Treatments
A specific force applied to a joint in order to induce motion into said joint.
What is spinal manipulative therapy (or an adjustment)?
Another name for the patella.
What is the knee cap?
This organ pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
Injury to ligaments. In regard to ankle ligaments, referred to as a rolled ankle.
What is a sprain?
The treatment table pops up and down during this technique.
What is Thompson or drop table?
The use of one's hands, or sometimes tools, to manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body.
What is massage therapy?
Another term for phalange.
What is finger or toe?
The contraction of a muscle causes this.
What is movement?
People usually describe this as a "slipped disc." I think, not sure really what they mean by "slipped disc" because that isn't a thing.
What is a disc bulge or herniation?
This technique is typically used to adjust the low back, and involves the patient laying on their side and being "twisted."
What is side posture?
The use of a device to increase the disc space, typically in the lumbar spine.
What is spinal decompression therapy?
This structure starts at your head and runs down through the middle of your vertebral column.
What is the spinal cord?
The function of the nervous system.
What is controlling the entire body?
Term usually used to describe pain shooting down the leg.
What is sciatica?
This technique utilizes a handheld device patients often refer to as the "clicker" or "gun."
What is activator?
The use of an instrument to scrape the soft tissue of a specific area for the intent of reducing tightness and promoting healing in that area.
What is instrument assisted soft tissue massage (or mobilization)?
The structure between each vertebra that helps to cushion your spine.
What is a disc?
The pancreas produces insulin to help regulate this.
What is blood glucose (sugar) levels?
Symptoms typically include numbness or tingling into the hands and fingers. Can be worse at night or during certain hand/wrist positions.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
The most common manual technique used. People just don't know what it's called.
What is diversified or full spine?
Energy is emitted from a diode at a specific wavelength to penetrate tissues down to the cellular level with the intention of increasing the cellular activity of the treated area.
What is cold laser therapy?
The anatomical term for shoulder blade.
What is the scapula?
These nerves control everything in the upper extremities.
What are the cervical spinal nerves?
A commonly diagnosed injury to the tissue connecting a muscle to a bone. This is normally an overuse injury.
What is tendinitis or tendinosis?
This technique is named after the chiropractor who invented it. It normally involves straight line of drives with little to no rotation, and can be done on a knee chest table.
What is Gonstead Technique?