
07/16/2025
Chiropractors often incorporate physiotherapy techniques as part of a comprehensive treatment plan to help patients manage or relieve pain, restore mobility, and promote long-term healing. Here’s how they typically do it:
🔧 1. Physical Modalities (Therapeutic Tools)
Chiropractors use different devices to reduce pain and inflammation, and to promote tissue healing:
• Electrical stimulation (e-stim/TENS): Relieves muscle spasms and pain by sending small electrical pulses to the nerves.
• Ultrasound therapy: Uses sound waves to increase blood flow, reduce stiffness, and accelerate healing in soft tissues.
• Cold/Heat therapy: Ice reduces inflammation; heat promotes relaxation and circulation.
🤲 2. Manual Therapy
This involves hands-on techniques beyond spinal adjustments:
• Soft tissue therapy: Such as myofascial release or trigger point therapy, to reduce muscle tension and improve flexibility.
• Joint mobilization: Gentle movements of joints to improve range of motion and decrease stiffness.
🧘 3. Therapeutic Exercises
Customized stretching and strengthening routines:
• Improves posture
• Increases strength and flexibility
• Reduces recurrence of pain (especially in back, neck, or joints)
• Often guided during the session and given as a home exercise program
🧠 4. Postural and Ergonomic Training
Chiropractors educate patients on how to sit, stand, and move correctly:
• To avoid reinjury
• To correct posture-related imbalances
• Often includes workplace or lifestyle modifications
🌿 5. Rehabilitation Programs
For chronic conditions or after injury, they may create step-by-step plans:
• Combine adjustment + physiotherapy + lifestyle changes
• Address root causes of pain (not just symptoms)
Common Pain Conditions Treated with Physiotherapy in Chiropractic Care:
• Low back pain
• Neck pain
• Sciatica
• Sports injuries
• Joint pain (shoulders, knees, hips)
• Muscle strains and sprains
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