Dr. Kirk Andrew, BHSc (Hon), CSCS, DC 105 Fifth St. E. Cornwall, ON K6H 2L6 613-933-7884 www.CornwallWellness.com drkandrew@gmail.com
Member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
Active Release Techniques (ART) Certified
Low Level Laser Therapy
Digital Gait Scan Technology
Physical Therapy, Strength Training
Most injuries occur due to the regular, repetitive physical stresses incurred to our body and its systems during activities of daily routine. The most strenuous, and often unappreciated, are prolonged bouts of sitting, such as a sedentary job at a computer, long drives, repetitive lifting, and anything else done numerous times per day over. These strains individually, or even performed a few times, are not harmful. However, just as water can wear away rock, these actions done over and over again during the course of a year or several years creates cumulative tissue strain, imbalances in muscle and posture, and eventual injury. Usually any event that is seen to have ‘caused’ the injury, is merely the ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ (although not always, depending on the injury). See the charts below for an explanation of the mechanism of injuries:
X-Ray Facilities
HOW DO INJURIES OCCUR?
Holistic Health Care What Conditions Can Manual Medicine Treat?
DR. KIRK ANDREW, BHSc (Hon), CSCS, DC HEALTH WITHIN- THE WELLNESS CENTRE 105 FIFTH ST. E.
CORNWALL, ON
613-933-7884 drkandrew@gmail.com
KGH 2L6
EXPERIENCE TRUE HEALTH & WELLBEING HOW DOES CHIROPRACTIC HELP?
OUR BODIES ARE COMPLEX, AS ARE INJURIES
ADDRESS THE CAUSE, FIX THE PROBLEM
Basically, Manual Medicine refers to the analysis, diagnosis, and treatment of the physical structures of the body, consisting of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints (such as the knee, shoulder, ankle), nerves and their related functions. It assesses and fixes the imbalances, and identifies the causes, thus correcting the injury from it’s source
Pain and injury is a interconnected system with our external environment and our behaviors and emotions. The symptoms may be local, but are often affected by and effect the entire bodily system.
Prevention of injury is the key to optimal health. However, injuries can be treated effectively and efficiently. It is always easier to correct new injuries, as opposed to older ones. Drugs and surgical interventions are invasive, dangerous and often result in long-term side-effects and unplanned outcomes. These should be considered a ‘last resort’ Medications often simply mask the symptoms, which is usually pain. Pain is merely your body’s alarm system, telling you something is wrong. By shutting down this warning system, more damage ultimately occurs until the impairment and disability can no longer be managed by the same methods, and something strong is needed. Eventually, long-term damage occurs, which is often not correctable.
Manual Medicine essentially diagnoses and corrects dysfunction and subsequent injury of the structural and functional locomotor systems of the human body, from head to toe, and not just the spine. The same physical forces that are incurred by buildings and vehicles also affect our bodies. We tend to have more appreciation for the wear and tear on our vehicles, and spend time and effort keeping them ‘functioning’ by rotating tires and getting oil changes. Our bodies undergo similar ‘wear and tear’, and often require care and maintenance of the structural systems. As with a car, prevention goes a long way, and correcting smaller problems is always easier and cheaper than waiting until a major problem invariably occurs.
A Doctor of Chiropractic undergoes rigorous educational requirements analogous to your Medical Doctor (MD). The differences exist in focus, with a DC spending more time in Anatomy and Biomechanics, and an MD spending more in Pharmacology. Much like a Dentist specializes in teeth, DC’s specialize in the musculoskeletal frame.