Question: What is Chiropractic care?

Answer: Chiropractors diagnose, treat and help prevent musculoskeletal disorders. Chiropractors are trained to provide a natural form of care that allows the body to heal itself. This form of care adjusts the spine to allow the body to heal itself naturally. Because Chiropractic care focuses on the nerve system, you may experience improved health in areas other than back or neck pain.

Question: What are some of the benefits of chiropractic care?

Answer:

• Improve movement in your neck, shoulders, back and torso
• Improve your posture
• Provide relief from headaches, neck and back pain
• Help prevent work-related muscle and joint injuries
• Lead to enhanced athletic performance
• Improve your flexibility and range of motion
• Relieve pregnancy-related back ache
• Correction gait and foot problems

Question: What does a typical back adjustment look like?

Question: What are some of the common reasons why people visit a chiropractor?

Answer: There are many reasons to seek chiropractic care: Work, accidents, sports injuries, household chores, even the stress of daily living can cause painful joint and spinal problems. Even if you do not have painful symptoms, chiropractic care can help you maintain healthy spine and joint function.

• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Headache
• Whiplash
• Strains and sprains from daily activities
• Repetitive strain injuries
• Work and sports-related injuries
• General health and well-being
• & more

Question: What type of equipment do you use?

Answer: This is a custom made articulating drop table which applies traction with movement, very good for low back pain with leg pain.

Question: What should I expect to during my first visit?

Answer: You will meet with either Dr. Liston or Dr. Stimmel for a consultation regarding your overall health and symptoms you're experiencing. Together you will review your height, weight, range of motion, orthopedic and chiropractic tests. Full-spine x-rays may be taken for further diagnostics.

Question: Do you accept insurance?

Answer: Yes. We accept most major insurances. If you do not have chiropractic coverage we will work with you to make sure your chiropractic care program is affordable.

Question: Can chiropractic treatments help with chronic headaches, migraines or tension headaches?

Answer: Yes. One of our specialties is the treatment of tension headaches, chronic headaches & migraines. Below you will see an image of the typical pain referral areas of a tension headache, the most common of the headaches. Adjustments and specific stretching are pain relieving.

Question: Can chiropractic benefit athletes?

Answer: Yes. Athletes often select chiropractic care for the improved muscle and joint conditioning, which can have a positive effect on an athletic performance. Treatment can also be used to prevent, and sometime shorten, the healing time of injuries.

Question: Do you do x-Rays?

Answer: Yes. Below is an example of an X-Ray. In this case the straight neck can be a source of pain, headaches & loss of function.