What is Reboot Proactive Therapy?
Most therapies only evaluate and treat at the level of the symptoms because insurance only looks at pain evaluation and treatment for reimbursement. This is like looking at a flat tire and determining the cause of the flat tire is the lack of air in the tire. Treatment would consist of filling the flat tire with air. The flat tire is really only a symptom, the true problem or cause of the flat tire is a puncture in the tire. Simply filling the tire with air will only fix the symptom for a short time. The problem will still remain so the symptom will return. The symptom will continue to return until you fix the puncture! Only then will the tire function properly.
The symptom is only a response to an underlying problem, it is our bodies’ way of alerting us to the problem. Our amazing bodies adapt and accommodate to this problem allowing us to continue functioning, but at a lower level of performance. That is when we stop doing activities that aggravate the problem or injury occurs.
Finding and fixing the underlying problem creates positive results. Identifying limitations or deficiencies in muscle and joint function is key for recovery from injury, reducing the risk of injury, and increasing one’s performance level.
Therapies I use for evaluation and treatment allow me to look past the symptoms and find the underlying cause of the problem. Once we have resolved the problem the patient is able to restore full function and improve performance through regular exercise.
Mark Parker, D.C.