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Chiropractic
What is Chiropractic? Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts based upon the understanding that good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system (especially the spine and the nerves extending from the spine to other parts of the body). “Chiropractic” comes from the Greek word chiroprakti meaning “effective treatment by hand.” Chiropractors are experts in the care of the bones, nerves, muscles and connective tissues that make up about 60% of your body. All of the joints in your body are part of this musculo-skeletal system and its optimal function is necessary for overall good health.
What conditions benefit from chiropractic? Although chiropractic is used most frequently to relieve low back pain, studies have found it to be effective for a variety of conditions, including migraine headaches, neck and shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, and infantile colic. When there is no interference, your nervous system controls the healthy function of virtually every cell, tissue, organ, and system of your body.
Is Chiropractic safe? Chiropractic adjustments or manipulations are extremely safe. The risk factor is estimated to be in excess of one million to one. It is considered to be safer than aspirin.
What’s the cause? A Subluxation, or more precisely, the Vertebral Subluxation Complex, describes what happens when spinal bones lose their normal motion or position from stress, trauma or chemical imbalances. Automobile collisions, improper lifting, drugs, alcohol, emotional stress, chemical imbalances, and long periods of sitting can all cause the Vertebral Subluxation Complex. Instead of just treating your symptoms, your chiropractor is primarily interested in detecting, reducing, and correcting the Vertebral Subluxation Complex. Your first chiropractic visit will include a review of your health history and determine if your problem is likely to be helped with chiropractic care. If it is, a thorough examination will follow. Your ability to turn and bend will be tested, and other standard orthopedic, neurological, and chiropractic tests will be conducted, as well as a thorough assessment of your Acupuncture Meridians and acupuncture points. Your doctor will study the results of these examinations and explain what they mean. Then, the doctor will recommend a care program designed for you unique health problem. With a complete understanding of your condition, you’re ready for your chiropractic adjustment. Adjustments help restore proper spinal and nervous system function, promoting the healing process. Continued visits help retrain the supporting muscles and ligaments of your spine. Periodic examinations will monitor your progress.
FEES AND PAYMENT: It is our policy to never turn away a patient who wants the care. If you are willing to work with us, we are willing to work with you. The fees vary as to the type and amount of chiropractic service, we have many payment options and insurance billing available, please talk to your doctor if you have financial concerns or for more information.
Acupuncture
What is acupuncture? Oriental Medicine recognizes 12 organs; the lungs, large intestines, stomach, spleen, gall bladder, liver, heart, small intestines, bladder, kidney, pericardium, and the overall digestive tract. They produce blood and energy, which are the building blocks of proper body function. Blood flows in the blood vessels throughout the body. Energy flows on specific pathways throughout the body, as well. Physical, chemical, or emotional stressors can cause the organs to malfunction, blood to stagnate, and energy to stagnate. The function and healing process of vital body parts are affected at this point and although extreme health problems have been observed, it is more often not noticed at all. If the condition is allowed to go untreated, the body will attempt to support the affected area, but as the problem increases, the area starts to degenerate. The longer the condition is allowed to go untreated, the less chance there is for recovery. What began as a minor problem or discomfort may lead to irreversible damage. The purpose of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine is to remove the interference to the flow of energy and blood back to normal and to reinstate optimal organ function.Is Acupuncture safe? Yes, the sterile, stainless steel needles used at our clinic are the highest quality Korean Spring 10 needles. You may experience two sensations with acupuncture; the insertion (which may feel like a mosquito bite), and the arrival of energy at the tip of the needle (which may feel achy, distending, warm, electric…) each person has a unique experience.
Your first visit to the office will include a thorough consultation and an examination before beginning treatment. This will be consultation and an examination before beginning treatment. This will be necessary to determine what your health conditions are, and if acupuncture is right for you. If Acupuncture can help your problem your doctor will give you his recommendations for care and will provide you with all the information that you need in order to make a decision about what you would like to do.
FEES AND PAYMENT
It is our policy to never turn away a patient who wants the care. If you are willing to work with us, we are willing to work with you. The fees vary as to the type and amount of acupuncture service, we have many payment options and insurance billing available, please talk to your doctor if you have financial concerns or for more information.
Acupuncture Definitions
Energy - Vital substance- produced by the organs fl owing on pathways to every cell in the body. Energy moves the blood.
Blood - Fluid circulated by the organs and energy through the vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body. Blood nourishes energy.
Organ - Part of the body adapted for specific functions that govern health, including the production of blood and energy.
Acupuncture - insertions of hair thin needles into the body at specific points in the treatment of health problems.
Chinese Herbal Medicine - Method of composing herbal formulas taken internally in the treatment of health problem.
Oriental Medicine - Term used to denote a complete medical system-in use for over 23 centuries- that includes seven major branches of healing.
Naturopathic Consultations
Naturopathic medicine is a comprehensive approach to healing that integrates safe and effective natural therapies with the most current advances in medical science. Our goal is to identify and treat the cause, stimulate self-healing abilities and promote optimal wellness. Naturopathic doctors help remove obstacles to healing while supporting the body on its way back to health. We do this via botanical medicine, nutrition, nutritional supplements, homeopathy, hydrotherapy and lifestyle counseling. Therapy is tailored to the individual and encompasses the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
Who can be treated? Naturopathic medicine is an effective approach to health recovery for many conditions, including: Acute and recurrent infections PMS, menopause and other female health complaints Fatigue, insomnia and stress-induced illness Disorders of digestion such as heartburn, colitis, irritable bowel Elevated cholesterol and blood sugar imbalances Mood disorders such as depression, anxiety, irritability Allergies, skin eruptions, arthritis Your first naturopathic visit includes an extensive health history and review of factors influencing your health such as diet, lifestyle, stress or emotional trauma. To identify imbalances that may be a hidden cause of illness, laboratory assessments may be recommended. Guided by your individual needs and goals, your doctor will customize a plan of care to restore and optimize your health.
