The Magic of Massage AND Chiropractic

The Magic of Massage AND Chiropractic

There are many ways that one can recover from an injury. I myself prefer to do at least a two-prong approach if not a three-prong approach.

Adding Massage along with Chiropractic care can greatly speed the recovery time. The more intensive the treatment of a condition the faster it will respond.

I've had patients come in receive a massage session, then get chiropractic care 2-3 times a week and then do some light Acupuncture or some kind of vitamin/nutrition therapy or something else (all aimed at attacking the injured area and healing) and patients typically recover 40-50% faster than patients just receiving Chiropractic alone.

When I am injured or having a problem of some kind...it seems to work better for me to go "on the attack".  I think Chiropractic is a great, great thing and the results and miracles I see every day are just phenomenal and nothing short of miraculous.  However, I would prefer to see patients making an all out assault on injuries and doing many things to beat it back and recover quicker. 

A physical condition prolonged tends to become integrated into our habits and routines.  Let's say one injured their shoulder and they have to tense it up to keep it from hurting.  If the recovery process took 1-2 months...the patient is more likely to adopt fixed and unchanging beliefs, memories, procedures, routines, et cetera based off of the operating basis the injury caused. A tensed up shoulder taking 1-2 months to recover (as opposed 1-2 weeks) will remain "tensed up" by the injured person just as an operating basis for avoiding shoulder pain.  

Then sometimes as a result...there will be more shoulder issues and more shoulder injuries.

I am a big fan of fast recovery, intensive care and multiple modalities being put to use on an injury in order to bring about fast recovery.

Come and see us and don't delay if you've had an injury.  We have Marlene in the office to help with your massage therapy needs and I'm here of course for your chiropractic needs and we have an herbalist and acupuncturist right next door.

Of course, every condition and injury has its own method of treatment and there are going to be times when only one type of therapy or treatment is recommended BUT usually there is soft tissue, muscle tissue, nerve damage and other deficiencies (nutrition, exercise, etc) that can come with an injury and it is (many times) recommended that a patient seeking to get better fast...seek a multi-modality-type of treatment plan.

Chiropractic of Bellevue

Dr. Edward Owens D.C.