INFECTIONS
Colds and Flu – Bronchitis – Hepatitis

INTERNAL
Asthma – Hypoglycemia – High Blood Pressure – Ulcers
Colitis – Indigestion – Hemorrhoids – Diarrhea – Constipation – Diabetes

MUSCULO-SKELETAL/NEUROLOGICAL
Arthritis – Neuralgia – Sciatica – Back Pain – Bursitis – Tendonitis
Stiff Neck – Headaches – Whiplash – Carpal Tunnel
Pinched Nerves – Slipped Discs – Sprains-Strains

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
Anxiety – Depression – Stress – Insomnia

EYE-EAR-NOSE-THROAT
Earaches – Ringing in the Ears – Poor Eyesight – Dizziness – Hay Fever
Sinus Infection – Sore Throat

SKIN
Eczema – Acne – Herpes

GENITAL/URINARY
Impotence – Pre-menstrual (PMS) – Prostate – Urinary Tract Problems

MEDICAL

• Physical Evaluations
• Prescriptions
• School Physicals
• Employment Physicals
• Pain Management

DIAGNOSTIC

• X-rays
• Blood Test
• Urine Test
• Nerve Testing

CHIROPRACTIC

• Physical Evaluations
• Spinal Manipulations
• Extremities Manipulations
• Exercise Rehab

HOMEOPATHY

• Specific Remedies for Various
  Health Conditions
• More Information

PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC MODALITIES

• Infrared Light
• Ultrasound
• Electrical Muscle Simulation
• Interferential
• Hi Volt Galvanic
• Axial Traction
• Cryotherapy
• Moist Heat

NUTRITIONAL

• Counseling
• Supplements
• Herbs
• More Information

EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

• Weekly In-house Patient Education
• Health and Fitness
• Proper Ergonomics & Injury Prevention

Many amateur and professional athletes are sidelined due to injuries that could be avoided. Others sit it out on the bench because their injuries do not respond to ordinary treatments, while others are playing, but at a less than peak efficiency, simply because their structural system is not balanced.

Many coaches, athletes, and doctors are realizing that pain killing drugs are not the only answer as they merely cover up the symptoms, deceiving the athlete into actions which could make the injuries more serious.

Probably more than any other health profession, Chiropractic’s approach to health closely relates to the needs of the sports participants. Most sports involve body contact, fast starts and stops, and positions that place an unusual amount of strain on the back and musculo-skeletal system. Doctors of Chiropractic consider a person as an integrated being, giving special attention to the spine, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves.

Chiropractic is a natural health care method that stresses the importance of keeping all the systems of the body functioning efficiently so the athlete player enjoys peak performance, a minimum injury risk, and potential quick recovery from injuries.

Many world class and Olympic athletes, as well as professional stars and teams have retained Sports Chiropractors to provide care to them. Joe Montana, Nolan Ryan, Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Carl Lewis all have utilized Chiropractic care. The Players Association of the NFL has officially incorporated Sports Chiropractors as a regular part of care. Chiropractors have been selected as attending doctors at the Olympic Games and at National and World Championships in track and field, cycling, volleyball, power-lifting, aerobics and triathlons.

WHAT CAN BE TREATED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE?

The primary treatment by a Doctor of Chiropractic is manipulation (an “adjustment”) to those areas of the spine or surrounding joints, as well as extremities which are slightly displaced and fail to function normally. Given by hand (the word chiropractic means “done by hand”), the adjustment will restore proper alignment and function to the spinal vertebra and joints, thereby restoring the normal nerve transmission and healing potential to the vital structures of the body. Therapeutic exercise, massage and nutritional support may also be parts of the overall patient care, when appropriate. Injuries like sprains (ankle), strains (e.g. pulled muscles), tendinitis (e.g. tennis elbow) and bursitis (e.g. shoulder pain) and joint problems in the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot can all be treated effectively with Chiropractic care.

