This specialized technique performed by our Chiropractors is utilised to restore motion to a joint that has lost its normal movement and has become fixated - what your Chiropractor calls a “subluxation”. This is most commonly why you are in pain.

A subluxated joint interferes with the communication between the brain and the joint/muscle complex, affecting the normal motion of your body. It must be noted, a subluxated joint will heal poorly if not corrected.

There are several circumstances for the use of non-cracking chiropractic techniques:

• Patient preference: Some patients do not feel comfortable with traditional spinal manipulation based on past experience or concern with not being able relax.
• Contraindications: Some patients may not be able to tolerate the traditional chiropractic adjustment. These include cases of prior injury, spinal instability, osteoporosis and inflammatory conditions.

Three examples of commonly employed techniques include:
Drop-piece - drop mechanism on the chiropractic table
Activator - hand held instrument that provides a gentle impulse to the joints.
Blocks - for lumbar and pelvic complaints, by re-aligning the lumbar spine & pelvis.

Dry Needling is a treatment technique used to decrease pain and release muscular trigger points (knots in the muscle). It is also utilised to stimulate your body’s natural inflammatory response and fast track the healing process.

Dry needling is performed with a sterile, single-use, fine filament needle (acupuncture needle) inserted into the contracted muscle.