Common chiropractic care Questions

It's not your bones crunching together, it is air being released from a joint space. Think about what happens when you open a jelly or pickle jar.

In regards to the body, this sound is irrelevant. 

It does not mean a proper adjustment happened. 

In particular, I find that chronic or that have a lot of tense musculature above, either have dampened sounds or none at all. Additionally, depending on the correction method used. 

It takes time to make neurological, brain-based change. 

If you started seeing us for a symptom, they commonly improve in a short period of time but the work is not done to make the change stick. This is in part due to neurological connection and muscle memory. 

Additionally, to get benefits from care, most of our practice members choose to continue for wellness adjustments and check-ins.

Consider brushing your teeth-do you do that for no reason or to prevent cavities? Will you stop brushing a year from now cause your teeth "look fine"?

Some patients do experience physical changes after adjustments. 

This may include soreness, increase in symptoms, or decrease in symptoms. 

It is commonly temporary to have an unpleasant side effect, especially if you don't follow your care plan and recommendations. 

I always say, about 60% experience some type of relief, 20% the same, and 20% increase until the body starts holding your adjustments (takes time). 

Chiropractic care isn't just for adults - kids can benefit too! We offer pediatric chiropractic care to help not only the extremely FAST developing nervous system, but also management of a variety of conditions. 

Some of these have included: constipation, colic, ear infections, consistent colds, growing pains, trouble sleeping, feeding problems, and ADHD. 

We've had our fair share of children come to us with severe cases, such as tics, anxiety, anger issues, mood disorders, bed wetting, and milestone development delays. 

We all know it's usually easier to fix acute issues than chronic conditions, so it's better to get kiddos in sooner rather than later. 

Kids tend to respond very well to our gentle chiropractic approach.

With kids, we try to make it a fun experience and you will commonly see us adjusting and playing with them while they run around the room. We strive to be a fear-free space

Pain is not a good indicator of health. 

The majority of your nervous system is dedicated to daily functional actions-such as letting your lungs breathe, your heart beat, and so on . Small percentage is dedicated to pain fibers. 

Think about a house fire and a pain based model. The house is your body, the fire is the issue, and the alarm is the symptom awareness. The fire starts in your kitchen but your alarm is in the upstairs bedroom. There will be a lag time until the alarm goes off.  

Would you rather shut off the alarm (IE pain meds, ignore, surgery etc) or quench the fire (aka the real problem that will end up impacting your whole house).

Chiropractic is a branch of holistic & alternative medicine. 

This means that I choose, what I believe are more natural options for myself and my family. 

I consider that there is a time and place for all things-whether that is medical intervention or not. 

I cannot make a decision for you or those you care about what the best option is-but I can led you to resources so that you can be informed on pros, cons, and alternatives.

I do commonly (when needed) co-manage with other health professionals to give the best well rounded care as well. 

Just a few:

-subluxation/misalignment: an overcorrection of movement within the joint due to physical, emotional, mental stressors

-adjustment/correction: putting energy into the body for it to focus on this can be done with hands, instrument, and intention 

-sympathetic nervous system: stress nervous system

-parasympathetic nervous system: rest nervous system

Any others-just ask!

Webster technique is a chiropractic analysis and adjustment method utilized for pregnant birthing persons in order to balance the pelvis and sacrum. This is done by muscle tension release work and specific adjustments. This helps restores proper physical biomechanics.   

Dr Miller is trained in this body-balancing technique that is commonly utilized during pregnancy and breech baby positioning, to allow room for the baby to move about if they so choose. 

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