Services & Techniques

SERVICES AND TECHINQUES

At Tereo Chiropractic, we take great pride in providing a thorough evaluation of your condition to determine the best way to help you regain your health.  Below is a sampling of the different services we offer in our Newark office.

“If you keep doing what you’ve always done,
you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got!”

CHIROPRACTIC SPINAL AND EXTREMITY ADJUSTMENTS
Dr. Tereo utilizes a full spine approach to evaluating and adjusting the spinal column.  As a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician, Dr. Tereo has advanced training in restoring function to the extremities (shoulders, arms, hands, wrists, knees, ankles, and feet).  In some cases osseous adjustments are not indicated yet altered joint function is present.  In these cases Dr. Tereo utilizes a hand held adjusting tool called an Activator which delivers a gentle pressure to the joint being addressed.

SPORTS INJURY REHABILITATION
According to a 1991 research article by Lauro and Mouch found in The Journal of Chiropractic Research and Clinical Investigation, two weeks of chiropractic treatment can boost athletic performance by nearly 17%.  Dr. Tereo has been a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician since 1993.  With this extensive training and decades of clinical experience an evaluation by the doctor will be beneficial in determining which clinical approach works best in returning the injured athlete back to their event safely and effectively.

SPORTS PHYSICALS
Dr. Tereo has been performing school sports physicals since 1992.  State approved forms are utilized and all vital signs, heart and lung sounds, functional assessment and visual acuity are evaluated during a standard sports physical.  The price of the school sports physical is a very reasonable $20.00!  Physicals are performed during business hours with little to no wait.  Call (510) 795-2700.

PHYSIOTHERAPY
Dr. Tereo offers the following physiotherapeutic modalities/treatments in conjunction with chiropractic adjustments:

Electrical Muscle Stimulation
Electrical Muscle Stimulation speeds healing time by flushing out inflammation which causes pain.  It also helps to break unwanted fibrotic tissue, allowing injured muscles to heal more completely.  You will notice an immediate pain reduction through the stimulation of the nerve fibers, which distracts them from the pain.

Ultrasound
Ultrasound is the application of sound waves above human hearing to tissue to increase healing in an area. Ultrasound that is applied to an injured area provides a "micromassage", or a vibration at the cellular level. This treatment decreases pain, increases flexibility, and speeds the healing process. Ultrasound may also cause mild heating to occur in the area, depending on how it is applied.

Like exercise, each treatment of ultrasound builds on the previous session, so more than one treatment is necessary to gain the effects; usually 5 to 8 treatments are used at the minimum. Your treatment will last from 1 to 8 minutes, and you will need to be treated either daily or every other day. On occasion more extensive ultrasound treatments may be recommended, up to 4 to 6 weeks.

When properly applied, ultrasound will cause almost no sensation at all, although a mild warmth may be felt on the skin and sometimes deeper in the tissue. If at any time during the treatment you feel a burning or aching sensation, let you clinician know immediately; the intensity of the treatment may be more than it should.

Low Level Light Therapy (LLLT) / Cold Laser
When the body has altered function due to an injury or repetitive stress the cells are damaged and fail to function within normal parameters.  LLLT and low level lasers penetrate deeply into the skin and work by restoring this abnormal cellular function. Physiologic effects include improved metabolism, circulation and tissue healing.

Laser therapy may be useful to you if you have any of the following:

Tendonitis                                    Frozen shoulder                                             Fractures
Post-operative wounds                Sprain-strains                                                 Scar tissue
Autoimmune diseases                  Chronic or acute pain                                     Wound healing
Arthritis                                       Migraines                                                      Disc herniations
Minor nerve damage                   Carpal tunnel syndrome

Moist Heat
Moist Heat is very relaxing to the body.  It promotes healing through increased circulation.  Heat application helps relax tight muscles, and increases blood flow and nutrition to the area, which can help speed healing once the initial inflammation has subsided. It also helps the muscles and tendons respond better to being stretched and exercised. This treatment should feel like a gentle warmth, never hot or burning.

Home Application: If you use heat application at home, a treatment time of 20 minutes (no longer) is recommended. Leave the heat off for an hour or so between treatments.

NEVER use any kind of heat on a new (within 3 days) injury. Although the heat will probably feel good at the time, it actually slows the healing process and may cause increased aching and pain a few hours after treatment. For the first 2 to 3 days after an injury, ice is a better choice.

Therapeutic Massage
Therapeutic massage involves the manipulation of the soft tissue structures of the body to prevent and alleviate pain, discomfort, muscle spasm and stress; and to promote health and wellness. Therapeutic Massage and Muscular Therapy offer effective, drug-free treatment for pain and stress management.
Therapeutic Massage doesn't just feel good. It reduces the heart rate and blood pressure, improves functioning of the blood circulation and lymph flow, improves range of motion, improves the muscular, skeletal and nervous systems and may improve the rate at which the body recovers from injury and illness.  For more information please refer to the Massage section of this website.

