Physical Therapy
Family Chiropractic Clinic of Hillsborough provides the best in Physical Therapy including:
Ultrasound,
Electric Stimulation: HVG or High Volt Galvanism, Interferential, Microtens,
Infrared,
Massage,
Rehabilitative Stretching & Rehabilitative Strengthening Exercises, Posture programs
Disc Decompression Traction and more........
Ultrasound
Ultrasound creates sound waves that penetrate the skin to decrease pain, muscle spasms, swelling, crystals, increase blood flow and promotes healing. Ultrasound can also be used for bone spurs like heel spurs to help diminish the spur and relieve pain.
Infrared
Infrared sends an invisible light into the tissues that decreases pain, muscle spasms, swelling, and inflammation, increases blood flow and promotes healing. It helps the body produce more collagen which is the body's own building block of tissues. It helps the DNA of the cell and the cell nucleus produce more energy and work better. It has an 85 % success rate.
Electric Stimulation There are several types of Electric Stimulation Therapies. We have some listed below
HVG or High Volt Galvanism
HVG or High Volt Galvanism; is a gentle treatment in which the energy relaxes muscle spasms, decreases swelling and inflammation, increases blood flow to nourish the tissues, creates endorphins and enkephalons to provide temporary pain relief and promotes healing. HVG is frequently used in combination with Ultrasound to give the therapy the benefits of both therapies. HVG can also be used alone to pump the swelling out of a swollen limb, for example.
Interferential
Interferential is great for joint problems. The pads can be placed so the energy goes right through the joint to decrease pain, decrease swelling and inflammation, decrease muscle spasms, increase blood flow to nourish and oxygenate the tissues and promote healing.
Microcurrent
Microcurrent is a gentle energy that is especially good for promoting faster healing. For example if a bone or tissues are not healing well Microtens can help speed it up.
Disc Decompression
Disc Decompression is a revolutionary therapy that relieves pains and helps create a suction that pulls the protruding disc nucleus back into the disc annulus structure to relieve the pressure on the nerves. Disc decompression is done on both the neck and back. Click on Disc Decompression to go to the other page
Traction
No matter how wonderful Disc Decompression is there is nothing that is perfect for all people. So for those people who are not right for Disc Decompression some of them may be right for. So we have a couple types of traction and some for home use.
Massage
Again some people do not do well with some of the therapies mentioned above. So both the doctors and staff sometimes do massage to a specific area either by hand or with a massage machine. For long massages we refer you to Independent Qualified Massage Therapists that come can in by appointment to do massages for our patients.
Rehabilitative Exercises
We instruct our patients in rehabilitative stretching and strengthening exercises that suit individual needs and condition. We also give our patient exercises for postural correction.