Chiropractic, Laser, Rehabilitation and Massage Services
Emergency/Auto Accident
Richetto Chiropractic provides emergency chiropractic for auto accidents and work injury cases. Our goal is to provide our patients with the best possible care and to get you back to a full and healthy life as quickly as possible. Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVAs), or auto accidents, can be life changes disasters that will unfortunatley leave you in tremendous amounts of pain and discomfort. Presenting to our office with injuries sustained in an auto accident, you can rest assured that TS&D will be able to provide you with Chiropractic, Medical Massage, Physiotherapy modalities to address your ailments.
At TS&D, we work with Law representatives that can help guide you through the arduous process related with these accidents. Let our team worry about the treatment and medical paper work, while you get better!
Treatments
Chiropractic
Dr. Richetto utilizes the diversified technique, which is the 'gold standard' of what the majority of the profession uses. Diversified Technique combines a variety of techniques in a concerted effort to provide the patient with a well rounded adjustment. Some of the other techniques Dr. Richetto performs are Gonstead and Thompson drop techniques. Each patient will present a unique condition which will require a specific approach of adjusting. We do not perform non-chiropractic techniques such as Applied Kinesiology or muscle/food allergy testing.
The following is a list of the regions of the body that Dr. Richetto can adjust:
Full Spine
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Extremities
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Extremities
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What ailments we can help you with?
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Pain
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Other
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Class IV Deep Tissue Laser Therapy
The Litecure LCT-1000 Class 4 Deep Tissue Laser is the newest modality to enter the healthcare market. This laser is unique in that is a Class 4 laser, much stronger and effective than the Class 3 or "Cold Laser" which has been popular over the past several years. The FDA approved the Class 4 Lasers for use in the healthcare industry for surgery, aesthetics, and pain relief in 2005. However, these lasers have been in use over 20 years in European countries, which have been benefiting from it applications much longer than the US. Simply put, the newer Class 4 Laser has superceded the use of any cold laser for relief of a myriad of conditions that the Cold Laser (Class 3) simply cannot address/provide. Click here to learn more about the science behind the Class IV laser, and we invite you to make an appointment so that you may feel for yourself, the vast benefits it will provide your body.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy modalities are utilized to provide the patient an additional discipline of healthcare. These modalities are designed to increase the rate of recovery while decreasing their overall treatment frequency and duration. Active care is viewed as one of the healthcare industries most successful modalities at normalizing the patient’s function, range of motion, and pain levels. At TS&D, Physiotherapy will be incorporated into your treatment plan and be specific to your body’s needs. We will encourage you to carry it over into home use upon your release from care.
Therapies include:
- Therapeutic active and passive stretching
- Core stabilization
- Mckenzie exercises
- Erchonia Percussion
- Cervical Traction
- Electric Muscle Stimulation (EMS)/ TENS units
- Therapeutic Massage
- Heat/Ice modalities
- Foam roller/exercise ball
Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy is the practice of soft tissue manipulation with physical (anatomical), functional (physiological), and in some cases psychological purposes and goals. Massage involves acting on and manipulating the body with pressure – structured, unstructured, stationary, or moving – tension, motion, or vibration, done manually or with mechanical aids. Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as lymphatic vessels, or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearm, and feet. There are over eighty different recognized massage modalities.
Therapies/Techniques offered:
- Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT)
- Medical Massage
- Deep Tissue
- Trigger Point
- Myofascial Release (MRT)
- Reflexology
- Swedish
Professional Therapy Products
Pain relieving analgesics have come to play a major roll in providing fast relief for acute and chronic pain symptoms ranging from torn and swollen tissues to chronic arthritis. Tempe Spine & Disc incorporates the following creams and gels into their treatment plans for an added measure of relief:
EFAC (Esterified Fatty-Acid Complex)
Hope Science has been able to produce a superior product for those suffering from inflammation processes. Simply put, Esterified oils are natural lubricants that work at the cellular level. Inflammation can occur or be made worse when dryness or a lack of lubrication occurs.
We are not aging, rather we are inflaming. Inflammation is a natural and necessary process that is always occurring in our bodies, but it is excess inflammation that is a concern.
A high percentage of Esterified oils are found in the cell membranes of our white blood cells. White blood cells are the mediators of inflammation or in other words, WBCs play a key role in the process of inflammation. By targeting WBCs these lubricating oils travel to where they need to be in order to impact inflammation, and ultimately reduce its excess.
Myo-Med
This sports cream is an all natural topical anti-inflammatory containing no NSAIDs and no salicylates. Instead, Myo-Med relies on phospholipid nano-delivery agents to deliver CFAs and proven homeopathic ingredients to deep tissue in order to reinforce cells, reduce inflammation, and increase blood flow.
You can use Myo-Med for both pre and post sports activities as well as a host of ailments such as Osteoarthritis, Plantar fasciitis, Menstrual cramps, Muscle strain, Acute/Chronic tendinopathy, Tension headaches, TMJ, Bursitis, Shin splints, Rotator cuff injuries, and Fibromyalgia muscle pain.
In addition, Myo-Med contains the minimum amount of menthol, only 1.25%, to aid in initial penetration without irritating skin with extreme chilling or burning effects. This also reduces the scent compared to creams with higher percentages of menthol. So if you need to appy this at work without affecting your co-workers around you, this would be your preferred choice.
Sombra
This is another all natural analgesic product used to provide relief and can be used in a variety of modalities such as massage, Iontophoresis, and ultrasound. There are different types of Sombra products that TS&D utilizes for specific conditions of our patients. Usually patients which present with chronic type ailments will be given the Sombra Original Warm Therapy. Those with acute symptoms will receive the Sombra Cool Therapy, which is more appropriate in reducing swelling and edema.
These therapuetic products are not only used in-house for therapies, but are also made available for home use based on Dr. Richetto's recommendations.
Techniques
Diversified Technique
- Diversified Technique combines a variety of techniques in a concerted effort to provide the patient with a well rounded adjustment.
Gonstead and Thompson Drop Techniques
- These 2 Chiropractic Physicians have created a specific protocol and style of adjusting that provide alternative adjusting techniques to accomodate patients' specific needs.
Graston Technique® (GT)