Chiropractic Care in Salisbury, MD

Chiropractic care focuses on the relationship between the spine, joints, muscles, and nervous system and how those structures affect movement and function.

At Shakley Chiropractic, chiropractic adjustments are one part of a broader approach to musculoskeletal care. Your treatment is based on your examination findings, your condition, your goals, and how your body responds.

Chiropractic care may be appropriate for patients experiencing:

• Back pain

• Lower back pain

• Neck pain

• Sciatica

• Headaches related to musculoskeletal problems

• Joint pain and stiffness

• Restricted mobility

• Disc-related conditions

• Muscle and soft-tissue problems

• Sports injuries

• Auto accident injuries

• Other musculoskeletal conditions

We may use different adjustment techniques depending on the individual patient and the area being treated. Care may also include extremity adjustments when appropriate.

The objective isn't simply to adjust the area that hurts. It's to understand your condition and determine how chiropractic care may fit into your overall treatment plan.

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Helping You Move Better, Not Just Feel Better

Pain can change the way you move.

When you're uncomfortable, you may compensate without realizing it. You might avoid certain movements, put more stress on another area, lose strength, or gradually become less active.

That's where rehabilitation can become an important part of chiropractic care.

At Shakley Chiropractic, active and passive physical therapy techniques may be incorporated into a comprehensive chiropractic treatment plan when appropriate.

Depending on your needs, rehabilitation may focus on:

• Improving mobility and flexibility

• Building strength

• Improving balance and stability

• Restoring normal movement patterns

• Improving functional movement

• Addressing muscular restrictions

• Supporting recovery following an injury

• Helping you return to normal activities

• Teaching exercises you can continue at home

Treatment may include therapeutic exercise, stretching, strengthening, neuromuscular re-education, soft-tissue techniques, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, ultrasound, electrical muscle stimulation, Kinesio taping, and other appropriate rehabilitation techniques.

The important part is that you don't automatically receive every treatment we offer.

We determine what makes sense for your condition.

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Back & Neck Pain Treatment in Salisbury

Back pain and neck pain can make even ordinary parts of your day frustrating.

Getting dressed. Sitting at your desk. Driving to work. Sleeping through the night. Picking something up. Playing with your kids. Working out.

When your spine isn't moving or functioning the way it should, you notice.

At Shakley Chiropractic, we take a comprehensive approach to evaluating back and neck problems. We consider your symptoms, history, physical examination findings, movement, and other relevant information to develop a better understanding of your condition.

Depending on what we find, care may include chiropractic adjustments, rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise, soft-tissue therapy, and other appropriate treatments.

We commonly evaluate patients experiencing:

• Lower back pain

• Upper and middle back pain

• Neck pain

• Muscle tension

• Sciatica

• Reduced spinal mobility

• Disc-related problems

• Joint restrictions

• Movement-related pain

• Pain associated with an injury

If you've been trying to simply live with your back or neck pain, you don't have to keep guessing about what may be causing it.

A thorough evaluation can be the first step toward understanding what's going on.

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Disc Conditions & Spinal Decompression in Salisbury

Disc problems can be particularly frustrating because they can affect how you sit, stand, walk, exercise, and sleep.

For some patients with certain disc-related conditions, spinal decompression therapy may be an appropriate component of care.

Shakley Chiropractic uses a specialized spinal decompression table that allows controlled mechanical movement and targeted distraction of the spine.

The purpose of an evaluation is to determine whether decompression is appropriate for your condition. It isn't the right treatment for every patient, and we don't recommend it simply because the technology is available.

If you are an appropriate candidate, spinal decompression may be incorporated into a broader treatment plan that can include chiropractic care, rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise, and other supportive therapies.

In other words, the table isn't the treatment plan.

You are.

Our job is to determine what your condition needs and use the appropriate tools to provide that care.