Joliet Clinic

The dry needling technique focuses on myofascial pain by directly targeting trigger points that hold knotted or hard muscle. These developed trigger points may restrict one’s range of motion, alter normal movement patterns, and cause referred pain.

It works to relieve pain and restore impairments of the body’s function by placing very fine filiform needles into the muscle for shorter or longer periods of time. In doing so, a healing response is stimulated to provide relief in muscle tension. These needles are incredibly fine as many may not feel the first insertion!

Myofascial decompression or cupping is a therapy that helps treat musculoskeletal disorders by using suction to create negative pressure underneath the cup. Originally fire was used to create the suction, but more recently a simple pump is used. The negative pressure helps to decompress the area by lifting the skin and the layer of tissue underneath the skin, the fascia, up into the cup. This creates space for the underlying tight muscle to lay down and relax. Cupping also helps bring blood flow to the area in need. Blood carries important nutrients which help with tissue healing. Dynamic cupping is the addition of movement to the therapy.  Movement can be in the form of sliding the cups over the necessary tissue or leaving the cups static while moving body parts.

Dr. Duplessis and the team at Integrated Physical Medicine of Joliet are specially trained through the Titleist Performance Institute to effectively treat local golfers.   Dr. Josh is an avid golfer and understands the physical demand the sport placed on golfers of all skill levels.  Through his training Dr. Josh is able to identify problems with a golfer’s swing or stance.  His ultimate goal is to improve the way that an individual golfer moves to eliminate pain and improve performance permanently.  For golfers that want to hit the ball further, lower your handicap and do both while pain free don’t hesitate to give us a call.   Look no further for your Joliet golf injury specialist!

Vertigo can be a very disabling condition, but did you know that vertigo isn’t a disease itself. Vertigo is a symptom of other conditions. The first step is finding out what’s causing your symptoms.   An array of issues can cause the symptom of  vertigo. Some of the most common are conditions known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo “BPPV”,  Ménière’s disease, and labyrinthitis. Less common causes include migraines, medication, head injuries, and stroke.

Joliet vertigo care specialist and chiropractor Dr. Josh Duplessis has assisted many patients alleviate their vertigo.  Dr. Duplessis emphasizes that proper diagnosis of the root cause of the vertigo is imperative for successful management.  If the vertigo is determined to be non-BPPV related he will often co-manage a patient with a medical provider.

If you are in search of a high quality clinician that provides effective vertigo care in Joliet, IPM Joliet is your number one option!