Dr. Newman utilizes Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy (CMT), also known as spinal adjustments, through the Diversified Technique to move a joint through its end-range of motion to create more motion at the joint and in the surrounding area. CMT has many benefits including: improving motion at a joint, create a short-term increase in range of motion, cause a short-term decrease in pain, create a stretch response to the surrounding tissues, improve neuromuscular function, stimulate receptors in your joints and pain receptors, and stimulate the nervous system.

Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy can also be used on extremity joints! Extremity manipulation has been found to be very beneficial in post-traumatic injuries to the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle. In many situations if a joint is not centrated the surrounding muscles can become inhibited or imbalanced, which can lead to increase in pain and decrease in mobility with everyday activities and exercises. Dr. Newman has found that extremity manipulation paired with rehabilitation exercise is a great combination to restore strength functional movement to improve joint centration and muscle balannces.

Dr. Newman loves exercise and leads a very active lifestyle! She believes that exercise should be a part of every patient’s chiropractic care. Dr. Newman previously worked as Kinesiologist before becoming a Chiropractor and has plethora of exercises in her toolbox and has spent many hours working and coaching patients through proper form and techniques. Her goal when working with you is to get you moving better and feeling stronger so you can get back to doing what you love.

Dr. Newman also uses both static and dynamic cupping, which has been used for thousands of years and was developed from the Ga Sha techniques. In static cupping a cup is placed over the skin and a suction mechanism is used to help lift the fascia, increase blood flow to that area to bring in healthy nutrients and remove waste products. Static cupping can leave round discoloured marks on the skin. In dynamic cupping a cup is placed on the skin and pulled over the skin with massage oil to lift the fascia to allow for the muscles and nerves to move more freely. Both types of cupping techniques have been shown to be effective for stimulating blood flow, reducing swelling and inflammation, and treating chronic pain, superficial nerve irritation and trigger points.

At the clinic Dr. Newman offers Class IV Laser and Shockwave Therapy (SWT) treatment to address acute, chronic, and inflamed conditions of the musculoskeletal system. Class IV Laser uses advanced light technology that penetrates faster and deeper than Class III lasers to stimulate the mitochondria in our cells to increase energy (ATP) production to help speed of the healing process of an injury. Studies have found it is effective at treating tendinopathies, myofascial pain, chronic neck and low back pain, neuropathies, and sprains throughout the body. SWT utilizes a strong pressure wave to help stimulate healing and regeneration of bone, tendon, ligament and many other tissues and has been found to be effective in treating epicondylitis, tendinopathies, bursitis, plantar fasciitis or plantar fasciosis, shin splits, trigger points, and scar tissue treatment.

As much as it is important to take care of our bodies physically it is just as important to look at how the body is functionally as a whole and that includes what we put into our bodies. Clinical nutrition can have a significant impact on the bodies healing process and affects everyone’s health differently. That’s why during every initial appointment Dr. Newman will ask you questions about your lifestyle, your diet and water intake, and social habits in order to get a better of idea of what your body might need to heal from the inside out.