Vertical Chiropractic

Even today’s “natural” childbirth methods can affect an infant’s spine. Colic, unusual crying, poor appetite, or erratic sleeping habits can be signs of spinal distress. Adjustments are gentle. Knowing exactly where to adjust, no more pressure than you would use to test the ripeness of a tomato is involved.

NO. Some people can make their joints “pop” but that is not an adjustment. Worse, damage can occur by mobilizing a joint with weakened muscles and ligaments. Adjustments are specific and must only be applied to the joint that is dysfunctional. It take years to master and even your chiropractic doctor must consult a colleague to benefit from chiropractic care.

Yes. Your chiropractic doctor considers the unique circumstances of each client. There are many ways to adjust the spine. The method selected will be best suited to your age, size, and condition.

Pain of any kind, at any age, is a sign that something is not right. Pain is the way your body signals that a limit has been reached or you need to make a change soon. Since we can adapt, minor aches and pains are often shrugged off. While the pain may go away, if the underlying problem remains unattended, the problem will slowly worsen until it becomes more difficult and expensive to resolve.

YES. Rest assured that we will not adjust the surgically modified areas of your spine. Surgery often causes instability and degenerative joint disease above or below the involved level. This will be the focus of your chiropractic care.

No. Chiropractors are primary healthcare providers, however, we are happy to accept referrals as we work well with medical doctors in the community. More and more families are choosing chiropractic because of its position as the largest natural and drugless healing profession in the world.

You may have heard the notion that once you go to a chiropractor you have to keep going back. Before we answer that question, ask yourself how many times you have seen your dentist? Like most people, you probably have visited your dentist dozens of times. Why? Quite simply, to prevent your teeth from rotting and to ensure you will have a healthy set of teeth for a lifetime. Once we have eliminated your pain and corrected the injured tissues we do recommend that you maintain a schedule of periodic spinal checkups. Like your dentist and like many of the medical experts are now recognizing, prevention is the key to reducing recurrences of existing health conditions and minimizing new injuries in the future. So the answer is yes, we want you to keep coming back, but just periodically.

Some insurance plans do cover short-term chiropractic treatment. Since everyone’s insurance policy is different, we will be happy to verify what chiropractic benefits you have purchased. Once we determine what your benefits are, we will be able to help you maximize your personal reimbursement. We may be able to help with benefits for Auto Accidents, Medicare, and Southern Ute Indian Health Services. Whether you have good or limited insurance benefits, we make care very affordable for you and your family.

Costs vary and generally depend on the number of treatments required to effectively treat your condition. A number of studies have shown that chiropractic care is extremely cost effective when compared to other “medical” forms of care for similar conditions. According to the 1991 Manga Report, “There would be highly significant cost savings if more management of low-back pain was transferred from physicians to chiropractors. Users of chiropractic care have substantially lower health care costs, especially inpatient costs, than those who use medical care only.”

It is impossible to predict exactly how many visits a new patient will need to resolve their initial condition because each injury is unique and each individual’s healing response is different. While treatment lengths vary from person to person and from condition to condition, there are a few rules of thumb you can follow. First, newer injuries, if treated appropriately and immediately, tend to respond to fewer visits assuming that major tissue injury has not occurred. Conditions that have been present for greater than 1 month and recurring conditions are generally more stubborn and difficult to manage. The only sure way to determine how long your treatment will take is to schedule a consultation and/or examination. We give every patient an estimate on how long his or her correction may take after the initial examination. If you believe in just waiting for the problem to “go away” on it’s own – understand that the longer your condition has been around, more treatments may be required.

Chiropractic is based on the scientific fact that your body can regulate and heal itself. This is controlled via the nervous system – which consists of the brain, spinal cord, and all the nerves of the body. All functions in the body are controlled by the nervous system. Every muscle, joint and organ relies on nerves from the brain to control their function. Various physical, emotional and chemical stressors in our lives can disrupt the ability of nervous system performing optimally. Hence affecting our body’s ability to regulate and heal itself. Chiropractic is the science, art and philosophy of locating and correcting these problematic areas in the nervous system known as Subluxation.

Chiropractic has helped millions of people worldwide suffering from all types of problems including back and neck problems. Chiropractic works with the spinal column and it’s intimate relationship with the nervous system – the major controller of all bodily functions. Many medical experts are now coming to understand the true effectiveness of chiropractic care and are recommending major changes in the way our healthcare system manages many common spinal problems. Chiropractic care will benefit everybody in some way just as dental care will benefit almost everyone in some way. The reason being it is very difficult to go through life without having the stress of life affect the structure of your spine in some way.