At Chiropractic Lifestyles Centre, we take great pride in providing the finest chiropractic wellness care to our patients. Below is a sampling of the different chiropractic services we offer in our Austin office.

Chiropractic Care

We provide advanced spinal correction utilizing "state of the art" chiropractic techniques. Never in the history of chiropractic have we been able to provide the level of help and expertise that now exists. These newer correction methods are even safer, more comfortable and more effective than ever before. As a Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Dane McFarland has years of training and experience in spinal adjustment.

Corrective Exercises

We teach our patients special "blueprint" exercises designed just for them to help strengthen and correct their own unique problem. These exercises can be performed in the comfort of your own home and can improve the effectiveness of your spinal correction by as much as 30-40%. In addition to skeletal misalignment, muscles and connective tissues can be out of place or strained by improper alignment and use. Specific exercises and stretches can help your body stay in balance and in health.

Lifestyle Advice

We often find it helpful to "coach" our patients on certain activities they should avoid or do differently to avoid aggravating their particular health challenge. Our goal is to help every patient achieve a fulfilling and happy lifestyle full of the activities they enjoy most. We recognize that each our patient is a whole person, and help them reach true health and wellness is a collaborate effort between our professionals and our patients.

Nutritional Counseling

We provide specific recommendations on nutritional supplements and healthy food choices to enhance our patient´s return to optimal health. Do you know which supplements and vitamins are good for you. Dr. Dane McFarland can provide a structured nutritional program based on your individual needs.

Physiotherapy

To complement and enhance the healing effects of Dr. Dane's  specific Chiropractic adjustment treatment, we at Chiropractic Lifestyles Centre also provide the following physiological therapeutic procedures:

• Ifrared/LED
• Laswer
  
• Ultrasound
• Interferential electrical muscle stimulation
• Microamperage neural stimulation
• Spinal Decompression
  
• Mechanical traction
• Cryotherapy
• Diathermy
• Moist heat therapy
• Paraffin bath
• Work hardening rehabilitation program

Spinal Decompression

Is it therapy or traction?

Decompression is a treatment that alleviates lumbar and cervical disc pain. But is it therapy or traction?

“The FDA defines decompression as ‘unweighting due to distraction and position,’” said Collins (The Saunders Group). “Essentially a decompressive effect occurs when sufficient traction force is delivered. [We] follow the FDA’s lead in defining decompression therapy.”

Peetros (Chattanooga Group), stated, “Decompression is not a therapy, “but a hopeful outcome of properly applied and executed axial traction.”

Dixon (Axiom Worldwide), however, said, “Decompression therapy is not traction. Traction has been in use for a very long time with no documented clinical efficacy, because traction creates distractive forces throughout the entire spine by utilizing a linear pull. A linear pull elicits a proprioceptor response in the body, which prevents the traction device from opening up the intradiscal space enough to create a significant amount of negative intradiscal pressure.”

Dixon says that decompression isolates the distraction forces to a specific motor unit of the spine and affects a specific disc level. When this is done on a logarithmic curve, the pull avoids the body’s proprioceptor response, allowing the intradiscal space to be opened for intradiscal pressure to occur. “The result is that pressure is relieved on the anatomical structures that may be causing back pain,” he said.

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