Why go to a Doctor of Chiropractic?

     Doctors of Chiropractic concentrate on the diagnosis and treatment of injuries to the spine and joints; what we call musculoskeletal injuries.  Medical doctors, Doctors of Osteopathy and Physical Therapists also treat musculoskeletal injuries but in different ways.  The MD's and DO's mainly treat with drugs and surgeries.  The Physical Therapist's do physical medicine like Doctors of Chiropractic but are not as thoroughly trained, they do not do chiropractic spinal manipulations and they cannot see patients as an entry level doctor.  In other words, a patient must be referred to a Physical therapist by an MD, DO or Doctor of Chiropractic.
      Doctors of Chiropractic treat their patients with various forms of physical treatments such as electrical muscle stimulation, spinal manipulation, inter-segmental traction and active therapies such as therapeutic exercises/stretches.  If a patient is experiencing a great deal of pain then the doctors of Accident and Injury Chiropractic can refer the patient to an MD or a DO to be evaluated for the need for prescription medications or other forms of care which can be performed in addition to the therapies they receive at the Accident and Injury clinic.  The doctors at Accident and Injury Chiropractic work with other doctors to see that you get the treatment you need to resolve and heal your injury.