Drop-Table Adjustment for Lower Back Pain Relief

Relieve Lower Back Pain with the Thompson Drop Table Technique at Zenith Physiotherapy and Wellness in Airdrie, AB

Are you dealing with persistent lower back pain from a herniated disc? Are you looking for a safe and effective way to treat sciatica? At Zenith Physiotherapy and Wellness, our chiropractors are highly skilled clinicians who use various techniques, including the Thompson Drop Table, to alleviate your pain.

Back pain is one of the most common conditions that impact everyday life. More than 80% of all people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Studies have demonstrated that spinal manipulations help reduce pain and improve function.

A drop table is a special treatment table that allows chiropractors to examine the patient with both hands during a comprehensive spinal examination and is a tool to assist the chiropractor in performing an adjustment.

If you’re experiencing back pain or need a spinal adjustment, call Zenith Physiotherapy and Wellness in Airdrie, AB to talk to us about the drop table technique and how it could benefit you.

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What is the drop table technique and how does it work?

The meaning of chiropractic is “done by hand” and was founded on the belief that the spinal joints are not functioning correctly due to the spinal joint moving slightly out of position/alignment (i.e., subluxation). These subluxations lead to pain, dysfunction, and adverse health consequences.

The Thompson Terminal Point, or drop technique, is a specialized chiropractic method and a spinal manipulation variation. This method uses specialized treatment tables with several segments called drop pieces to aid joint movement.

Your chiropractor can adjust these segments a fraction of an inch, so the table will drop this small distance when the adjustment is performed. The drop helps open the joint during the adjustment and assists the thrust while minimizing the force required to restore the joint to its natural position.

This technique can be used instead of or in addition to more typical manipulative correction methods. While the drop table technique may seem intimidating, the chiropractic experience is often rather pleasant.

At Zenith Physiotherapy and Wellness, a chiropractor uses the drop technique to apply a sudden thrust to a patient’s spinal or pelvic area. The joint’s familiar “pop” (i.e., cavitation) may or may not occur. The table concurrently drops the portion of the patient’s body being treated as the doctor makes the thrust. This method allows for more thorough and less likelihood of experiencing painful spinal manipulations.

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What conditions can the drop technique help improve?

It is not always necessary to use forceful spinal manipulation to treat lower back disorders. Drop table procedures, for example, use less vigorous spinal manipulation and slower, lower-velocity movements to keep the afflicted joint within its passive range of motion.

Drop tables are also helpful for pregnant patients or otherwise larger in size individuals who benefit from utilizing movement and gravity to help make a better adjustment. These devices also enable chiropractors to customize the patient’s manipulation to use the right amount of tension for the individual patient and their injury or condition.

The drop table technique can alleviate several types of back injuries and symptoms. For example, if you are in an automotive accident and have sacroiliac joint dysfunction, sciatica, disc injury, herniation, lumbar plexus disorder, and other issues. Furthermore, suppose your Zenith Physiotherapy and Wellness chiropractor observes rotation in your cervical spine or dysfunction in other areas of the spine. In that case, they can use their drop table to make adjustments before returning to their spine examination swiftly.

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