Extremity techniques are specialized treatments that chiropractors use to restore function to joints, muscles, ligaments, and nerves, particularly in the arms and legs. Our bodies rely on sensors in our joints, muscles, ligaments, and skin to provide vital information about our body position and stabilizing muscles. When these sensors fail to respond with adequate speed or strength, it increases the risk of joint sprains, strains, or other forms of damage. At Capitol Hill Chiropractic in Seattle, we offer comprehensive chiropractic treatments to help you begin your healing journey and work towards a pain-free life.
Why Are Extremity Techniques Necessary?
When a joint is functioning abnormally or suffers an injury, it disrupts the regular sensory feedback from the joint to the central nervous system, causing modifications in muscle function based on this new sensory information. The abnormal firing of movement and position sensors around a joint triggers the release of pain sensors, resulting in joint pain. Pain sensors in the body typically respond slowly and require significant stimuli to activate, and once activated, they tend to keep firing.
What Is an Extremity Treatment?
Almost every joint in our skeletal system can experience misalignment, impairing its function and range of motion, at any time. An extremity adjustment involves realigning and properly rehabilitating the joints outside the spine, including the hips, knees, ribs, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, ankles, feet, fingers, and toes.
The Benefits of Extremity Techniques
When joints are misaligned, the surrounding tissues stretch, weakening adjacent muscles. By realigning the joints, chiropractors restore the affected areas' normal strength and proper function, reducing joint pain. The musculoskeletal system forms the core of our health, and misaligned joints can lead to physical pain and various ailments. Extremity adjustments provide numerous other benefits, such as boosting the immune system, enhancing pulmonary function, decreasing mental and oxidative stress, relieving muscle tension, and increasing energy levels.
Chiropractic Care for Healing
Chiropractic extremity adjustments help effectively alleviate conditions such as frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome, and joint pain in the ankles, neck, and lower extremities. The specific type of adjustment will depend on the acuteness and severity of each case. When your chiropractor positions your body to heal itself naturally through extremity adjustments, it invigorates your immune system to promote continual healing.
Learn How Extremity Techniques Can Benefit You
At Capitol Hill Chiropractic in Seattle, we use extremity adjustments to reduce your pain and promote healing. We will help you achieve improved mobility and take the steps towards a pain-free life. Call our Seattle office to learn more at (206) 623-5202.