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physiotherapy exercises
This is a therapy for the preservation, enhancement, or restoration of movement and physical function impaired or threatened by disease, injury, or disability that utilizes therapeutic exercise, physical modalities (such as massage and electrotherapy), assistive devices, and patient education and training
Dr. Sutte Hem is an expert in the prescription of the "best exercises" for you and the most appropriate "exercise dose" for you depending on your rehabilitation status. Specifically designed for your injury, illness, condition, or to help prevent future health problems.
We are located in South Pasadena and there are many chiropractors around the area that have similar and different techniques when it comes to chiropractic manipulation. Dr. Sutte Hem uses a highly controlled procedure that meet the specific needs of each patient and the adjustments rarely causes any discomfort. Patients here in South Pasadena note positive changes in their symptoms and see improvements in their health after receiving adjustments from our professional chiropractor.
Dr. Sutte Hem is an expert in the prescription of the "best exercises" for you and the most appropriate "exercise dose" for you depending on your rehabilitation status. Specifically designed for your injury, illness, condition, or to help prevent future health problems.
We are located in South Pasadena and there are many chiropractors around the area that have similar and different techniques when it comes to chiropractic manipulation. Dr. Sutte Hem uses a highly controlled procedure that meet the specific needs of each patient and the adjustments rarely causes any discomfort. Patients here in South Pasadena note positive changes in their symptoms and see improvements in their health after receiving adjustments from our professional chiropractor.
Services
Chiropractic Manipulation
Chiropractic manipulation is the practice of reestablishing mobility to your joints through the use of applying a controlled high velocity low amplitude force to joints by hand. Our style of manual manipulation is specific and precise in detecting the primary joint to correct.
Chiropractic Adjusting Instrument
We may use a small, hand-held instrument called the Activator to deliver a gentle impulse force to the spine with the goal of restoring motion to the targeted spinal vertebra or joint. It is an alternative to the traditional manual form of spinal manipulation, known as the high velocity low amplitude thrust. This adjusting instrument is one of the most common therapeutic intervention used by chiropractors.
Pelvic Orthopedic Blocks
Pelvic blocks affect pelvic and whole body distortions in an extremely non-traumatic manner. The blocks or wedges affect the patient by utilizing gravity as the slow force of correction. Pelvic orthopedic block placements can be applied under the rib cage, collar bone, back, knees, and in various directional positions.
Bioenergetic Light Touch Therapy
Light touch therapy will provide you with an integrative and intuitive experience. It incorporates functional breathing and gentle placement of the hands on various parts of the body thought to be centers and points of mind-body balance. The goal is to experience internal balance, promote healing, and achieve a deep sense of calm. This type of therapy is best suited for those who are experiencing intense emotions, stress and anxiety.
Manual Therapy
Manual therapy is a technique used to treat musculoskeletal pain. It includes MRT, IASTM, PIR, fascial manipulation, and mobilization of muscles and joints.
Medical Massage
Medical massage is good for the nervous system and it is usually done before chiropractic treatments are given. Physical and mental stress can make the body stiff. Medical massage promotes blood flow, which relieves tension and deeply relaxes the body. It is useful for those who are under constant physical and/or mental stress.
Kinesiology Taping
Kinesiology tape is applied along muscles, ligaments, and tendons to provide a lightweight, external support that helps you remain active while recovering from injuries. Kinesiology tape creates neuromuscular feedback that inhibits or facilitates stronger firing of muscles and tendons. This feedback creates support elements without the bulk and restriction commonly associated with wraps and heavy bracing.
Moist Heat Therapy
Moist heat is more effective than dry heat in that it provides deeper penetration to the tissue at the same temperatures. Moist heat also has additional capacity to change the tissue temperature rapidly. Patients often report greater relief of symptoms from moist heat. Moist heat can speed recovery by increasing blood flow to the targeted area. This increased circulation brings in fresh blood and takes away the wastes which may slow healing.
