We now accept the following insurances: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim, Cigna, Aetna, United Health/OptumHealth, and Medicare.
Prevention is Key to Better Health
It’s the season for sickness – getting flu shots, kids’ asthma acting up, and ear infections plaguing the preschools. These ailments are painful, and treatments for each can be costly. Prevention can be the key to getting through the season a bit healthier.
The Massachusetts Chiropractic Society (Masschiro.org) believes prevention is the key to health and wellness, and can provide some tips and guidance on healthcare maintenance for families this upcoming flu season.
Consider the following:
- In the United States, asthma cases have increased by more than 60 percent since the early 1980s. Researchers don’t know why cases of asthma are increasing at such an alarming rate. Some say genetics and environmental exposure to allergens play a role.
- Asthma is a chronic disease; it can’t be cured – only controlled – and many people say chiropractic care can be helpful in treatment results along with care from an asthma specialist and primary care physician.
- Ear infections can be painful, difficult to treat, and account for more than 35% of all pediatric visits. Standard treatment is with antibiotics, but repeated doses of antibiotics can lead to drug-resistant bacteria in which case drugs do not help. More parents are turning to chiropractic care to help with chronic ear infections.
Some preventative tips to aid in keeping health this winter season are as simple as hand washing, using air filters in the home, and adding supplements of vitamin C.
Shoveling is Risky to Low Backs
by American Chiropractic Association
Shoveling snow can wreak havoc on the musculoskeletal system. The ACA suggests the following tips for exercise of the snow shoveling variety:
• If you must shovel snow, be careful. Listen to weather forecasts so you can rise early and have time to shovel before work.
• Layer clothing to keep your muscles warm and flexible.
• Shoveling can strain “de-conditioned” muscles between your shoulders, in your upper back, lower back, buttocks and legs. So, do some warm-up stretching before you grab that shovel.
• When you do shovel, push the snow straight ahead. Don’t try to throw it. Walk it to the snow bank. Avoid sudden twisting and turning motions.
• Bend your knees to lift when shoveling. Let the muscles of your legs and arms do the work, not your back.
• Take frequent rest breaks to take the strain off your muscles. A fatigued body asks for injury.
• Stop if you feel chest pain, or get really tired or have shortness of breath. You may need immediate professional help.
Citizens Advocate For Chiropractic Health Care Through Two National Grassroots Organizations
The American Chiropractic Association and the International Chiropractic Association have developed programs to help citizens have a voice in national health care issues, including inclusion of chiropractic as a core service benefit. Below you’ll find information regarding both organizations. For more detailed information about these two important efforts, click on the links at the bottom of this page.
The American Chiropractic Association’s patient advocacy network is ChiroVoice. The chiropractic advocacy network is a dedicated group of national volunteers who educate policymakers about the value of chiropractic and work to positively impact any legislative efforts to reform the current national health care system. Through the chiropractic advocacy network, patients and chiropractic supporters can stay informed about important health care issues and help ensure that:
* Congress does not restrict your ability to access essential chiropractic services.
* Congress does not limit – but instead expands – coverage for services provided by Doctors of Chiropractic within Medicare.
* Insurance and managed care companies do not deny patients’ access to the essential chiropractic services they need.
Your involvement makes a tremendous difference.
Each active member of the chiropractic advocacy network brings us one step closer to our goal of assuring full-scope access to chiropractic services. Chiropractic patients and supporters who are interested in serving as advocates may sign-up to receive special e-mail alerts about advocacy issues and important legislation. Network members will also receive a monthly e-newsletter.
The International Chiropractic Association has created Adjust the Vote as its advocacy vehicle: We activate and maintain a grass roots network of chiropractors, supporters and chiropractic patients to influence local, state and federal legislation and candidates on issues important to the chiropractic community, including a patient’s freedom and right to choose their chiropractor as part of their personal health care team.
Learn more about both these organizations by clicking on the links provided below.
related links:
www.ChiroVoice.org
www.AdjustTheVote.org
www.MassChiro.org
What conditions can ART treat?
We use ART to treat a broad range of soft tissue injuries, including the following:
• Arthritis
• Achilles tendonitis
• Ankle Injuries
• Back Pain/Injuries
• Bicepital Tendonitis
• Bursitis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• De Quervains’s tenosynovitis
• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Foot pain/injury
• Frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis
• Gait Imbalances
• Golfers/Tennis elbow (Tendonitis)
• Golf Injuries
• Hand Injuries
• Headaches
• Hip Pain
• Ilio tibial band syndrome
• Impingement syndromes
• Joint dysfunction
• Knee meniscus injuries
• Knee Pain
• Leg Injuries
• Muscle pulls or strains
• Muscle weakness
• Myofascitis
• Neck Pain
• Nerve Entrapment Syndromes
• Performance Care
• Plantar Fascitis
• Post surgical
• Repetitive strain injuries
• Rib Pain
• Rotator cuff syndrome
• Running Injuries
• Scar Tissue Formation
• Sciatica
• Shin splints
• Shoulder Pain
• Sports Injuries
• Swimmers Shoulder
• Tendinitis
• Tennis elbow
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Throwing Injuries
• TMJ
• Weight Lifting Injuries
• Whiplash (Hyperextension/hyperflexion injury)
• Wrist Injuries
What is an ART treatment like?
Every ART session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements.
These treatment protocols – over 500 specific moves – are unique to ART. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient. ART is not a cookie-cutter approach.
How do overuse conditions occur?
Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:
•acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc),
•accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma)
•not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia).
Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.
What is Active Release Technique:
Active Release Techniques (ART) is a patented, state of the art treatment for injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves, collectively known as soft tissue.
A few examples of soft tissue injuries include:
•Headaches
•Shoulder pain Tennis elbow
•Carpal tunnel syndrome
•Back pain
•Sciatica
•Knee pain
•Plantar fascitis
Almost any soft tissue structure in the body can be treated with ART.
Scar tissue (adhesions) is often an underlying component to injuries, whether the injury is acute, chronic, traumatic, or related to overuse. ART is highly effective for locating and eliminating scar tissue.
Each treatment session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The doctor uses his hands to evaluate the texture, tension, and movement of the soft tissue. Functional tests (i.e. lunge) or a provocative motion (i.e. yoga pose) may also be used to determine the most important structures to treat. The combination of precise direct tension and very specific patient movements is used to treat abnormal tissue.
Over 500 specific treatment protocols are unique to ART. The specificity of the protocols, properly applied tension, and precise patient movements set ART apart from other soft tissue treatments.
Pogany Chiropractic is now open and accepting new patients. We are located at 104 Charles Eldridge Drive Suite 9, Lakeville, MA 02347. Call us at 508-923-8722 or visit our website at PoganyChiropractic.com.
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