Red Apple Wellness & Chiropractic is
the exclusive center to features M.A.S. Correction.
M.A.S. is an acronym which
stands for:
Most chronic musculoskeletal problems
are caused by issues with one or more of the above
components. Let’s take a closer look
at how each of these essential elements plays a role
in your overall health.
Motion is essential for life, a pain
free lifestyle and enhanced athletic performance.
When our bodies stop moving correctly, they
start to break down.
We concern ourselves with joint motion,
muscle function and motion
patterns.
Joint motion: All
joints in your body need to be able to move freely.
Joint surfaces should move smoothly – like
ice gliding on ice. If joint surfaces
become stuck, they start to “rust” (figuratively).
This leads to arthritis and joint decay.
Muscle function:
Muscles are the movers and levers of your body.
When your muscles lose their flexibility,
become stiff, go into spasm or loose their ability
to contract normally, you no longer are able to move
well.
Motion patterns:
Most of the movements you do today were originally
learned when you were a toddler. Your
ability to crawl, walk, sit, stand, squat, lean
over, etc. are all controlled by the central nervous
system (CNS). These neurological
motion patterns are disrupted and altered by
injuries, misalignments and abnormal posture.
Our first clinical concern is to evaluate your
functional motion and then to uncover and correct
any specific motion problems (such as stuck joints,
stiff muscles or abnormal motion patterns).
Normal alignment is as important to
the spine as it is to a suspension bridge or
building. Mechanical engineers know that if a bridge
is structurally unsound, it can collapse. If
the foundation of a building isn’t level, the
building will never be structurally sound.
Just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a
crooked spine doesn’t have mechanical stability
either.
We all are under the force of gravity, twenty-four
hours per day. Excessive gravitational loads placed
on the body, due to abnormal structure, will result
in too much stress being placed on the bones,
joints, muscles and most importantly, the central
and peripheral nervous systems. We do a thorough
structural analysis of the posture as well as each
individual vertebrae plus the sacrum and pelvic
bones.
If your spine lacks core strength, it
won’t be able to handle the various demands placed
upon it via your activities of daily living.
The result of which is chronic, nagging pain
and re-injuring the same areas over and over again.
In order to stabilize and strengthen the spine, you
need a program which is specifically designed to
discover and then correct functional weaknesses.
In order to accomplish this, we take our
patients through a series of functional tests to
assess where weak areas may be. Then
we prescribe exercises to strengthen those isolated
muscle groups which are suspected to be lacking the
appropriate degree of strength & stability.
Red Apple Wellness &
Chiropractic Bethel Park Chiropractor
(412) 212-8880 2409 South Park Road Bethel Park, PA 15102
If your spine lacks core strength, it
won’t be able to handle the various demands placed
upon it via your activities of daily living.
The result of which is chronic, nagging pain
and re-injuring the same areas over and over again.