These are all good reasons to seek Chiropractic care. However, the beauty of Chiropractic is not only drug-free and surgery free care, but also preventative and performance enhancing care. Maintaining proper alignment will allow athletes to be prepared for their sport. Many of the greatest athletes in the world are adjusted before competition as a “tune-up” in an effort to place their bodies in a state of peak efficiency. Following competition, they are adjusted to enhance the recuperative process after the stress of their particular event. When asked about Chiropractic’s effectiveness, Roger Craig, formerly of the San Francisco 49′ers, stated, “We won four Super Bowls in the 1980′s with it, so it must be doing something right!”

Auto accident injuries can affect many parts of the body with head, neck and back injuries being the most common. However, car accidents also frequently affect internal organs, and upper and lower limbs.

The following are some of the most common injuries, symptoms and treatments for Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries.

Head & Neck Injuries

Brain injuries are more common in side impact car accidents than in rear-end auto accidents. Brain damage in a car accident is often related to the quick acceleration and deceleration of the neck/head which causes injuries to the point of impact and its opposite point. This is known as hyperflexion-hyperextension or whiplash injuries.

Diagnosis of a brain injury may be difficult. Concussions are associated with traumatic brain injury as are seizures, headaches, dizziness, lack of concentration, memory loss, depression or anxiety. CT scans and MRI scans are often used to diagnosis such injuries.

Neck injuries vary from whiplash, one of the most common and annoying injuries caused by car accidents, to disk injuries. Whiplash injures the soft tissues made up of nerves, ligaments and muscles. It causes neck pain and limitation of neck and head movement effecting rotation and peripheral vision. It may be temporary or permanent and can affect all aspects of life. If whiplash lasts for more than a few days after a car accident, physicians will prescribe medications and often refer patients to doctors of Chiropractic for spinal manipulations and physical therapy.

TMJ injury is an injury to the joint and ligaments that allow the jaw to move. Similar to whiplash, the TMJ joint is injured in the acceleration and deceleration of a car accident. This may occur with direct or indirect injury to the jaw and effects chewing, eating and speech.

Intervertebral disks make up the spine. The disks lie between each bone (vertebrae) in the spine and form joints giving spines flexibility. Disks are made up of an outer skin called an annulus that surround the inner nucleus, a jelly like substance. If the annulus is torn, a disk may become herniated. Disks in the neck and spine may bulge or rupture, hence the phrases bulging disk, slipped disk, and ruptured disk. CT scans and MRI scans are often used to diagnosis disk injuries and because such tests are expensive doctors generally do not order them immediately after a car accident. However, if the symptoms continue, MRI would be necessary to rule out or confirm such injury and the extend of it as well.

Back Injuries

Intervertebral disks in the neck (cervical disks), are not the only disks injured in car accidents. Mid-back, (thoracic disks) and lower back (lumbar disks) may also be injured in car accidents. Compression fractures may be caused in such accidents causing permanent disability. Also, herniations or bulges may cause spinal cord compression. Symptoms of spinal injuries include arm and/or leg weakness, paralysis, difficulty breathing, numbness, tingling, and abnormal bowel or bladder control. Disk injuries causing those symptoms may require surgery to remove disk material or spinal fusion.

In the same way whiplash injures soft tissues of the neck, the back nerves, the ligaments and muscles may also be traumatized by a car accident causing pain and inflammation. Prescriptive medications are often used initially; however, to rehab and ultimately fix the injuries, patients are sent to Chiropractors for rehabilitative therapies. Such therapies generally include spinal or extremity manipulations (adjustments), infrared heat, hot packs, paraffin bath, hydrotherapy, diathermy, cold packs, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, muscle strengthening, traction and massage. If, depending on the extend of the injuries, after two to six months of treatments, the injuries and its symptoms are not resolved, steroid injections may be necessary.

Internal Organs Injuries

Internal injuries from a car accident include injuries to bowels, kidneys, spleen, liver, lungs, heart or aorta. Fractured ribs are quite common and may also puncture lungs and other internal organs. Torn spleens are also a frequent injury and may require extensive hospitalization.

