Chiropractic care is one of the fastest growing professions within healthcare today. In fact, more people flock to so-called "alternative" healthcare providers, including chiropractors, massage therapists and acupuncturists, than their medical doctors. Among these alternative healthcare providers, chiropractors are the most popular.

Today, there is more chiropractic research than the average chiropractor knows about. In fact, there is so much being discovered that today's current understanding of chiropractic therapy has not fully disseminated into college teachings. For this reason, doctors are encouraged to participate in continuing education seminars.

An "adjustment" is the term used to describe the technique a chiropractor uses to realign the patient's spine. Traditional chiropractic adjusting entails the chiropractic doctor thrusting with his or her hands in a specific and skillful way to an area of the spine or other joint, which creates a very minute but significant gapping within the joint. This relieves the local tension within the joint and creates healthful effects. When performed, this technique is often accompanied by a harmless popping sound called "cavitation."

Sometimes the doctor may use a special drop table to assist in adjusting, or use a hand-held instrument (e.g. CBP instrument, Activator, Impulse) to deliver the thrust.

Traditional chiropractic is the most common chiropractic service offered. Study after study has documented how adjustments to the neck or low back results in quicker, cheaper and more effective pain relief than other treatments such as drugs, physiotherapy, exercise or back school. Unfortunately, traditional chiropractic therapy is often only effective in the short term. Typically, even if traditional chiropractic care had helped your problem originally, the same problem eventually returns because the structural problem has not been corrected. This is where Advanced Chiropractic comes in.

Not all chiropractic offices are the same. The chiropractic doctors at BELLTOWN SPINE & WELLNESS practice the state-of-the-art corrective biophysics technique: Clinical Biomechanics of Posture®, aka Chiropractic Biophysics® CBP. This technique uses Mirror Image® exercise, adjusting and postural traction to correct spine and posture deviations back towards normal alignment. By correcting whole spine misalignments, more permanent corrections of your ailments can be achieved. In fact, there have been several clinical trials as well as case reports recently published documenting dramatic improvements in a variety of diseases and conditions by remolding the spine/posture back towards the normal.

Just as there are normal values for heart rate, blood pressure and any other physiological parameter, there is also a normal standing posture and spinal position. The normal posture is one that has the head, rib cage, pelvis and feet aligned and balanced one upon the other, both from the front and side views. Your posture is the "Window into your Spine." From the front view, your spine should be straight and vertical, and from the side, your spine should have normal alternating curves to allow for normal pain-free, maximal range of motion and movement.

NORMAL/IDEAL POSTURE
From the front, the ideal posture is symmetric and the spine is straight. From the side view, the head, rib cage, pelvis and feet are vertically balanced. The spine has essential curves in the side view. These curves have specific normal angles that can be measured from x-rays.

During your chiropractic consultation, we will analyze your posture and discuss necessary corrections. Give us a call at (206) 441-7984 or email us at info@belltownsw.com to schedule your FREE consultation!