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Rib Misalignment & Chiropractic treatment

Did you know that all ribs in the chest can become misaligned?

Misalignment and unleveling can occur when a rib moves slightly backwards and inwards from the thoracic vertebra towards the spine.

The surrounding back muscles contract and tighten to protect the misalignment.
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All of the rib attachments in our chest can become misaligned and cause varying types of pain.

Chiropractic treatment can help to realign the rib joints and relive pain symptoms. ​​

Symptoms of a rib misalignment include:

  • Difficulty or pain when breathing, sneezing, and coughing
  • Often causes a shooting pain around the front or side of the chest
  • May result in neck pain or headache
  • Can cause pain or numbness along the arm

Rib Misalignment is usually caused by:

  • Compression or trauma to the rib cage (i.e. squeezing or falling)
  • Injuries when hit from the side
  • Twisting injuries (usually a lifting and twisting movement)

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Do you know of any young, developing children with HEAVY backpacks?

Using a heavy and incorrectly fitted backpack will force your spine to deteriorate

Some changes include:
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  • Distortion to the natural curves, resulting in muscle strains (changes to lordotic and kyphotic curves)
  • Irritation to joints
  • Rounding of the shoulders 

 
Please speak to our chiropractors if you have any questions

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Correct your posture with Chiropractic advice

Correct your posture while sitting!

Sitting posture


Correct sitting position & posture

  1. Sit up with your back straight and your shoulders back.
  2. All 3 normal back curves should be present while sitting. As one of our chiropractors more about this at your next appointment. 
  3. Distribute your body weight evenly on both hips.
  4. Bend your knees at a right angle.
  5. Keep your feet flat on the floor.
Our practitioners offer patients help and advice about how to better manage their pain and injury.
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​We offer supplement advice with practitioner prescriptions, nutrition and dietary care, lifestyle advice, work station assessment and more.

For a work desk assessment please ask your chiropractor at your next appointment. ​

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ChiroCure Clinic : 278 Inkerman Street, StKilda East 3183
Phone: (03) 9013 5133  |  Email: chirocure@mail.com  |   Website: www.chirocure.net
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Christmas Opening Hours 2018

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Functional Muscle Assessments are now available at ChiroCure Clinic

FMS appointments

What is Functional movement screening?
A functional movement screening (FMS) is an appointment that involves using a  pre-participation screening tool, that is designed to identify compensatory movement patterns, that are indicative of increased injury risk and inefficient movement that causes reduced performance.

What are the functional movement screen tests?
The FMS helps identify muscle asymmetries, tightness, weakness and other risk factors for injury by examining the mobility and stability of the hips, core, shoulders, knees, spine and ankles.

The FMS consists of 7 movements

  • Deep Squat
  • Hurdle Step
  • Inline Lunge
  • Shoulder mobility
  • Rotary stability
  • Trunk stability Push ups
  • Straight leg raise

The scoring

  • Each movement is scored from 0-3 – This provides clear information on the client’s functional limitations and thus risk of injury.
  • Score will form the direction and pathway for corrective exercise programming or functional re-training.

Focus
Its role is to pinpoint areas of movement pattern limitation and asymmetry.

4X4 Matrix Posture assessment areas:

  • Supine/prone
  • Quadruped
  • Kneeling
  • Standing

Our practitioners will use a 4 by 4 matrix to try and fix the problems that have been shown in the FMS test.

Joint by Joint theory.
Our practitioners are trained to use Joint by joint theory to try and fix the pain and dysfunction. They can also perform a gait analysis to assess and improve your weight bearing and posture whilst walking and moving.

Taping
Our remedial therapists will apply kinesiology tape to areas that are prone to injuries and to offer also posture corrective support for the core muscles and surrounding ligaments and joints. Our therapists are also trained to use ridged tape for specific muscle groups to encourage stability and support.

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Do you suffer from back pain?!

Back pain is very prevalent in Australia and 1 in 6 people suffer from it.  
​That is approximately 3.7 million people within our population are suffering from symptoms such as numbness, tingling, weakness and pain in the legs.

What’s more alarming is that many individuals who suffer from back pain, are often provided with incorrect treatment and advice or receive treatment that does not help to receive their symptoms or pain.
 
Once complications and serious other pathologies such as cancer, fracture, infections and arthritis are ruled out, physical therapy and alternative therapies including Chiropractic Care, Remedial Massage and Myotherapy have proven to be the most beneficial and least invasive approach to treat non-specific lower back pain and related symptoms. 

