Neck pain is extremely common, with most people experiencing at least one episode during their lifetime. In many cases, neck pain is caused by inhibited muscles. Muscles become inhibited when they are overloaded beyond their usual limitations, causing them to be shut down by the nerve centers that serve them in order to protect them from damage. While this inhibition can prevent tears and other trauma, it can result in severe muscle pain and tension, imbalance, and even weakness. Fortunately, AMIT can help.

What is AMIT?

AMIT stands for Advanced Muscle Integration Technique – a chiropractic system of analysis that involves a comprehensive and functional evaluation of more than 400 muscles in the body. AMIT will reveal the muscle imbalances in the affected area so that they can be successfully treated using chiropractic treatment methods.  

When a muscle becomes damaged or injured in some way, other muscles have to adapt and take over the loss of muscle function that has occurred. To try and protect the injured muscle further, the body automatically tries to avoid using it. While this enables the pain to subside, surrounding muscles that are working harder can start to become inhibited too – creating a cycle that is difficult to break.  

Conditions Treated Using AMIT

AMIT has been shown to be successful in treating a range of acute and chronic conditions. These include, but aren’t limited to:
 

• Tendonitis
   

• Plantar fasciitis
   

• Frozen shoulder syndrome
   

• Sciatica
   

• Bursitis
   

• Patellar tendonitis
   

• Carpal tunnel syndrome
   

• Tennis elbow
   

• Ankle sprains
   

• Athletic injuries
   

• Neck pain

How Can AMIT Help Neck Pain?

There are a few different ways in which AMIT can help with neck pain. 

Reducing pain

Muscle pain is extremely common, and when you experience this in your neck, it can make even minor movements extremely painful. You may find that tilting and twisting your head causes severe, debilitating discomfort, and stiffness may occur that also affects your mobility. Even sitting still will place pressure on the cervical spine and the muscles surrounding it that could cause you pain. By identifying the correct muscles and focusing treatment techniques on them, your chiropractor can get you out of pain quicker. 

Improve Motion and Accelerate Healing

When muscles become inhibited, inflammation and stiffness can occur. This can drastically affect your mobility, including moving your head from side to side, or up and down. Unsurprisingly, this can also affect your quality of life. When AMIT correctly identifies the affected muscles, chiropractic treatment can help to improve blood flow, sending oxygen and nutrients to the area which will reduce inflammation and swelling. This also accelerates the healing process as the body has everything that it needs to repair injuries more quickly. 

Prevent Future Injuries

By identifying imbalances, AMIT can also predict where future injuries could potentially occur unless action is taken. This could include muscle strengthening exercises, improved alignment of the cervical spine (the part of the spine found in the neck), advice on sleeping position and posture, and in the case of athletes, guidance on appropriate warm-up and cool-down techniques – all of which could help to reduce the likelihood of injury and trauma months or even years down the line. 

If you would like more information about AMIT and how it can help with neck pain, visit M Powered Chiropractic in Georgetown, Texas. Call (512) 548-4355 to schedule an appointment.