Advice from Our Belle Plaine Chiropractor

As long as there are jobs, there will be injuries sustained on those jobs. Fortunately, if your employer offers workers compensation at the time of your injury, it will often pay for most of your treatment and rehabilitation. Not all treatment facilities take workers comp cases -- but here at River Valley Family Chiropractic, we welcome the opportunity to work with employees and employers to provide you with the help you need for a safe, healthy return to work.

There are all kinds of ways you might get hurt on the job. We tend to think of job-related accidents as the byproducts of risky occupations, and these occupations certainly afford opportunities for injury. If your work involves heights, for example, you can take a hard fall if a ladder or roof tile gives way. The violent impact affects your spinal alignment, leaving you with back pain, herniated discs or nerve damage.

Other work-related injuries can creep up on you gradually. Carpal tunnel syndrome, for instance, can plague your wrist and hand as a result of repetitive motion stress. Chronic neck pain or headaches can stem from years of viewing an awkwardly-positioned computer monitor. Scar tissue around an injury site can then move in and interfere with normal healing.

Help for Belle Plaine Work Injury Patients

We treat a wide variety of work-related injuries. When you visit our facility our chiropractor, Dr. Gansen, will perform a detailed evaluation of your symptoms, medical history and spinal alignment to pinpoint the source of your pain or loss of function. Once we know which bones, nerves are soft tissues are involved, we can make gentle adjustments to restore correct spinal alignment, break up scar tissue, and relieve nerve stresses or muscle strains. Your own body can then heal itself with no need for surgery or medication. So if you are hurt on the job, contact us to see if we can help.

Have you had workers compensation injury in the past? Tell us about your recovery!

Whether you’re seeking back pain relief or treatment for an auto accident or sports injury, River Valley Family Chiropractic can help. Belle Plaine chiropractor Dr. Steven Gansen believes that a whole-body approach is necessary when treating pain. By focusing on healing and correcting the underlying causes of pain -- rather than offering a temporary fix with medication -- patients experience natural pain relief.

Our chiropractor’s hands-on technique allows you to resume your normal activities -- without dependence on pain medication. Our comprehensive treatments have helped hundreds of patients recover safely and effectively from neck pain or whiplash from auto accidents and pain related to sports injuries or worker’s compensation injuries.

Chiropractic Care Focuses on Causes of Pain,
Not Just Symptoms

At River Valley Family Chiropractic, we believe that chiropractic care should improve wellness and health in all areas of our patients’ lives. Instead of simply treating symptoms, our chiropractor Dr. Gansen seeks out the pain's underlying causes. This whole-person approach identifies numerous problems stemming from spinal column imbalances -- even if they seem unrelated.

Misalignments in the musculoskeletal system lead to an increased risk of injury and illness. When the spine is out of balance, it not only causes pain, but also contributes to symptoms such as fatigue, migraines and even difficulty concentrating. Gentle alignments restore balance -- and your overall sense of well-being. Our Belle Plaine chiropractic team draws upon years of experience and utilizes the latest, state-of-the-art chiropractic techniques and equipment to restore your balance.

We teach our patients how to stay healthy -- and prevent injury. Our “blueprint” exercise program complements chiropractic care to strengthen muscles, joints and tissues, as well as correct spinal imbalances and irregularities. Best of all, many of these exercises and stretches can be done at home. Our other preventative health and wellness services include spine and posture screenings, massage therapy, lifestyle advice, and nutritional counseling

What lifestyle and chiropractic practices have helped you prevent injury and pain?