Gentle & Non-Force Chiropractic

Dr. Strasser specializes in non-force chiropractic as well as gentle, traditional chiropractic adjusting. Gentle care is an approach that helps the body respond positively to the benefits of spinal manipulation.

Why Does Dr. Strasser Emphasize Gentle and Non-Force Chiropractic?

In treating his patients over the past twenty years, Portland chiropractor Dr. Arn Strasser has found that he has better results and increased patient satisfaction using gentle and non-force techniques.

What Is Gentle And Non-Force Chiropractic?

The purpose of chiropractic spinal manipulation is to return normal motion to restricted segments of the spine and to reset the nervous systems protective response to injury. There are alternative methods to traditional thrusting manipulation including non-force and low force gentle techniques that achieve the objectives of chiropractic care.

What Patients Benefit From Gentle and Non-Force Care?

Older patients and patients with degenerative joint syndromes, arthritis, and spinal stenosis are successfully treated with gentle and non-force techniques. Children and adolescents have spines that move easily and respond rapidly to treatment. They require techniques that are appropriate for their smaller structures. Dr. Strasser only uses non-force and cranial techniques in treating infants.

Patients with sensitive nervous systems need to be treated gently so the body will not over-react and cause protective muscle spasm. Acute patients in marked pain need to be treated gently.

What Conditions Require Low Force and Non-Force Techniques?

Dr. Strasser treats spinal stenosis and all disc injuries including bulging, herniated and slipped discs of the neck and low back, with a non-thrusting technique. Flexion distraction protocol is a low force protocol for treating stenosis, pinched nerve and disc injuries. Whiplash, torticollis and most other neck injuries and chronic neck pain are treated with gentle and non-force techniques including traditional osteopathic muscle energy therapy. Headache and migraine patients usually benefit from non-force approaches.

Does Dr. Strasser Perform Traditional Chiropractic Adjusting?

Dr. Strasser routinely uses chiropractic adjusting with an emphasis on gentle technique. When he adjusts the spine manually, he uses the least amount of force necessary, directed according to the exact spinal restriction determined by motion palpation examination. He often prepares the patient for an adjustment with therapies such as interferential and hot packs.

Dr. Strasser is always available to answer your questions regarding gentle and non-force Chiropractic care.