Interview with Dr.Connor McCormic

Dr. Connor McCormick of McCormick Chiropractic in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, provides insight into chiropractic care and how people can benefit from it.

What treatments do chiropractors offer?
Chiropractors typically deal with musculoskeletal complaints. Traditional chiropractic care has three major goals: a temporary reduction in pain, reduced muscle spasms, and an increased range of motion. Our practice, however, focuses on structural corrective care—locating structural and functional abnormalities and working to correct them—since we’ve found that the underlying structure is directly tied to function.

Who can benefit from seeing a structural chiropractic specialist?
Structural chiropractic care focuses exclusively on the correction of an underlying cause, which could be a structural shift in the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, discs, or nerves. For this reason, anyone experiencing the following symptoms may benefit from seeing one.

•  Pain in the neck, mid back, low back, or hips
• Numbness and tingling in the arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, or toes
• Disc injury, such as bulging or herniated
• Radiculopathy, including sciatica and thoracic outlet syndrome
• Muscular spasms or tension
• Headaches from tension or migraines
• Dizziness, vertigo, or other balance issues
• Degenerative disc or joint disease
• Stiff and restricted motion
• Spinal stenosis
• Rotator cuff or shoulder pain
• Wrist pain or carpal tunnel syndrome
• Poor posture
• Muscular imbalance

What can people expect from this type of chiropractic care?
A typical first visit at our office can last between thirty and forty-five minutes, during which a structural exam is performed. We might take structural radiographs and conduct a neurological assessment, functional movement assessment, orthopedic evaluation, and posture check if clinically necessary.

In general, one visit will only get you so far from a long-term correction standpoint. For example, you can’t go to the gym once and expect drastic long-term changes. Our job is to handle not only secondary symptoms but also the underlying structural shifts that affect our patients’ lives long-term.

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