OUR SERVICES

CHIROPRACTOR

At Playa Posture, your chiropractic care begins with a comprehensive assessment of your primary concern. We review any existing diagnostics, such as X-rays or MRI reports, and conduct orthopedic and neurologic tests to establish a thorough understanding of your condition. This process allows us to develop a differential diagnosis, ensuring that we address the root cause of your discomfort.

Our treatment approach is conservative and patient-centered. We believe in starting with the most effective, minimally invasive techniques and adjusting the treatment plan based on your body’s response. This method not only confirms our diagnosis but also helps us tailor the frequency and intensity of your care to achieve the best outcomes.

Our chiropractic manipulative therapy focuses on realigning the spine and relieving pressure on the nervous system. This is complemented by specific deep muscle work that targets areas of tension and imbalance. Additionally, we provide personalized advice on posture, ergonomic adjustments, and stretching routines. These simple, logical modifications empower you to actively participate in your recovery and maintain long-term well-being.

MUSCLE THERAPY

Our doctors are infused with empathy. Both of them have suffered accidents, lumbalgias, torticollis and MOST of the other common maladies that inevitably plague the human race. Dr Joseph has suffered on and off from true ciatalgia diagnosed with multiple lumbar MRIs and Dr Edmond developed scoliosis during puberty and then suffered from several accidents in sports that could only be resolved through orthopedic surgery in various bones of his leg. Thanks to these experiences, they both were blessed to find the chiropractic profession and learn first hand the benefits it provides. They are also both acutely aware of the importance of incorporating muscle therapy and therapeutic stretching to enhance the effects of chiropractic corrections. Over the years they have been lucky enough to find excellent, professionally trained body workers in Mexico to collaborate with in order to effect profound and lasting changes with their patients.

The muscle therapy offered in the clinic is specifically tailored to each patient case. The patient files are shared and updated by both Doctors and Therapists in order to provide seamless therapy for each patient. Many times the Doctor will even pull the therapist into the consultation with the patient to show their findings and explain exactly where the emphasis of the muscle therapy needs to be applied and techniques that will be preferred on a case by case basis. The therapists essentially act as the "right hand" of the Doctors by reading the notes of the patient file to stay up to date on the progress of each patient and, in turn, make their own notes so that the doctor is aware of the therapy that has been performed.

Depending on the condition, there are a variety of ancillary therapies that may be applied as well including:

  • Hot moist packs,

  • EMS (electo muscle stimulation),

  • TENS,

  • Graaston cross friction technique,

  • Deep Psoas trigger point release,

  • "theragun" type percussion massage devices,

  • Flexion-Distraction and Inversion

  • Table apparatus which allow us to perform careful and specific lumbar decompression,

  • Pettibone cervical traction,

  • Cupping, Kinesio taping,

  • Foam roller protocols, and a plethora of home stretching regimens of which some may be found in our Exercise Library on this very webpage.