*research by Dr. Buchbinder, a professor and researched of clinical epidemiology at Monash University.
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 Some less invasive treatment we offer to treat low back pain:
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Practitioner Roster

Below is our most up to date practitioner roster

If you would like to find out when your favourite therapist is working next, please look up shifts on our roster below. 

To book an appointment, please call us at the clinic on (03)90135133

staff roster

We would like to welcome back Dr. Tania Leski from her break that concluded in early August!

​Please contact ChiroCure Clinic if you think quality health care can benefit you!
 
Please refer to the updated staff schedule for your convenience.

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Spinal Health Screening & Computerised Posture Assessments

Computerised Spinal Screening with
Posture Assessment & Report

By ChiroCure Clinic Chiropractors
WHAT WILL A SPINAL SCREEN LOOK FOR?

A spinal screen will assess your spine for:

  • A spinal screen will assess your spine for:
  • Vertebral, spinal and extremity misalignment.
  • Posture abnormalities
  • History of accidents or trauma
  • Repetitive strain injury
  • Poor sleeping posture
  • Poor ergonomics can cause spinal bones to degenerate. 
  • Other body signals may warrant further investigation.
WHAT IS A SPINAL SCREENING?
We all want a healthy, long and pain free easy life. To achieve this we try to take good care of our health, well-being, and body.  The key to this is the health of your spine and the function of your nervous system.  Please allow us to help you understand and discover just how important a spinal screening is, and what our chiropractors will look for and how care can benefit your health now, and long term.
 
WHEN SHOULD I HAVE MY SPINE CHECKED?
If you haven’t had your spine checked, consider this: How long would you go without brushing your teeth? Would you wait for your teeth to rot and fall out before you see a dentist? Would you wait for your car to break down before you book a service? Why not have a professional chiropractic assess the health of your spine before it starts to break down.
 
KEY BODY INDICATORS
Our Chiropractors look for the underlying cause of your health concern and provide recommendations for treatment and care. We will examine your spine, and use a computerised posture assessment tool that will analyse body position from the front and size to determine nerve interference and locate spinal misalignment.
 
KEY SIGNS
There are 10 key body signals that our chiropractors will look for during your spine screening:

  • Forward head carriage
  • Un-levelling at the shoulders
  • Rounding in the shoulders
  • Un-leveling at the hips
  • Misaligned or rotated pelvis
  • A lateral curvature in the spine (known as a scoliosis)_
  • Weight bearing on knees and ankles
  • Muscle tightness or weakness
  • Compensation or antalgic (leaning, sway back)
  • Postural strain (inflammation)

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ChiroCure Clinic : 278 Inkerman Street, StKilda East 3183

Phone: (03) 9013 5133  |  Email: chirocure@mail.com  |   Website: www.chirocure.net 

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Sports injury care at ChiroCure

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Chiropractic treatment for sports injury and wellness
5 ways athletes benefit from Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Massage & Myotherapy:
1. Undo the punishment the body takes in sports
2. Treatment appropriate for a variety of injuries – reduce pain
3.Non-invasive / drug free treatment
4. Injury prevention
5. Performance Enhancement

You don’t need to be a professional athlete to require chiropractic treatment for a sports injury or trauma. Whether you are a runner, cyclist, rower, footballer or cricket player; if you compete at a high level or just play for fun it is more than likely that at some time or another you’ll find yourself suffering from an injury.
 
Chiropractic treatment at ChiroCure Clinic in StKilda emphasis on restoring the body’s natural balance. Our techniques enable flexibility and mobility to injured joints, tissues and tendons to reduce pain.
Our methods are an effective and holistic for sportspeople of all abilities and levels.
 
We employ a natural approach that supports your health and may include:
•    Spinal care
•    Muscle release techniques
•    Balance exercises
•    Eye tracking and saccadic exercises
•    Sound therapy
•    Breathing and postural care (including postural reflex training)
•    Nutritional advice to support to reduce inflammation when appropriate and care of the nervous system
•    Mindful meditation
•    Ergonomic advice
Remedial massage and myotherapy ensures a complete recovery and complements chiropractic are.
​Massage is often recommended along with chiropractic or osteopathy treatment, either before or after and adjustment, as part of a patient’s treatment regime.
The combination of these treatments often produces more effective results, and faster healing for patients.