Acupuncture is one of the powerful additional treatment modalities available from Dr. Gregory Kos at the Kos Chiropractic Centre. Acupuncture is an ancient healing art. In most western cultures it is considered a “new alternative” medicine. In reality, the practice of acupuncture is over 5,000 years old. Very basically, acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles, (sometimes in conjunction with electrical stimulus) in order to influence physiological functioning of…
Chiropractic is a primary healthcare profession which diagnoses and treats mechanical disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system with the intention of affecting the nervous system and improving health. It is based on the premise that a spinal joint dysfunction can interfere with the normal function of muscles, nerves, joints and tissues and may result in many different conditions of diminished health. Treatments typically include spinal adjustments to correct the…
Ultimately goals of treatment at the Kos Chiropractic Centre are to return our patients to normal or better that normal health in the shortest, more efficient, least painful and most enduring way. Those goals are accomplished by: Reducing pain in acute or chronically swollen tissue Restoring joint mobility and soft tissue pliability Restoring normal functional integrity Patient education Providing exercises to strengthen what is weak, make pliable what is tight,…
Our goal at Kos Chiropractic is to create an optimal state of health in our patients by providing the highest quality healthcare using scientific principles of spinal and soft tissue manipulation, physical therapeutics, acupuncture, nutritional supplements, functional rehabilitation, exercise, and behavioural advice.