One of the things I heard often since starting practice in 1999 is "I think it's just tight muscles." Patients often say this if there is no obvious joint pain, yet they still feel a tight painful area along their spine. It's easy to think it's either a muscle problem or a joint problem.
In truth, it's usually both. Tight muscles affect the spinal joint and subluxated (misaligned) spinal joints affect the muscles. It goes both ways. That's why we use soft tissue techniques to loosen up the muscles and the spinal adjustments to bring the spinal joints back into their normal range of motion.
The interesting thing is the spinal adjustment helps the muscles settle down regardless of whether we do the soft tissue work or not. In fact, research shows that the adjustment alone reduces muscle tension by 25%. This was published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2005;28:465-71).
Combining the adjustment with soft tissue work is a great way to return the spinal joints to their proper range of motion and take the tension away. What does that mean for you? It means you FEEL and FUNCTION better. So, come on in and let us keep you in great shape!
Ken Hicks, D.C
www.lookoutvalleychiro.com
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