We are Tampa Bay’s Path to Wellness
Active Health and Wellness is your specialist in the Tampa Bay Area for chiropractic and massage therapy. Our doctors and specialists are trained in and use the most effective equipment and procedures to ensure your recovery is as smooth and pain free as possible.
Two chiropractors on staff bring many years of experience in serving Tampa’s injured. We’re here to help victims of auto accident, slip and fall, sports injuries and other issues. Our massage therapists provide complete healing massage treatments in a comfortable environment, focusing on recovery and regeneration.
Our Services
Massage Therapy
Our massage therapists provide the best treatment in a friendly atmosphere. Some of the benefits of Massage Therapy are: Reduced muscle ...
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy modalities are available for car accidents, slip and fall, sports injuries and more. Interferential current (electric stim.), Ultrasound, Low Level ...
Spinal Manipulation
A classic chiropractic technique, spinal manipulation is a therapeutic intervention that involves the use of manual (hands on) or instrument ...
Spinal Decompression
Our office offers flexion distraction (Cox) technique as well as spinal decompression utilizing a DRX 9000 machine. These therapies ...
Dr. Nick's Blog
Can we lay these myths to rest?Over the past fifteen years I’ve continued to see insurers and defense attorneys attempt to correlate the speed at which an auto accident takes place and the extent of injuries we should expect to see. It’s only intuitive, right?
Actually, it’s quite wrong. The most recent study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2657117/ shows no correlation between [...]
With the coming summer rain, our office routinely sees an increase in rear end collisions. Wet roads increase stopping distances. Driver inattention, text messaging and cell phone use only seem to compound the problem.
There are some things you can do to reduce the likelihood of injury, even if you can’t reduce your chances of being [...]
Thank you for visiting my blog. Thank you for visiting Tampa Active Health, and the blog of Dr. Nick St Hilaire. I’ll be using this blog to discuss research in the field of chiropractic medicine, experiences I’ve had in treating injury and other information you may find helpful.
Research and Case Studies
Cox Technic: Intervertbral Disc Pressure Changes During the Flexion-Distraction Procedure for Low Back PainOne type of conservative procedure used in the treatment of low back pain applies flexion and traction motions to the lumbar spine. In this procedure the prone patient’s head and thorax are supported by the fixed portion of a special treatment table. The legs rest on the movable section of the table with the ankles attached by straps. The doctor positions the patient in such a way that the vertebral joint of interest is over the fulcrum of the movable section.
Consumer Reports: Hands-on therapies were top-reated by 14,000 consumersAbout 80 percent of U.S. adults have at some point been bothered by back pain. The Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center recently surveyed more than 14,000 subscribers who had lower-back pain in the past year but had never had back surgery. More than half said pain severely limited their daily routine for a week or [...]
More Children are Going to ChiropractorsAs more people are going to chiropractors studies in well-respected journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, as well as the popular press is beginning to pick up and report on this trend. Several NBC affiliate stations recently ran a segment on the importance of chiropractic adjustments for children in their show, “The [...]
Jobs Most at Risk From Back ProblemsAn article from the October 7, 2006 BBC News in the United Kingdom reports on a survey study listing the 5 top jobs most likely to cause back issues among workers in the United Kingdom. The list, compiled and published by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) has some surprising findings.
The study conducted by the [...]
