Exactly What Does Wellness Mean?

We hear the terms health and wellness all the time but exactly what does wellness care really mean? It means so much more than just being free of disease and ailments. It also means to proactively strive for optimal health and function. It’s about actively participating in your own best physical, mental, and social well-being. That is, taking care of your mind, body, and soul-a holistic and proactive approach to life. How do you do this? You will likely need a little help getting started and staying the course. A chiropractor can help you discover your path to optimal health and wellness.

Doctors of Chiropractic (DC) provide holistic care. Chiropractic is an all natural healthcare practice that utilizes many approaches to help patients resolve pain and dysfunction and navigate the path to optimal success and an improved quality of life. When used as a rehabilitative treatment to resolve pain and dysfunction, chiropractic addresses the root cause of ailments instead of merely masking the symptoms. Medications may mask the symptoms but do nothing to address and resolve the actual cause of the pain or dysfunction. Thus, chiropractic can actually rehabilitate a person, making them healthy and whole again without the need for medication. As a proactive treatment, chiropractic helps prevent injuries, diseases, and ailments, and provides a path for optimal wellness.

A chiropractor’s plan of care for a client is always an individualized plan of care personalized to that client’s history, needs, and goals. First and foremost, a chiropractor will work to correct any imbalances or misalignments in the body. Over time, almost everyone inherits some degree of misalignment in the body whether due to postural habits, repetitive stresses, or other factors. These are corrected through chiropractic adjustments. Then, depending on the individualized treatment plan the chiropractor may integrate any other number of treatments and services into the wellness plan including but not limited to:

• acupuncture
• massage therapy
• nutritional counseling
• therapeutic exercises
• active release therapy (ART)
• disc decompression therapy
• whole body vibration
• intersegmental traction
• ultrasound
• heat and ice therapy
• electrical muscle stimulation and TENS
• neuro-muscular re-education
• proprioception and balance training
• ergonomic support

The health benefits of chiropractic care are numerous and invaluable. Once on your path to optimal health and wellness you will have more energy, sleep better, think more clearly, look more vibrant, perform more efficiently, and so much more. You can become a living example of what health and wellness truly means.

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