Littleton Chiropractor Helps with Holiday Stress

For some Highlands Ranch area residents, the holidays are the most stressful time of year. With financial issues, family stress and travel, it is no wonder that we see so many patients with muscle tension issues in November and December! As a Littleton chiropractor, County Line Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Massage strives to help patients minimize holiday stress through innovative treatment procedures.

Pain and Stress Management Treatments Available

County Line Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Massage can help our patients minimize holiday related stress tension through adjustments and acupuncture procedures. These techniques can help loosen neck and back muscles and lead to an overall state of calmness. And, let's face it, who doesn't need all the help they can get to lower blood pressure and increase relaxation during the holidays?

In fact, another great treatment option during the winter months is massage therapy. Increase range of movement to those muscles, decrease anxiety, and experience an overall increase in wellness. Each of our massage therapists are fully trained, licensed, and are experienced in treating stress related injuries and disorders.

One of the most surprising requests we see in our clinic during the holidays is physical therapy for personal injury cases. Studies have shown that all those extra holiday shoppers on the road lead to more minor car accidents, leading to more whiplash, neck pain, and back pain problems. Other pain related situations and injuries also happen due to ice, snow and other cold weather. Adjustment, acupuncture and massage are all a great way to improve overall health after an accident or personal injury situation.

Highlands Ranch and Littleton patients interested in scheduling an appointment with our chiropractic clinic may do so by calling us directly at 303-658-9895.

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The very idea of a massage might be enough to send soothing sensations of serenity down your spine. Or perhaps you enjoy a more vigorous technique, or one that pinpoints specific areas of acute tension with the goal of releasing the stress. At County Line Chiropractic, Acupuncture and Massage, we offer various styles and methods of the therapy, which we can use on its own or as part of a wellness and recovery program.

Our Highlands Ranch and Littleton chiropractic clinic has long been using various techniques to alleviate pain and stiffness, relieve stress and anxiety, boost immunity, and lower blood pressure — not to mention help you relax.

Vote for Your Favorite Technique: Swedish, Deep-Tissue, or Trigger Point

One of the most relaxing forms of this therapy is the Swedish type. This technique can both energize and relax you with lengthy strokes, circular movements, and slow and steady kneading. It also incorporates light tapping and vibration for an invigorating experience.
The deep-tissue type uses even slower motions than its Swedish counterpart. This method is meant to hone in on the deep layers of connective tissue and muscle with forceful and targeted strokes.

 In addition to releasing pent-up stress from the deepest layers, it also assists with healing damaged muscles and tissues and is often part of our physical therapy programs.
The trigger point technique also targets specific areas of your body, namely your trigger points. These areas of tightened muscle fibers can be sensitive and painful. They often develop from an injury or overuse of a particular muscle or group. The trigger point technique works out their tightness and stress.

Swedish, deep-tissue and trigger point techniques are just three of the myriad options we provide for this type of therapy. We can asses which method would be most effective for your particular situation, whether you are recovering from an injury, have pent-up stress, or simply need soothing sensations of serenity down your spine.

Which of the three techniques is your overall favorite?

Are you suffering from chronic neck pain caused by whiplash in a personal injury accident, aging or a sports injury? Or maybe you have neck pain and you have no idea why? Whatever the case may be, traction therapy is a very common physical therapy procedure that is used by chiropractors today in the relieving of neck pain.

There are two forms of traction therapy: manual and mechanical. A chiropractor or physical therapist performs manual traction with the patient laying flat, face-down on a table. The chiropractor then pulls the head away from of the neck. Mechanical traction therapy is when the therapy is performed by means of a machine – mechanical pressure moves the patient’s head away from the neck to alleviate the pain.

Highlands Ranch and Littleton Chiropractic Utilizes Traction Therapy for the Relief of Neck Pain

When proper neck traction and physical therapy are performed, you can experience immediate relief of pain as your nerves gain back their open movement without any disturbances. Traction could be somewhat described as stretching. When traction therapy is performed, sprains or spasms in the neck among the muscles are relieved easing the feeling of pain that you are experiencing.

Because of the stretching, traction therapy has been said to be an effective way to alleviate pain from worn spinal disks in addition to freeing possible pinched nerves in the vertebrae. Additionally, traction therapy has been successful in treating herniated discs, sciatica, headaches and migraines, as well as carpal tunnel syndrome. Due to its non-invasive nature, traction therapy and chiropractic care work with the body, encouraging the body to naturally heal itself.

Are you suffering from persistent neck pain, headaches or back pain and are interested in a natural, drug-free solution? If so, contact us today at County Line Chiropractic in Littleton and Highlands Ranch so our specially trained chiropractor Dr. Craig Lewis can help you gain the relief that you deserve.

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The practice of acupuncture encompasses both ancient mysticism and scientific fact. Even in ancient China, medical practitioners understood that bodily imbalances lead to illness and pain. Their explanation for this lay in the flow of a spiritual force of life energy, called chi. The chi flowed through the body past specific pressure points known as meridians. If something caused the chi to become blocked at a specific meridian, a physical problem would crop up at a corresponding point in the body. By inserting needles into the correct set of meridians, the practitioners could restore the normal flow of chi.

Where does modern science enter into this ancient art? As it turns out, the nerve signals routed through the human body’s central nervous system correspond to the Chinese system of chi flow. The meridians match up with nerve pathways that can indeed experience signal blockages related to injury, stress or illness. Inserting needles boosts blood flow to the affected area to enhance healing while also releasing the body’s natural painkillers to help you feel like yourself again. (The procedure itself does not usually cause pain apart from the occasional minor discomfort at a meridian point.)

How We Use Acupuncture

How does this practice work hand-in-hand with chiropractic treatment? A chiropractor seeks to restore balance to your body much as an acupuncturist does. The two treatments complement each other perfectly as part of a natural healing regimen, especially when combined with massage or physical therapy. Our facility serves Littleton and Highlands Ranch with all three services as needed, starting with a careful initial consultation and evaulation. If you do need the services of our skilled acupuncturist, the treatment itself only takes about half an hour, making it a fast, convenient way to get your body back in balance and keep it that way over time.

Have you had acupuncture? How did it help?