Other Services

On-Site Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is a method of healing that utilizes human touch to promote relaxation, relief of tension, and a greater level of well being. There are numerous methods and techniques of massage, ranging from the most gentle, superficial stimulation to deep, forceful manipulation of muscle groups. Massage is used as a complement to many other forms of healing. Massage Therapy promotes healthy circulation, ease of movement, deep breathing, strong immunity, and mental clarity. Massage lowers stress and anxiety levels, reduces blood pressure, and shortens the healing time of injuries. Massage is an effective way to increase the body's receptivity to chiropractic alignment. Used before an adjustment to warm and soften tight muscles, and afterward, to encourage the body to accept and retain the treatment.

Sports Injury

Sports Chiropractic combines Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy, and Lifestyle Modifications (i.e. individualized Supports/advice, home exercise, ergonomics) to treat the types of injuries that occur in an active lifestyle.

Example: One of the most common sports injuries we treat is knee pain.

Most knee injuries are not the full blown "buckling" of the knee (which might require surgery), but much simpler sprain/strains of the knee. These injuries are comprised of muscle spasm, tendonitis and swelling.

We restore normal function to the knee by treating the muscles of the thigh (which attach to the tendons of the knee) as well as treating the tendons of the knee. Most people with knee pain don't know that their thigh muscles are in involved, but they are!

Massage therapy, electrical stimulation, stretching, heat to the muscles, and ice to the tendons are among the therapies performed to restore normal function. Home instructions are given to complement your office treatment.


Injuries that require surgery or an orthopedic consult (tearing of ligaments, tendons and meniscus) will be referred out to the appropriate physician.

NOTE: Please bring shorts if coming in for knee exam or treatment

How I rebuilt my knee and my golf swing

Golf Digest
March 2006

I couldn't have recovered half as quickly as I did without the help of my physical therapist, Sophie Dhenin (above). Luckily for me, she's just down the street from me, near Wentworth, so as soon as I could get on my feet, we started working. In the picture above, she has me buckled into what I call "the torture chamber." The ATM2 was designed for rehabbing back problems, but Sophie adapted it for my knee. By looping thick rubber straps around different parts of my leg, she can make me work a variety of muscles, from my calf to my hamstring. And does she ever. I'm shaking and exhausted after 20 minutes. But I was hitting pitches six weeks after surgery.

By the time the World Match Play Championship came to Wentworth in September, I was able to walk around the course, watch some of the golf and practice chipping and putting. Soon after that, I graduated to the drill you see here. Sophie gave me two rubber balance disks to stand on while I hit pitch shots. The disks make you pay close attention to where your weight is at address and how it moves through the swing. Because the disks are unstable, you have to use the small muscles in your legs, back and stomach to stay balanced. It's a great workout, and it also makes you feel very solid over your feet when you get back on the grass. The disks worked so well that I'm taking them with me when I travel this year.

My surgery

The reconstruction of the ACL (the major stabilizing ligament) in my left knee was performed by Dr. Andrew Unwin at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor, England. Dr. Unwin grafted a piece of one of my hamstring tendons onto the ruptured ACL -- which is circled on my MRI on the left -- and it's now stronger than it was originally. The new tendon is actually locked into bone around my knee with small screws (right).