Chiropractic Services

Consultations and Examinations are the backbone of our practice.

During your initial consutlation, Dr. Uhlmansiek, D.C. will speak with you to determine your goals for care and what services might be required for you to reach those goals.  It is important for us to learn as much as possible about your health concerns and what your expectations for care are going to be.  Based on the information that our doctor gains from your consultations, he will then perform the required exams to determine the cause of your health concerns.

As in many different doctors offices, there are several different types of examinations that we can perform in our office. However, unlike other health care providers, chiropractors are unique in that they are the ONLY doctors in the world who are trained to:  Locate, Analyze and Correct the Vertebral Subluxation Complex and it’s related components.  This fact is one of the most important things that separates doctors of chiropractic from other healthcare professions.

This is an important point to rememeber if you’ve been in pain for a long time and no other doctors or healthcare providers have been able to help you.  

Depending on the nature of your presenting health concern or goals, Dr. Uhlmansiek, D.C. will make specific recommendations as to what exams would suit you best.

Chiropractic Adjustments

The Chiropractic Adjustment is a form of physical manipulation that is unique to the chiropractic profession.

Although practitioners from other health care fields can perform “manipulations,” only chiropractors are trained and licensed to locate, analyze and correct the vertebral subluxation and its components.

What is a Vertebral Subluxation and why should you care?  Well the definition as adopted by the American Association of Chiropractic Colleges reads as follows:

 “Subluxation is a complex of functional and/or structural and/or pathological articular changes that compromise neural integrity and may influence organ system function and general health.”

What does that mean for the average person?  It means – in a very watered down definition – that if the joints of the spine become misaligned, this misalignment can interfere with how the brain communicates with the body via the spinal cord and nerves, which leads to malfunction of normal body systems and/or processes.  Which in turn, causes poor health.

The method of application of the chiropractic adjustment can vary widely from chiropractor to chiropractor, however, the intent of the adjustment remains the same.

The intent is to affect the neurophysiology of a vertebral motion segment and the associated tissues.

In other words:

The adjustment is designed to help restore normal joint and nerve function in a subluxated segment of the spine.

This is important because when a joint or vertebral segment becomes “subluxated” the joint loses proper motion and hence, proper function. When this happens, the end result is a negative impact on your health.

Dr. Uhlmansiek is skilled and experienced in a variety of techniques ranging from the traditional high velocity, low amplitude methods (most commonly associated with chiropractic) to extremely light force and more neurologically based adjustments performed either by hand or by the implementation of highly specialized instruments. This wide range of skill sets allows nearly all patients who seek us out, to find just the right type of adjustments for them!

Therapeutic Ultrasound

Ultrasound is a therapy that is utilized in the office to help with injuries related to joints, muscle spasms, as well as most soft tissues.

Therapeutic ultrasound creates small sound waves that vibrate and massage soft tissues and muscle. These sound waves do an excellent job in facilitating the body’s healing process and help decreasing scar tissue formation.

Certain ultrasound frequencies also create a heating effect to help relax the muscles or tightness in the body. This heat combined with the overall features of the ultrasound help to start the healing process at the most basic cellular level speeding up your road to recovery.

Therapeutic Exercise

One of the most important components of our care plans is the strategic use of therapeutic exercises.  When it comes to care plan design, we have structured a system that is progressive and amazingly effective! Depending on the type of care plan that a patient qualifies for, specific exercises are chosen in a specific order throughout the visit to maximize their effectiveness.

Since every patient is different and their ability levels and goals tend to vary widely, Dr. Ray spends considerable time assessing which exercises will benefit the patient the most.  The beautiful thing about blending chiropractic and rehab together is the unique way that the exercises can augment the chiropractic adjustment and have a greater impact on health than either would used individually.