

Pain: A Complicated Signal-Part 1
As Chiropractors, most patients begin their journey to our office for one reason: pain. Pain is no fun! Not surprisingly, the issue is very frequently pain generating from the spine and back. In fact, research population based studies have found that 80% of Americans will experience severe low back pain at least once in their life. At the same time, it's not unusual for us to find that there is more going on than back pain. For example, we once had a woman come to our office


Chiropractic During Pregnancy
Women all too often accept back pain as an inevitable part of a pregnancy. We are here to tell you that it does not have to be! Chiropractic care is an effective, drug-free method of relieving pain caused by the increased pressure on the spine during pregancy. And most importantly- it is very gentle and safe for both mother and baby. Think about the changes in a woman's body as she goes through pregancy- specifically her center of gravity and the way she walks. As her pregnan


Kids and Chiropractic Care
In our family oriented practice, we treat patients of all ages. Children in particular are excellent candidates for chiropractic care because their spines respond so well to the chiropractic adustment. Examining a child’s spine is very important, because running through it is the spinal cord containing billions of nerve fibers that send messages and energy from the brain to every part of the body. Think of the different things that can cause changes in a child's spine - the


Understanding Spinal Degeneration (Arthritis)
“Some people claim they are ‘too busy’ to attend to something as ‘minor’ as nagging back pain,” says Dr. Todd Staker. Dr. Ben Schemmel: “Others, in today’s uncertain economic environment, put caring for themselves way down on their ‘To-Do’ list, and we think that is an unfortunate mistake. The old saying, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’ is absolutely true when we’re talking about the health of the spine. “That nagging back problem, left untreated, could deve