Chiropractic

Chiropractic is one of the largest primary-contact health care professions in Canada with over 6,000 practicing chiropractors. Chiropractors along with medical doctors, dentists, psychologists, and optometrists have the legislated right and obligation to communicate a diagnosis and to use the title doctor. Chiropractors practice a manual approach to health care that includes patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment and are accessible without a referral from a family physician.

Chiropractors can treat the extremities of the body, not just the spine, using a combination of treatments, all of which are predicated on the specific needs of the individual patient. After taking a complete history and diagnosing a patient, a chiropractor can develop and carry out a comprehensive treatment/management plan, recommend therapeutic exercise and other non-invasive therapies, and provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counselling.

For many conditions, such as lower back pain, chiropractic care is frequently the primary method of treatment. Where other conditions exist, chiropractic care may complement or support medical treatment by relieving the neuromusculoskeletal aspects associated with the condition. Chiropractic care may also be used to provide symptomatic relief for patients with chronic conditions. Chiropractic is a safe and effective form of non-invasive therapy and is covered through most extended healthcare insurance plans.

There are many reasons to seek chiropractic care:
Back pain
Sciatica
Neck pain
Headache
Whiplash
Motor vehicle injuries
Strains and sprains from daily activities
Repetitive strain injury (ie. carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow)
Work and sports injuries (ie. ankle sprains, shin splints, plantarfasciitis)
Arthritis
Tendonitis and shoulder injuries (ie. rotator cuff)
Restricted movement in the back, shoulder, neck or limbs
General health and well-being

Dr. Jayson Cantin works in conjunction with other health care providers when possible including, medical doctors, nurse practitioners, surgeons, and therapists (ie. physiotherapists, registered massage therapists).

Active Release Techniques (ART) Active Release Techniques (ART) is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Every ART session is a combination of examination and treatment. The certified ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Utilizing ART abnormal tissues are identified and addressed by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements. ART is non-invasive, very safe and has a record of producing excellent results, as many conditions can be resolved quickly and permanently. Please visit the Active Release Techniques website for more information.

Contemporary Medical Acupuncture is a precise peripheral nerve stimulation technique, in which fine solid needles (acupuncture needles) are inserted into anatomically defined neurofunctional sites, and stimulated manually or with electricity for the therapeutic purpose of modulating abnormal activity of the nervous system and/or the endocrine, exocrine and immune systems, in pain syndromes, functional problems, and any diseases in which these modulatory mechanisms are available. Neuromodulation occurs through neurological and neurohumoral mechanisms at multiple levels, namely: peripheral nerves, spinal cord, brain stem, brain and cerebellum.

McMaster Medical Acupuncture ProgramContemporary Medical Acupuncture is mechanism-based, not disease-based. Therapeutic goals and treatment targets are selected based on the identified neurological dysfunctions contributing to the clinical presentation of the symptoms. Sometimes Contemporary Medical Acupuncture treatments result in transient amelioration or disappearance of the symptoms, and other times results in permanent resolution of the dysfunction, especially when dysregulation of the nervous system was the underlying pathophysiological mechanism.

Contemporary Medical Acupuncture is synonymous with Neurofunctional Acupuncture at the McMaster University Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program. Neurofunctional Acupuncture is a physiological intervention similar to exercise that elicits existing available regulatory mechanisms through the up-regulation and down-regulation of specific cellular processes. These cellular processes cannot be forced upon the body as it would happen with administration of pharmacological substances.

Graston Technique Graston Technique is a soft tissue mobilization technique utilized in the rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries, whether acute or chronic in nature. The technique utilizes specially designed stainless steel instruments to specifically detect and effectively treat areas exhibiting soft tissue fibrosis or chronic inflammation.

Please visit the Graston Technique website for more information.

For more information about the chiropractic profession, please visit:

Ontario Chiropractic Association

Canadian Chiropractic Association