Standard Adjustment

At Standridge Clinic, the adjustment of the subluxation (misaligned vertebra which causes the pinched nerves) is fundamental and primary to resolving your dis-ease, pain, illness, soreness, etc. Your nervous system controls all of your bodily functions and if it is inhibited in any way, pain results wherever that pinched nerve is supposed to be traveling throughout your body. This looks like numbness or loss of grip strength, sciatic pain, and no shortage of other ailments.

Know that chiropractic care is also very effective at treating misalignments and pain in your extremities such as shoulders, wrists, elbows, hips, knees, and ankles and feet. Alongside your low back, the hip or knee or ankle and foot must be adjusted. This applies for the neck and shoulder blade region, which possibly precedes the shoulder, elbow and wrist.

For those who have questions about the “how” of adjustments, there are two approaches used at Standridge Clinic – the manual, hands-on approach and an instrument approach. Which approach is chosen (for you), will be a matter of how best we can help you get better. The hands-on method involves the chiropractor using his/her hands, and is typically delivered more slowly to the misalignment than using an instrument. The instrument has superior speed and more force than the hands-on method. As long as you’re experiencing results, either method is good.

Did you know the adjustment isn’t limited to adults? Children (even babies!) can be adjusted. The technique used for smaller bodies is altered because of their size, but they can be adjusted nonetheless and parents often find that their child’s problem—which seemed unresolvable—dramatically improves. A spine is a spine all the same — big or small!

Post surgical patients can be adjusted, too. Even if you have hardware in your spine, you can be adjusted. Whether using the manual or instrument adjustment approach, the surgical site is avoided and the vertebra above and below it are adjusted. Getting adjusted helps prevent arthritis from developing in the healthy vertebral joints after a successful surgery.