Far Infrared Therapy
Most people are familiar with the infrared heat lamps used in some clinics. Far infrared produces heat by similar means, but is more efficient because it penetrates deeper into the skin. Far infrared therapy offers relief in particular to arthritis sufferers and those who battle with other types of chronic pain. Far infrared penetrates through the skin and insulating layer of fat, two to three inches into the body, producing a warming effect from the inside out. Far infrared penetrates quicker and provides a faster response in the body, and its warming benefits continue after use.
LED Light Therapy
LED light therapy for pain relief is a gentle, non-invasive, drug-free, and chemical-free alternative that has been shown to reduce and in some cases even eliminate aches and pains. The LED light penetrates deep in your body and repairs or regenerates cell components. It also activates the production of endorphins and blocks pain-transmitting chemicals. It's an effective pain relief for:
Therapeutic Ultrasound
Ultrasound waves are generated by a piezoelectric effect caused by the vibration of crystals within the head of the wand/probe. The sound waves that pass through the skin cause a vibration of the local tissues. This vibration or cavitation can cause a deep heating locally though usually no sensation of heat will be felt by the patient. It has been shown to cause increases in tissue relaxation, local blood flow, and scar tissue breakdown. The effect of the increase in local blood flow can be used to help reduce local swelling and chronic inflammation. Some conditions treated with ultrasound include tendonitis, bursitis, non-acute joint swelling, muscle spasm, and even Peyronie’s Disease.
Physiotherapy Exercises
The goal with physiotherapy isn’t necessarily to reduce pain but to improve your body’s everyday mobility. Physiotherapy includes exercises and stretches. Chiropractic manipulation to alleviate pain and physiotherapy to teach the body how to move; both go hand in hand.
Electrotherapy
Electrical stimulation may directly block transmission of pain signals along nerves. In addition, electrical stimulation has been shown to promote the release of endorphins, which are natural painkillers produced by the body.
Several different electrical stimulation devices exist, each producing different frequencies, waveforms, and effects. Electrical modalities we use include:
Electronic Muscle Stimulation (EMS)
EMS for strength and firming exercises muscle fibers at a high-power working level and is intended to develop the maximum contractile force in a muscle, and includes a warm-up and workout period. The stimulation is continuous at subtetanic (twitch) frequency during the warm-up period. At the workout phase, the stimulation alternates between weak twitch contractions and strong tetanic contractions.
EMS for endurance exercises muscle fibers at an average-medium working level. It is meant to work the slow twitch muscle fibers. The idea is to work the muscle for a longer period of time (approx. 60 minutes per session). It was designed to increase the above average intensity of muscle strength or effort that must be maintained over a long period of time.
EMS for resistance works by a combination of fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers and is intended to increase muscle toning and basic strength. It is meant to increase the time the muscle is able to maintain a high-power working point.
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
The TENS active rehabilitation program is for the relief of chronic pain, muscle injury, pinched nerve and other muscle disorders. It produces muscle twitches at a very low frequency. These twitches act like a massage.
ARP Wave
Most professional, amateur, and elite athletes all over the world use ARP Wave to recover quickly from injury or surgery. This program helps to mitigate and eliminate muscle disuse atrophy due to neuromuscular disease, muscle-skeletal disorder, chronic pain and other injuries – especially sports-related and auto accidents.
Interferential Current (IFC)
IFC allows for a higher intensity and deeper penetration to the muscle at a more comfortable level. Through the use of its greater frequency, a higher HZ is used, thus increasing the depth of penetration (less skin resistance). The slightly different currents are superimposed to form what is called interference, which blocks the transmission of pain messages to the brain, resulting in much needed pain relief from inflammation and disc herniation.
Russian Stimulation
Russian Stimulation was developed in order to help strengthen muscles of world-class athletes and body builders. Russian Muscle Stimulation is very similar to EMS but with a higher frequency of 2,500HZ at 50 pulses per second. This allows for deeper, stronger, yet comfortable penetration to the muscle. It has also been used to regenerate nerve fibers. Regeneration occurs by contracting muscles that have been denervated. This stimulation helps the brain reconnect a circuit that has been rewired or blocked in some way.
Russian Stimulation is similar to IFC because it also helps with increasing blood flow, lymphatic drainage, and sensory fiber stimulation. IFC and Russian Stimulation also stimulate the secretion of endorphins, which helps to reduce pain.
