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Massage therapy is one of the many services offered from our Boise chiropractor and his staff. Massage therapy is an important companion to chiropractic care.  While chiropractors deal with the nervous system providing vertebral alignments and lining up other joints, massage therapists work on the muscular skeletal system by relaxing tense muscles and working the deep tissues to help heal tissue damage.  

Massage can extend the benefits of chiropractic adjustment by decreasing muscle tension and increasing flexibility.  Chiropractic adjustment can also extend the benefits of massage by providing long lasting pain relief instead of the temporary relief from just massage alone.  Massage and chiropractic care together provides pain relief, improves healing and muscle relaxation as well as reduces stress.

Massage Therapy Has Many Advantages

Massage is not just for relieving neck and back pain. It has many other benefits including a positive impact on the circulatory system.  The circulatory system affects every system in the body so when blood is flowing properly and carrying oxygen to vital organs different parts of the body it is increasing the body’s ability to heal and regenerate.

Another advantage of massage therapy is that it is an effective treatment for chronic headaches; massage can often replace the need for oral medication. Massage therapy can benefit personal injury patients by relieving tightness in muscles, promoting healing and reducing the formation of scar tissue.

Our Boise chiropractor and his highly trained massage therapists will work to give you long lasting pain relief and quality care.  Our therapists are dedicated to providing you with comfort and relaxation. They are gentle and will communicate throughout the massage to make sure you are not feeling any discomfort.  

Working together our chiropractor and massage therapists will compose an individual care plan for you that will aid in pain relief and get you on track to achieving the total body wellness you deserve.  Chiropractic care and massage offer many benefits on their own but together they are the ultimate pain fighters.  

If you are experiencing back pain, neck pain or any other skeletal discomfort then visit our chiropractic office at Active Health and Wellness and let our staff help relieve your pain and get you on the road to recovery.

What are some positive experiences you have had with massage therapy?

Top Three Causes of Back Pain Seen by Our Boise Chiropractor

If you suffer from back pain, you are certainly not alone. It is one of the most common reasons people visit us at Active Health & Wellness. Our Boise chiropractor, Dr. Jason Watson provides treatments for pain in the upper or lower back with every treatment plan tailored to each individual patient. Our treatments not only help alleviate the pain, but they also determine the root cause of the pain so we can correct it. Although pain in the back is widespread enough for the Mayo Clinic to note most people will suffer from it at least once in their lives, the causes are not as varied. We consistently see three of the most common causes of back pain crop up, again and again.

Chiropractic Care Alleviates Pain and Corrects the Cause of Pain

Injuries are probably the most common cause of pain in the back. Sprains, strains and spasms can come from overuse, improper or heavy lifting, sports mishaps, or simply twisting or bending in an awkward direction or manner. Pain from an auto injury is very common, especially when a violent thrusting of the neck leads to injured ligaments from whiplash.

Structural problems are another cause of pain. These include chiropractic issues such as bulging or herniated discs, sciatica, and abnormal curvature of the spine and conditions like scoliosis. We have also seen consistent poor posture and subluxations, which are misalignments of vertebrae, lead to pain, usually in the upper back. The lower back can also be affected by pain from arthritis, specifically osteoarthritis that affects the joints, as well as osteoporosis, which can result in fractures in your vertebrae if they become brittle.

Stress rounds out the top three reasons of pain in the back. Your muscles tighten when you are under stress, leading to soreness and trigger points. Stress can also cause pain if you overweight, from the stress of the extra load on your bones. We can create a custom weight management program as well as advise on lifestyle changes to help reduce stress and get you to your goal weight.

Have you ever suffered from pain in your back? What was the cause?

Welcome to Our New Chiropractic Blog!

At Active Health and Wellness, we have been providing experienced care to our patients in Boise, Idaho and the surrounding areas since 2006. At our clinic, we use state-of-the-art therapies, such as spinal decompression, laser therapy, Power Plate training and massage therapy for rehabilitation from personal injury, auto injury or other ailments and medical conditions. Our Boise chiropractor, Dr. Jason Watson, has successfully treated patients with a wide range of injuries, including whiplash, herniated discs and back pain. In addition, Dr. Watson can help provide symptom relief for patients suffering from medical conditions, including scoliosis, digestive problems, asthma, neuropathy, headache and obesity.

We also offer a weight management program that can help our patients stay healthy and happy. We would love the opportunity to meet you, introduce the services we provide and show you around our clinic. If you suffer from common ailments like back pain or headache, a visit with our chiropractor may help you get on the road to recovery!

Our New Blog: Educating Readers About the Benefits of Chiropractic Treatment

Not only do we work very hard to provide the best possible care to our patients, but we also try to educate our current and future patients about the many health benefits associated with physiotherapy and spinal care. We would like to provide a resource from which people can obtain up-to-date information about chiropractic healthcare.

We set up this blog to open a communication portal between our practice and anyone seeking information about chiropractors and the services they offer. We hope that the topics that are discussed on this blog inspire our readers to make responsible healthcare and lifestyle decisions. We plan on posting regularly and hope that you will find the content to be both useful and entertaining.

We would love to know more about your concerns regarding your own spinal health and physical wellness. Are there any particular aspects of Health and Wellness would you like us to cover?