Rehabilitation Exercises

What are rehabilitation exercises?

These are exercises specifically designed to strengthen the area of injury.  By doing these exercises, you will experience faster relief, as well as longer-lasting results.

How do rehabilitation exercises work?

By strengthening the muscles that surround the injured area, you provide necessary support to the area to prevent future injury.

What do rehabilitation exercises feel like?

Although most of the exercises are easy for a person in good health, these exercises may prove to be challenging to a person who is injured and experiencing pain.  It is normal to experience mild to moderate discomfort while performing these exercises.  It is also normal to experience soreness in the muscles immediately following the exercises.  It is very important that you push through the discomfort and soreness, and don't give up.  You will find that these exercises become easier, which is a sign that you are progressing.  As you progress, we will be increasing the intensity of the exercises, gradually building the strength of the injured area over a period of time.

Why are rehabilitation exercises used?

Although we can adjust the misaligned vertebrae in your spine, the muscles are responsible for holding those bones in their proper position.  These exercises strengthen the muscles, which help keep the vertebrae in their normal position for a longer period of time, which means that you experience relief faster, and the results last longer.

Patient Benefits:

• Reduces painful symptoms
• Decreases local swelling
• Restores normal movements
• Strengthens muscles
• Increases flexibility
• Increases endurance
• Improves range of motion