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Welcome to A. Unruh Chiropractic Clinic!
A unique approach to health.
Progress is our middle name, and since 1970 we are proud to offer the latest in diagnostic technology and therapies for a wide variety of ailments. All of our treatment is without drugs and surgery utilizing the latest in alternative medicine. Dr. Allen Unruh is certified in treatment of a many acute and chronic pain syndromes. Some of the causes of these pain syndromes include whiplash injury, herniated and ruptured disc syndromes, sciatic nerve pain, failed back surgery syndromes, cervical and migraine headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, neck pain and degenerative disc diseases of the spine. Extremity pain of the shoulders, tendonitis of the elbows, and hand and wrist. Pain in the hip, knee and feet are effectively cared for without drugs or surgery.
Treatment of your pain:
Dr. Unruh believes it’s just as important to treat the patient that has the pain and disease as the disease that has the patient. We modify our therapy to what’s wrong with the patient, not the patient to the therapy. Every pain syndrome is different. We utilize the latest technology with high powered laser therapy for nerve and joint pain. Laser therapy is energy medicine. This light energy is at a wave length that penetrates into every muscle and joint, and recharges muscle, and/or nerve cells that have been damaged. It dilates capillary blood supply to damaged nerves. Every cell in your body has 1000’s of mitochondria. Mitochondria are the powerhouse in every cell. They manufacture ATP for energy, cell division, cell metabolism, protein synthesis and oxygenation of the cells.
Manipulation: There is not a muscle, tendon, or bone Dr. Unruh is not trained to treat. All therapy is designed to be gentle and safe. But it depends if your pain is due to scar tissue that may need myofascial release in the muscle. Scar tissue glues your muscle fibers causing pain on movement. Restricted motion causes degeneration, deterioration and dehydration. Motion improves circulation, oxygen, nutrition and lubricating fluid to joints. It stimulates mechano-receptors which are nerve endings in the muscles, ligaments, joint capsules and discs. Chiropractors are MOTION SPECIALISTS. If movement causes pain, you tend not to move. The less you move, the weaker your muscles get, the weaker the muscles, the more stress affects it, and the more stress, the more pain. IT’S A VICIOUS CYCLE OF CHRONIC PAIN. We utilize trigger point therapy, percussion of muscles, and manipulation with distraction of the discs in the spine to relieve pressure on sensitive nerve roots. It’s important to retrain muscle memory to improve maximum movement to restore function to the injured area.
Whiplash:
Whiplash or injuries in auto accidents are different than any other kind of injury. Impact force is the hardest thing on the human body. When a 3000-5000 lb vehicle strikes another vehicle at 20 mph it can create up to 27 tons of impact force on the spine in 1/10th of a second. That’s equivalent to a car driving off the roof of a 5 story building. The human head weighs 12-14 lbs and the only thing holding it up are muscles, ligaments, joint capsules and discs. When all this connective tissue gets torn or stretched, it disrupts the stability of the spine and can lead not only to chronic pain, but degenerative changes that last a lifetime. That’s why the first 6 weeks after an injury are critical to prevent permanent injury or disability. It can affect how a patient feels for the next 20 years. A broken bone will heal whether you set it or not, but if it’s not reset it will heal out of alignment. It’s the same with whiplash injury, only incomplete healing can result in a tremendous amount of scar tissue, weakness, and hypersensitivity that can last years and even a life time. It also leaves a patient much more susceptible to re-injury and much more rapid degenerative changes as time goes on.
Dr. Allen Unruh is a Chiropractic Physician trained in biomechanical assessment of spinal function. Forty six hundred miles of nerves exit the brain through the spinal cord to control the function of every muscle and organ and all the systems of the body. Your body is like a gigantic circuit board. Any interference in nerve function from misalignment or muscle dysfunction can have a dramatic negative effect on a person’s quality of life. Our initial goal is to eliminate pain, inflammation and swelling. As you improve follow up care is designed to improve motion to injured areas and muscle function to prevent permanent injury and impairment. At the A. Unruh Chiropractic clinic we offer several effective treatment procedures to decrease pain and reach maximum recovery. These include distraction manipulation – a very gentle procedure to realign discs in the spine. Higher powered laser therapy decreases pain and inflammation. Rehabilitation to improve strength, flexibility and endurance to the injured areas. Vax-D spinal decompression for more severe disc injuries and sciatic nerve pain or failed back surgery. There is no relationship to vehicle damage and injury to the patient. Everything depends on the susceptibility of the patient to injury. Dynamic motion x-ray is the latest state of the art diagnostic equipment to assess ligament damage that can lead to permanent impairment. If you have been in an auto accident it is important to get examined by someone trained in spinal trauma. Give us a call at 332-1962 today.
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