Meet Dr. Tian, a chiropractor who recently joined the UP Clinic team. Originally from Nanjing, he studied at Palmer College of Chiropractic Florida Campus. An avid fan of basketball, his love of sport allows him to better understand many of his patients, especially for those who love movement and performance. Read on to learn more about Dr. Tian and his knowledge of chiropractic care.

I did an internship in the rehab department 10 years ago. I became so interested in any rehab related to bone, such as rehab after a fracture, of frozen shoulder or low back pain and so on. That was also my last year studying my bachelor degree, so my teacher in the hospital told me about a major called chiropractic in the USA. My teacher told me that I could apply for that and continue to study after I finished my bachelor degree. Thus, I chose chiropractic care as my graduate degree.

Chiro (Chiropractors) and PT (physical therapy) should cooperate together. PTs are good at training and chiros are good at adjusting bone structure. For example, if a patient has low back pain, Chiros can adjust the pelvic and lumbar spine, which can correct the alignment of the spine.  PTs can add additional support with exercise training to keep the function of the soft tissue, such as muscle, tendon, ligament and fascia.

Getting the patients to believe the doctor. Once patients can trust their doctors, they can work together to solve a majority of the problems.

Two months ago, there was 60-year-old woman who was hit by a car. When I saw her initially, she had some paralysis on her left side and dysuria. She also felt a numbing sensation on the left side of her face. I thought it might be an injury of her spinal cord.

Two weeks following, she asked me to do some therapy for her low back pain. She was able to walk on her own without paralysis, but she still felt soreness and pain on her right sacrum and left quadratus lumborum. From that appointment I diagnosed that she had a problem with her pelvis so we did some adjustments and used IASTM (instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization) and kinesiology tape on the areas where she felt pain.

After one month of therapy, she was recovering and even her back felt better. However, she still had some swelling in her fingers and ankles so I transferred her to the PT’s to do some modalities and massage. After the additional support from them she continued to improve and was able to go about her daily life at home.

While I have knowledge of the full body and many certifications for a variety of practices, I specialize in neck and back pain, frozen shoulder, postpartum low back pain, knee pain and pain management.