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Rehabilitation Exercises

Rehabilitation Exercises I prescribe customized rehabilitation exercises in order to optimize recovery and healing. Stretching and strengthening exercises, which take very little time and can easily be done at home, are often essential to speed healing and/or avoid recurrence. These exercises are explained and demonstrated during the chiropractic visit. I [...]

Rehabilitation Exercises

Kinésio Taping

Kinesio Taping Kinesio Taping® is a taping technique that applies latex-free adhesive tape over and around the affected muscles and joints. Contrary to more conventional taping methods, because of its elasticity, Kinesio Taping® is able to provide support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body’s range of [...]

Kinésio Taping

Complementary Therapies

Complementary Therapies Electric current is used to relieve pain in a variety of therapies: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), interferential current therapy (IFC) and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (EMS). It does so by increasing blood circulation and stimulating the muscles. The low-voltage electrical current used in these therapies flows through electrodes [...]

Complementary Therapies

Other Soft Tissue Therapy Techniques

Other Soft Tissue Therapy Techniques Other soft tissue techniques may also be used. Manual massage relaxes muscles, reduces swelling and increases blood flow. Transverse friction massage (also known as cross- fibre friction) consists of rapidly rubbing the muscle, tendon or ligament fibres in order to break down adhesions or scar [...]

Other Soft Tissue Therapy Techniques
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