How ART Can Help Athlete's Reach Peak Performance If you’re an athlete looking for effective treatment options to help manage pain and optimize your performance, Active Release Technique (ART) may be the answer you’ve been searching for. For those unfamiliar with ART, it is a patented, state-of-the-art soft tissue system/movement...
Being involved in a car accident can be an incredibly traumatic experience. It can leave you with physical, mental, and emotional pain. Fortunately, chiropractic treatments can help to reduce the effects of such trauma by providing relief from symptoms like muscle tension and headaches. Chiropractors are highly trained professionals that...
1. It helps to relax tight muscles by applying a gentle, intermittent stretch over a period of 10 to 15 minutes. 2. This stretch also decreases pressure on the discs and joints within the spinal column, which is how it can benefit conditions such as spinal stenosis, facet syndrome, degenerative...
A Note from Dr. Mike I would like to sincerely thank our current and past patients for their trust and confidence in managing their sports and everyday injuries. We always strive to do what’s best for our patients, whether it’s the decision to refer out to an orthopedic doctor,...
We offer safe and effective treatment options for a variety of musculoskeletal disorders. And customize plans of care based on individual patient needs. We evaluate and diagnose each patient so that we can be as specific with our treatments as possible. Treatment may include myofascial release, medical acupuncture, chiropractic adjustment,...
Overview Shockwave therapy is a multidisciplinary modality that is often used in sports medicine, physical therapy, and orthopaedics. It offers fast pain relief and restores mobility, making it an excellent option for those suffering from tendinitis/tendinosis injuries, such as tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis. Shockwave therapy is non-surgical and does...
Trigger Finger is a frustrating condition that results in one or more fingers getting stuck in the closed position. Inflammation, typically from overuse (gripping, typing, mouse) narrows the space in the tendon sheath causing the tendon to get “stuck”. Many times this condition is treated with steroid injections, if not...
Why Chiropractic and Crossfit? Any athletic training involves the process of breaking down tissue and repairing it stronger to meet demands of the activity. Crossfit in particular, does a great job crafting workouts to keep your body constantly repairing and constantly getting stronger. When our bodies repair themselves over...
Lower back pain is a common affliction with many possible causes: poor posture, sprains, sports injuries, stress associated with weight gain, and many others. For some victims of back pain, symptoms can go away on their own after a period of rest and healing, or after addressing the root cause...
Apart from death and taxes, there’s almost nothing more universally dreaded than lower back pain. As many as 80% of adults will suffer from lower back pain at some point in their lives, and almost a fifth of those afflicted will develop chronic pain lasting longer than 12 weeks. But...
Plantar fasciitits can be treated with ESWT. With over a 90% success rate the treatment provides releif of pain on the bottom of the foot. Foot pain is typically worse in the morning but in some cases gets worse with more activity. Treatment with ESWT consists of 4 sessions, 1x...
Dr. Mike and Active Health - Chiropractic, Sports Medicine and Acupuncture have been awarded the "Over the Hump" award through Milford Alive. Active Health has been in practice for over 11 years. We thank all of our patients for their loyaltly and are excited to continue to work with them...
Active Health is proud to announce Dr. Mike has accepted a part time role assting student athletes in the recovery from sports injuries off the field. He is providing assitance to the Orthopedic and athletic training staff. Dr. Mike performs Acupuncture, soft tissue treatment in the form of Active Release...