Physical Therapy Vs Chiropractic Care?
What’s the Difference?
Our team at Great Lakes Spine & Sport has heard this question almost daily over the last several months, so we figured we would take some time to explain.
There seems to be the idea that Chiropractic care is only good for adjustments and for managing low back or neck pain, while Physical Therapy is ideal for all other conditions. Full disclaimer: this is not true!
Have you ever bounced around from office to office, trying different styles of treatments and different types of providers in hopes of healing and feeling better? Both PTs and Chiropractors have had clients who have been to one or the other prior and have not seen the results they were hoping for. Our office was designed to help try and break the mold of traditional Chiropractic care.
Not to stereotype either the profession of Physical Therapy or Chiropractic, but if you take a look at the individual provider, the best Physical Therapists in the world, and the best Chiropractors in the world look and practice the same!
They are not contained to one treatment style or one type of condition.
We at Great Lakes Spine & Sport believe in having many tools in our toolbelt. Not everyone’s pain is the same and there are hundreds of different conditions that can drive pain. So it is our job to have the tools to treat each condition. We offer an advanced integrated approach utilizing both Rehab/Physical Therapy and Chiropractic care to offer the highest standard of nonsurgical care.
Tools in our toolbelt:
Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) McKenzie Method
Joint Mobilization/ Manipulation (Adjustments)
Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS)
Active Release Technique (ART)
IASTM (Graston, Guasha, muscle scrapping)
Blood flow restriction training
Neurodynamics
Strength and Condition Principles
Kinesiology Taping
Functional Performance Rehabilitation
RacquetFit (Tennis/Pickleball Performance)
TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) Golf Performance
SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment)
Massage Therapy
Cupping
Deliberate Heat Therapy (Sauna)
While all these terms may go in one ear and out the other, it is easier to say we combine the principles of Chiropractic care and Physical Therapy!
In fact, Dr. Rob and Dr. Christian both elected to take the Physical Therapy Board Exam for Chiropractors. Our team at Great Lakes Spine & Sport is more than equipped to help you get out of pain whether it be a muscle strain, sprained ligament, irritated tendon, wrist pain, vertigo, TMJ pain, disc issues, neuropathies, IT band syndrome, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc..
Our goal is not to only help you feel better but to solve your problem and empower you to live a pain-free life.