Aligned Integrated Health
Chiropractic with Rehabilitation in Scottsdale, AZ
Both chiropractors and rehabilitation specialists can help you recover from an accident or injury, prevent future injury, provide pain management techniques, recover from or avoid the need for surgery, and manage the symptoms of chronic or temporary health conditions. Our team at Aligned Integrated Health has chiropractors and rehabilitation specialists on staff to maximize your pain relief and healing. This combination provides huge health benefits that far outweigh undergoing just one of the two treatments.
Similarities
Both chiropractors and rehabilitation specialists have completed extensive education and training at a doctoral level. They both have the ability to provide care for physical conditions that affect the ability to move freely, work, play sports, and enjoy leisure activities. They may utilize therapeutic exercises and stretches to improve balance, posture, strength, mobility, and range of motion. They both utilize non-invasive, non-surgical techniques, and rely on physical modalities like therapeutic massage, heat or cold therapy, laser therapy, and electrical stimulation.
Differences
Only chiropractors, like Dr. Gerwig here at Aligned Integrated Health, perform spinal manipulations and spinal decompression. Dr. Gerwig is committed to correcting joint dysfunction and restoring motion to the joints of the body that are not moving properly and might focus on conditions caused by or affecting the musculoskeletal system and nervous system. Rehabilitation specialists work on strengthening the musculature, restoring muscular balance and range of motion. Chiropractors often specialize in diet and nutrition as well as exercise, while physical therapists generally recommend physical rather than whole-body treatment options.
How We Choose Which is Right for You
We’ll connect you with our rehabilitation specialist if you:
- Have chronic pain or mobility issues that affect your ability to work, play sports, sit or stand, walk, spend time with friends or family, and participate in leisure activities
- Are recovering from surgery or an invasive procedure
- Are trying to prevent the need for surgery or an invasive procedure
- Have temporary or permanent balance and/or mobility issues
- Have a degenerative condition that affects your balance, mobility, or the use of one or more limb
- Need assistance learning how to use a prosthetic or assistive device
We’ll connect you with Dr. Gerwig if you:
- Have a disease or disorder of the spine
- Want treatment for inflammatory diseases or illnesses, like arthritis or gout
- Have an injury to the spine or skeletal system
- Need treatment for stress, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, appetite issues, or depression
- Want to reduce or eliminate the symptoms or side effects of certain medical conditions or medications
- Have acute or chronic joint injuries
- Have back or neck pain that has not improved and/or affects your daily life
Why the combination of the two creates more change
Contact Us at Aligned Integrated Health if You Need a Chiropractor or Physical Therapist
At Aligned Integrated Health, we have both a chiropractor and physical therapist on staff. Both have extensive training and experience in treating and rehabilitating patients who are experiencing pain, inflammation, mobility or balance issues, and more.
Auto Accident Injury and Whiplash Treatment
A car accident can be a traumatic experience, and the injuries that follow can be debilitating. As a leading accident injury chiropractor, we provide comprehensive post-accident chiropractor care to help you heal and get back to your life.
Specialized Whiplash Treatment
If you’re looking for whiplash treatment in Scottsdale you’ve come to the right place. Whiplash is one of the most common injuries from a car accident and can cause severe neck pain, stiffness, and headaches. Our whiplash treatment protocols are designed to reduce inflammation, restore motion, and heal the soft tissues of the neck.
Your Trusted Personal Injury Chiropractor
We have extensive experience working with personal injury cases. We provide the necessary documentation for your claim and work with your attorney to ensure you get the care you need. If you need a personal injury chiropractor near me, we are here to help.
Sports Injury Treatment and Athletic Performance
Are you an athlete looking for a sports chiropractor in Scottsdale? At Aligned Integrated Health, we are a top-rated sports medicine chiropractor near me, offering specialized care for athletes of all levels.
Comprehensive Sports Injury Care
From strains and sprains to more complex issues, we provide effective sports injury treatment to get you back in the game. As an experienced athletic chiropractor near me, we understand the demands of sports and create treatment plans that focus on rapid recovery and prevention of future injuries.
Optimize Your Athletic Performance
Our care goes beyond injury treatment. We work with athletes to optimize their performance by improving biomechanics, increasing flexibility, and enhancing overall function. If you want to take your athletic performance to the next level, our sports chiropractor can help.
Chronic Back Pain Treatment
Chronic back pain can be a result of an old injury that never healed properly. We provide chronic back pain treatment that addresses the root cause of your pain. Our combination of chiropractic adjustments and rehabilitation helps to strengthen the back, improve posture, and provide long-lasting relief.
What Happens at Your First Chiropractic Rehabilitation Visit
We keep the first visit simple and unhurried. Here is what it looks like from the moment you walk in.
Consultation and exam
Including how the injury happened, which matters more in accident cases than anywhere else.
Digital X-rays on site
So the plan is based on your imaging rather than on assumption.
Adjustment
Manual or Pro Adjuster, chosen for how guarded the surrounding muscle is.
Rehabilitation
The exercise component that stops the same injury settling back in.
New Patient Special, $40. Includes the consultation, exam, report of findings and X-rays. Not valid for use with federally sponsored programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Why Chiropractic Rehabilitation Is Two Things, Not One
An adjustment restores movement. Rehabilitation is what teaches the surrounding muscle to hold it. A rehabilitation chiropractor does both, because doing only the first is how people end up back in the same chair every few months.
Chiropractic and rehab combo care takes longer per visit. It also tends to need fewer visits over the year, which is the trade most people are happy to make once it is explained.
Auto Accident Injury Treatment and Post Accident Care
Auto accident injury treatment is the clearest case for combining the two. After a collision the muscle around the injury guards hard, and adjusting into that guarding without addressing it rarely holds. An accident injury chiropractor who only adjusts is doing half the job.
The same applies to a post accident chiropractor visit weeks later, when the initial shock has faded and the stiffness has not. If you are looking for a sports medicine chiropractor near you for the same reason, the logic is identical.
What We See This Help With
People come to us for this alongside concerns including:
How This Fits With Our Other Care
Very few people need only one thing. This sits alongside the rest of what we do here.
Common Questions
What is chiropractic rehabilitation?
It combines chiropractic adjustments with targeted rehabilitation exercise, so movement is restored and then held. It is used heavily for accident and sports injuries.
Do I need it after a car accident?
Often, yes. After a collision the muscle around an injury guards, and auto accident injury treatment that only adjusts tends not to hold. Your exam will say whether it applies to you.
How is this different from physical therapy?
They overlap. The difference here is that the adjustment and the rehabilitation are delivered by the same practice, working from the same exam and the same imaging.
Will my insurance cover it?
Most insurances are accepted. Accident cases often involve different coverage, so bring whatever paperwork you have and the front desk will work through it with you.
How soon after an accident should I come in?
Sooner is generally better, because guarding sets in over the following days. Call (480) 661-1977 and we will tell you honestly whether you need to be seen.
Start Chiropractic Rehabilitation in Scottsdale, AZ
Aligned Integrated Health is at 10752 North 89th Place, Suite C130 in Scottsdale. Dr. Daniel J. Gerwig, D.C. has been practicing since 2001. Most insurances are accepted and walk-ins are welcome.
New Patient Special, $40. Includes the consultation, exam, report of findings and X-rays. Not valid for use with federally sponsored programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.