Micro-Current
Micro Current Therapy is the application of electrical stimulation to muscles, ligaments, and joints to provide pain relief and promote tissue healing. Micro Current Therapy is the only electrical therapy whose currents can penetrate cells. All other currents such as TENS pass over the cells. This program can also be used in areas that have cellulite such as the hamstrings, buttocks, and arms.
Chiropractic manipulation is the practice of reestablishing mobility to your joints through the use of applying a controlled high velocity low amplitude force to joints by hand. Our style of manual manipulation is specific and precise in detecting the primary joint to correct.
Chiropractic Adjusting Instrument
We may use a small, hand-held instrument called the Activator to deliver a gentle impulse force to the spine with the goal of restoring motion to the targeted spinal vertebra or joint. It is an alternative to the traditional manual form of spinal manipulation, known as the high velocity low amplitude thrust. This adjusting instrument is one of the most common therapeutic intervention used by chiropractors.
Pelvic Orthopedic Blocks
Pelvic blocks affect pelvic and whole body distortions in an extremely non-traumatic manner. The blocks or wedges affect the patient by utilizing gravity as the slow force of correction. Pelvic orthopedic block placements can be applied under the rib cage, collar bone, back, knees, and in various directional positions.
Bioenergetic Light Touch Therapy
Light touch therapy will provide you with an integrative and intuitive experience. It incorporates functional breathing and gentle placement of the hands on various parts of the body thought to be centers and points of mind-body balance. The goal is to experience internal balance, promote healing, and achieve a deep sense of calm. This type of therapy is best suited for those who are experiencing intense emotions, stress and anxiety.
Manual Therapy
Manual therapy is a technique used to treat musculoskeletal pain. It includes MRT, IASTM, PIR, fascial manipulation, and mobilization of muscles and joints.
Medical Massage
Medical massage is good for the nervous system and it is usually done before chiropractic treatments are given. Physical and mental stress can make the body stiff. Medical massage promotes blood flow, which relieves tension and deeply relaxes the body. It is useful for those who are under constant physical and/or mental stress.
Kinesiology Taping
Kinesiology tape is applied along muscles, ligaments, and tendons to provide a lightweight, external support that helps you remain active while recovering from injuries. Kinesiology tape creates neuromuscular feedback that inhibits or facilitates stronger firing of muscles and tendons. This feedback creates support elements without the bulk and restriction commonly associated with wraps and heavy bracing.
Moist Heat Therapy
Moist heat is more effective than dry heat in that it provides deeper penetration to the tissue at the same temperatures. Moist heat also has additional capacity to change the tissue temperature rapidly. Patients often report greater relief of symptoms from moist heat. Moist heat can speed recovery by increasing blood flow to the targeted area. This increased circulation brings in fresh blood and takes away the wastes which may slow healing.
Far Infrared Therapy
Most people are familiar with the infrared heat lamps used in some clinics. Far infrared produces heat by similar means, but is more efficient because it penetrates deeper into the skin. Far infrared therapy offers relief in particular to arthritis sufferers and those who battle with other types of chronic pain. Far infrared penetrates through the skin and insulating layer of fat, two to three inches into the body, producing a warming effect from the inside out. Far infrared penetrates quicker and provides a faster response in the body, and its warming benefits continue after use.
LED Light Therapy
LED light therapy for pain relief is a gentle, non-invasive, drug-free, and chemical-free alternative that has been shown to reduce and in some cases even eliminate aches and pains. The LED light penetrates deep in your body and repairs or regenerates cell components. It also activates the production of endorphins and blocks pain-transmitting chemicals. It's an effective pain relief for:
- Herniated and bulging discs
- Muscle related back pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Pulled and strained muscles
- Muscle spasms
- Inflammation
- Nerve injuries
- Neck pain and stiffness
Therapeutic Ultrasound
Ultrasound waves are generated by a piezoelectric effect caused by the vibration of crystals within the head of the wand/probe. The sound waves that pass through the skin cause a vibration of the local tissues. This vibration or cavitation can cause a deep heating locally though usually no sensation of heat will be felt by the patient. It has been shown to cause increases in tissue relaxation, local blood flow, and scar tissue breakdown. The effect of the increase in local blood flow can be used to help reduce local swelling and chronic inflammation. Some conditions treated with ultrasound include tendonitis, bursitis, non-acute joint swelling, muscle spasm, and even Peyronie’s Disease.
