McClean Chiropractic & Injury Rehabilitation offers the most appropriate clinical evaluation, examination and diagnostic service in the assessment, management and treatment of biomechanical spinal pain and other musculoskeletal conditions. We offer a unique multidisciplinary referral setting by coordinating care with other medical specialists in the community. We are dedicated to provide each patient with the most up-to-date procedures and technology, utilizing evidenced based, patient centered care to improve their joint range of motion and spinal biomechanics, reduce their pain and improve overall musculoskeletal function.
CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS
Spinal Adjustment
Extremity (Wrist, Elbow, Shoulder, Ankle, Knee, Hip Adjustment
TMJ Adjustments
DIGITAL X-RAY ANALYSIS
Our doctors are trained spinal biomechanical Engineering. Our doctors use specialized software to measure each vertebrae and then measure angles and distances to determine your alignment compared to normal patterns. This way, our doctors have a road map of how to correct your misalignment and restore proper funtion.
CUTTING EDGE POSTURAL EXERCISES
Our doctors found that typical physical therapy exercises are not very effective in improving posture and and correcting body biomechanics. A large part of what is being missed is incorporating the brain into how the muscles fire. When we incorporate the brain to teach the muscles how to fire using biofeedback, a patient can learn much quicker how to hold their posture compared to standard physical therapy strengthening exercises. Rather than focusing on strength, we focus on motor control. Our doctors were unable to find any equipment that could incorporate the brain properly, so they developed their own postural training equipment. This equipment is currently being researched at Brigham Young University in the Exercise Science Department.
MASSAGE THERAPY
Massage therapy does more than make you feel good, it can actually help your body achieve balance and health by reducing muscle tension and improving soft tissue circulation. Massage therapy offers a natural treatment approach which actually relieves musculoskeletal pain for many patients. Our chiropractic clinic provides specific massage and muscular therapy that is complimentary to their chiropractic care. Each therapeutic massage plan is tailored to meet the patient’s unique condition or injury.
DECOMPRESSION THERAPY
Spinal Decompression can be very helpful for disc problems in the neck and lower back. Spinal decompression gently stretches the neck or lower back in order to separate the vertebrae around bulging and herniated discs, thus creating a negative pressure in order to draw the disc material back into the disc.
MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE
Medical Acupuncture helps to restore physiological homeostasis, and maximize healing of the injured or inflamed tissue by balancing the body’s meridians. Through the stimulation of key acupuncture points and meridians the body can begin to heal the effected tissue, reducing pain and improving function.
FREQUENCY SPECIFIC MICROCURRENT
Frequency Specific Microcurrent is a new system of treatment using microamperage current and the resonance effects of frequencies on tissues and conditions to create beneficial changes in symptoms and health. This new refinement of microcurrent technology – tiny “doses” of electrical energy – uses very specific frequencies of energy applied to the body in sequence. Frequencies are determined by the specific type of tissue that is injured.
COLD LASER THERAPY
Cold Laser Therapy or Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a treatment that utilizes specific wavelengths of light to interact with tissue and is thought to help accelerate the healing process. It can be used on patients who suffer from a variety of acute and chronic conditions in order to help eliminate pain, swelling, reduce spasms and increase functionality.
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (Acoustic Wave Therapy)
Extracorporeal ShockWave Therapy (ESWT) is the application of high energy pressure waves through the skin to accelerate the healing process, reduce pain and promote tissue repair. Shock wave therapy is based on the principles of mechanotransduction. Shockwave Therapy mechanotransduction pathways increase cellular growth factors, activates stem cells, improve blood circulation and improve lymphatic drainage and anti-inflammatory cytokines in tendons, ligaments, bones, muscles, skin and endothelial cells. Shockwave treatment is a relatively new technology and can significantly reduce or eliminate chronic pain and related symptoms. It has been a treatment in sports medicine for over 10 years and has been the focus of many clinical studies.
What conditions does Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy treat?
