At Skare Spine & Performance, we understand how frustrating and limiting a muscle strain can be. Whether it happened during a workout, while lifting something at home, or simply from repetitive daily activity, muscle strains can disrupt your routine and prevent you from performing at your best.
Our goal is not only to help you recover effectively from your muscle strain, but to also address the underlying causes so you can move confidently and avoid future injuries.
If you live or work in or around Rochester, our conservative chiropractic and rehabilitation approach offers a comprehensive, natural solution designed to reduce pain, restore function, and strengthen your body for long-term resilience.
Let’s get your body moving again.
How Did I Strain My Muscle?
A muscle strain occurs when muscle fibers are overstretched or torn. While many people associate strains with sports injuries, they are actually very common in everyday life.
Simple movements, especially when combined with poor mechanics or fatigue, can overload tissues, leading to the injury.
Common reasons for muscle strain include:
- Lifting heavy objects without proper form
- Sudden movements or changes in direction
- Overuse from repetitive tasks at work or home
- Poor posture or prolonged sitting
- Inadequate warm-up before exercise
- Muscle imbalances or joint restrictions
- Returning to activity too quickly after a previous injury
Often, the strain itself is only part of the issue. Joint dysfunction, restricted mobility, or weak stabilizing muscles can create compensations that overload certain tissues. Without correcting these contributing factors, the same injury can happen again.
Our chiropractic care focuses on identifying the cause of the strain, not just treating where it hurts, and providing you with the tools to help avoid future issues.
Chiropractic Solutions We Use to Treat Muscle Strains
Our integrated treatment approach combines hands-on chiropractic care with targeted rehabilitation strategies. This allows us to relieve discomfort while actively rebuilding strength, mobility, and coordination.
Chiropractic Adjustments
Chiropractic adjustments restore proper joint motion and alignment, reducing abnormal stress on surrounding muscles.
When joints are restricted, nearby muscles must work harder to compensate, increasing the likelihood of strain. Gentle, precise adjustments help normalize movement patterns, decrease tension, and allow injured tissues to heal more efficiently.
Soft Tissue Therapies
Myofascial or soft-tissue therapies focus directly on the injured muscles and surrounding fascia. Techniques such as manual therapy, trigger point work, and instrument-assisted methods help break up adhesions, improve circulation, and reduce inflammation.
These therapies relieve tightness and restore elasticity, allowing muscles to function normally again.
Dry Needling
Dry needling targets tight muscle bands and trigger points that contribute to pain and restricted movement.
Using thin, precise needles, this technique helps release tension, improve neuromuscular communication, and restore normal muscle function. It can provide rapid relief while also improving flexibility and coordination as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation plan.
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave therapy uses targeted acoustic waves to stimulate the body’s natural healing response in damaged muscle tissue. This painless and noninvasive treatment increases blood flow, helps break down scar tissue, and encourages cellular repair.
Shockwave treatment is especially helpful for stubborn or chronic muscle strains that have not responded to rest alone, allowing patients to recover faster.
Functional Rehab
Healing does not stop when pain decreases. Functional rehabilitation retrains the body to move correctly through customized exercises that improve strength, flexibility, and balance. We guide patients through progressive movements designed to rebuild stability and ensure the muscle can safely handle real-life demands.
NormaTec Recovery Therapy
NormaTec compression therapy uses dynamic air compression to promote circulation, reduce muscle soreness, and accelerate recovery. By rhythmically pulsing through the limbs, it helps flush out metabolic waste, decrease swelling, and deliver oxygen-rich blood to healing tissues.
This therapy is particularly beneficial after activity or during rehabilitation, when muscles need support as they recover between treatments.
Sports Chiropractic & Rehab
For active individuals, sports chiropractic care and rehabilitation offer specialized care that supports performance while preventing reinjury.
Sports-focused rehabilitation emphasizes movement efficiency, recovery optimization, and sport-specific training to help you return to activity stronger and more resilient than before.
Ergonomic & Lifestyle Counseling
Many strains are linked to daily habits such as workstation setup, sleep posture, or repetitive movements. We evaluate these factors and provide practical recommendations to reduce stress on your body throughout the day.
Small changes in ergonomics and lifestyle can significantly lower your risk of recurring muscle issues.
Tips to Help You Avoid a Strained Muscle
While treatment is essential for recovery, prevention is key to staying active and pain-free.
Incorporating a few simple strategies into your routine can dramatically reduce the likelihood of future strains.
Warm Up Before Activity
Prepare your muscles with light movement and dynamic stretching before exercise, yard work, or physically demanding tasks. Warming up improves blood flow and flexibility, making tissues less prone to injury.
Build Strength Gradually
Avoid sudden increases in intensity. Muscles need time to adapt to new demands. Progressive strengthening helps them safely tolerate greater loads.
Focus on Proper Mechanics
Whether lifting weights or carrying groceries, use correct body mechanics. Keep objects close to your body, hinge at the hips, and avoid twisting motions under load.
Improve Flexibility & Mobility
Tight muscles are more vulnerable to strain. Regular mobility work and stretching help maintain healthy movement patterns.
Stay Consistent with Movement
Long periods of inactivity followed by bursts of activity can overload tissues. Regular exercise keeps muscles conditioned and prepared.
Address Minor Discomfort Early
Small aches are often warning signs. Seeking care early can prevent a mild issue from becoming a significant injury.
Optimize Your Work Environment
Proper chair height, monitor positioning, and supportive footwear reduce repetitive stress throughout the day.
Preventive care, combined with periodic chiropractic evaluations, helps ensure your body continues functioning at its best.
Let Our Rochester Chiropractor Treat Your Muscle Strain
A muscle strain does not have to sideline you from the activities you enjoy. With the right combination of chiropractic care, soft-tissue treatment, and guided rehabilitation, recovery can be both effective and empowering.
Our chiropractic care team takes a personalized approach to every patient. We assess how your injury happened, identify contributing factors, and design a care plan tailored to your lifestyle and goals. Whether you are dealing with a recent strain, recurring tightness, or an injury that never fully resolved, we are here to help you heal fully and move forward with confidence.
By addressing both the immediate injury and the mechanics behind it, we help you not only feel better but also perform better in everyday life.
If you’re ready to recover, rebuild strength, and prevent future muscle strains, schedule an appointment today. Your body was designed to move well. Let us help you get there and keep it that way.
Patient Testimonials
"Dr. Nate is great! He uses both chiropractic practices and more physical therapy to help with pains. He has helped me with pain in my neck and knee and with a few short visits I was able to be pain free. He is understanding and works with you in visits and gives you exercises to help when you are out not with him and having pain. He has a lot of knowledge on treating his patients from multiple perspectives. Dry needling, PT and chiropractic techniques were all used to help me. I would recommend him to anyone because of his unique techniques of not just chiropractic but also exercises. He helped me not only heal what was hurting, but strengthen other muscles to prevent further injury."
-Alison McHenry, Rochester, MN
"I came to Dr. Skare because I wanted to start playing golf again with out the lower back problems. He took time to listen and was very personable and thorough. He treated my whole body and help stretch out the weak spots that were causing the issue. Dr. Skare shared knowledge, care and the time in helping me alleviate these issues. I felt better after each session and now only come in for maintenance of the muscles. I would highly recommend Dr Skare Spine and Performance."
-David Braun, Rochester, MN
