What We Do
We restore balanced motion and balanced function in your body. This means a pain free, energetic and happy life!
You are awesome. Thank you so much for clearly explaining and showing me my neck problem. After 25 years of severe headaches I am gaining relief from the intensity and I do not have headaches anywhere near my prior headache frequency. - Carol K
Every organism on this planet, from a one celled amoeba all the way up the food chain to your own body made of 100 trillion cells, strives to maintain balance with its environment. Scientists call this state of balance homeostasis. In this state, everything is in harmony. All the functions of the body are 100% efficient.
But, it’s not always so good, right? Why are there moments –even months or years– of pain, discomfort, and malfunctioning systems in our bodies? These moments exist because the environment surrounding an organism is always changing. When an environment changes, it places stress on the organism. These environmental stressors are the root cause of all dysfunction in the body. The body is forced to change in some way to cope with the added stress – be it physical, mental, toxin, it doesn't matter – it’s all stress to the body that must be counter balanced in some way.
He makes me feel like a brand new woman! - E. Brookes
Remember Newton’s third law? For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. This is true for everything, especially your body. Consider this example: If you step out of your 70 degree, air-conditioned home into 100 degree sunshine, your body has minutes to respond to the new stress of down regulating your body temperature. Your brain-stem must instantly send electrical impulses across your nerves to make you cooler instead of making you warmer, the exact opposite of what it was doing only moments before.
If this system is suffering from even slight dysfunction, you will simply begin to experience exhaustion or mild heat stroke. Should your body fail to respond at all, it will shut down and you will actually die very quickly. Now, think about other scenarios. Every stressor works the same way.
All aspects of life can be stress to our bodies if we are not careful. We help your body respond to all these stressors more efficiently by clearing the brain-stem of any interference.
Dr. B.J. Palmer began researching the concept of Upper Cervical Chiropractic in the late 1920s. His Upper Cervical concept, though simple, proved highly effective. There is only one place in the body where the nervous system is attached to bone, and that is where fibers from the duramater of the spinal cord attach, inside the posterior arch of the C1, or "atlas" vertebra. This allows the C1 vertebra to function as a fuse or circuit breaker, which gives way with increased levels of environmental stress. Re-positioning this vertebrae into precise alignment with the skull above and axis vertebra below, removes the electron interference from the brain-stem, restoring the body to balanced function. By the mid 1930s, Palmer brought the Upper Cervical technique public, and this method of healing on over 260,000 cases in the Palmer College Research Clinics until he concluded his research in 1951.
You are awesome. Thank you so much for clearly explaining and showing me my neck problem. After 25 years of severe headaches I am gaining relief from the intensity and I do not have headaches anywhere near my prior headache frequency. - Carol K
Every organism on this planet, from a one celled amoeba all the way up the food chain to your own body made of 100 trillion cells, strives to maintain balance with its environment. Scientists call this state of balance homeostasis. In this state, everything is in harmony. All the functions of the body are 100% efficient.
But, it’s not always so good, right? Why are there moments –even months or years– of pain, discomfort, and malfunctioning systems in our bodies? These moments exist because the environment surrounding an organism is always changing. When an environment changes, it places stress on the organism. These environmental stressors are the root cause of all dysfunction in the body. The body is forced to change in some way to cope with the added stress – be it physical, mental, toxin, it doesn't matter – it’s all stress to the body that must be counter balanced in some way.
He makes me feel like a brand new woman! - E. Brookes
Remember Newton’s third law? For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. This is true for everything, especially your body. Consider this example: If you step out of your 70 degree, air-conditioned home into 100 degree sunshine, your body has minutes to respond to the new stress of down regulating your body temperature. Your brain-stem must instantly send electrical impulses across your nerves to make you cooler instead of making you warmer, the exact opposite of what it was doing only moments before.
If this system is suffering from even slight dysfunction, you will simply begin to experience exhaustion or mild heat stroke. Should your body fail to respond at all, it will shut down and you will actually die very quickly. Now, think about other scenarios. Every stressor works the same way.
All aspects of life can be stress to our bodies if we are not careful. We help your body respond to all these stressors more efficiently by clearing the brain-stem of any interference.
Dr. B.J. Palmer began researching the concept of Upper Cervical Chiropractic in the late 1920s. His Upper Cervical concept, though simple, proved highly effective. There is only one place in the body where the nervous system is attached to bone, and that is where fibers from the duramater of the spinal cord attach, inside the posterior arch of the C1, or "atlas" vertebra. This allows the C1 vertebra to function as a fuse or circuit breaker, which gives way with increased levels of environmental stress. Re-positioning this vertebrae into precise alignment with the skull above and axis vertebra below, removes the electron interference from the brain-stem, restoring the body to balanced function. By the mid 1930s, Palmer brought the Upper Cervical technique public, and this method of healing on over 260,000 cases in the Palmer College Research Clinics until he concluded his research in 1951.
We utilize a modified version of BJ Palmer’s original toggle-recoil adjustment of the atlas and axis vertebrae to clear the interference at the brainstem of our patients. This procedure is unique, making it entirely different from any other form of chiropractic, osteopathic or physical therapy induced manipulation. Every atlas correction given is tailored to each individual patient’s condition, and is extremely light and comfortable to receive. We have adjusted patients from newborn to age 95 in our office. The original technique has been modified with advances in technology over the past 80 years, including a more comfortable table, higher precision x-rays, and computerized infrared scanning of the nervous system.
To find out what is involved in getting started under Upper Cervical care, please continue to the First Visit page.
To find out what is involved in getting started under Upper Cervical care, please continue to the First Visit page.