The Gallup report went on to say that more than 1/2 of all U.S. adults have visited a chiropractor—that means chiropractic care for neck and back pain is mainstream. In fact, 33.6 million U.S. adults (14 percent) seek chiropractic care each year.

What is Conservative, Mainstream Chiropractic Care?

We provide conservative, mainstream chiropractic care. What do we mean by “conservative” chiropractic care? Conservative means providing medically necessary chiropractic care to patients without sales pressure, long-term recommendations, or unnecessary therapies. It also means working in conjunction with other healthcare providers, including the patient’s medical physician. What do we mean by “mainstream” chiropractic care? We mean providing […]

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How do you know when you should go to the chiropractor?

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

How do you know when you should go to the chiropractor? At the time of their discharge, patients often ask me when should they come back to see me. That’s right. I said “discharge” – often an unusual concept in the chiropractic profession. Discharge in this case simply means we have solved the problem and/or […]

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When you have a health problem, you don't always know what kind of doctor to see. And Google has almost made matters worse. Self-diagnosis via the internet may seem like a good idea, but the overwhelming amount of information can be confusing at best and conflicting at worst. The result is that self-diagnosing patients can end up in the wrong kind of doctor's office. And doctors, for a variety of reasons, can get in the habit of steering patients to just treat within their own specialty or profession even when the patient's presenting problem would be better solved by a different kind of doctor.

What Doctors Could Learn from Miracle on 34th Street

When you have a health problem, you don't always know what kind of doctor to see. And Google has almost made matters worse. Self-diagnosis via the internet may seem like a good idea, but the overwhelming amount of information can be confusing at best and conflicting at worst. The result is that self-diagnosing patients can end up in the wrong kind of doctor's office. And doctors, for a variety of reasons, can get in the habit of steering patients to...

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I really did appreciate a former patient letting me know the outcome of my recommendation, even if it wasn't me who ended up helping him.

Building Trust with Your Chiropractor

I was just sitting down to enjoy my lunch at Mi Casa —the best locally-owned Mexican food restaurant in the area— when a man I didn’t recognize came up to me and said, “Hey, Doc! You probably don’t remember me. I was a patient of yours. You couldn’t help me, but I just wanted to let you […]

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Spine related disorder

The First 3 Days Are The Most Important

Data recently released from a large national health insurance company indicates that treating a spine-related back injury within the first three days dramatically decreases the amount of time and money spent on getting the patient back to normal activity. This data was gleaned from over 16 million episodes of non-surgical back pain, and more than […]

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Chiropractic Care for Seniors

One of the big problems today with an aging population is that elderly people run out of options when it comes to managing their aches and pains with medication. This can result in many seniors giving up on doing the things they enjoy. The good news is that you now have a choice when it […]

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Add Activator for Faster Back Pain Relief

Back Pain? Neck Pain? Headaches? When you’re having back pain, neck pain or headaches, every day counts. That’s why most people are already taking pain medication even before they consult a chiropractor. No one has time for back pain. Back pain can affect more than just bending, lifting and twisting. It influences how you feel all […]

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Resolution of Lingering Lower Back Pain with Activator Methods Chiropractic Care | A Case Study

A 41 year-old female recently consulted our office for lingering lower back pain that had started “for no reason.” As a mom with three kids, she liked to exercise to stay fit and relieve stress. She was a self-described “social runner” who ran 3-4 miles a week with her friends. Unfortunately, because her low back […]

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Massage and Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic care and massage therapy are both well known commodities. As a chiropractor, my main focus is the neuroskelatal system and the joints, while massage interests itself with the muscles. Typically, the public is exposed to one or the other forms of treatment. For more than a five years now, we have utilized a treatment […]

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Chiropractor Back Pain

Evaluating Chiropractic Care By the Numbers

When you have back pain, the faster you can get back to work, back to the activities you enjoy—back to life in general—the better. Although effective, chiropractic manipulative therapy (CMT) is oftentimes dismissed in favor of standard medical care (SMC) only. But what if I told you that chiropractic care could actually get you back faster? […]

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