Cleary Family Chiropractic: Blog

Therapeutic ultrasounds is used to treat joint pain, muscle spasms and soft tissue injuries. Therapeutic ultrasounds aren’t the same as traditional ultrasounds that are used to screen the inside of your body. At Cleary Family Chiropractic, we offer therapeutic ultrasounds to patients to treat inflammation and increase blood flow. This device emits small sound waves at a high frequency and is applied to soft tissues and joints. The heat from the ultrasound helps to reduce inflammation and increase blood flow. Therapeutic ultrasounds are believed to help with the healing of injuries as well as decreasing pain and stiffness. We encourage our patients who are dealing with joint pain, muscle spasms, and soft tissue injuries, to give therapeutic ultrasounds a try. After applying ultrasound gel to your skin, our doctors will use the ‘wand’ on your injured area to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. Remember to make an appointment with us if you are dealing with any pain, your health is our ...

For years, sports injuries have been treated with the use of painkillers and surgery. When athletes are given painkillers for injuries they are putting a band-aid on the issue instead of fixing it. While surgery is necessary in certain cases, it isn’t always the best option and can actually lead to re-injury. Painkillers can be addictive, which is why Dr. Matthew Cleary encourages athletes to seek chiropractic care for injuries and injury prevention. At Cleary Family Chiropractic, we use all natural methods of spinal manipulation and physical therapy techniques to treat injuries. The benefit of chiropractic care versus medical care is we treat the entire body for injuries rather than just targeting one specific area. Your body works together to function and everything is aligned as one, which is why it is important to treat the entire body. Our chiropractic methods are also preventive. Our focus is to help keep you in the game and off of the sidelines with an injury.  If you are feelin...