Spinal manipulation through the chiropractic adjustment has been shown to alter the way in which our central nervous system functions. It has been specifically shown to affect muscle reflexes, cognitive processing, reaction time, and the speed at which the brain processes information. These effects lead to decreased stress on the entire nervous system allowing it to function more efficiently. Maintaining efficiency in all areas of the neuromuscular system through chiropractic treatment allows our bodies to perform at their optimal levels.

Athletes, both professional and amateur, are increasingly turning to Chiropractic care to help them relieve pain and compete at their highest level. Chiropractors are currently associated with nearly every single professional sporting team in North America and many elite professionals in the world have attested their performance to Chiropractic including Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt, Jerry Rice, Michael Phelps, Sidney Crosby and Wayne Gretzky. The human body is an amazing machine designed to complete complex movements in a simple and defined way. Dysfunctional movement patterns decrease performance by forcing particular muscles and joints to work harder than they are designed for leading to decreased strength, quicker fatigue, and increased injury. Chiropractic treatment and spinal manipulation work to remove negative compensations, restore proper movement patterns, and have also been shown to increase the voluntary strength of your muscle contraction, increase muscle activation, and improve stability allowing you to train compete harder.

Damage to our tissues, including a tear, pull, microtrauma or overuse, can lead to a build up of scar tissue.  Scar tissue binds up and tightens our soft tissues leading to decreased mobility, decreased strength, chronic tendonitis, and nerve entrapments, which can cause numbness, tingling, and weakness.  At Murray Chiropractic Group we utilize advanced techniques such as Active Release Technique (ART) and Graston Technique and others to locate and treat dysfunctional tissue in muscle, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves.  These techniques work not only by removing painful and limiting adhesions in tissues but also by increasing blood flow to the injured areas allowing them to heal faster. At Murray Chiropractic Group we also boast a full spectrum of physiotherapy equipment including Cold Laser, Interferential Current (IFC), Kinesiology taping, and the revolutionary Class IV Hot Laser.  Laser therapy is becoming increasingly popular in the medical world for its supreme ability to speed healing naturally.  It does this by stimulating our tissues at a cellular level to increase their energy production allowing them to heal and replicate faster. Laser therapy is extremely safe and painless. It can be utilized on any soft tissue or joint, and has been shown to speed up healing by as much as 30%.

Chiropractic treatment helps to restore the natural function of the human body without the use of drugs. Chiropractic treatment not only helps to decrease or eliminate pain but it helps to restore function to our spine and our nervous system. Further reported benefits of Chiropractic treatment include: increased energy, better posture and flexibility, decreased stress, more restful and beneficial sleep, fewer hospital admissions, decreased need for surgery, and prevention of future injuries through lifestyle education, all of which allow us to live healthier.