Today’s Chiropractic

Minneapolis Chiropractors at Lyn Lake Chiropractic practice natural, drugless, non-invasive health care and rely on the body's ability to self-heal. Sounds ideal, but just how does it work?

Lyn Lake Chiropractic will look at the whole picture

Like other health-care providers, Lyn Lake Chiropractic chiropractors follow a standard routine to gain information you as a patient. We consult, review the case history, conduct a physical examination, and we may request laboratory analyses and/or digital x-rays. Unlike other health-care providers, however, our chiropractors also conduct a careful analysis of the patient's structure and pay particular attention to the spine. We also ask you about your life— Do you eat well?  Exercise at all?  How do you deal with stress? Do you have children? What do you do for work? And so on.

We seek the origin of the problem

Using this information, a diagnosis is made. Included in the diagnosis is the probable reason for your pain or discomfort. It is important to note that Lyn Lake Chiropractic seek the origin of the illness in order to eliminate it-we do not simply treat the symptoms. If your roof is leaking, do you simply catch the drips in a bucket for years on end, or do you repair the roof to prevent it from leaking? Similarly, if the migraine headache you've had all week is being caused by misaligned vertebra and an irritated nerve, do you continue to take pain killers indefinitely, or do you realign the vertebra to prevent the pain? You get the picture. If there's something in your exam, x-rays or consultation that we feel further information is needed to help us with your diagnosis and treatment we will refer you to a Medical Doctor, Orthopedist, Neurologist or other Medical Specialist we feel we need to work with in order to help you.

We fix the origin of the problem

Chiropractors have a term for misalignments: subluxations. A vertebral subluxation is a misalignment of the bones that protect the spinal cord. It's a leak in the roof. Or a kink in the wiring of your nervous system. The severity of the subluxation can vary, and there are a number of potential contributing factors that can be physical, emotional, mental, or chemical. The subluxation can be caused by any number of incidents, from birth trauma to an auto accident to simple repetition or over-use.