Pettibon Cervical traction
Used to eliminate forward head carriage, improve cervical lordosis, and "warm up"" the spine, allowing for easier decompression and adjusting.
At Schleppenbach Family Chiropractic, we offer the latest in rehabilitative and corrective chiropractic care. We accomplish this using the Pettibon and Chiropractic Biophysics Techniques, along with mirror-image adjusting techniques. Our primary goal is to not only eliminate an individual’s pain or discomfort, but to improve a person’s overall spinal position and health, thus ensuring they will continue to experience relief from their symptoms. Below you will find equipment that we use to accomplish that along with a brief description as to how each is used.
Link trainer
Thirteen exercises can be performed on the link trainer with the goal of strengthening postural muscles. We do this to ensure the spine doesn’t continually move out of position
Pope 2-way traction
Another form of cervical traction this piece of equipment allows us to use two separate weight stacks to improve cervical lordosis
SRT Decompression
Used to traction the cervical and lumbar spinal segments, open up discs and joints, elongate the spine and eliminate nerve root compression.
Precor
Used to stretch and loosen core, back and leg muscles. The Precor exerciser allows us to “warm up” the patient making traction, decompression and adjustments easier..
Traction: The use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders.
(Spinal) decompression: The relief of pressure upon the spinal cord
Nerve compression: Pinching' of a nerve that is due to too much pressure on it. ex: sciatic nerve pain
Cervical lordosis: A curve in the upper spine (the cervical region), namely the neck vertebrae
Postural muscle: A muscle or group of muscles that play an important part in maintaining body posture .
What We Offer
At Schleppenbach Family Chiropractic, we offer the latest in rehabilitative and corrective chiropractic care. We accomplish this using
Pediatric Chiropractic
At Schleppenbach Family Chiropractic we believe the best time for a patient to begin chiropractic care is when they are children.
The Clinic
Schleppenbach Family Chiropractic is located at the corner of North Barstow and Wisconsin Street in downtown Eau Claire.
Meet The Doctor
Dr. Schleppenbach is a Chippewa Valley native, having grown up in Chippewa Falls and then attending UWEC. Upon completion of