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Neck & Back Pain: Chronic ligament strains/sprains, facet joint pain osteoarthritis
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Shoulder pain: frozen shoulder, rotator cuff or biceps tendinitis, bursitis, osteoarthritis
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Elbow pain: tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, tendonitis, repetitive strain, osteoarthritisarthropathy
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Hand/Wrist Pain: Tendonitis of the hand/thumb/wrist, osteoarthtitis/arthropathy
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Hip pain: trochanteric bursitis, hip sprain or tendonitis, osteoarthritis/arthropathy
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Knee pain: osteoarthritis, torn meniscus, patellar tendinopathy, shin splints
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Ankle & foot pain: plantar fasciitis, Morton’s neuroma, chronic instability of the ankle/foot, calcaneal heel spurs and achilles tendonitis, osteoarthritis/arthropathy
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Myofascial pain: trigger points
References:
1. Cristina d’Agostino M et al. Shock wave as biological therapeutic tool: From mechanical stimulation to recovery and healing, through mechanotransduction. Int J Surg. 2015 Dec;24(Pt B):147-53.
2. Damian M et al. Trigger point treatment with radial shock waves in musicians with nonspecific shoulder-neck pain: data from a special physio outpatient clinic for musicians. Med Probl Perform Art. 2011 Dec;26(4):211-7.
3. Beyazal MS et al. Comparison of the effectiveness of local corticosteroid injection and extracorporeal shock wave therapy in patients with lateral epicondylitis. J Phys Ther Sci. 2015 Dec;27(12):3755-8.
4. Cacchio A et al. Effectiveness of Radial Shock-Wave Therapy for Calcific Tendinitis of the Shoulder: Single-Blind, Randomized Clinical Study. Phys Ther. 2006 May;86(5):672-82.
5. Rompe JD et al. Eccentric Loading Versus Eccentric Loading Plus Shock-Wave Treatment for Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy. A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Mar;37(3):463-70.
6. Furia JP et al. A single application of low-energy radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy is effective for the management of chronic patellar tendinopathy. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2013 Feb;21(2):346-50.
7. Gerdesmeyer L et al. Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Is Safe and Effective in the Treatment of Chronic Recalcitrant Plantar Fasciitis. Results of a Confirmatory Randomized Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Study. Am J Sports Med. 2008 Nov;36(11):2100-9.
8. Schmitz, C. Improving Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy With 904 or 905 NM Pulsed, High Power Laser Pretreatment. Preprints 2021, 2021010138 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202101.0138.v1).
PROLOZONE/OZONE INJECTIONS
Prolotherapy/Prolozone Therapy an excellent procedure to be utilized after achieving a proper diagnosis from the patient history, physical examination and appropriate diagnostic tests such as x-rays, diagnostic ultrasound, NCV tests, CT and MRI scans,
It is a non-surgical injection procedure used to relieve pain by treating injuries such as chronic sprains and strains (ligaments and tendons) and arthritic or degenerative conditions of the musculoskeletal system.
The injections promote a healing response with the goal of alleviating chronic pain and improving function by increasing cellular growth factors, activating stem cells, improving blood circulation and anti-inflammatory cytokines in tendon and ligament connective tissue. Painful Trigger Points may also be injected to relieve pain.
Prolotherapy/Prolozone Therapy Needle Guided Diagnostic Ultrasound
As shown above, the procedure is performed with needle guided diagnostic ultrasound injections with combinations of homeopathics and Ozone (O3) into the area of the degenerated or injured musculoskeletal tissue.
PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND CO-MANAGEMENT FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Pain Specialists
Radiologists
Orthopedists
Physiatrists
Neurologists
Neurosurgeons
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MRI Scans
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Bone Scans
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CT Scans
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Epidural Steroid Injections
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Facet Joint Injections
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Nerve Blocks
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Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections
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Nerve Conduction/ EMG Studies
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Trigger Point Injections
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Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injections
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Radiofrequency Ablation
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Radiofrequency Neurotomy
