Expert Chiropractors in Fort Collins

The Path To Good Health Begins Here

At Scott Family Health, we have spent decades providing patients with superior chiropractic care and adjustments that help to alleviate aches and pains in addition to improving alignment, relieving tension, and helping patients reach optimal mobility and overall health. Our mission is to find the source of your pain in order to provide you with long-term solutions that will help you live a healthier life. Our expert chiropractors in Fort Collins offer comprehensive care that includes acupuncture, massage, or physical therapy when necessary. We aim to educate you on your condition so that you can feel equipped and empowered as you set forth on the path to good health. After a comprehensive consultation and meticulous testing, Scott Family Health will provide you with a customized health plan to meet your individual needs.

Why Choose Chiropractic Care?

Chiropractic care is a natural alternative to help your body maintain health. Rather than simply treating symptoms of disease, chiropractic gets to the root cause and promotes and strengthens your body’s own ability to heal itself. A chiropractor will work to correct joint misalignments, particularly within the spinal column, that are often causing problems like joint, nerve, and muscle pain. In some cases, misalignments may even result in organ and tissue dysfunction. If you’re interested in treating the root cause of disease rather than merely attacking the symptoms, visiting a chiropractor is an excellent choice.

Because chiropractic care gets to the root issue, we often see clients enjoy the following benefits:

• Relief from chronic pain, including lower back pain, neck pain, joint pain, and more
• Improved joint mobility
• Better circulation
• More energy
• Improved sleep
• Improved digestion
• Relief from constant headaches
• Better organ function
• A stronger immune system
• Less pregnancy discomfort
• Relief from tight muscles (stiffness)
• Reduced stress
• Improved performance for athletes
• Improved ability to think clearly
• Decreased joint and connective tissue degeneration
• Improved nervous system function
• Reduced ear infections and colic
• Surgery prevention
• Improved blood pressure

The goal of our chiropractors in Fort Collins is to improve the health and wellness of your entire family, from infants and children to our elderly patients, pregnant moms, and everyone in between.

Is Chiropractic a Safe Treatment Option?

First, it’s important to remember that receiving adjustments from friends, family members, or others who are not licensed to do so is not safe. However, spinal manipulations performed by trained professionals are widely recognized as safe, non-invasive treatments for neck and back-related ailments. While no medical treatment is ever 100% free of all risk, care from chiropractors brings minimal risks.

Consider the fact that chiropractic care is a drug-free, non-invasive therapy. Chiropractors treat their patients using a controlled, specific force to spinal joints to bring alignment and ultimately encourage your body to heal itself. This is an alternative to prescribing pain relievers or other medications (and a host of side effects along with them) that may never attack the root cause of the ailment a patient is experiencing. In a pdf upload by ahip.org, the writer highlights that alternative treatments like spinal manipulations can “improve symptoms with little risk of harm.”

Do Chiropractic Adjustments Hurt?

A chiropractic adjustment will cause little to no pain. In fact, most patients will say that adjustments are painless. However, some may experience a level of discomfort if they are not able to relax and, as a result, involuntarily resist the adjustment. During an adjustment, you’ll feel pops and cracks as your spine is realigned but it’s uncommon to feel intense pain.

It’s important to also mention that some experience mild soreness and aches within the 24 hours following treatment but that soreness usually won’t typically last longer than a day or two. According to Mayo Clinic, some may also experience a headache or fatigue after an adjustment. 

Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy

Aches and pains in the shoulder, neck, lower back, and hips are part of the experience for a majority of pregnant women. Statistical data shows that approximately 50% of pregnant women experience pain in the lower back at some point before delivery.

The physical, psychological, and hormonal changes during pregnancy, especially in the last trimester, can have a strong impact on your comfort and posture and can lead to misaligned spinal joints. Furthermore, your center of gravity shifts with an increase in weight, and your body tries to adjust the posture accordingly.

 Regular visits to a chiropractor during your pregnancy can address physical issues. One study revealed that 65% of pregnant patients who receive chiropractic care reported pain relief. Spinal adjustments are designed to re-establish alignment and balance to your spine and pelvis and can offer the following health benefits:

• Help you maintain a healthier pregnancy.
• Help to control symptoms of nausea.
• Relieve pain in the back, neck, shoulder, and hip joints

 Always get your physician’s approval before seeing a chiropractor care during pregnancy. It is not typically recommended treatment option if you are experiencing the following:

• Moderate to severe toxemia
• Vaginal bleeding
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Placental abruption

 While all licensed chiropractors receive training related to pregnancy, some specialize in prenatal care. Get a referral from your doctor or ask your chiropractor if they specialize in this area to avoid complications.

