Holzer Medical Center - Jackson Chiropractic Department
Chiropractors can play a major role in preventative care, providing protection against future pain and health problems. At Holzer Medical Center, Jackson, the Chiropractic Department focuses on the treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions ranging from headaches and neck pain to mid and low back pain. The office also treats joint and muscle injuries in the upper and lower extremities, including shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain as well as hip, knee, and ankle pain.
If you wish to contact the Chiropractic Department of Holzer Medical Center, Jackson, please visit the Holzer Medical Center, Jackson contact page, or call 740-395-8514. Our staff is ready to answer your questions and help you with your chiropractic needs.
Chiropractic Services
The office integrates chiropractic care with adjunct therapies such as massage and therapeutic exercise. The Chiropractic Department also offers a variety of services including fitness and nutritional counseling.
Most chiropractic patients present with complaints of headaches, neck pain, or low back pain. Chiropractic is beneficial for patients of all ages with neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
When the bones of your spine are out of alignment or fail to move properly in relation to one another, this causes irritation to the nerves of the spine, and pain in the back, neck, or joints may occur. Chiropractic care, which specializes in the adjustment and manipulation of the spine, works to restore the correct position and movement of the bones and joints that make up your spinal column or extremities.
Benefits of Chiropractic
These therapies are excellent for the treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. For some patients, the therapies can be used alone. For other patients, the combination of chiropractic care with medications and a supervised therapeutic exercise program will be most beneficial.
Our services are superior due to the fact that we are a hospital-based facility with access to more diagnostic methods than plain x-rays. The Chiropractic Department at Jackson is able to conveniently access a 16-slice CT scanner, an MRI, and outpatient laboratory services as needed. We also offer physical and occupational therapy as well as aquatic rehabilitation in a heated, indoor pool.
The benefits of chiropractic care include the treatment and alleviation of:
- Headaches
- Neck and arm pain
- Low back pain
- Arthritis of the joints in the lower back
- Shoulder problems
- Tennis and golfer’s elbow
- Tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome
- Sports and knee injuries
- Fibromyalgia and sciatica
How Does Chiropractic Work?
Most often, when you receive a chiropractic adjustment, the doctor is stretching and separating the affected joint in such a way that it allows normal joint fluid in and promotes the joint’s normal range of motion. Blood flow also increases, promoting better healing.
Misaligned vertebrae cause many health problems by interfering with the proper flow of nerve impulses along the spine, messing up the signals between brain and body, and resulting in pain and other symptoms of poor health, from headaches and fatigue to backache and numbness. Often, a few gentle adjustments can bring spinal bones back into alignment, allowing nerve impulses to pass freely, and the body to heal itself.
It is often said that Chiropractic goes directly to the root of the problem. Adjustments help to activate receptors in the spine, which in turn alleviates pain and normalizes nerve signals. Because muscles around the joint are stretched, it can also help relieve problems associated with muscle spasms and limited joint motion.
Modern diagnostic tools such as x-rays, CAT scans, MRIs, and other laboratory work are employed as needed to help your chiropractor determine the level of damage done to joints and bones, as well as whether chiropractic is an appropriate solution to your health care needs. Of course, not every patient requires x-rays, etc.
 Chiropractic Care for Headaches
Often overlooked, a frequent cause of headaches is the misalignment of the spinal bones in the upper back and neck. The stretching of the spinal nerves and related tissues causes irritation which can develop into a painful headache. Over the counter medications such as ibuprofen, Tylenol, and aspirin may only cover up the warning signs of an underlying neuromusculoskeletal cause.
Believe it or not, scientists have identified over 300 causes for headaches. Various pain-sensitive structures and tissues including the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, arteries, periosteal bone covering, and the upper cervical and facial nerves produce headaches when irritated or injured.
Migraine headaches are most often experienced as severe and throbbing. There may be sharp pains and only one side of the head may be affected. Tension headaches occur more often, last longer, and may be accompanied by a steady pain that includes pressure around the neck.
Doctors of chiropractic successfully help thousands of individuals everyday obtain safe, effective, long-term relief from headaches, since most headaches have a spinal, muscular, or habitual component which a chiropractor has been trained to identify and treat.
New research shows that spinal manipulation, the primary form of care provided by doctors of chiropractic, may be an effective treatment option for tension headaches and headaches that originate in the neck.
If it is found that a headache is due to a health problem that needs the care of another discipline, your chiropractor will provide you with appropriate referrals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Chiropractic real medicine?
The practice of Chiropractic is both complementary to and an alternative for traditional medicine. Before earning a doctor of chiropractic degree at one of 17 accredited chiropractic colleges in the USA, your chiropractor will have completed more than 4,500 hours of study. Licensing and national board exams assure that chiropractic treatment today means quality health care.
Everyone knows Chiropractic is effective for back pain. What else can Chiropractic help?
Doctors of Chiropractic effectively treat headaches, neck problems, shoulder, elbow, and wrist problems. Hip, knee, ankle, and foot conditions also respond well to conservative chiropractic manipulative therapy. Chiropractors specialize in neuromusculoskeleton (nerve-muscle-bone) and motion conditions.
Are Chiropractic adjustments safe?
Because neither drugs nor surgery are used, chiropractic treatments carry a very low risk factor. That makes chiropractic adjustments one of the safest forms of treatment, while at the same time avoiding potential complications such as medicinal side-effects and post-operative infections. Chiropractic safety is reflected in chiropractors having some of the lowest malpractice insurance rates in the health care industry.
How will chiropractic care help arthritis?
Osteoarthritis is a mechanical irritation of the joint, usually due to unbalanced motion. The joint responds to the unbalanced and stressed motion with formation of bone spurs on the edges of the bone. Maintaining proper motion through a joint can reduce this mechanical damage. Osteoarthritis is different than rheumatoid arthritis, which is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that attacks the synovium of the joint (the thin layer of connective tissue that lines the capsule of a joint).
Department History
The Chiropractic Department of Holzer Medical Center, Jackson, was established in March of 2006.
Department Personnel
Bob McDermott, D.C.- Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA. Member of the Pi Tau Delta International Chiropractic Honor Society.
Location
Holzer Medical Center – Jackson Chiropractic Department
Bob McDermott, D.C,
500 Burlington Road, Suite 210
Jackson, OH 45640
Phone: 740-395-8514
Fax: 740-395-8515
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