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Watch this video to find out! Stages of Care The typical patient will encounter 3 stages of care. The first stage focuses on symptomatic relief such as reduction of pain and other discomforts. The following stage addresses tissue healing and function normalization. The final stage consists of periodic spinal care to prevent the formation of new injuries, minimize future flare-ups of old injuries, and prevent degenerative spinal processes from occurring. Relief Care Corrective Care Wellness Care Relief Care > Relief care is the first stage of care for most patients. The primary goal during this initial stage is to provide the individual with symptomatic relief. Treatments focus on those techniques and therapies which most quickly and effectively reduce pain and other discomforts. This will allow the majority of individuals to continue their activities of daily living. Patients are generally recommended to "take it easy" but are encouraged to stay mob

Hello friends, Having just gone on vacation near Lake Michigan, I want to talk to you about the importance of taking vacation. Like many of you taking time off work, it is very hard for me to leave our patients or our practice for any extended time.   My mind tells me our patients might suffer without me there or my team might need me to help in certain situations.   Sometimes I feel guilty not being in the office.   But I have had to make strong efforts to let that negativity go.   Once I did that, vacations have helped tremendously with work/life balance for myself and my family and I now realize how essential taking a vacation or mini-break truly is.   I use vacations to get out of my normal routine and usual environment and shake it up a bit.   This is great for my relationships and I always come back to work rejuvenated and ready to serve our patients and my team at a much higher level. The positives always outweigh the negatives and I have found these vacations essential fo

Wow! I am amazed by the great responses we had to our first blog post - maybe I should have decided to do this earlier.  The title of this post is rhetorical, of course, because I know you all want to stay healthy and out of pain for your entire life. I decided to record a short video for you all to watch on how chiropractic care effects your entire body through your nervous system.  Staying on a treatment or maintenance plan for your spine is vital to your overall health for your entire life. Just because you don't feel pain in your back or neck doesn't mean you aren't at risk for other conditions or illnesses.  Chiropractic care can  help with...  Common musculoskeletal conditions: low back pain and stiffness neck and upper back pain and stiffness mid back pain and stiffness headaches and migraines leg pain, weakness, numbness and tingling arm pain, weakness, numbness and tingling extremity joint pain and dysfunction carpal tunnel syndrome Common i

Hello All! Welcome to my very first blog post! I have to say, I never thought the day would come that I would be writing a blog but here we are and here it goes... I decided to do this so we can talk about important health topics and so you can get to know my team, my practice, and myself a little better. Let me start by introducing myself by way of answering a few questions… General Info: How many years in practice?: Over 14 now – WOW, time sure does fly Where did you go to school for chiropractic?: Life University in Atlanta, Georgia Are you married?: Yes! I have been married to my beautiful wife, Teri, for 18 years and we have 3 incredible children together. Selfie: What is your favorite… Part of your job?: Working with our team to develop unique and creative ways to help our patients get out of pain and get healthier, especially when they have tried everything else and not found success elsewhere. Food?: Charcoal grilled meat Sport?: