In the United States, many individuals work toward taking good care of themselves. They try to eat well and get some form of exercise for at least thirty minutes a day. All in all, they keep their mind and body healthy and comfortable. However, people are human beings which means they cannot escape incidents of pain. In fact, 31 million individuals in the United States experience lower back pain at any time. In addition, millions of American experience chronic inflammation such as Arthritis. If you’ve experienced, or suffer from, pain or chronic pain, here are methods you should consider.
Muscle Strength Testing Equipment
Chiropractors or those in the medical field utilize muscle strength testing equipment to determine your strength or muscle strength. Additionally, muscle strength testing equipment is not just beneficial to you, but is is beneficial for the doctor, chiropractor, or person in the medical field. This is because that individual can gauge your strength level and the way in which your pain or chronic pain affects your strength and muscle function. Most importantly, this gauge will then tell the chiropractor what treatment you need.
Muscle Testing Machine: A dynamometer is one such muscle strength testing machine. This tool determines if you’ve lost any strength or mobility in your muscles due to chronic pain or Arthritis. It also determines if your physical therapy or any other pain methods are working to help you gain your strength back. This tool is commonly used with physical therapists, and patients have seen positive results.
All in all, muscle strength testing equipment is a method you should consider because this equipment- and there are many, will help with your progress during treatment.
Chiropractic Adjusting Tool
If you experience chronic pain or any form of pain, a chiropractic adjustment tool is another method you should consider. This is aside from muscle strength testing equipment.
A chiropractic adjusting instrument comes in many forms. Here are some you can utilize for your pain:
Impulse: The first adjusting tool you should consider is an impulse one. Chiropractors use impulse tools for the spine or back pain. These tools help in decreasing the pain you may be experiencing on a daily basis. Essentially, this impulse tool helps the chiropractor use the appropriate force depending on where your pain is located.
For example, if you are experiencing intense pain in your lower back, you may need more force than the pain felt in your shoulders or neck.
After engaging with an impulse tool, you’ll begin to feel a decrease in pain! Therefore, this is a method you should consider for your pain, after you utilize muscle strength testing equipment.
Activator: The next tool chiropractors use is slightly different than an impulse tool. An activator tool is an instrument with a spring in it, simply put. The activator tool fits easily in a chiropractor’s hand. This tool is typically used to target one area of pain at a time. The chiropractor will hover it over the area where you experience pain. This could be your shoulders, your neck, your back or your lower back and spine. Then, he or she will thrust the tool gently on the area. It is high speed so the tool moves very quickly. This tool will help with pain over time.
Manipulation By Decompression: Manipulation by decompression is another form of a chiropractic adjusting tool. This type of tool is different than impulse because you won’t feel a pulse like sensation. Instead, manipulation is more so a form of stretching. This tool, used by chiropractors, is essentially beneficial if you experience pain in your spine. Manipulation is commonly used in many different chiropractic offices. Lastly, you would need to be on an adjusting table for this method.
It is important to note that much like an impulse tool, or an activator tool, manipulation as a tool does decrease the pain you experience.
Whether you choose muscle strength testing equipment or chiropractic adjusting tools- such as an impulse tool, an activator tool, or a manipulation tool, you will experience a decrease in forms of pain!
