What is Chiropractic and is it right for me?

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Chiropractic care is a safe, non-invasive, and extremely effective way of managing your health and maintaining your movement and function. As you make your way through life, your body is met with many stressors. These stressors can come in the form of direct injuries, such as falling on a ski hill, or being involved in a motor vehicle accident; or, these stressors can come from repetitive lifestyle habits that slowly add strain to your body, such as sitting in front of a computer for extended periods of time, bending your neck to look down at your phone, or the repetitive movements of a Hair stylist.

These stressors make large, or small changes to your body and your skeletal system over time. These changes can start to limit your function and range of motion, cause chronic inflammation which leads to pain, and in some cases even begin to interfere with the function of your nerves and your bodies ability to interact with and interpret the world around you.

As a Chiropractor, we use functional assessments, as well as a thorough structural X-ray analysis to pinpoint these areas of your body where the stress has built up. The Chiropractic adjustment is a pain free movement that helps bring motion back to the fixated stressful areas, and allows the body to “check in” on them again, which initiates the bodies own healing mechanisms.

Chiropractic has a vast body of growing research showing the many different ways in which a Chiropractic adjustment can affect both the body and the brain, making it a great addition to your healthy lifestyle and a great long term health habit.

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Conditions We Treat

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At Element, unlike most Chiropractic offices in Edmonton, we practice Chiropractic as a vitalistic health platform, meaning that we see the body as a connected network in which no area or system is completely separate from another. Through consistent chiropractic care we aim to increase the function of the nervous system which will lead to an overall higher level of well-being and ease. That being said, chiropractic is an extremely effective modality in helping with symptoms such as:

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• Sciatica / Leg Pain      

• Neuropathy (tingling or numbness)

• Headaches

• Whiplash Associated Disorders

• Migraines / Headaches

• Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

• Back Pain / Neck Pain

• Weakness 

• Herniated Discs

• Hip and Pelvic Pain

• Pre / Post Pregnancy

• Athletic Injuries

• Frozen shoulder

• Rib cage and breathing restrictions

• Post surgery scar tissue and adhesion discomfort

• ... and more!