Upper Limbs Injuries

Hands, forearms, arms, shoulders, wrists and fingers are often injured in car accidents as well. Fractures are typical and treatment generally involves splints and casts. Occasionally, such injuries will require surgery in addition to splinting and casting. Therapy may also be required for regaining strength and range of motion.

Rotator cuff injuries are frequently caused by car accidents. MRI scans are often used to diagnosis rotator cuff tears. Chiropractic physiotherapeutic modalities and rehabilitative exercises can generally help improve such injuries; however, severe shoulder injuries will require shoulder reconstruction.

Lower Limbs Injuries

Hips, legs, knees, heels, ankles and feet are also commonly damaged in car accidents. Achilles tendon injuries, ankle sprains, collateral ligament injuries and stress fractures are typical. Fractures of the pelvis, femur, patella, tibia, and ankle may require casting or surgery. For serious hip and knee injuries, total hip replacements or total knee arthroplasty may be necessary after a car accident.

At the Georgetown Healthcare Centers we are committed to providing excellent care to injured employee and at the same time provide proper updates to employers, insurance companies and attorneys. Furthermore, injured workers are treated promptly, and if necessary, we work with other medical specialists to make sure our patients have a reasonably quick recovery and are able to return to work within a reasonable amount of time.

• Evaluation & treatment of work injuries by Board Certified doctors. Prompt treatment. Physical rehabilitation is strongly supported.
• Same Day Appointments Available;  A Treatment Authorization form can be completed and faxed to the clinic prior to the injured worker’s arrival. Fax: 404-705-9942.
• Communication:  Typed daily notes are prepared upon request and the medical providers are also available to discuss issues pertinent to the case.
• Specialist Referrals; Although most injuries can be treated by one of our board certified doctors, if the need arises, the patient will be referred to the appropriate specialist along with documentation of the treatment process.
• Functional Capacity Evaluations; These evaluations can be coordinated upon request. Please call 404-255-0666 for details.
• Case Coordination; Our highly trained staff offer case coordination and communication assistance to employers, WC insurance carriers and patient’s legal representative.

Ergonomics is a scientific discipline that has been around for many years. Traditionally concerned with factory workers and keeping their work environments safe and efficient, ergonomic professionals have expanded their work to include all types of workers from laborers to office workers, students to seniors.

Ergonomics is concerned with how our environment interacts with our work. It also looks for way to adjust our environment to decrease the risks of injury and illness, enhance productivity, and improve the quality of our work life.

The Goals of Ergonomics

The profession of ergonomics has two main concentrations (which often overlap):

1. Industrial Ergonomics – sometimes called occupational biomechanics – is concerned with the physical aspects of work such as force, posture, and repetitive movements.
2. Human Factors Ergonomics looks as the psychological aspects of work such as mental stress and decision-making.

The goals of ergonomics include the following:

• Reduce work-related injury and illness
• Help contain workers’ compensation costs for employers
• Improve productivity in the workplace
• Improve the quality of work
• Reduce absenteeism
• Help employers comply with government regulations regarding work environments

Ergonomics professionals include:

• Chiropractors
• Safety professionals
• Industrial hygienists
• Occupational Physicians
• Engineers

How Ergonomics Improves Work and Safety

The association between work and injury and illness is centuries old. It is even thought that Ancient Man concerned himself with developing the right tools that allowed for the most efficiency and least amount of discomfort.

Today, we continue to look for ways to improve the relationship between our “tools” and our jobs. One way to do that is to look at the risk factors in the workplace. These can be divided into 3 areas: physical characteristics, environmental characteristics, and workplace hazards.

