Chiropractic is a Manual Medicine

Patients often get confused why they don’t feel better after getting adjusted just a few times.  There are a few analogies that I make to help explain what I do.  Hopefully it helps you understand a little better, what chiropractic is and it works. If you had...

How Much Does Chiropractic Cost?

Chiropractic care is covered by all major insurances, including Medicare and Medicaid.  There are a few insurances out there that have no chiropractic benefits, even with the commercial insurances (BCBS, UHC, Aetna, Priority are examples of what we call commercial...

If I Feel Better Do I Have to Come Back?

I just had a patient ask me this question.  I think a better way to pose the question is “If I feel better should I come back?”  This is often a big issue with people.  Once you go to a chiropractor you are always going to have to go back.  Or some people...

What is the Source of your Back Pain?

This will be a fun anatomy lesson for all you kids out there.  Your spine is made up of 24 movable segments, or vertebra.  This does not include your hips and tailbone (ilium and sacrum are the correct anatomical terms).  Each of these bones can become subluxated or...

New to Chiropractic? What to Expect.

I totally understand when I have new patients that are unsure or scared on their first visit.  When you have never been adjusted (this is what chiropractors call “cracking” your back, although there is more to it than that, read on) it can be a little...

New Chiropractic Scope of Practice

This is a little late in letting the general public know, but there are some significant changes on the insurance side of things starting August 1st, 2015.  For the past 3 years chiropractors have been able to incorporate electric stimulation therapy, ultrasound...