Therapies
Chiropractic Care
More than an adjustment. Integrative chiropractic that works alongside your full care team to restore function, relieve pain, and support your body's capacity to heal.
Integrative Chiropractic
Chiropractic Care That Goes Beyond the Adjustment
Chiropractic care focuses on removing interference within the nervous system so your body can heal and function the way it was designed to. At Progressive Medical Center, that work does not happen in isolation. Your chiropractor is part of a multidisciplinary medical team, which means your care plan can draw on diagnostic testing, IV therapy, infrared sauna, hyperbaric oxygen, and other clinical therapies that most chiropractic offices simply cannot offer.
There is an intimate relationship between the spine, the nervous system, and the rest of the body. Disruptions in spinal alignment affect nerve signaling that controls everything from digestion and immune response to energy and mood. Chiropractic at PMC addresses those disruptions while the rest of the team addresses the broader picture, whether that is chronic pain, autoimmune issues, or recovery from injury.
For patients who have tried chiropractic elsewhere and plateaued, or who are dealing with complex conditions that a standard adjustment cannot resolve alone, PMC offers something different: chiropractic care backed by the full resources of an integrative medical center.
How We Treat
Neuromechanical Impulse Treatment
PMC's chiropractors utilize Neuromechanical Impulse Treatment, an approach that combines elements of neurology and biomechanics to address neuromusculoskeletal conditions at their source. Rather than blocking or dulling nerve response, mechanical impulse adjustments restore systemic motion to optimize neurological function throughout the nervous system.
Every new chiropractic patient undergoes a thorough evaluation: a consultation, comprehensive physical and neurological examination, functional movement screening, and spinal radiographs measured for structural abnormalities. This diagnostic foundation allows your Doctor of Chiropractic to formulate a precise diagnosis and build a treatment plan around what the data reveals, not what a generalized protocol suggests.
Based on those findings, your provider develops a plan that may combine chiropractic adjustments with adjunctive therapies designed to enhance the rate of repair, restoration, and recovery. That is where PMC's integrative model becomes a genuine advantage.
What Chiropractic Care Can Do
Why Patients Pursue Chiropractic at PMC
When spinal alignment and nervous system function are compromised, the effects reach far beyond back pain. Chiropractic care supports healing across multiple systems.
Relieve Chronic Pain
Back pain, neck pain, headaches, sciatica, and joint stiffness are among the most common reasons patients seek chiropractic care. By restoring proper spinal alignment and reducing nerve interference, adjustments address the mechanical source of pain rather than masking it with medication.
Restore Nervous System Function
The spine protects the spinal cord, the central highway for nerve signals between the brain and the rest of the body. When vertebral subluxations interfere with that signaling, the effects can show up as digestive issues, immune dysfunction, fatigue, or mood disturbances. Correcting alignment restores the body's communication pathways.
Improve Mobility and Range of Motion
Restricted movement, stiffness, and reduced range of motion often result from joint dysfunction and soft tissue tension. Chiropractic adjustments combined with targeted therapies restore mechanical motion, helping patients move freely and without compensation patterns that lead to secondary injuries.
Support Injury Recovery
Whether from athletics, accidents, or repetitive strain, musculoskeletal injuries heal faster when the spine and joints are properly aligned. Chiropractic care reduces inflammation around the injury site, improves circulation, and allows the body's repair mechanisms to work without structural interference.
Reduce Dependence on Medication
Many patients arrive at PMC looking for an alternative to long-term pain medication or repeated steroid injections. Chiropractic care offers a non-pharmaceutical approach to managing pain and dysfunction, often reducing or eliminating the need for medications that only address symptoms.
Enhance Overall Wellness
Chiropractic is not only for people in pain. Regular care supports nervous system health, improves posture, enhances sleep quality, and helps the body manage stress more effectively. For PMC patients being treated for other conditions, chiropractic often serves as a foundational component of their broader care plan.
Beyond the Adjustment
Adjunctive Therapies Available to Chiropractic Patients
Your chiropractic treatment plan at PMC can include clinical therapies that accelerate healing, reduce inflammation, and address issues that adjustments alone cannot fully resolve.
Spinal Decompression
Non-surgical mechanical therapy that gently stretches the spine to relieve pressure on compressed discs, nerves, and joints. Used for herniated and bulging discs, sciatica, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, facet joint syndrome, and failed back surgery syndrome. Sessions run 45 minutes to an hour and typically include a chiropractic adjustment followed by decompression and supporting therapies. Most patients complete 12 to 25 sessions over several weeks depending on whether the condition is cervical or lumbar.
