Chiropractic Care

HopeHealth provides chiropractic care services in Florence, SC. Recognizing the need for integrated medicine, HopeHealth began offering chiropractic care in November 2014.  Dr. Kunal Patel provides diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal, biomechanical, and neurological disorders. While chiropractic care is a specialty service, our providers help people of all ages with a wide variety of conditions, including joint pain, headaches, strained muscles, numbness and tingling, as well as balance issues. Additionally, chiropractic care services help rehabilitate patients involved in trauma or injury, as well as following surgery, and is also known to alleviate discomfort and pain during pregnancy, as well as provide relief from colic and constipation in infants.

Florence Chiropractic Services

Manipulation (Neck & Back Pain)
Chiropractors’ primary treatment method is manipulation of the skeleton. The spine is the most commonly manipulated region of the skeleton. Chiropractors apply a specific vector and amplitude force to joints that have abnormal movement patterns or fail to function normally. The objective of this treatment is improving range of motion, reducing nerve interference and improving function. Chiropractors are now able to utilize specific instruments and tables to accommodate patients who may require a more gentle manipulation.

Needling
Functional Dry Needling is a minimally invasive procedure used primarily to decrease pain and increase range of motion. Needles are inserted into areas of tissue dysfunction and trigger points that are located during examination. Some of the conditions that Dry Needling can be used to treat include headaches, neck and back pain, sciatica, muscle strains, ligament sprains, repetitive strain injuries, sports injuries, tennis elbow, tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, shoulder, hip, and knee pain.

Chiropractic Care and Primary Care

Chiropractic care collaborations with primary care providers give patients a unique assessment; one that takes into account the patients’ physical form and deviations from their individual norm.

Primary care encompasses a wide array of health services and does a fantastic job at prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Primary care often takes a mix of patient history, lab tests, and clinical reasoning to determine a medical intervention to bring back health and/or to eliminate symptoms. Chiropractic care focuses on the relationship between the body’s structure and its function. Chiropractic care is a philosophy, science, and art; a system of adjusting the spine without the use of surgical means to correct areas with reduced coordination.

What is Chiropractic Care?

Chiropractic comes from the root words chiro meaning of the hands and practic meaning the practice of. Chiropractors primarily utilize their hands to stimulate a healing response. Chiropractic is most effective at treating conditions that involve the musculoskeletal, biomechanical, and neurologic systems. Chiropractic care appointments can be made without a referral from a HopeHealth primary care provider.

Why Would I Need to See a Chiropractor?

HopeHealth chiropractors are able to help benefit patients with the following conditions or problems: