Adjustments and muscle work calm things down. Exercise helps the change stick. Your care plan includes a short, specific exercise program built around your body and your life, not a generic printout.
How the program works
Dr. Corey teaches it in person, checks that you can actually do it before you leave, and changes it as you improve.
Pain is where it shows up, not always where it starts
Your body moves as a chain: feet, knees, hips, pelvis, spine, ribs, shoulders. When one link isn't pulling its weight, another can end up working overtime, and that overworked link is often the one that hurts.
So we watch you move. Squat, hinge, reach, step, twist, walk. We look for where movement stops, wobbles, or gets borrowed from somewhere else, then build your program around that link, not just the sore spot.
A real example: posture and the pelvis
Many of us sit most of the day. That can leave the hips tight and the low back arching to make up the difference, often called anterior pelvic tilt. If that sounds like you, your plan might include hip mobility work, deep core control, glute strength, and a simple cue you can use at your desk: chest tall, hips stacked under your ribs instead of tipped behind them.
Not everyone with this posture hurts, and not everyone who hurts has it. That's why we look at how you move, not just how you stand.
More than the spine
Shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles and feet get the same careful exam, adjustments, muscle work and exercise as your back and neck. A sore knee often has a hip or foot story, and a stubborn shoulder often has a rib or upper-back story, so we look at the whole chain.
Taping and active people
For athletes and active people, we use kinesiology tape and sport taping alongside adjustments, muscle work, a return-to-activity plan, and instrument-assisted soft-tissue mobilization (IASTM), which Dr. Corey is certified in. Tape is a support, not a cure: it can ease pain and improve body awareness in the short term, and it works best paired with the rest of your plan.
A different starting point for hypermobile bodies
If your joints move more than they should, the usual "just strengthen it" program can be the wrong first step. We start slower: building stability, body awareness, and the connection between your brain and the joint, so your body knows where it is and can hold itself there. Strength work comes after that foundation is in place.
The goal is to get you better without hurting yourself on the way. It's a more careful pace with less room for error, and we adjust it to how you respond.
Where exercise fits in your chiropractic care
Exercise is part of your chiropractic care here, not a referral to a different office. Dr. Corey is a Doctor of Chiropractic, so he can examine you, diagnose what's going on, and refer you out when something needs other care. Your exercise plan is built from that diagnosis, so the exercises match the problem.
What the research says
Exercise is one of the better-supported tools for chronic low back pain. A Cochrane review of 249 trials found moderate-certainty evidence that exercise reduces pain compared with no treatment, usual care or placebo, and it worked about as well as manual therapy, which is why we use both [1]. For sudden (acute) low back pain, exercise made little or no important difference compared with other treatments [2], which is why care starts with calming things down.
Pricing
Rehab exercise is included in the price of your visit, with no separate charge.
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Sources
Retrieved through PubMed. Numbers in brackets above refer to this list.
- Hayden JA, Ellis J, Ogilvie R, Malmivaara A, van Tulder MW. Exercise therapy for chronic low back pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021;9(9):CD009790. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009790.pub2
- Karlsson M, Bergenheim A, Larsson MEH, Nordeman L, van Tulder M, Bernhardsson S. Effects of exercise therapy in patients with acute low back pain: a systematic review of systematic reviews. Syst Rev. 2020;9(1):182. doi:10.1186/s13643-020-01412-8