chiropractor who uses activator method mount prospect il

The Activator provides a low velocity force into the joint complex to nudge it open. The highly controlled and consistently replicated force is applied to each injured joint region. This spring-loaded device will adjust the amount of force applied because less force is required when dealing with joints in the neck as compared to joints in the low back. This instrument delivers gentle impulse forces to the injured area, with the goal of restoring motion to the stuck joint.

The Activator chiropractic technique uses a small, handheld instrument, called the Activator Adjusting Instrument. The Activator technique is the safest and gentlest way to adjust a painful and stuck joint and restore normal motion and movement. We feel a lot better once we are able to get off the plane to move and walk around. Everyone experiences that increasing discomfort feeling the longer we are in those seats. Think about being stuck on an airplane for a long time. Your joints were designed to move and if they don't, you will feel stiffness and soreness. These movement signals will decrease your level of uncomfortableness. Instead of just sending constant pain signals, the moved joint will send movement signals to the brain. This subtle movement also changes the pain signals sent to the brain. Changing positions allows the joints to slightly move and change the stress loads being beared by that joint. Eventually, you will become uncomfortable in that position and make to shift into a different position. When you sit in a single position for an hour, or more, you start to feel restless and stiff in the knees or low back. You may feel this stuck sensation after riding in a car or after sitting through a movie. Many people will often get that feeling of something in their back being 'stuck' after sitting in one position for a prolonged period of time. The adjustment also helps to block the pain signals being sent to the brain, which in turn allows the muscles around the joint and injury to relax and no longer spasm. Chiropractic adjustments help push the injured joint complex open in order to restore proper motions and movements. To help relieve this compression, chiropractic adjustments are often the recommended course of treatment. These spasms commonly compress the injured tissue, jamming it tighter together causing more pain signals to be sent to the brain. Injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, or joint surfaces causes the muscles around the injured area to spasm.

Chiropractor who uses activator method mount prospect il