Sports Chiropractor in Naples Florida, Total Health of Naples

Many things come to mind when choosing of the right chiropractor for your condition. Naples Florida is a very active sports community, that is why Total Health of Naples treats many conditions as a result of athletic injuries. Our office is equipped with state-of-the-art chiropractic and physiotherapy equipment specifically designed for sports injuries. Whether you're a once a week golfer, avid tennis player, runner or even a kayaker injuries may arise as a result of repetition, egregious injury or simply not being prepared for your sport with proper warm-up.

Our doctor of chiropractic has proficiency in diagnosing and treating with conservative care athletic injuries. As a former junior 'A' and college hockey player our doctor knows what it takes to play at the top and what it takes to overcome an injury. Interestingly enough our philosophy here at Total Health of Naples is not to take you out of the game but make you better for the next time you return.  Too many times so-called experts in the medical, physical therapy and chiropractic communities tend to take the easy path and sideline player not only for short duration but even suggest to never play the sport again. That is why we work with the athlete to assist with a speedy recovery and prepare them for future competition.

Conditions that we see from athletic injuries range from muscle strains, ligamentous sprains, disc herniations, concussions and joint subluxations.  Depending on the condition our therapy department can assist with these conditions using our resources that include nonsurgical spinal decompression, muscle stimulation,  heat packs, cryotherapy, ultrasound therapy, rock tape applications, myofascial/soft tissue treatments to name a few.   Chiropractic adjustments are also top of the list when it comes to spinal and extremity joint subluxation injuries.

 You can trust Total Health of Naples with your athletic injuries as our chiropractic physician is the official chiropractor of the Florida Everblades hockey team ( minor-league affiliate to the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League), we are a Titleist performance Institute certified facility as well as USA weightlifting sport performance coaching center.  Dr. Paralovos has had and continues to treat NCAA Division I athletes, PGA Tour golfers, major-league baseball players and NFL football players .

Call today 23 2260 1426 to schedule your appointment on how you can overcome your chronic or acute athletic injuries in Naples Florida. Go to www.totalhealthnaples.com  for more information that our clinic and our doctor.

What is Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression?

Spinal Decompression Therapy involves stretching the spine, using a traction table or similar motorized device, with the goal of relieving back pain and/or leg pain.

 

This procedure is called nonsurgical decompression therapy (as opposed to surgical spinal decompression, such as laminectomy and microdiscectomy).
This article provides an overview of nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy and its role in treatment of lower back pain and neck pain.

Spinal decompression devices use the same basic principle of spinal traction that has been offered by chiropractors, osteopaths, and other appropriately trained health professionals for many years.
Both traction and decompression therapy are applied with the goals of relieving pain and promoting an optimal healing environment for bulging, degenerating, or herniated discs.

Spinal decompression is a type of traction therapy applied to the spine in an attempt to bring about several theoretical benefits including:

• Create a negative intradiscal pressure to promote retraction or repositioning of the herniated or bulging disc material.
• Create a lower pressure in the disc that will cause an influx of healing nutrients and other substances into the disc.¹

While the fundamental theory of spinal decompression is widely accepted as valid, there is a lack of evidence supporting decompression therapy as being efficacious. Additionally there are some potential risks.
Although some studies that do not include control groups conclude that decompression therapy is efficacious, the few that do generally conclude that mechanized spinal decompression is no better than sham decompression. [Schimmel JJ, et al. European Spine Journal 18(12):1843-50, 2009] Thus, there is insufficient evidence that spinal decompression therapy is as effective, or more effective, than less expensive manual methods in treating back pain or injured herniated discs.²

A review of medical literature to date indicates that most clinical trials examining the efficacy of spinal decompression therapy or traction were lacking in one or more areas, such as inadequate numbers of subjects to make a statistically valid conclusion, lack of blinding (the patient or provider is unaware of the treatment given), no comparison to a placebo group (called a sham controlled study), or lack of comparison to a treatment alternative.³ At the time of this article, few clinical studies of spinal decompression therapy have been published in peer reviewed medical journals.

References:

1. Ramos G, Martin W. Effects of vertebral axial decompression on intradiscal pressure. Journal of Neurosurgery 81:350-353, 1994.
2. Wang G. Powered traction devices for intervertebral decompression: Health technology assessment update. Washington Department of Labor and Industries, June 14, 2004.
3. Daniel DM. Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy: Does the scientific literature support efficacy claims made in the advertising media? Chiropractic & Osteopathy 15:7, May 18, 2007.

If you're looking for non surgical spinal decompression therapy in Naples, FL check out www.totalhealthnaples.com.  Dr. Paralovos is a board eligible chiropractic neurologist.  Through his advanced training he is able to free people of pain associated with cervical and lumbar disc herniations, stenosis, numbness, tingling, pain and extremity weakness.  Call 239-260-1426 today to schedule your consultation with the doctor to see if non-surgical spinal decompression could help you.

Article courtesy of www.spine-health.com