The doctors at Atlas Spine Center use a wide variety of adjustment techniques to help their patients to regain and maintain their health.

LOW FORCE ADJUSTMENTS:
Each of these LOW FORCE adjusting techniques works well for different conditions and in different patients. The Doctor makes the right choice for each patient based on their specific needs.

ATLAS ORTHOGONAL (AO):
One of the most gentle and accurate methods of adjustments is the Atlas Orthogonal (AO) technique. It concentrates on precision alignment of the Upper Cervical Atlas Bone at the bottom of your skull / top of your spine. By combining both pre and post X-Ray analysis by the Doctor, with exacting adjustment based on 3 different axis calculation, the Atlas bone can be adjusted into precise alignment with less than 5 pounds force, just like a light tap on your neck. Results have shown that using the Atlas Orthogonal technique to adjust the Atlas into place can bring many health improvements to the patient.

ACTIVE RELEASE TECHNIQUE (ART): ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

Acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc), accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma) and not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia). Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.

Every ART session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements. These treatment protocols - over 500 specific moves - are unique to ART. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient. ART is not a cookie-cutter approach.

ACTIVATOR: The Activator technique is another very LOW FORCE and gentle means of adjusting the patient with out causing any unnecessary strain or stress on the patients body. The Activator allows for direct adjustment to the place required with a preset amount of gentle force that is always in control.

SOT (SACRO OCCIPITAL TECHNIQUE): The SOT technique is another gentle technique that can be used, as it effectively lets the patients own body and the force of GRAVITY make the adjustment. Consisting of exact placements of a couple of leverage blocks by the Doctor, the patient then just gently rests for 10-15 minutes while GRAVITY realigns the spine into place with no sudden or forceful action at all.

FLEXION DISTRACTION: Used for patients with LOW BACK problems, this table automatically helps stretch the lower back muscles gently.

OTHER TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE: Our doctors use other adjusting techniques when they feel they are appropriate for that particular patient’s condition to return them to HEALTH. They use various diversified techniques which consist of the traditional hands-on types of adjusting most people associate with Chiropractic and has great success with them.

ADDITIONAL THERAPIES: In order to make sure each patient can receive the most out of their treatment some times they benefit from additional therapies. The Doctor only recommends additional therapies if it will truly enhance that patients particular recovery and return to HEALTH. The following are a list of the various THERAPIES used by Dr. Debra Pentz and Dr. Dan Froerer:

• Heat / Cryo (cold) packs Therapy
• Electrical Muscle Stimulation Therapy
• Ultra Sound Therapy
• G5 Massager Therapy
• Myofascial release / Trigger Point Therapy
• Intersegmental Traction (Roller Table) Therapy

COLD LASER THERAPY is an excellent treatment that is often utilized to treat a wide array of conditions and pain. This therapy allows the body to naturally heal itself by utilizing a combination of electric stimulation and cold laser technology. This low level laser therapy consists of a light-emitting device that can be utilized on many different parts of the body.

In addition to simple back and neck pain, cold laser therapy has been utilized for a number of inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, tendonitis and sprains. The number of conditions that have been notably increased in the usage of this therapy include carpal tunnel syndrome, wound management, shoulder and neck injuries, muscle and joint pain, as well as a long list of others.

THERAPUETIC MASSAGE is an excellent method for improving overall health and musculoskeletal efficiency. Massage has a number of beneficial effects on the body and the mind. Some of these include removal of toxins that can build up in the muscles of the body, increased circulation, and increased flexibility in not only the muscles, but also the connective tissue within the body.

Massage also can help with muscle spasms as well as soft tissue injuries. Increasing the movement and reducing the overall recovery time by helping the body in the healing process. In addition, consistent massage has been known to increase balance.  Massage has proven to assist in the healing of a large number of conditions including back pain, surgery recovery, eating and sleep disorders as well as high blood pressure and diabetes among others.