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Dr. Ben Shier,

Doctor of Chiropractic

Cindy Nelson, 

Chiropractic  Technician

Ann Ross, 

Chiropractic Assistant

Kristen 

Licensed

Massage Therapist
Text Box: Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts that is concerned with human health and disease processes. Doctors of Chiropractic (also called DCs or Chiropractors) are physicians who consider humans as integrated beings and give special attention to the physiological and biochemical aspects including structural, spinal, musculoskeletal, neurological, vascular, psychological, nutritional, visceral, emotional and environmental relationships and are trained in diagnosis so they may treat patients effectively and make timely referral to appropriate health care providers. The practice and procedures which may be employed by Doctors of Chiropractic (chiropractic physicians) are based on the academic and clinical training received in and through accredited chiropractic colleges and include, but are not limited to, the use of current diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Such procedures specifically include the adjustment and manipulation of the articulations and adjacent tissues of the human body, particularly of the spinal column. Included is the treatment of intersegmental aberrations for alleviation of related functional disorders. Chiropractic is a drug-free, non-surgical science and, as such, does not include pharmaceuticals or incisive surgery.

What is Chiropractic?

Does Chiropractic Really Work?
Text Box: Absolutely! Here is some of the most recent scientific literature Text Box: Faster Recovery, Lower Cost Text Box: “In a Randomized controlled trial, 183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual therapy (spinal mobilization), physiotherapy (mainly exercise) or general practitioner care (counseling, education and drugs) in a 52-week study. The clinical outcomes measures showed that manual therapy resulted in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general practitioner care. Moreover, total costs of the manual therapy-treated patients were about one-third of the costs of physiotherapy or general practitioner care. “ -- Korthals-de Bos et al (2003), Text Box: Longer Lasting Benefit Text Box: “The results of this study show that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches. . . Four weeks after cessation of treatment . . . the patients who received spinal manipulative therapy experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the patients that received amitriptyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values.” -- Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Boline et al. (1995) Text Box: Higher Patient Satisfaction Text Box: Chiropractic patients were found to be more satisfied with their back care providers after four weeks of treatment than were medical patients. Results from observational studies suggested that back pain patients are more satisfied with chiropractic care than with medical care. Additionally, studies conclude that patients are more satisfied with chiropractic care than they were with physical therapy after six weeks.” -- Hertzman-Miller et al (2002), American Journal of Public Health