Frequently Asked Questions

At Proactive Spine and Rehab, we take a non-surgical approach to treat disorders of the nervous and musculoskeletal system. We focus on providing spinal manipulation and treatment of areas surrounding the spine, allowing the body to heal naturally while normalizing muscle tension, restoring joint range of motion, reduce muscle spasms, and stabilizing the body to reduce abnormal stressors.   

Starting with a thorough exam, we will investigate your complaint of low back, mid back, and neck pain for symptoms including restrictions to joint movement and spasms of the muscle. We will also check your range of motion and take a closer look at how your body moves as a whole.   With a diagnosis, we offer many different treatments for your pain ranging from simple manipulation to nutrition recommendations. We provide a treatment plan that is unique to your goals and needs.

Proactive Spine and Rehab treats patients with acute and chronic back, neck, and body pain.  Whether your pain is due to a motor vehicle accident or a disorder of musculoskeletal or nervous system, chiropractic treatment can help.   These are some musculoskeletal conditions we treat:

-Back Pain:  It’s notated that 80% of individuals in the United States will have some sort of back pain in their lives.  The majority of back pain is caused by mechanical or non-organic means, compared to serious conditions such as inflammatory arthritic conditions , infection, traumatic injuries, or cancer.  Studies have been shown that Chiropractic adjustments are safe and effective in alleviating low back pain.  

-Neck Pain:  With the ever growing nature of our use of technology such as smartphones and sitting for long periods of time.  We develop many of the same mechanical disorders that our low back is at risk for.  Muscle spasms, sprains & strains, entrapments of nerve roots can be found along the neck and upper back.  These disorders can potentially attribute to neck pain but also headaches.  Chiropractic adjustments that help your low back pain has also been documented to be highly effective in your neck (cervical spine) too.  

-Headaches:  Chiropractic care can help reduce and alleviate headaches that range from tension, migraine headaches to chronic daily headaches.   

-Hip pain:  Hip pain can affect many age groups.  Whether it is due to uneven pelvis,  tightness/weakness around your hips and groin.  Hip pain benefits from chiropractic care.

-Shoulder pain: Posture, wear and tear can affect your rotator cuff as the decades goes by.  There are many other reasons one may have shoulder pain. No matter what the cause is, chiropractic care and rehab can help.     

-There are assortments of other conditions that can be treated with chiropractic care such as elbow pain, wrist pain/carpal tunnel, knee pain, ankle, foot pain/plantar fasciitis, nerve impingement along with numbness and tingling of your legs (sciatica) and arms/hands.   

Everyday pain from an old chronic injury or an acute injury from being a weekend warrior may often be passed off as coincidental, a sign of aging or too busy in “life" to seek treatment for ones self.  If you experience these symptoms, whether it be gradual, often, or excruciating, it could be time to visit a chiropractor.    

Do you experience any of these symptoms?

-Chronic joint pain:  Maybe you have pain in your joints, no matter your level of activity?  The majority of joint or muscle pain is due to an alignment issue within your musculoskeletal system.  Chiropractors can help realign your spine and other joints in your body to improve joint pain.   

-Headaches: If you suffer from headaches daily or a few times a week.  Perhaps your headaches stem from your your neck or upper back being out of alignment.   

-Piercing pain in leg:  Your sciatic nerve is the largest nerve exiting the spine.  If you experience sudden piercing pain in your buttocks or legs, you could have a pinched sciatic nerve that requires some chiropractic treatment.  

-Waking up achy and sore:  After a good night sleep do you wake up feeling sore?  You may need an adjustment to your back. Your muscles are experiencing tightness and strain. 

Most disorders of the nervous and musculoskeletal system are treatable with non-invasive care without pain medication and surgeries.  Your body heals the best naturally.   

These are some benefits of seeing a chiropractor:         

-Stress relief:  Chiropractic adjustments help remove physical stress from the area causing pain and emotional stress by releasing endorphins from your brain. 

-Improvement of sleep: Aches and pain caused from stress to your body can cause insomnia.  Your quality of sleep is important to your body’s recovery each and everyday.  Chiropractic care can improve your sleep quality in which your body requires each night.         

-Better posture:  Nowadays everyone is sitting a lot more and spending more time on their smartphones trying to multitask throughout the day.  Long periods of times in these vulnerable sitting positions has a negative effect on our posture leading to pain and discomfort.  Routine chiropractic care can help improve your posture. 

 -Pain relief:  Headache/migraine sufferers, acute/chronic back pain, neck pain, or even leg, knee, ankle, and foot pain can be helped by chiropractic care.  Your pain relief can be easily mitigated by simple, safe, manipulation of your joints.