Knee on Trac
Computerized traction system (Knee on Trac by Ergo-Flex) that creates gentle separation within the knee joint capsule. Reduces pressure, improves circulation, and stimulates the production of synovial fluid. Used for chronic knee pain, osteoarthritis, meniscus tears, ligament injuries, post-surgical stiffness, cartilage degeneration, runner's knee, and bursitis. Sessions are 10 to 15 minutes and are described by patients as relaxing. Most people notice improvement within the first few treatments; a typical plan runs multiple sessions per week over several weeks.
Infrared Sauna
Far infrared wavelengths penetrate deep into tissue, promoting circulation, reducing muscle tension, and accelerating the body's natural recovery processes. Infrared sauna sessions complement chiropractic care by helping relax tight musculature before or after adjustments.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Pressurized oxygen delivery promotes tissue repair, reduces inflammation, and supports healing at the cellular level. HBOT is particularly valuable for chiropractic patients recovering from injuries, dealing with neuropathy, or managing conditions where oxygen deprivation is a contributing factor.
Laser and Shockwave Therapy
Therapeutic laser and extracorporeal shockwave therapy deliver targeted energy to injured tissues, stimulating cellular repair, reducing pain, and breaking down scar tissue. Both are used alongside chiropractic care for soft tissue injuries, tendinopathy, and chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
PEMF and Bioelectric Therapy
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy and bioelectric modalities support tissue healing, reduce inflammation, and improve nerve function at the cellular level. These therapies complement the structural corrections made through chiropractic adjustments by addressing the bioelectric environment of the injured tissue.
Who Can Benefit
Conditions We Treat With Chiropractic Care
PMC's chiropractic team treats a wide range of musculoskeletal and systemic conditions, from common back and neck pain to complex disc and joint problems.
Your Chiropractic Journey
What to Expect
Every chiropractic patient at PMC starts with a thorough evaluation. No adjustments are made until we understand exactly what your body needs.
Comprehensive Evaluation
Your first visit includes a consultation, comprehensive physical and neurological examination, and a functional movement screen. Spinal radiographs are taken and measured for structural abnormalities. This diagnostic foundation ensures your treatment plan is built on data, not assumptions.
Diagnosis and Treatment Plan
Your Doctor of Chiropractic reviews the examination findings, formulates a diagnosis, and identifies the underlying causes of your pain or dysfunction. They then build a treatment plan that may include chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression, therapeutic modalities, and coordination with other PMC providers if your case involves conditions beyond the musculoskeletal system.
Active Treatment
Treatment frequency and duration depend on the severity and complexity of your condition. Sessions typically involve Neuromechanical Impulse adjustments combined with any adjunctive therapies your provider has recommended. Progress is monitored throughout, and your plan is adjusted as your body responds and structural improvements are confirmed on follow-up imaging.
Ongoing Care and Prevention
Once the acute issue is resolved, many patients transition to a maintenance schedule to preserve their progress and prevent recurrence. Your chiropractor may recommend periodic adjustments, exercises, ergonomic modifications, and coordination with other PMC services like nutrition counseling or diagnostic monitoring to keep your body functioning at its best.
Why Progressive Medical Center
Chiropractic Inside an Integrative Medical Center
Most chiropractic clinics are standalone practices. The chiropractor works alone, with limited diagnostic tools and no access to complementary medical therapies. When a patient's condition involves more than a structural issue, the chiropractor's only option is to refer out.
At PMC, chiropractic is one part of a comprehensive care model. Your chiropractor can order advanced diagnostic tests, coordinate with naturopathic physicians and nurse practitioners, and incorporate therapies like spinal decompression, PEMF, hyperbaric oxygen, infrared sauna, and IV support directly into your treatment plan. The patient never has to leave the building or start over with a new provider.
Nearly three decades of integrative practice, multiple medical disciplines under one roof, and a complete support system built around the whole person, not just the spine.
The Difference
Integrative Chiropractic vs. Standalone Clinics
Chiropractic care is valuable in any setting. But when it operates inside a full medical team, the possibilities expand significantly.
