Chiropractic Care includes teaching self-care at home, safe exercises and ergonomics. Dr. Horowitz counsels people with cognitive-behavioural activation following injuries and mindfulness meditation for chronic pain. 

Dr. Horowitz also runs a foot pain clinic for foot and leg pain which offers custom orthotics and medical-grade hosiery, since the lower limb is so important to spinal health.

Chiropractors are trained experts in assessing restrictions in joint motion (Spinal Misalignments)  as well as in safely and accurately applying forces to joints to correct loss of motion. This is achieved by Chiropractic adjustments to the spine and other joints. Chiropractors seek to treat a person as a whole, rather than just a particular body part.

Why Do I Need Chiropractic Care?

At the very least, areas of spinal dysfunction prevent full ranges of motion. Anyone who drives a car, since one must be able to turn one’s neck far enough during driving to check the blind spot.

Joints greatly depend upon motion for cartilage nutrition. Loss of joint motion is now known to be a predisposing and aggravating factor in the development of both Spinal degeneration and Osteoarthritis of the knee and hip.

The joints, limbs and organs also receive nerve supply that exit the spine in between each joint and disc. Any direct or indirect interference to the course of a given nerve’s pathway can lead to dysfunction in the supplied tissues of that nerve.

The Result?

Interference with the body’s ability to express its’ full health potential.

Chiropractic care is sought by over 4.5 million Canadians and approximately 2.7 million patients in Ontario according to the Ontario Chiropractic Association, OCA and the (Canadian Chiropractic Association) CCA. Canadians seek out the expertise of  Doctors of Chiropractic each year to help them live healthy, active lives

Chiropractic, generally classified as complementary or alternative medicine, is widely recognized as one of the safest, drug-free, non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of lower back, neck pain and headaches. 

TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE:

There have been medical doctors who have questioned why a Chiropractor might treat a patient’s neck when the patient sought help for upper back or arm pain.

However, due to the importance of the nervous system in orchestrating the function of all organs and body systems and the fact that the spinal nerves supply muscles and joints distant from their spinal origin, it makes complete sound anatomical and physiological sense to examine the full spine. 

Chiropractors examine the full spine and joints related to the pain, in order to detect areas of nervous, muscle and skeletal system dysfunctions that may exist due to the build-up physical, emotional, and chemical stressors that overwhelm the body’s ability to heal itself.

In the example above, if a practitioner were to simply treat the arm, treatment would not be effective if in fact, the source of the arm pain originates from the cervical (neck) joints and/or associated nerves that actually supply the arm. A waste of the patient and doctor’s time, energy, government resources and of course prolonged pain for the patient.

Chiropractic Care compared to Medical model of Care:

Medical Model	Chiropractic Model
The body is treated in a compartmentalized way	Sees the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots along the spine) playing a key role in health
Separate medical specialists treat only parts of the body or organs	A holistic approach to patient care-treating person, not the condition
Treats a symptom by adding something from the outside – a medication, a surgery or procedure	Seeks to empower patients to remove the underlying causes of a condition and/or aggravating factors
The first line of treatment is often pharmacological	Seeks to minimize the need for invasive treatments like drugs and surgery whenever possible
Prescribes drugs that often have serious and potentially lethal side effects, including over-the-counter medications	Chiropractic Manipulation of the Neck and Spine has a remarkable safety record
The treatment has tended to be symptom-oriented, although strides have been made in preventative care	Prevention-oriented. Symptoms do not necessarily dictate whether the body is healthy-lack of symptoms does not equate to health.

Unfortunately, we have all heard of people who have suddenly died of a heart attack and people are suddenly diagnosed with cancer who did not have any symptoms at the time of diagnosis.

It is common sense and well known that people can have underlying illnesses yet show few or no symptoms. 

Preventive Chiropractic Checkups:

For all the above-mentioned reasons, regular check-ups with a Chiropractor and Chiropractic Care is as essential as regular Dental check-ups to maintain and restore proper posture, motion, healthy joint function and overall well-being.

Chiropractic Care is effective in treating not only acute painful or chronic conditions, but also in the prevention of further spinal and joint injury. 

Living with pain and discomfort affects every area of your life. Why suffer unnecessarily?

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