Located At: 15630 North Preston Hwy. Bruceton Mills, WV 26525

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Orthotics

Orthotics are a great way to help with issues related to walking and alignment, including knee, foot, and lower back pain. They can help to realign the bones in the foot and ankle, and take stress off other parts of the body, such as the back, neck, shoulders, and hips. Custom foot orthotics also cushion your feet, provide comfort, support your arches, and evenly distribute your body weight to eliminate pressure on your feet.

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How Do Orthotics Work?

Custom foot orthotics are specially-­made devices that fit inside most shoes. They match the contours of your feet precisely, and are designed for the way you move.

Orthotics can help anyone with discomfort relating to walking, or imbalances in the body that are known to cause related pain. A tremendous benefit of custom orthotics is that they can be worn on a daily basis and utilized during most activities.

Custom orthotics can be prescribed by your chiropractor, and last well over a year in most cases. While over­-the-­counter shoe inserts are available at most drugstores, they lack the custom­-built precision of a prescription orthotic. These ‘one­-size-­fits­-all’ inserts rarely match your feet well, or provide the customized support you need.

Interested in incorporating orthotics into your treatment plan? Contact your trusted chiropractor and schedule an appointment to discuss how custom orthotics might ease your discomfort.

Therapeutic Exercise

Therapeutic exercises are specific exercises meant for correcting specific problems. Depending the matter of your concern, your chiropractor may give you a list of exercises to perform to reduce discomfort. The focus of therapeutic exercise is to regain flexibility, strength, and endurance related to specific physical problems. Therapeutic exercise aims to improve, restore, and prevent loss of physical function. It can also improve a patient’s overall health, fitness, and sense of well­-being.
No matter what type of exercise is prescribed to remedy a patient’s specific condition, the final goal of rehabilitation is to acquire a maximum level of physical fitness, without the use of more invasive methods. Therapeutic exercise can be performed at home, and gives you the power to improve your quality of life.
Therapeutic exercises are classified into three major categories:
Endurance training
Resistance training
Flexibility training
Additional objectives of Therapeutic exercise include:
Increasing mobility
Releasing contracted muscles, tendons, and fascia
Improving circulation
Improving respiratory capacity
Improving coordination
Reducing rigidity
Improving balance

Therapeutic Ultrasound

Therapeutic ultrasound is utilized for injuries related to most soft tissues, joints and muscle spasms. While it shares the same name, this ultrasound is not the same as that used diagnostically to screen the body internally.

What is Therapeutic Ultrasound?

Ultrasound emits small sound waves at an extremely high frequency that is out of the range of human hearing. When applied to problem areas in soft tissues and joints, it produces heat that helps reduce inflammation and increase blood flow, in addition to decreasing pain, stiffness, and spasms. Therapeutic ultrasound is also believed to have a positive effect on the healing process.

How Does Therapeutic Ultrasound Work?

While its effects and goals are different from ultrasound screening technologies, ultrasound therapy is implemented in much the same way. The process may be familiar if you’ve ever had an ultrasound screening in the past.

An ultrasound emitting ‘wand’ will be passed over your skin across the pain point or injury. We will apply ultrasound gel to your skin to reduce friction and allow for better transmission of the ultrasound waves. Despite the deep-­tissue heat applied during the therapy, you typically will feel little or no heat at all.

Therapeutic ultrasound has been shown to facilitate the body’s healing process at the most basic cellular level. Contact our office today to discuss whether therapeutic ultrasound may be beneficial to you on your road to recovery.

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Cold Laser Therapy

Cold Laser Therapy, also known as Low Level Laser Therapy, is a treatment that utilizes specific wavelengths of light to interact with tissue and is known to accelerate the healing process of a variety of clinical conditions. By definition, this type of therapy uses radiation intensities that induce minimal temperature elevation (not more than 0.1 to 0.5 degrees celsius), if any. Low­-energy lasers have been promoted as an effective way to produce pain relief.

Cold Laser Therapy is widely used for treatment of:
Acute and chronic pain
Ligament sprains
Muscle strain
Soft tissue injuries
Tendonitis
Arthritis
Tennis elbow
Back pain
Bursitis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Fibromyalgia
Wound healing
Cold lasers are handheld devices used by the doctor and are typically the size of a flashlight. The laser is placed directly over the injured area for 30 seconds to several minutes, depending on the size of the area being treated and the dose provided by the cold laser unit.

Cold laser therapy is one option among a variety of treatment approaches that can potentially alleviate pain symptoms without the use of surgery or drugs.

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine used to alleviate pain and promote overall health. Acupuncture uses needles placed along invisible meridians that run throughout the body. Today, acupuncturists also use lasers, magnets and electric pulses in addition to needles. Each meridian point has a specific meaning and can unblock and repair meridians and channels with vital energy or chi. Through the stimulation of the meridians, an acupuncturist is able to restore balance and ergo health to the patient.

Acupuncture is used to treat a wide range of health problems, such as:
Persistent lower back pain
Chronic tension­-type headaches and migraines
Neck pain
Joint pain
Postoperative pain
Allergies
Depression and anxiety
Insomnia

Meet the Doctors

When you join our community, you not only experience a story like mine but will be adding your story to a community of wonderful and exceptional individuals who have developed their own Ideal Wellness!

Dr. Steven Lint
Dr. Steven Lint

Doctor of Chiropractic

Dr. Steven C. Lint is a Chiropractic Physician who received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Florida Campus. Dr. Lint has also devoted many hours to the study of clinical nutrition. When he is not at the office, Dr. Lint enjoys playing music at his church. Before becoming a chiropractor, he earned his Bachelor of Art's degree in music from West Virginia University playing the violin. He is also a die hard Mountaineer, Pirates, Steelers, and Penguin's fan.

Dr. Emily Mallon
Dr. Emily Mallon

Doctor of Chiropractic

Dr. Emily Mallon, DC was born and raised in Tanner, WV (central WV). She was active in dance and sports as she grew up. She attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where she graduated with honors, majoring in Biology and Chemistry. She matriculated to Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2006.

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15630 North Preston Hwy
Bruceton Mills, WV 26525

608 West Main Street
Uniontown, PA 15401-2648