At Premier Health Care, we are chiropractors that look beyond conventional diagnosis to treat the root causes of diseases. Not only are we musculoskeletal experts of chiropractic, we specialize in diabetes, hypothyroid, digestive, and auto immune diseases. We seek to treat holistically with a natural and alternative approach to medicine. We are passionate about nutrition and succeeding where others have failed. We would love to be your chiropractor in St. Louis MO.
There is a recent surge among middle-aged Americans wanting to maintain a younger look. Acupuncture is gaining popularity as an alternative method to surgery, laser/chemical peels, botox, restyline, radiance and collagen injections. Fine acupuncture needles are placed at empirical points on the face and result in increased local production of collagen, thereby tightening the existing fibers. Facial tissue is left more supple and smooth, and lines are minimized.
Even “fender-benders” can cause hidden injuries that can develop into pain, headaches, and arthritis. Even worse, most people who have been involved in an auto accident may not even know that they’ve been hurt. Most doctors give pain killers to hide these injuries. The chiropractic approach to these types of injuries is to use specific chiropractic adjustments to help return spinal and joint function. After a thorough case history and examination, the doctor will recommend any necessary care to help restore proper motion and position of spinal bones. If caught early enough, inflammation can be reduced and scar tissue can often be minimized.
Subluxation
In simplest terms, a subluxation is when one or more of the bones of your spine, vertebrae, move out of position and create pressure on, or irritate spinal nerves. Spinal nerves are the nerves that come out from between each of the bones in your spine. This pressure or irritation on the nerves can then cause those nerves to malfunction and interfere with the nerve signals. Your nervous system controls and coordinates all the functions of your body. If you interfere with the signals traveling over nerves, parts of your body will not get the proper nerve messages and will not be able to function at 100% of their natural abilities. In other words, some part of your body will not be working properly. If left untreated, these normally smooth surfaces on which these joints glide become rough, irritated and inflamed causing degeneration of the spine. Many people will have a subluxation long before they notice any symptoms.
Manipulation Therapy
The most common therapeutic procedure performed by doctors of chiropractic is known as “spinal manipulation,” also called “chiropractic adjustment.” The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become hypomobile – or restricted in their movement – as a result of a tissue injury. Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminished function for the sufferer. Manipulation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.
Flexion Distraction Therapy
With the help of Cox Flexion-Distraction, the doctor can slowly separate the bones, reducing pressure within the spinal discs. This decompressive traction technique is the original technique developed over 100 years ago and is still the most effective technique for reducing bulging disc in St. Louis. Other people have developed new decompression machines based on the Cox table utilizing the latest technology including computers and mechanized tables. Each time someone develops a new technique for dealing with bulging discs, they must change the design slightly so that they don’t infringe on the original patent design of the Cox table. Each time these design changes are made these new machines lose some of their effectiveness. Cox remains the most effective and efficient treatment for the treatment of DDD in St. Louis. We see patients in our office every week that have tried these other traction devices and they are still not better. We are able to help these patients as long as the discs are not fully ruptured. If the patient has procrastinated to long their only option may be surgery.
Chiropractic Injury Treatment
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points located near or on the surface of the skin which have the ability to alter various biochemical and physiological conditions in order to achieve the desired effect.