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Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments

A Chiropractor is best known for treating spinal disorders and related clinical conditions, including back pain, neck pain, and headaches, using a gentle thrust or adjustment to a specific vertebra. Chiropractic adjustments apply gentle forces to the spinal segments that have abnormal movement patterns causing them to function abnormally. The goal of chiropractic treatments is to reduce the restrictions or subluxations, which increases range of motion, reduces irritation on the spinal nerves and improves overall function. Dr. Farah can treat most spinal disorders with Chiropractic adjustments that can restore the motion in that joint giving proper alignment and function to that area in the spine. This helps maintain and improve spinal movement or biomechanics, restores proper posture and relieves pressure on the spinal nerves allowing proper information to flow through the nerves. This reduces pain and stiffness and creates better overall health and nurtures overall well being.

Heat and Cold Therapy

The application of Heat to an area can increase your circulation and blood flow and cause your tissues to become more flexible. It can promote reduction in your joint stiffness, pain and muscle spasms. Using moist heat therapies may help to reduce inflammation and congestion in your tissues and is effective in treating many health complaints, including arthritis, muscle spasms, sprains and muscle strains.

Cold therapy or Cryotherapy is an excellent way to help with joint inflammation in the body. This therapy is used help reduce pain is areas as well as provide a cooling relief to affected soft tissues. Cryotherapy effectively reduces inflammation by constricting the blood vessels in the area. Especially for acute (recent) injuries, cryotherapy is an excellent way to help reduce swelling and further injury in the early stages of your healing process. This therapy can be done at home as well as in the office.

Acupuncture Therapy

Acupuncture is a 3,000-year-old healing technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupuncture improves the body’s functions and promotes the natural self-healing process by stimulating specific acupuncture points. The method used to stimulate these points is the insertion of fine, sterile needles into the skin. Electrical stimulation may further enhance the effects as could pressure or heat. Other stimulation techniques include: manual massage, moxibustion or heat therapy, cupping, and the application of topical herbal medicines. In 1997, the U.S. National Institutes of Health documented and publicized Acupuncture’s safety and efficacy for treating a wide range of conditions. Acupuncture is now covered by many insurance policies and is used most broadly to relieve pain. Our Licensed Acupuncturist can help with complaints of back and neck pain, headaches, stress and anxiety, radiation side effects, indigestion, obesity and much more.

At Astoria Chiropractic, we offer the best possible treatments for our patients throughout Queens. The combination of these different treatments are not only effective in pain management but offer an alternative therapy to medications and can help prevent spinal surgery.