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Chiropractic without the twisting, cracking or popping.

Physical, chemical and emotional stress places unnecessary stress on the nervous system. That can mean poor communication between the brain and the body. Our gentle approach to alignment — no twisting, no turning, no cracking, no popping — restores that communication. When it is restored, the body feels better and health improves.

Why an instrument instead of a manual adjustment

There are no bad chiropractic techniques, but there are techniques better suited to a person’s health goals. Every technique aims to normalize the nervous system so the brain can communicate with the body and let it heal.

Some doctors do this with high-velocity adjustments by hand, separating the joint surfaces of the spine slightly and creating the familiar pop. We prefer an instrument that does not produce the pop but has a similar neurological effect. It is easier on the body, and we have found it delivers better long-term outcomes because spinal tension is released rather than moved from one area to another.

If you are used to manual adjusting, give the instrument several visits. You will not get the initial endorphin release, so it may not feel like much happened in the moment. In time most people come to prefer it, because they feel more lasting change.

Koren Specific Technique (KST)

KST is a gentle, specific approach to correcting the spine and structural system with very light force. There is no twisting, turning, cracking or popping of joints. With it we can adjust all areas of the body — a kind of chiropractic care you will not find at most offices.

What it corrects. A serious form of nerve stress caused by distortions or misalignments in the spine and body structure, known as subluxation. Subluxations may come from slips, falls, auto accidents, childhood traumas or the birthing process, and can produce physical, mental or emotional malfunction — loss of energy, pain, weakness and disease of all types.

How a session works. Your structural system is scanned as a body part is gently moved in various directions. If it is out of position, the base of the skull drops lightly on the left — the occipital drop, a binary neurological biofeedback signal. That body part is then corrected and moved back into place.

Postures. KST lets us analyze and adjust you standing, sitting or lying down. Some subluxations only show in a certain posture — an auto-accident injury, for instance, may only reveal itself seated.

Retracing

As deep, unhealthy stresses leave the body, older injuries, distortions and symptoms — physical and emotional — may surface at later sessions. This is an essential part of the journey. Occasionally patients experience cleansing symptoms such as a rash, fever or diarrhea as the body rids itself of toxins and stress.

Gentle, yet the results are not small

Patients usually notice change even after the first visit, and the body holds its corrections longer, so visits can be spaced further apart. The ArthroStim instrument taps at 12 times per second — the same firing rate as the area of the brain that controls the muscles — which is how a very light force produces a large change in the nervous system. Children do well with it. Many say it tickles; infants often smile at the vibration.

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