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The chiropractic discipline today is one of the largest primary-contact health care professions in Canada with over 5,000 practicing chiropractors. Approximately four and a half million Canadians use the services of a chiropractor each year. The vast majority of patients who seek chiropractic care do so for complaints of the musculoskeletal system, most often for conditions affecting the spine.

Your feet have a direct impact on the rest of your body. Like the foundation of a house, your feet support the weight of everything above them. When a small problem develops in your feet, the subtle change in the way you walk will cause a chain reaction of adjustments in your posture and walking mechanics.

Laser therapy is a safe and effective way of treating injuries or health conditions using intensely focused light emissions. Unlike the high-powered lasers used in surgery, laser therapy uses a low-intensity laser beam to stimulate cell regeneration and the body's natural healing process. During a laser therapy session, the laser light source is placed in direct contact with the skin allowing the light energy to penetrate the tissue.

Shock waves are audible high-energy sound waves. They occur in the atmosphere, for example during lightning strikes, or when airplanes break through the sound barrier. In the medical world, shock waves have been employed since around 1980 to disintegrate kidney stones, for instance.

In modern pain therapy, shock wave energy is conducted from the place of its generation - the shock wave generator - to the painful body regions, where it unfolds its healing capacities.After only 4 or 5 sessions, over 80% of patients report painlessness or significant pain reduction. The therapist localizes the pain region by palpation or shock wave localization and discusses the findings with you.

We (myself, my wife, and kids) have been seeing Dr. Bob at different times for close to 10 years now. I work with computers all day so it's great to get a "tune-up" from him, especially using ART. At one point, one of our kids (less than a year old) had digestive problems and Dr. Bob made some gentle adjustments which greatly helped out.