Michael C. Martin, DC

Orthopedic Chiropractor

Dr. Michael C. Martin is an Orthopedic Chiropractor in Hurst, TX with special training and skill in applying chiropractic healing methods to disorders or dysfunctions of the neck, spine, musculoskeletal, and nervous system. As an Orthopedic Chiropractor, Michael C. Martin, DC performs medical treatment and therapy designed to reduce or eliminate pain without medication or surgery. Chiropractic Orthopedics is a medical specialty centered on treating musculoskeletal disorder and injury using chiropractic principles and physical manipulation instead of invasive surgery or pain-blocking injections. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Orthopedic Chiropractors include lower back pain, neck injury, slipped or herniated spinal disc, migraine, fibromyalgia, knee and hip pain, arthritis, sciatica, and athletic injury. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Orthopedic Chiropractors include spinal adjustment, medical massage, physical therapy, balance coordination activities, posture correction, and electric muscle stimulation.

Chiropractic Orthopedics is defined as that branch of chiropractic medicine that includes the continued acquisition of knowledge relative to both normal functions and diseases of the human body as they relate to the bones, joints, capsules, discs, muscles, ligaments, tendons, their complete neurological and vascular components, referred organ systems and contiguous tissues. This also includes the development and perfection of skills relative to health maintenance when such exists and when not, the investigations, historical review, physical detection, correlative diagnosis development and complete management of any disorder within the bounds defined herein. Also necessary is the delivery of the combined knowledge and skill on a primary basis to patients who both need and desire this service to the eventual outcome of remissions, whenever resolution is not readily achievable. In addition the certified chiropractic orthopedist provides consultation services at the request of other qualified doctors seeking assistance in the care of their patients. The chiropractic orthopedist may also engage in the teaching and or research of subjects and materials relevant to pursuing the quest for knowledge in the ever changing field of the orthopedic specialty.