Physiotherapy Exercises
The goal with physiotherapy isn’t necessarily to reduce pain but to improve your body’s everyday mobility. Physiotherapy includes exercises and stretches. Chiropractic manipulation to alleviate pain and physiotherapy to teach the body how to move; both go hand in hand.
Electrotherapy
Electrical stimulation may directly block transmission of pain signals along nerves. In addition, electrical stimulation has been shown to promote the release of endorphins, which are natural painkillers produced by the body.
Several different electrical stimulation devices exist, each producing different frequencies, waveforms, and effects. Electrical modalities we use include:
- Electronic Muscle Stimulation (EMS)
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
- ARP Wave
- Interferential Current (IFC)
- Russian Stimulation
- Micro-Current
Electronic Muscle Stimulation (EMS)
EMS for strength and firming exercises muscle fibers at a high-power working level and is intended to develop the maximum contractile force in a muscle, and includes a warm-up and workout period. The stimulation is continuous at subtetanic (twitch) frequency during the warm-up period. At the workout phase, the stimulation alternates between weak twitch contractions and strong tetanic contractions.
EMS for endurance exercises muscle fibers at an average-medium working level. It is meant to work the slow twitch muscle fibers. The idea is to work the muscle for a longer period of time (approx. 60 minutes per session). It was designed to increase the above average intensity of muscle strength or effort that must be maintained over a long period of time.
EMS for resistance works by a combination of fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers and is intended to increase muscle toning and basic strength. It is meant to increase the time the muscle is able to maintain a high-power working point.
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
The TENS active rehabilitation program is for the relief of chronic pain, muscle injury, pinched nerve and other muscle disorders. It produces muscle twitches at a very low frequency. These twitches act like a massage.
ARP Wave
Most professional, amateur, and elite athletes all over the world use ARP Wave to recover quickly from injury or surgery. This program helps to mitigate and eliminate muscle disuse atrophy due to neuromuscular disease, muscle-skeletal disorder, chronic pain and other injuries – especially sports-related and auto accidents.
Interferential Current (IFC)
IFC allows for a higher intensity and deeper penetration to the muscle at a more comfortable level. Through the use of its greater frequency, a higher HZ is used, thus increasing the depth of penetration (less skin resistance). The slightly different currents are superimposed to form what is called interference, which blocks the transmission of pain messages to the brain, resulting in much needed pain relief from inflammation and disc herniation.
Russian Stimulation
Russian Stimulation was developed in order to help strengthen muscles of world-class athletes and body builders. Russian Muscle Stimulation is very similar to EMS but with a higher frequency of 2,500HZ at 50 pulses per second. This allows for deeper, stronger, yet comfortable penetration to the muscle. It has also been used to regenerate nerve fibers. Regeneration occurs by contracting muscles that have been denervated. This stimulation helps the brain reconnect a circuit that has been rewired or blocked in some way.
Russian Stimulation is similar to IFC because it also helps with increasing blood flow, lymphatic drainage, and sensory fiber stimulation. IFC and Russian Stimulation also stimulate the secretion of endorphins, which helps to reduce pain.
Micro-Current
Micro Current Therapy is the application of electrical stimulation to muscles, ligaments, and joints to provide pain relief and promote tissue healing. Micro Current Therapy is the only electrical therapy whose currents can penetrate cells. All other currents such as TENS pass over the cells. This program can also be used in areas that have cellulite such as the hamstrings, buttocks, and arms.
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Ananda Chiropractic
Ananda /äˈnəndə/
Divine joy, one of the highest states of being
Chiropractic /ˈkīrəˌpraktik/
A system of optimizing human performance and potential by restoring or enhancing the body's function
Divine joy, one of the highest states of being
Chiropractic /ˈkīrəˌpraktik/
A system of optimizing human performance and potential by restoring or enhancing the body's function
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