Microcurrent
Microcurrent enhances the healing process by restoring homeostasis – the body’s natural ability to maintain an optimal internal balance. When something happens to affect the body’s normal homeostasis adverse symptoms appear, as the body tries to defend its weakest areas and restore balance.  Microcurrent Electrical Treatment (MET) acts as a catalyst. It triggers and maintains the numerous physiological reactions which occur in the cell during the recovery process. 

Homeostasis is the body’s natural ability to maintain an optimal internal balance. When something happens to affect the body’s normal homeostasis adverse symptoms appear, as the body tries to defend its weakest areas and restore balance. Who can be treated with MET?

Patients whose symptoms are not relieved by appropriate drug therapy and /or Patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo surgery or take anti-inflammatory drugs for, amongst other conditions, Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and related bone and joint diseases. It also offers relief to patients with sports injuries and to those who are recovering from surgery.

ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is known as the cell's energy currency. It works as a carrier of energy in all living organisms. ATP captures the chemical energy released by the combustion of nutrients and transfers it to reactions that require energy: the building up of cell components, muscle contraction, transmission of nerve messages and many other functions.

Any healing process consumes a great deal of ATP and may be accelerated through a means of increasing ATP in the tissue. Microcurrent stimulation (MET and CES) to the body causes radically increased production of ATP levels, allowing the body to perform the healing process in an accelerated fashion. Microcurrent therapy is the modality of choice for increased tissue healing. Research and clinical trials have shown that with microcurrent stimulation, there is reduction, healing, improvement or even permanent relief from a variety of medical conditions. In theory our bodies can produce all the ATP we need, in reality they don’t. Microcurrent stimulation supercharges the tissue with ATP, which resides there until needed.

A controlled modified and weak current (such as the ones used by Elexoma MedicTM) stimulates the production of ATP. This in turn causes a chain reaction of chemical activity which result in analgesic, anti-inflammatory and healing effect on the affected body tissue.

Microcurrent is unique in that it has a cumulative effect, rather than a diminishing effect, unlike other forms of electric therapy/electric stimulation devices (interferential, higher amperage TENS and galvanic) that decrease ATP levels.
Trauma affects the electrical potential of damaged cells and an injured area has a higher electrical resistance than the surrounding tissue. This decreases electrical conductivity through the injured area, and decreases cellular capacitance, leading to inflammation and impairment of the healing process. What effect does microcurrent therapy have on injured or traumatized cell tissue? When microcurrent therapy is applied to injured tissue, resistance is reduced and the natural current flow of the tissue is supported. This allows the cells in the traumatized area to regain capacitance (flow of electrons) and re-establish homeostasis.

NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
M. Scott Peck stated in his book, The Road Less Traveled, "Life is hard."  He then said, "once you realize this, it is not so hard."   At Tereo Wellness Center we unravel through evaluation the difficulty in obtaining sound nutritional recommendations while providing solutions.  Nutritional supplementation can make a huge difference in your journey to wellness.  Please call our office at (510) 795-2700 to schedule a consultation and evaluation with the doctor.

LIFESTYLE ADVICE
Often times health conditions arise from lifestyle choices.  The way one sits, stands, bends, lifts, sleeps, exercises (or not), eats all play a roll in long-term wellness.  As a patient at Tereo Chiropractic we will suggest some modifications to your activities of daily living which will dovetail nicely with chiropractic care in returning you to health.

LOW FORCE INSTRUMENT ADJUSTING
In some cases where spinal instability (subluxation) is present osseous adjustments are not indicated.  In these cases Dr. Tereo utilizes a hand held adjusting tool called an Activator which delivers a gentle pressure to the joint being addressed which aids in restoring function.

DETOXIFICATION
We continuously consume artificial additives in our food. We breathe pollution. We are exposed to chemicals, pesticides and cigarette smoke. All of these toxins are getting in the way of our health. We use a variety of detoxification techniques.

One of our most-popular methods of detoxification is the footbath. The footbath was designed and developed to restore the body's energy while facilitating and aiding in its natural detoxification process. This device has been proven in clinical trials to balance and restore the body's Ph and electromagnetic energy.

You may benefit from the footbath if you suffer from:
arthritis
allergies
chronic pain
autoimmune diseases
inflammation

Regular detoxification is also a good way to maintain a general feeling of wellbeing and overall health.

 Results typical from an initial detoxification utilizing the EB-PRO ionic footbath.