Alpine Cottage Chiropractic

1326 Main St    Meridian, ID  83642    (208) 884-3368

The Benefits

The ArthroStim™ Instrument permits your practitioner to maintain the effectiveness of your adjustment while reducing the amount of force that is applied. This dynamic combination allows the practitioner to manage a wider range of conditions comfortably.

Individuals that may especially benefit from the use of the ArthroStim™ Instrument include:

· Infants and young children

· Individuals in acute pain

· Particularly sensitive individuals

· Individuals who dislike being ‘cracked’

· Elderly individuals

Even individuals who are large and stronger (and may be difficult to adjust with a single thrust) can benefit from the ‘neurological assist’ that the ArthroStim™ Instrument provides.

Your practitioner may use the ArthroStim™ Instrument by itself, or in combination with other adjusting methods, depending on the approach they feel is best for your specific case.

Neurological Feedback Stream

The Adjustment

Chiropractic adjustments help stimulate the body to heal itself. Traditionally, chiropractors have used  single high-energy thrusting and pulling movements  to adjust areas of the body. The adjustment sets a series of events into motion

 The adjustment produces precise movements, which stimulate ’neural receptors’. These receptors, in turn, produce nerve impulses, which relay crucial information to the brain. The brain depends on this ‘neurological feedback stream’ to update its awareness about the area treated. Once the brain evaluates the changes prompted by the adjustment, it issues self-correcting commands to the muscular system, and other systems, to bring about healing changes.

Recently, new ways of producing this important feedback stream have been developed. The ArthroStim™ Instrument is one of the most effective and comfortable tools for creating this valuable input in a specific area of the body.

 The ArthroStim™ Instrument

 
The ArthroStim™ Instrument delivers 12-14 incremental thrusts per second. By dividing the   energy of a single thrust into rapid successive     inputs, the ArthroStim™ Instrument  modulates the (peak) force. This allows your doctor to administer     an extremely comfortable, and highly effective, adjustment.

The secret to the instrument’s effectiveness comes from its    controlled repetitive input. This input produces a cumulative ‘snowballing’ effect on neural receptors.

 This permits the ArthroStim™ Instrument to create extensive neurological feedback to the brain, using greatly reduced forces.

By utilizing controlled, incremental thrusts, the ArthroStim™ Instrument is also able to stimulate specific neural receptors (mechanoreceptors and proprioceptors) without activating undesirable pain receptors.