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What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic is a system of correcting (as opposed to treating) the spinal column to allow normal body functionality. Chiropractic is founded on the idea that the body is a self-healing organism. Healing within the body occurs at its full potential when interferences are eliminated.
What is the Nervous System?
Your Nervous System is the dominant system in your body. It controls and regulates the function of all cells, tissues, organs, and systems of your body. Because of the tremendous importance of this system, nature protects most of the system by bone. Your skull protects your brain and your spinal bones protect the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots.
Your Nervous System’s functionality can be compared to an electrical system. Just as with electrical systems, the proper flow of energy through your nerves is vital for normal function and health. Your brain sends “messages” down your spinal cord, and branches out the spinal nerves to the different organs of your body. In response, the organs send a corresponding "message” back through the nerves, up the spinal cord, and back to the brain to complete the information loop. The specialty of a chiropractor is to maintain or fix the flow of this “message” to maintain a healthy functioning body. A blockage of the “message” transmission called Vertebral Subluxation can result in sickness and disease. Proper “message” flow promotes healing, health and wellness.
What is Vertebral Subluxation?
The most common type of Nervous System interference is called Vertebral Subluxation, which most often occurs in the spinal column. The nervous system is the dominant system of the body because it controls and regulates every cell in the body. Vertebral Subluxation obstructs the Nervous System and prevents proper “messaging” which leads to poor health, and promotes sickness and disease. Vertebral Subluxation is detected and corrected only by chiropractic doctors. Once Vertebral Subluxation has been corrected, the overall function and healing capacity of the body is increased. A chiropractic examination can detect if Vertebral Subluxation is present and preventing you from achieving normal function and health.
What is a Trigger Point?
Trigger points are tiny “knots” that arise in a muscle when it is overused or injured and are known to cause a number of pain syndromes including headaches, neck, jaw pain, low-back pain, tennis elbow, and carpal tunnel syndrome, among several other areas of the body. Sometimes trigger points can cause referred pain, sending a signal to the brain that you are experiencing pain in other areas of the body. Because trigger points have been studied for years, it is known that they have very distinguishable and predictable patterns. When you know where to look for the culprit of the problem, they are easily located and deactivated with simple massage techniques known as Trigger Point Therapy.
WHAT ARE YOUR PAYMENT AND INSURANCE OPTIONS?
MCWS works with most health insurance plans and policies. We are network providers for the following (if you are interested in reviewing your member benefits, please click on the appropriate company to access their website):
- All divisions of Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Aetna
- Cigna
- HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance
- Devon
- American Specialty Health
- Landmark
- United Healthcare
- FECA (Federal Employees’ Compensation Act)
- Auto
- Workers Compensation
We are introduced to new healthcare companies every day, and if you do not see yours listed, please call today so that we may inquire about becoming a participating provider in your network.
If your health policy does not cover chiropractic, you need not postpone your care. We have reasonable rates and flexible payment plans to make high-quality care for you and your family affordable.
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Conditions
Below is a list of “chiropractic-related” conditions and their descriptions that are treated at MCWS. If there are any further questions about these conditions or any conditions not listed, please e-mail us at info@montgomery-chiropractic.com, or call us at (724) 327-PAIN (7246) or (724)327-WLNS (9567).
Bursitis – Bursae are lubricating pads separating tendons from bones in parts of the body. Bursitis results when a bursae is inflamed. The inflammation may be the result of repetitive or forceful exertions at that joint.
Carpal Tunnel – The compression of the median nerve at the wrist which causes numbness in the hand, thumb, and/or fingers occurring often in repetitive wrist-related functions such as typing on a keyboard or playing a musical instrument.
Fibromyalgia – A chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points that occurs in precise, localized areas, particularly in the neck, spine, shoulders, and/or hips; also may cause sleep disturbances, morning stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, and other symptoms.
Frozen Shoulder – As the name implies – movement of the shoulder is severely restricted. This condition, medically referred to as adhesive capsulitis, is frequently caused by injury that leads to lack of use due to pain. Rheumatic disease progression and recent shoulder surgery can also cause frozen shoulder. Intermittent periods of use may cause inflammation. Adhesions (abnormal bands of tissue) grow between the joint surfaces, restricting motion.
heel spur – A hard, bony shelf as wide as the width of the heel bone caused by repeated pulling away of periosteum from the heel bone (calcaneous). The repeated stress or injury causes inflammation and calcification of tendons and ligaments in the foot.
