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Consider your core: is it an ambiguous muscle group in the middle of your body, or is it a dynamic group of muscles that synergize to influence just about every movement (sans limbs) your body makes. So many people hear “core,” and think, “crunches/situps.” While this is good for establishing the center of your body as a force producer, people with back pain may want to consider conditioning the core as a stabilizer to lend support to beleaguered structures in the lower back. 

Core strengthening is a key tool in any health plan attempting to rehabilitate an injury that is causing back pain and stiffness. Exercising these muscles regularly prevents them from weakening and keeps them strong enough to bear some of the burden of the upper body. Exercises that treat the core as a stabilizer include: 

• Planks and side-planks
• Bridges
• Deadlifts
• Twisting crunches>regular crunches

These exercises help create a powerful center of the body to help prevent rehabilitate injuries and prevent their recurrence. Any plan that is made in light of injury should be discussed seriously with a medical professional. At Haynes Chiropractic, we can help you address pain and stiffness with the following modalities: chiropractic adjustment, therapeutic massage, spinal decompression and spinal traction. From there, we can discuss what level of activity you could possibly maintain in support of your health plan and help you make subtle lifestyle adjustments to support the health of your back. 

Dr. Jeff Haynes, D.C. 

How do you define success in sport? Regardless of whether you are setting out to win a competition, achieving a new personal best or putting up a higher weight on the bench, staying healthy should always be a primary objective. At Haynes Chiropractic, we offer athletes of all levels and abilities the expertise and treatment that helps them prevent and recover from the wear and tear of athletic endeavor. High and low-impact sports each come with their own set of risks and rewards: for example, football is a sport that involves a lot of direct trauma to the spine while tennis injuries often result more from the torsion that you put your body through during the swing. No matter your sport, here are some benefits to be derived from adding chiropractic as an adjunct to your fitness plan.

• Increased blood flow
• Improved range of motion 
• Better flexibility
• Better respiratory function 
• Lowered risk for injury
• Promotes proper biomechanics

Routine spinal adjustments help reduce the irritation of nerves in the back, shortening the recovery time between training. We utilize other modalities including massage and trigger point therapy to deliver oxygen and nutrients to injured muscles, helping them heal faster. For Olympic athletes, casual runners and everyone in between, chiropractic is a good way to optimize your training. 

Dr. Jeffrey Haynes, D.C. 

Overview
An ATM based treatment is a combined clinician/patient effort to manage and control acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Significant results of lowered pain level, improved range of movement, general feeling, and functional goals have been achieved with patients immediately during and after treatment. These achievements are then maintained and controlled by the patient her/himself using an ATM2 system.

The Challenge: Chronic Back Pain
The ability to cure chronic back and neck pain appears to be one of the biggest challenges clinicians worldwide have to face. The novelty of the ATM Concept is that, in all most all cases, not only can it effectively and immediately reduce current symptoms in the clinic phase, but if indicated it will give the patient a tool to take home and control the disorder in the future. If the pain levels are eliminated or maintained at a minimum, and the correct muscles are trained daily or as needed in an efficient and comfortable manner, patient control over their own disorder might be within reach.

The Examination Phase
The patient is evaluated to determine weather the ATM Concept is suitable. A full examination is undertaken, and contraindications to the ATM2 are searched for. These include pregnancy, internal diseases or conditions, communication problems, psychological factors and others. The patient’s readiness to undertake such a project is required. The most important indicator to use the ATM Concept is the ability to significantly decrease the symptoms using the ATM2.

The Treatment Phase
After the evaluation, and deciding that the patient is suitable for the ATM treatment, the clinician will set the patient on the ATM2 so that the specific painful movement will become totally pain-free. The patient performs 1-2 minutes of comfortable exercises while supported by the patented ATM2 device. Immediately after the treatment the clinician will release the patient from the ATM2 and expect the previously painful movement to have an immediate and significant reduction in pain and increase in range of motion. The clinic phase will last several sessions depending on the patient’s condition.

Massage is the manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue using various techniques, to enhance function, aid in the healing process, decrease muscle reflex activity, inhibit motor-neuron excitability, promote relaxation and well-being, and as a recreational activity.

Massage therapy is an excellent way to restore the body to its natural state and increase its healing capabilities. Benefits that result from massage include increased blood circulation, relief from joint and muscle pain, as well as help reduce levels of stress and depression. It has also been proven to aid in detoxifying the body, helping to rid it of waste and toxins. Massage therapy has been used over many years to help treat a vast number of conditions.

When used in addition with exercise and good nutrition, massage therapy helps insure that your body stays in top form. Regular practice of these activities helps minimize stress and pain, also making it easier for your body to fend off disease. Massage therapy is an excellent resource in maintaining optimal health.

Evidence strongly suggests early mobilization and range of motion exercises greatly improve recovery from nearly any injury or surgery.

OUR MASSAGE THERAPISTS ARE TRAINED AND LICENSED PROFESSIONALS.

Haynes Chiropractic’s Licensed Massage Practitioners are selected for their knowledge, skills, experience, and commitment to excellence. Our therapists are members of national massage therapy associations and follow clinical guidelines for injury treatment and recovery. Our clinic can provide you the best in both therapeutic and relaxation massage.

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMPLETE RECOVERY FROM AN INJURY.

Haynes Chiropractic prides itself in the effective treatment of whiplash, work and sports injuries, and chronic physical complaints. Our care is personalized to each stage and severity of an injury. Massage decreases pain and spasm, promotes healing, and restores function.

MASSAGE IS RELAXING AND HEALTHY.

Massage sedates the nervous system and counteracts the body’s response to stress, relaxing muscle tension and allowing heart rate, blood pressure, and circulation to normalize. It also restores a calm mind and feeling of well being.

MASSAGE IS AFFORDABLE AND MAKES A GREAT GIFT.

Our therapeutic massage services are a covered benefit with most insurance plans: health insurance, car accident insurance, and workers compensation. Gift certificates are available and make a great gift for all occasions. On-site massage therapy is also available for your workplace, office, or special event.

Therapeutic Massage is used to:

• Reduce headache related symptoms including migraines
• Reduce blood pressure
• Reduce stress
• Reduce depression
• Reduce Anxiety
• Reduce Allergies
• Reduce Allergies
• Improve circulation
• Increase muscle elasticity
• Treat sport injuries
• Increase muscle tone, and flexibility
• Allergies
• Relax