with at least a few of them. Each chiropractor usually has a
favorite one that he or she employs for the majority of patients. Why not ask your chiropractor what type of
adjusting technique he or she uses and why?
It’s like when your car is stuck in the mud and the wheels are spinning and spinning. Then along comes a friend
who pushes the car so the wheels finally catch and push the car free. Now, did your friend really push your two-
ton car out of the mud? Of course not! He just supplied the right amount of force in the right direction that the
car needed to dislodge itself. The chiropractor’s adjustment unlocks the jammed or fixated vertebra and nearby
tissues from their “stuck” or fixated positions and frees them to move where the body wants them to go.
Do Chiropractors Need To Be Strong?
Strength is not necessary to give an adjustment. Skill is. An adjustment has little to do with actual strength,
since the body is always trying to pull the vertebra back into proper alignment and release unnatural stress from
your muscles, tissues and joints. Most of the force is already there, locked up but not moving. The chiropractor
has the right “key” to open the “locked” areas. Just the right touch in the correct direction (at the proper
moment) should be all that is needed. Some adjusting techniques use so little force that patients feel barely
anything! In fact, a small female chiropractor of slight build can, with the proper adjusting technique, move man-
mountains.
Massage therapy can help release chronic muscular tension and pain, improve circulation, increase joint
flexibility, reduce mental and physical fatigue and stress, promote faster healing of injured muscular tissue,
improve posture and reduce blood pressure. Massage is also known to promote better sleep, improve
concentration and reduce anxiety.
What Should You Expect During A Massage Session?
Before the first session, you will be asked to complete a questionnaire about health-related topics. This will help
the therapist identify any contraindications and determine what techniques will best serve your needs. Feel free
to discuss any concerns you have. During this session, you will be draped with a sheet that will comfortably cover
you. Only the area of your body being massaged will be exposed. Relax during the session, and be sure to
communicate with the therapist if you would like the pressure to be lighter or more vigorous. Speak up and ask
questions – open communication is key to getting the most from a massage. Massages are available during normal
business hours Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Intersegmental Traction And Spinal Fitness
Intersegmental traction is a way of inducing passive motion into the spine in order to achieve spinal fitness by
flexing spinal joints, increasing mobility and preventing disc degeneration. Since discs have a poor blood supply,
they get nutrients from the circulation of fluids surrounding spinal joints. Fixations prevent this natural
circulation and can cause disc thinning and degeneration. Intersegmental traction helps increase and restore
necessary elasticity and motion to the spine.
With intersegmental traction, the patient lies face up on a bench table, which has roller-type cams beneath its
surface. These rollers slowly travel the length of the spine, flexing spinal joints. Most patients find this form of
treatment to be relaxing and very helpful. The gentle rolling action is restful, yet flexes and exercises the spine
without effort. Goode Integrative Health Care utilizes the ATT 300 electro-mechanical treatment table, which
enhances the correction of a spinal subluxation by relaxing tension and mobilizing the area to be treated. This is
done by adjustable, alternate pressure on the spine.
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| SPINAL ADJUSTMENTS |
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What is a Spinal Adjustment?
A spinal adjustment or manipulation is a highly specialized procedure
your chiropractor uses to free your body from a serious form of
health-destroying stress called the vertebral subluxation complex (also
known as subluxations.) It takes years of training for a doctor of
chiropractic to master the techniques needed to locate and correct
subluxations.
A spinal adjustment or manipulation is a highly specialized procedure
your chiropractor uses to free your body from a serious form of
health-destroying stress called the vertebral subluxation complex (also
known as subluxations.) It takes years of training for a doctor of
chiropractic to master the techniques needed to locate and correct
subluxations.
.Professional Massage Therapy
Goode Integrative Health Care offers massage therapy in a
professional setting. Our massage therapy is performed by a
professionally trained and experienced therapist. Whether you're
looking for relief from muscle pain, injury or stress, or are simply in
need of the overall sense of well-being that massage can offer, ours is
the most comprehensive and comfortable. What are the benefits of
massage therapy?
Goode Integrative Health Care offers massage therapy in a
professional setting. Our massage therapy is performed by a
professionally trained and experienced therapist. Whether you're
looking for relief from muscle pain, injury or stress, or are simply in
need of the overall sense of well-being that massage can offer, ours is
the most comprehensive and comfortable. What are the benefits of
massage therapy?
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The Body Is Always Trying To Realign
Your body is always trying to realign or adjust your spine and return to
a state of ease or relaxation. Areas of stress or tension are unnatural
states and need to be released. The back muscles are continuously
working to pull the vertebra back to where it belongs. The chiropractor
doesn’t actually put the vertebra back in place. He/she supplies just
the little bit of force needed to free the vertebra so your body will
realign it.
Your body is always trying to realign or adjust your spine and return to
a state of ease or relaxation. Areas of stress or tension are unnatural
states and need to be released. The back muscles are continuously
working to pull the vertebra back to where it belongs. The chiropractor
doesn’t actually put the vertebra back in place. He/she supplies just
the little bit of force needed to free the vertebra so your body will
realign it.
| Dr. Robert J. Goode III |
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