Standalone Chiropractic
- Adjustments and basic modalities only
- Limited diagnostic tools (X-ray, sometimes MRI referral)
- Refers out for conditions beyond MSK scope
- No access to IV therapy, HBOT, or advanced clinical therapies
- No coordination with other medical disciplines on-site
- Treatment plan limited to what one provider can offer
Chiropractic at PMC
- Neuromechanical Impulse adjustments plus multiple adjunctive therapies
- Advanced diagnostic testing including full bloodwork and functional panels
- On-site multidisciplinary team of medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, nurse practitioners, and specialists
- Spinal decompression, Knee on Trac, HBOT, infrared sauna, PEMF, and more under one roof
- Coordinated care with NDs, NPs, RDs, and diagnostics specialists
- Treatment plan built around the whole patient, not just the spine
"My experience as a chiropractic patient at Progressive has been amazing for my back health."
Keanna A., PMC Patient
Common Questions
Chiropractic Care FAQ
What type of chiropractic adjustments do you use?
Our chiropractors use Neuromechanical Impulse Treatment, which applies precisely targeted mechanical impulses to affected joints and spinal segments. This approach is gentler than traditional manual adjustments while still affecting the nervous system and promoting proper alignment. Your chiropractor tailors the technique to your specific condition, whether that involves the spine, extremities, or both.
What makes chiropractic care at PMC different from a standalone clinic?
At PMC, your chiropractor is part of a multidisciplinary medical team that includes medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, and diagnostic specialists. This means your treatment plan can include advanced diagnostic testing, spinal decompression, Knee on Trac, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, IV support, infrared sauna, and other clinical therapies that standalone chiropractic offices cannot offer. If your condition involves more than a structural issue, you do not need to start over somewhere else.
What happens at my first chiropractic visit?
Your first visit includes a consultation, a comprehensive physical and neurological exam, a functional movement screen, and spinal radiographs that are measured for structural abnormalities. Your Doctor of Chiropractic reviews all findings, formulates a diagnosis, and walks you through a recommended treatment plan before any adjustments are made.
What conditions can chiropractic care help with?
PMC's chiropractic team treats a wide range of musculoskeletal and systemic conditions, including back pain, neck pain, headaches and migraines, sciatica, disc herniation, scoliosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder pain, hip and knee pain, whiplash, TMJ disorders, and athletic injuries. Because of the strong connection between the spine and the nervous system, many patients also experience improvements in digestion, energy, sleep, and overall well-being.
What is spinal decompression therapy?
Spinal decompression is a non-surgical mechanical therapy that gently stretches the spine to relieve pressure on compressed discs, nerves, and joints. It is effective for herniated and bulging discs, sciatica, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, facet joint syndrome, and failed back surgery syndrome. Sessions run 45 minutes to an hour and typically include a chiropractic adjustment followed by decompression and supporting therapies. Most patients complete 12 to 25 sessions over several weeks depending on whether the condition is cervical or lumbar.
What is Knee on Trac therapy?
Knee on Trac is a computerized traction system manufactured by Ergo-Flex that creates gentle separation within the knee joint capsule. It reduces pressure, improves circulation, and stimulates the production of synovial fluid. Used for chronic knee pain, osteoarthritis, meniscus tears, ligament injuries, post-surgical stiffness, cartilage degeneration, runner's knee, and bursitis, sessions are short (10 to 15 minutes) and patients typically describe them as relaxing. Most people notice improvement within the first few treatments, with a typical plan running multiple sessions per week over several weeks.
Is chiropractic care safe?
Yes. Chiropractic care is one of the safest non-surgical, drug-free approaches to managing musculoskeletal conditions. PMC's chiropractors use Neuromechanical Impulse Treatment, which delivers precise, controlled mechanical impulses rather than high-force manual manipulation. Your treatment plan is based on a thorough diagnostic evaluation, and your provider monitors your progress and adjusts the approach as your body responds.
How much does chiropractic care cost at PMC?
Chiropractic treatment costs depend on the complexity of your condition and the therapies included in your plan. Your provider discusses the recommended approach and associated costs during your initial consultation. PMC is out-of-network, but we provide superbills for patients to file for insurance reimbursement. Cherry Financing and CareCredit are also available. Visit our Insurance and Financing page for details.
How many visits will I need?
It depends on the nature and severity of your condition. Acute injuries may respond within a handful of visits, while chronic conditions or structural issues typically require a longer course of care. Your Doctor of Chiropractic sets expectations during your initial visit based on diagnostic findings, then monitors your progress with follow-up exams and imaging. Many patients transition to a maintenance schedule after their primary issue is resolved to preserve their results and prevent recurrence.
Ready to Address the Root Cause of Your Pain?
Schedule a consultation with our chiropractic team and find out what integrative chiropractic care can do for your body. No referral needed.