1. Physical characteristics of work:

• Posture
• Force
• Repetition
• Duration
• Recovery time
• Velocity/acceleration
• Heavy dynamic exertion

2. Segmental vibration Environmental characteristics of work:

• Heat
• Cold
• Lighting
• Noise
• Whole body vibration

3. Workplace hazards:

• Physical stress
• Mental stress
• Workload
• Hours (shifts, overtime)
• Slips and falls
• Fire
• Exposure hazards (electrical, chemical, biological, radiation

Our Weight Loss System Includes

* Medically Supervised Weight Loss Program.

Please call 404-255-0666 for a Complimentary Consultation.

* Natural Weight Loss Program.

• Cleansing Formula
• Weight Loss Formula
• Vita-Amino Formula
• Super Anti-Oxidant Vitali-Tea
• Exercise Techniques DVD
• The System Principals Book

Our Cleansing Formula is a proprietary blend of Psyllium seed, Rhubarb root, Cascara Sagrada bark, Aloe Vera leaf, Flax seed, Senna leaf extract, Slippery Elm bark, Barberry root, Goldenseal root, Cranberry fruit, Yellow Dock root, Burdock root, Red Clover flower and Milk Thistle.

These natural herbal ingredients have been used for centuries to help rid the body of toxins and cleanse. They have further shown to help rid the body of built-up matter and toxins, clear the skin, reduce fatigue, digestive system problems and weakened immune system, flatten waistline, relieve constipation and support weight management program.

It is our opinion that “Cleansing” should be the 1st step in any type of Weight Loss, Body Shaping or General Health Restoration program.

The most effective way to eliminate the toxins in your body is to use a “Cleansing Supplement” and follow a healthy eating program that includes plenty of water and sufficient fiber.

Our Cleansing Formula is safe, effective and easy to use. You can continue on with your daily life without any interruption.

We recommend that you simply take up to 3 capsules per day (two must be before sleeping at night), on an empty stomach, with a large glass of water.

This is a self-regulating formula which means that you can change the dosage until you have at least 2 bowel movements a day.

Our Weight Loss Formula is a proprietary blend of Hoodia Gordoni extract, Gymnema Sylvestre, Garcinia Cambogia extract, Green Tea extract, Boerhavlia Diffusa, Aloe Vera leaf, Gugulipid, Curcuma Longa, Crateva Nurvala, Terminalia Chebula, Reishi Mushroom, Seman Pruni, and Senna leaf.

These products of nature have been used for centuries in Ayurvedic Medicine and other Complementary and Alternative Healing Arts.

These ingredients have been known to help remove the emotional attachment to overeating, help curve craving for sweets, aid the body by passing through sugars and making carbohydrates available for burning, rather than turning them into fat, help improve fat oxidation and metabolism, burn fat and calories at a higher rate, help improve digestion and therefore help ridding the body of waste material. Furthermore, they may help lower low density lipoprotein (LDL) forms of cholesterol and raise high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels, help improve urinary tract and bladder functions as well as act as anti-oxidants.

Our Weight Loss Formula is safe, effective and easy to use. You can continue on with your daily life without any interruption.

We recommend that you simply take up 4 capsules per day , 2 in the late morning and 2 in mid afternoon with a large glass of water. This can be taken along with the Cleansing Formula for at least 60 days and up to 120 days.

Our Vitali-Tea is an Organic Caffeine-Free and Gluten-Free Jiaogulan Super Anti-Oxidant Tea and is known to have a variety of health benefits. We recommend you take at least one loose-leaf tea bag per day with a large cup of hot water.

Our Vita-Amino Formula is a specially-formulated L-Carnatine and VitaminB-12 which is a fantastic complement the other components of the our System in order to obtain optimum results. We recommend that you take twice per day mixed in a large glass of water.

Our Exercise Techniques DVD are specifically designed to be Simple and brief so most everyone can perform them and yet effective enough to work along with the other components of this system to help yield the most desirable results.

Our System Principals Book is a great source of information about this system as well as general nutritional guide which is easy to read and understand. We have a specific 60-day diet which is designed to help yield maximum results when implemented along with the other components of the system.

” Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty and to happiness or sadness. It is we who control these, and not another. “