Welcome to Harwood Chiropractic & Massage Centre

Massage Therapy Treatment

Harwood Chiropractic & Massage Therapy provides a non-invasive treatment that can be beneficial in correcting tissue dysfunctions and improving general function. Massage Therapy can increase circulation as well as lymphatic flow which increases the exchange of nutrients and wastes within the tissues, relaxes muscular and connective tissue allowing more tissue and joint flexibilty, releases tension, alleviates pain, breaks down soft scar tissue and adhesions, stimulates glandular tissue, reduces mental and physical fatigue, promotes tissue healing, and is helpful in improving overall health. Massage Therapy is benefical to people of all ages and can be used to relief a variety of conditions.

Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic involves drug-free, non-invasive manual procedures which utilize the highly-refined skills developed following their undergraduate degrees during four intensive years of chiropractic education. Chiropractors assess disorders related to the spine, extremity joints, muscles, tendons, nerves and all other myofascial structures of the body, and provide diagnosis, treatment and prevention of those disorders. The goal of chiropractic treatment is to decrease pain and disability and to restore function with the earliest possible return to work and normal activity. During the last 25 years there have been six formal government studies of chiropractic, all of which have found the profession to be safe and effective.

Spinal Decompression

Spinal Decompression Pickering is now available at Hardwood Chiropractic for the treatment of disc injuries. Disc injuries are now one of the most widespread causes of daily neck and lower back pain. Even with daily chores the discs in your spine are under pressure being twisted with every movement. These factors can result in an injury. As your discs degenerate, they lose hydration which reduces disc height and creates the opportunity for facet syndrome and lateral foraminal stenosis.

Laser Therapy

Laser is a non-invasive treatment. Laser therapy is virtually painless. Laser therapy in over one million treatments has no significant side effects. Laser therapy treatments take an average of thirty minutes but some treatment can take as long as an hour. Treatment duration and frequency depends on how long the condition has been around. Treatment frequency is dependent on a patients’ body. For example an indivdual who has many underlying health problems or is on multiple medications may take longer to respond to laser therapy. The average clinically in 1,000 successively treated clients was found to be 9.4 treatments. Unlike traditional pharmaceulogical medications used to treat the symptoms laser therapy has very few contra-indications and treats the root cause.

Acupuncture

The classical Chinese explanation is that channels of energy run in regular patterns through the body and over its surface. These energy channels, called meridians, are like rivers flowing through the body to irrigate and nourish the tissues. An obstruction in the movement of these energy rivers is like a dam that backs up in others. The result can be quite painful. Enter chiropractic. The meridians can be influenced by needling the acupuncture points; the acupuncture needles unblock the obstructions at the dams, and reestablish the regular flow through the meridians. Acupuncture treatments can therefore help the body’s internal organs to correct imbalances in their digestion, absorption, and energy production activities, and in the circulation of their energy through the meridians.

Shockwave

At Harwood Chiropractic & Massage Centre plantar fasciitis treatment can successfully be treated with shockwave therapy. Shockwave therapy is an acoustic wave applied through a wand to the plantar fascia and some surrounding tissue in some cases. The treatment for plantar fasciits in some cases can take under 15 minutes and may require only one treatment per week.