Posture Improvement in Hartland, WI

How We Improve Posture In Hartland, WI

Comprehensive Consultation and Exam (with Digital X-rays)

At Perfect Touch Chiropractic, we go above and beyond to uncover the root cause of your postural distortions. During your first visit, we will do a complete medical and spinal history, orthopedic and neurologic examination, range of motion assessment, set goals, and perform digital motion series X-rays to figure out exactly what is going on.

Based on the results of your exams, on the second day we will create and discuss a personalized plan that resolves your posture issues and improves your overall health. It is on the second day that you will receive your first specific Upper Cervical Atlas Orthogonal Adjustment, as well as other full-body adjustments to your tolerance, if you choose to do so at that time.

X-rays are crucial if you want to properly address your body as a whole. The bones in your neck are very small and can move in all different directions. It is for this reason that we here at Perfect Touch Chiropractic take several precise X-rays of any region we plan to adjust. We actually even measure down to the exact millimeter and degree of misalignment and practice a technique to adjust you exactly to what the X-rays tell us to do. It is a specific neck technique practiced by less than 2% of the Chiropractic profession!

Beyond knowing exactly how we need to adjust you, X-rays allow us to see other sorts of things like pathologies, degeneration, any posture abnormalities, old and new injuries, and things that you cannot see with the naked eye or sometimes even feel for yourself. X-rays are not dangerous, and our equipment’s image quality is phenomenal! If you are scared about radiation exposure, rest assured, you actually get more radiation exposure going through TSA than you will in this office. At the end of the day, X-rays are safe, quick, effective, and allow us to create a tailored treatment plan to fit every unique need that you have. They take Chiropractic care to the next level!

Specific Chiropractic Care in Hartland, WI

A subluxation is a misalignment of the spine that disrupts the normal function of the nervous system. If you have a cervical spine (neck) subluxation, it can irritate your nerves, restrict blood flow, and create muscle tension. However, no two people’s subluxations are the same; everyone has their own unique subluxation listing. The location, severity, and impact of a subluxation can vary greatly from person to person, and what it does to your posture can be very impactful. Some people who have subluxations don’t even know they have them because they don’t always cause pain. If a subluxation is sitting on a nerve leading to an organ, that person won’t necessarily have pain, they will just have a lack of function of that corresponding organ – stomach problems, poor sleep, heart palpitations, asthma, allergies, illness, brain fog, reproductive issues, etc.

Our Upper Cervical Chiropractic office is extremely precise. Many patients experience significant (and sometimes immediate) improvements in their posture and body aches and/or pains. For others, it is as soon as after just a few sessions. Perfect Touch Chiropractic is able to do this because of our dedication to addressing the root cause of anything going on in your body, not just throwing medications or putting a band-aid on the true cause of the problem. We take a holistic, drug-free approach to pain relief, work closely with each patient, and provide specific, tailored, and effective care that not only alleviates symptoms but allows patients to live an unlimited life.

Custom Therapeutic Exercise Plan

The human body is an amazingly complex system. Because we are not just floating bones in space, it is essential to address the body as a whole, and not just individual parts. It is for this reason that we here at Perfect Touch Chiropractic give therapeutic exercises to help aid in the healing journey. If we have either weak or spastic muscles anywhere, it can pull bones out of place (or subluxate them) and in some cases just alters their posture; but the longer it’s there, the more likely pain is to set in. Making sure that we are moving correctly, stretching out proper muscles, and strengthening in the right areas, can help adjustments to hold faster and for longer.

There are so many exercises out there, and we help not overwhelm you in the process but instead enlighten you on which areas you need to focus on, teach you how to properly move, and ensure you are doing exercises correctly. If you have a sedentary lifestyle, work from home, or do a lot of traveling, there are even really simple and effective exercises you can do at your desk, chair, or seat! We are your partners in health, and we want to make sure you take some healthy habits home with you when you leave that fit whatever your lifestyle needs are! Healing occurs between the visits, and we want to ensure you maximize that potential.

Common Causes of Poor Posture In Hartland, WI

Tech Neck

“Tech Neck” or “Text Neck” is the new smoking! Tech Neck can present differently in everyone, with the most common presentation being a stooped posture, forward head carriage, and sometimes even a hump where the neck meets the shoulders. Cosmetically, Tech Neck is not pretty, but more importantly, it is detrimental to your overall health. Tech neck can cause a slew of problems, including but not limited to:

• Neck Pain
• Stiffness
• Headaches
• Numbness or tingling in the arms
• Digestive issues
• Hormone imbalance
• Dizziness
• Nausea

This is why we say it is the new smoking; it is unfortunately extremely common, and the results can be very detrimental down the road.

