Chiropractic

Chiropractic medicine involves the adjustment and manipulation of the body's joints and soft tissues by hand. While most people believe that chiropractic manipulation is treatment only for the back or spine, highly trained chiropractors can also apply specialized myofascial release therapies to the soft tissues and muscles, as well as provide skilled manipulative care for shoulders, elbows, hands, wrists, hips, ankles, and feet.

At De La Vara Chiropractic and Sports Medicine, Inc., our highly trained chiropractors utilize several methods of manipulative therapy and can accommodate your concerns and special needs. We are well aware that the solution to your condition may require the use of methods that do not require manipulation at all. Just because we specialize in chiropractic methods does not mean that we do not understand what our patients need most. That is why we offer a multi-specialty clinic with multiple treatment options from a team of professional health care providers. You will get specialized treatment designed for your healthcare needs!

Quite simply, chiropractic medicine is mechanical therapy for mechanical problems. Most individuals who experience low back and neck pain do not realize that the majority of these conditions are mechanical in nature or often result of a mechanical issue within the body. Even some headaches are the direct result of a mechanical component. By matching very commonly suffered pain problems with their most natural and appropriate remedy, we have helped countless individuals regain a pain-free and active lifestyle.

If you would like to find out more about how De La Vara Chiropractic and Sports Medicine, Inc., can help you, please feel free to stop by our office, which is conveniently located just off Pierce Street and Jewell Avenue in Lakewood CO, or contact us via phone at:
303-763-8433.

To schedule with Dr. Juan or Dr. Gloria De La Vara please call us for an appointment. You can reach us at your convenience from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday at (303) 763-8433. We look forward to serving you!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Chiropractic

1. What is chiropractic?
Chiropractic is the science, art & philosophy of adjusting/manipulating the areas where the  connect (joints) whether it is in the spine or limbs.  This is performed through gentle, specific chiropractic adjustments, which allows for your body to function at it's optimum potential.

2. What is an adjustment?
A gentle, specific "thrust" delivered manually by hand. The purpose of the adjustment is to correct any joint dysfunction thus removing a possible nerve interference in your body.

3. Does it hurt to get adjusted?
No. Chiropractic adjustments feel great. We educate our patients regarding how any type of manipulation should not cause any uncomfortable pain. We are confident that once you begin receiving your adjustments, you will begin to look forward to them. They will become one of the highlights of your week. When you clear any joint dysfunctions in your spine, you will notice much less stress and tension.

4. Is chiropractic care safe?
Yes. Statistics prove that chiropractic care is one of the safest types of healthcare in the world. You only need to compare the malpractice premiums paid by chiropractors to those paid by medical doctors. Doctors of Chiropractic pay only a small fraction (approx. 1/20) of the price medical doctors pay in malpractice premiums. 250,000 people will die this year as a result of bad medicine, making this the third leading cause of death in the United States of America (The Journal of The American Medical Association, JAMA; Vol.284, July 26, 2000). Of the millions of people receiving chiropractic adjustments, each year, only a handful will even make a complaint.

5. Why do my children need chiropractic care?
The birth process is often the cause of your child's first potential spinal joint dysfunction. A very soft and undeveloped spine of an infant can suffer trauma during delivery. It is estimated that as much as 80lbs of pulling pressure can be exerted to remove a baby from the birth canal. Then, as children grow up and become more adventurous, the number of injuries to their spines become countless. The repeated falls as children learn to walk, the running, jumping, twisting, bumping and falling all over the place while playing in the yard or on an athletic field will often cause your child to incur joint (facet) dysfunctions. However, often children do not show any signs or symptoms until later on in life. Chiropractic care offers your child a more responsive body, a more balanced flow of energy and overall increased performance as she/he passes through their windows of development.

6. What causes the sound made during a chiropractic adjustment?
That sound is not your spine "cracking" or "popping" like most people think. That sound is created by gas (in this case, mostly nitrogen) rushing in to fill the partial vacuum created when the joints are slightly separated. Another example of this phenomenon would be the "pop" sound you hear when the cork is taken out of a champagne bottle. Not all chiropractic adjusting techniques produce this noise. In fact, some adjusting techniques use little force/speed and thus produce no noise at all.

7. Is it bad to "crack" your back or neck a lot?
This question is frequently asked because people associate the "cracking" or "popping" of one's back or neck with a chiropractic adjustment. The two are not the same thing. If a person has a desire to "crack" his/her neck or back it is often because one area of their spine is fixated or jammed causing another area to move too much and "pop", sometimes by itself. It's the fixated or jammed area that needs to be properly adjusted by a chiropractor so that the other parts of the spine will not be hypermobile and noisy. When you "crack" your back you may be relieving the tension for a little while. Do you notice how it keeps coming back? That is because you are not giving yourself a specific chiropractic adjustment, and the cause of the spinal tension (the fixated or jammed vertebrae in the facets) is not being corrected. Any person who makes a habit out of "cracking" or "popping" their back or neck needs to go to a Doctor of Chiropractic to have their spine checked. Even a chiropractor cannot adjust him/herself.

8. Once you see a chiropractor, do you have to go for the rest of your life?
No. The extent to which you choose to benefit from your chiropractic care is ultimately up to you. Each & everyone of us is solely responsible for the quality of our health & well-being. However, we do strongly urge all practice members to consider lifetime, wellness chiropractic care. This is where the long-term, lasting benefits of care are enjoyed. Regular exercise & healthy eating habits are a lifestyle decision and so is lifetime, wellness chiropractic care.

9. Conditions Commonly Treated with Chiropractic
Specific applications of techniques and modalities are used for but not limited to the following:

*Arthritis
*Bursitis
*Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
*Cerebral Palsy
*Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
*Cramps
*Degenerative Disc Disease
*Entrapments & Compression Syndromes
*Fibromyalgia
*Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
*Fibrositis and Fibrosis
*Frozen Shoulder
*Headaches
*Impingement Syndrome
*Insomnia
*Low Back Pain
*Multiple Sclerosis
*Muscle Tension/Spasm
*Muscular Dystrophy
*Neuralgia/Neuritis
*Osteoporosis
*Chronic Pain
*Parkinson's disease
*Pes Planus
*Poliomyelitis and Post Polio Syndrome
*Raynaud's Disease
*Sciatica
*Synovitis
*Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
*Tendinitis
*Tenosynovitis
*Whiplash