When I evaluate a patient using DNS principles, I’m looking at how your body organizes movement—not just where you feel pain. I watch for signs of compensation: Are your hips shifting when you squat? Is your diaphragm working as it should during breathing? Are deep stabilizers like your transverse abdominis and multifidi firing properly, or are larger muscles taking over?

These subtle dysfunctions don’t always cause pain right away, but they often set the stage for injury, tightness, or reduced performance down the line.

In my assessment, I might have you perform developmental positions—such as a 3-month supine hold or 6-month prone position—and observe how well you can stabilize and breathe. These positions aren’t random; they mimic the exact postural control strategies a baby uses when learning to move for the first time. If your nervous system can’t efficiently manage these foundational patterns, I know we need to go back and retrain them.

Dry needling involves inserting thin, sterile needles into specific muscle trigger points. These are tight bands of muscle that contribute to pain and tension. The process helps to release tight knots and improve range of motion, making it highly effective for musculoskeletal pain related to muscle dysfunction.

Although the treatment is different from acupuncture, both use fine needles to stimulate tissue response. Dry needling works particularly well for muscle pain, stiffness, and spasms. While patients might feel some mild discomfort or soreness afterward, dry needling is generally well tolerated and produces targeted relief, especially for muscular pain.

Shockwave Therapy delivers high-energy sound waves to the affected area. These waves create controlled microtrauma in the tissue, triggering your body’s natural healing processes. Here’s how it works to repair damaged tissues and reduce pain:

1. Increased Blood Flow: Shockwave Therapy boosts blood circulation in the targeted area, ensuring that more oxygen and nutrients reach the injured tissue. This speeds up healing and reduces inflammation, helping you feel better faster.


2. Collagen Production: Shockwave Therapy stimulates the production of collagen, a key building block for tendons and ligaments. This promotes stronger, healthier tissue and helps repair injuries more effectively.


3. Breaking Down Calcium Deposits: If you have calcific tendonitis, calcium deposits can cause pain and stiffness. Shockwave Therapy breaks down these deposits, allowing your body to absorb and eliminate them, resulting in pain relief and improved mobility.


4. Pain Relief: By disrupting the pain signals sent to the brain, Shockwave Therapy provides immediate pain relief. Over time, it can also reduce the sensitivity of nerves in the affected area, leading to long-term relief.


5. Stimulates Cellular Repair: The therapy encourages the activation of stem cells and growth factors that are essential for tissue regeneration, further aiding in recovery.

Pain Management: LLLT is highly effective in reducing pain caused by inflammation and chronic conditions.

Accelerated Tissue Repair: The therapy stimulates cell regeneration, leading to faster healing of wounds and injuries.

Improved Functionality: By reducing inflammation and promoting healing, LLLT helps restore function to injured areas.

When you come to my office for lumbar traction, you’ll lie down on a traction table specifically designed to stretch and decompress the spine. The table uses a harness that fits around your hips and is attached to a pulley system. This system allows me to apply controlled, consistent pressure to stretch your lower back.

The amount of force and the duration of the stretch are carefully controlled, tailored to your specific needs and condition. The goal is to provide enough stretch to relieve pain and improve function without causing discomfort.

At my  clinic, I use a specialized traction table to perform cervical traction. This table allows me to apply a controlled amount of force to stretch and decompress the neck. The table can be adjusted to accommodate different angles and force levels, ensuring that the traction is tailored to the specific needs of each patient.

During a neck traction session, you will lie on your back, and a padded harness will be placed around your head. The harness is then attached to the traction machine, which slowly pulls your head away from your body, creating a gentle stretch in your neck. The force and duration of the traction can be adjusted based on your comfort level and the severity of your condition.

The Normatec system utilizes dynamically compressed air to massage your limbs, mobilize fluid, and speed up recovery. It mimics natural muscle contractions, effectively enhancing the movement of fluid and metabolites out of the limbs after intense use or in the presence of inflammation and swelling.