Willow Health and Wellness

Chiropractic is a natural form of health care that is designed to restore the motion to restricted joints. A high-velocity, low-amplitude force is applied to a joint to get it moving again. Doctors of chiropractic (DCs) practice a conservative approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Joints can become restricted from injury, sprains, strains and weaknesses in the muscles, among other factors. Dr. Amanda will look at joints and muscles to make sure they’re stabilized and strengthened.
Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body. A key component of Chinese medicine, acupuncture is most commonly used to treat pain. Increasingly, it is being used for overall wellness, including stress management. Chinese medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force – known as chi or qi (chee) – believed to flow through pathways (meridians) in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe that your energy flow will re-balance. In contrast, many Western practitioners view the acupuncture points as places to stimulate nerves, muscles and connective tissue. Some believe that this stimulation boosts your body’s natural painkillers.