Chiropractic Services

Chiropractic Techniques

Fugate Family Chiropractic has successfully treated thousands of everyday injuries, sports injuries, and auto accident patients. Over the years, our highly-knowledgeable and experienced staff has found that each injury requires specialized treatment for immediate and lasting relief from neck, back, and joint pain. 

• Digital X-Rays are performed on the patient to help rule out post-traumatic bony pathologies.
• Cryotherapy is used to lessen muscle spasm, inflammation and edema.
• Electrotherapy is used to restore muscle tone, reduce spasms, and edema, prevent or retard disuse atrophy, and to increase local blood circulation.
• Ultrasound is used to reduce inflammation, locally sedate, and to increase the blood flow to deep tissues, and reduce muscle spasm.
• Massage is used to increase local blood flow, accelerate elimination of metabolic waste products, reduce spasticity, and assess muscle tone.
• IntersegmentalTraction is used to reduce adhesions, mobilize joints, restore ligament elasticity, reduce hydrostatic pressure, and strengthen the area of involvement.
• Cold laser therapy or Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is a treatment that utilizes specific wavelengths of light to interact with tissue, and is thought to help accelerate the healing process. It can be used on patients who suffer from a variety of acute and chronic conditions in order to help eliminate pain, swelling, reduce spasms, and increase functionality.
  
• Spinal Decompression Therapy is a non-surgical, traction based treatment outcome for herniated or bulging discs in the neck and lower back.