 Scott Family Health provides reliable pregnancy chiropractic care for expectant moms. Call us today to schedule your appointment.

How Chiropractic Treatment Can Help Recovery After A Car Accident

Car crashes can have a significant and lasting impact on your body. If left untreated, the consequences of motor vehicle accidents could include persistent pain, worsening symptoms, and other health complications that can impact you for the rest of your life. Every year, there are 6 million car accidents in the United States, and 3 million people suffer injuries.

 There are steps you can take to mitigate the painful consequences of a car accident, including seeing a chiropractor. This is particularly true when you have symptoms such as muscular pain, migraines, or even mild headaches as your body starts recovering from the trauma of the car accident.

Where Chiropractic Care Can Step In

A victim of a car accident may be surprised to leave their physician’s office with a handful of prescription drugs and a minimal treatment plan. Backaches, neck pain, restricted range of motion, stiffness, and soreness are common for all people who were recently in a motor vehicle crash. A chiropractor can identify why these symptoms are occurring and perform physical therapy, spinal decompression, and other adjustments to treat the underlying cause. Through multiple sessions, many patients experience the following benefits:

Reduced Scar Tissue

Muscles can get injured after a car accident, causing soreness and stiffness. A chiropractor can target these muscles and help break down the scarring quicker than if the scar area was left to heal on its own. Quick healing and less scar tissue mean the affected person is likely to feel better much faster.

Reduced Inflammation

Micro-tears in the muscle fibers and ligaments are common following a car accident and can’t be identified through an x-ray. Spinal adjustments can bring the slipped and herniated discs back into alignment – producing anti-inflammatory properties to assist with pain and discomfort from these tears.

Decreased Need for Medication

Prescription pain killers can be addictive for many people. Chiropractic adjustments treat the actual injury instead of masking the pain with the use of pain-relieving medications.

Long-term Benefits

Receiving chiropractic treatment promptly after a motor vehicle accident can help avoid minor injuries from worsening into severe conditions down the road.

Restored Range Of Motion

Back or neck injuries can result in reduced mobility. It may be challenging to turn your spine or move in other ways when your muscles and ligaments are inflamed. Adjustments of the vertebrae can help restore range of motion by mobilizing the spine and encouraging the healing process.

Reduced Pain

With spinal adjustments, an affected person can have pain reduced in not only the affected bones and muscles but also relief throughout their entire body. Immediately following an adjustment, many people express feeling notable relief, which could be due to the anti-inflammatory effect and release of pain-reducing hormones.

Chiropractic Therapy for Chronic Pain

More people are turning to seek alternative therapies for chronic pain conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, and pelvic pain. About 35% people in America visit chiropractors annually for various musculoskeletal issues. Of these, 7 million are seeking relief from spine and back pain secondary to various causes such as accidents, muscle strains, and sports injuries. Other major complaints include headaches, neck pain, and pain in the arms and legs.

 A recent study weighed the pros and cons of chiropractic therapy for treating various chronic musculoskeletal problems. Researchers enrolled 750 military personnel who complained of spinal or back pain. Half of them were assigned to receive traditional care (including self-care, medications, and physical therapy), while the remaining patients received traditional care plus up to 12 sessions of treatment from a chiropractor

After six weeks, those receiving a combination of traditional and chiropractic care reported:

• Less intensity of pain
• More improvement in function and less disability
• Less dependence on pain medications
• Higher satisfaction with their therapy sessions

 Another study showed that about 14% of people with neck and back pain had consulted a chiropractor in the last year. Out of these people, 33% said chiropractic treatment was safe and effective compared with the 10% who said physical therapy and pain-relieving medications are more reliable. Also, 28% say chiropractic therapy is safer than pain medication for those with spinal or back pain, while 22% prefer pain relievers over chiropractic care.

 At Scott Family Health, we’re passionate about providing relief for chronic pain with alternative care to pain relievers that come with a large host of side effects. If you’re looking to treat the root cause of your chronic pain rather than mask the symptoms, it may be time to consider help from our chiropractors in Fort Collins. Learn more today by visiting our page for new patients.