15% of your overall body health comes from your neck posture and cervical curve alone. Every space between the bones houses the corresponding nerve that leads to the rest of your body. Your nerves need optimal room to function, and if you have a poor curve, no curve, or reversed cervical curve, it can affect your brain’s communication with your eyes, ears, throat, jaw, lungs, thyroid, arms, and hands. So if you spend a lot of time on your phone, computer, desk, laptop, or reading a book with your head tilted downward, consider booking a Chiropractic appointment. A qualified Chiropractor who takes X-rays can see what’s going on beneath the surface and figure out the best and fastest way to decrease your tech neck, better your posture, and improve your overall quality and expression of life!

Sedentary Lifestyle

A sedentary lifestyle, or one in which you are sitting or doing long-distance travel a lot, is not always good for the body. Our bodies love motion, and when it doesn’t get as much movement as it needs, posture distortions can set in quickly. Unless you are very aware of your sitting posture and regularly get up every 15 or so minutes when sitting, you could be putting yourself at risk for postural alterations, pain, and even early onset degeneration.

If we assume that standing upright is 100% of baseline spinal disc pressure, sitting even with GOOD posture increases your baseline to 140% pressure. If we take that number and assume you are sitting hunched forward or slouching like a cocktail shrimp, that new baseline pressure is now 185–200% or more. This is why too much sitting over a long period can really take its toll on your spinal health.

If this is you, either you cannot get up much, you do not want to get up, or you’re not even sure if you have good posture or not, make an appointment. Here at Perfect Touch Chiropractic, we work with you and your body and whatever you want your life to look like.

If you want advice on how to change up your posture, we can do that.
If you want to get out of pain from your slouched posture, we can do that.
If you just want to confirm if you’re doing things right or not, we can do that.

We listen to you and your needs so you can reach your goals for the future.

Muscle Weakness

Believe it or not, we are not just floating bones in space. Our bodies are complexly and intricately made up and created with both bones and muscles, and if we are going to address the bones, we need to address the muscles. Muscles have a huge role to play in posture. For example, a spastic muscle could cause you not to be able to move your head, which would affect your neck posture; just like not being able to stand up straight would affect both your neck and low back posture. Whether the muscle is too weak and not doing its job or being overpowered by a stronger muscle, muscles can play a bigger role than we sometimes think. Whatever the issue is, through Chiropractic adjustments, and therapeutic exercise programs, we’ve got your back!

Some special populations need to be considered when talking about muscles and posture. Sedentary individuals are the most at risk of having weak muscles. Athletes, especially really young or professional, need to be considered for having overly strong muscles in one area, which could overpower a weaker muscle and alter their posture. This is why, no matter who you are, we here at Perfect Touch Chiropractic will consider your lifestyle to ensure what we are doing is perfectly tailored to you and your lifestyle.

Scoliosis

Scoliosis plays a significant role when discussing posture. Because scoliosis, by its very nature, is a distortion of proper spinal posture, it is important to get regularly adjusted by a Doctor of Chiropractic to control and potentially correct it.

We are designed to have four curves in our spine when looking at it from the side, but be straight and not have any when looking straight on. If the spine bows out to the left or right more than 13º, most commonly in the mid back or low back, that is a classifiable scoliosis. This is why we take X-rays, so if there is any postural distortion, diagnosable scoliosis or not, we can control and correct it perfectly tailored for that individual.

Children are very at risk for developing this early and having it worsen and become uncorrectable throughout their lives. You can identify it through a forward bending test to see what type of scoliosis it may be, but that doesn’t diagnose it. It is essential to go to a Chiropractor who takes X-rays to be able to measure and correct it as soon as possible. If you are not sure if you have it, wonder if your children are at risk, or just want to see what your posture is actually like on the inside, come to us at Perfect Touch Chiropractic, where we can help!

Frequently Asked Questions

Can chiropractors fix a hunchback?

Because hunchbacks don’t occur overnight, they do not get corrected overnight. However, with multiple specific Chiropractic adjustments and patient-specific exercises, hunchbacks have been seen to get partial and in some cases complete reduction through regular Chiropractic care.

Can you realign your own spine?

Realigning your own spine is extremely risky because you never know if you will push something too far, tear a muscle or ligament, or move a bone further into its misalignment. Realignments should be left solely in the hands of a professional who is trained to adjust—that is, a Doctor of Chiropractic.

How can I fix my posture?

Because all posture abnormalities are different, there are many ways to fix them. Consulting with a full-body Doctor of Chiropractic is a good first step in addressing your posture.

What causes poor posture?

• Slouching
• Subluxations
• Muscle spasms
• Texting
• Prolonged desk or office work
• Reading in bed
• Looking down
• Being bent over for an extended period
• Injuries,
• Accidents
• Having a short leg
• Favoring one side
• Being heavily one-side dominant

Poor posture can be from one thing or a plethora of things, so it is essential to consult with a full-body Doctor of Chiropractic to get to the root cause of your poor posture.

Can a chiropractor help with slouching?

A Doctor of Chiropractic can indeed help with slouching and make sitting up right easier to maintain. By identifying, adjusting, and fixing bones that are out of place (or subluxated), they can alleviate the pressure on your nervous system, therefore allowing the body to function better, become stronger, and not slouch anymore.