Herniated Disc – Also referred to as a slipped disc, a herniated disc is a condition in which nucleus tissue is moved from the center of a disc into the spinal canal. Herniated discs cause great pain in the low-back and leg or the neck and arm and they create pressure against one or more of the spinal nerves. Other names for herniated discs are prolapsed discs or ruptured discs.
HOME CARE PROGRAM – Activities that are considered an everyday part of normal life. Some of these are: dressing, bathing, toileting, transferring (example: moving from and into a chair), and eating. These activities are used to measure the degree of impairment and can affect the eligibility for certain types of insurance benefits.
MIGRAINE – A disorder characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches that may be accompanied by dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or extreme sensitivity to light and sound.
Muscle Spasm – A non-voluntary contraction of the motor unit of a muscle; usually causing a contraction without shortening the muscle; can be a result of mental, physical, emotional, chemical stress.
Myofacial Trigger Point Therapy (MTPT) – A specialized form of muscle massage and stretching that uses deep manual pressure on specific spots on the body to release trigger points. Knots of tension, also known as trigger points, usually occur within a taut band of skeletal muscle or in the muscle's fascia (connective tissue encasing the muscle). Because these points are painful upon compression, they can "trigger," or cause, pain in other parts of the body.
Neuropathy – A problem in peripheral nerve function (any part of the nervous system except the brain and spinal cord) that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, and muscle weakness in various parts of the body. Neuropathies may be caused by physical injury, infection, toxic substances, disease (eg, cancer, diabetes, kidney failure, or malnutrition), or drugs such as anticancer drugs. Neuropathy is also known as peripheral neuropathy.
Numbness – Paresthesia (paraesthesia in British English) is a sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of the skin with no apparent physical cause, more generally known as the feeling of pins and needles. Transient paresthesia is usually caused by inadvertent pressure on a superficial nerve, and disappears gradually as the pressure is relieved. Other kinds of paresthesia, however, can be chronic and painful, and can come from a wide variety of sources.
Personal Injury – A disease or disability, which is due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of, and peculiar to the business of the employer and which arises out of, and in the course of employment.
Plantar Fasciitis – A painful condition caused by excessive wear to the plantar fascia of the foot. The pain usually is felt on the underside of the heel, and is often most intense with the first steps of the day. It is commonly associated with long periods of weight bearing. Obesity and sudden weight gain are also associated to this condition.
Rotator Cuff Syndrome – Also known as rotator cuff impingement/shoulder impingement syndrome is a condition that affects the rotator cuff, causing shoulder pain. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and allows the arm to rotate.
SCIATICA – An inflammation of the sciatic nerve usually marked by tenderness along the course of the nerve through the buttocks, thigh, and leg. Sciatica occurs commonly during pregnancy.
STRESS – An emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health which can be characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression. Stress does not cause migraine but can be a migraine "trigger".
TENDONITIS – Inflammation is a healing response to injury, and is usually accompanied by swelling, heat, redness, and pain. An inflammation in a tendon or in the tendon covering is called tendonitis. What usually causes tendonitis is not just a single injury, but a series of small stresses that repeatedly aggravate the tendon. Professional baseball players, swimmers, tennis players, and golfers are susceptible to tendonitis in their shoulders and arms.
Tennis Elbow – Is caused by physical strain through any one of a number of activities. The medical name for tennis elbow is 'lateral epicondylitis' (the lateral epicondyle is the bony part that is on the outside of the elbow joint). It is caused when the tendons coming from the muscle of the forearm become inflamed at the point where they join causing pain and tenderness.
Tinnitus – Sensation of a ringing, roaring, or buzzing sound in the ears or head; often associated with various forms of hearing impairment.
TMJ – Temporomandibular Joint (disorder). Pain upon chewing or moving your jaw can cause this condition. Also, TMJ be caused by problems with your jaw muscles, jaw ligaments, or the jaw joint itself. Symptoms include headaches, tenderness of the jaw muscles, pain in or around the ear that often radiates to the face, jaw joint sounds when opening or closing your mouth, difficulty in chewing, dizziness, and jaws that get stuck or locked open.
Vertigo – Sense of spinning or feeling of disequilibrium. It is often accompanied by nausea and occasionally vomiting and is generally worsened by motion. Vertigo is sometimes caused by blood vessel compression of balance nerves.
Whiplash – Whiplash of the neck is caused by any sudden involuntary forced movement of the head in any direction, and the resultant rebound of the head or neck in the opposite direction. Consequently there are injuries to the surrounding and supporting tissues of the neck and head.