Homeopathic Consultations
Over 200 years old, homeopathy enjoys popularity worldwide as one of the most safe, gentle and effective methods of treatment. Based on the principle of “like cures like”, homeopathy uses small doses of substances that can cause symptoms similar to those of the patient. Homeopathy works to stimulate your body’s own defenses and healing response. With a homeopathic prescription carefully selected to match all your symptoms, a gentle, rapid recovery of health can be achieved. Homeopathy is effective for many conditions and acts holistically to benefit t the physical, mental and emotional levels of your health.
- New Patient Appointments: $125.00-$190.00 (60-90 minutes)
- Return office visits –
- Limited return visit: $38.00 (20 minutes)
- Regular return visit: $65.00 (40 minutes)
- Extended return visit: $95.00 (60 minutes)
Lumbar Axial Traction
(Decompression)
97012- Traction: $25.00 per 10 minute session
We are very happy to add the DRS-model ABS lumbar decompression machine to our practice. This machine, through a course of treatments, can correct a herniated or pre-herniated disc by decompressing it in a safe, non-invasive manner. If you or someone you know suffers from low back pain and a disc condition this is an excellent alternative to surgery. With an 86% success rate, the ABS machine is the best technology available for treating this problem. Your doctor will perform a thorough assessment to see if you are an appropriate candidate for this procedure. Please see our brochure for more detailed information, and set up a consultation to see if this new technology can help you.
Massage Therapy
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Massage Rates
All prices reflect a 20% discount for payment on the same day of service.
- 15 Minute: $20.00
- This massage is performed in a massage chair and the client remains fully clothed. This treatment includes trigger point therapy, and many invigorating, stress busting techniques, great for before or after a chiropractic or acupuncture treatment. For that busy individual who needs quick and effective relief.
- 30 Minute: $40.00
- This amount of time allows for a specific area of focus, which for most will be a back, neck and shoulder massage. For some this is an excellent opportunity for an introductory table session where the client remains fully clothed and can receive a scalp, face, hand and foot massage.
- 45 Minute: $50.00
- This allows for a very brief full body massage, or a more specific and focused massage on a specific c area. This is a great amount of time to add feet and scalp to a back and neck massage.
- 1 Hour: $65.00
- This is the perfect amount of time for a full body massage, and our most popular choice.
- 1 1/4 Hours: $80.00
- Time is allowed for problem areas and a full body massage. Great for anyone who has trouble unwinding.
- 1 1/2 Hours: $90.00
- Decadent and extremely relaxing. Most veteran massage recipients choose this amount of time because it allows for total relaxation, several problem areas to receive specific focus, and a very complete full body massage.
- 2 Hours: $110.00
- The most extensive, decadent, luxurious and complete massage.
Doctor Supervised Massage Therapy
Our Doctor supervised massage therapy program has been created for individuals who have specific problems they would like to correct with the use of massage therapy. It includes an initial consultation and exam with your doctor, where he can help determine if you need relief or corrective care and set up a treatment plan for you utilizing massage therapy. With this program you will receive follow-up re-exams on a scheduled basis to determine your progress, and your doctor will instruct your massage therapist as to how to best treat your symptoms and help you achieve optimal health.
La Stone Therapy
90 minutes: $110.00
La Stone Therapy is the application of thermotherapy (hot and cold therapy) applied with heat retaining black basalt stones, and cold white marble stones. As well as utilizing the healing properties of thermotherapy, La Stone connects the client to the Mother Earth, creating a sense of great harmony, well being, and groundedness. In our fast paced society where we spend much of our time indoors oftentimes even exercising in gyms or our own homes, we can lose that feeling of connectedness with the Earth and elements. What we intend to re-create in la stone sessions is the feeling a child has when they lie in the grass and look at the sky. We hope to instill a feeling of being connected, protected and sheltered by the earth. La Stone therapy goes beyond the physical experience of typical massage, and enters deeper dimensions of relaxation, health and well being.
Raindrop Therapy
90 Minutes: $110.00
Raindrop Therapy is a technique developed by D. Gary Young, founder of Young Living Essential Oils. It is based on a Lakota ceremony honoring the Northern lights. In this ancient ceremony the Indians would use feathers on the spine to simulate the feeling of the stars touching and blessing them. After research into how different plants and their essential oils affected the spine Young chose 10 oils to be applied to the spine and bottoms of the feet to redirect structural and electrical alignment. These oils used with particular massage techniques and strokes create this beautiful and cleansing treatment. In my practice of Raindrop therapy I include a full body massage, as well as various energy techniques. It is truly a heavenly experience.
Sports Massage
Sports massage is like deep tissue massage; the main difference is that the client is often actively involved in the session. Sports massage focuses on specific areas of the body utilizing joint mobilization, active and passive stretching, cross fiber and trigger point to promote rapid recovery from injuries and over use or straining of specific muscle groups. Muscles are restored to an optimum state of relaxation and flexibility. Sports Massage can be used for pre-event warm ups and performance improvements. In post-event it greatly improves recovery time. Sports massage is good for anyone who lives an active lifestyle.
Pre-Natal Massage Therapy
Massage can be so good for an expecting mother. Many changes occur during pregnancy sometimes resulting in low back or shoulder pain, stress on organs and body systems, hormonal fluctuation, mood swings, morning sickness, or many other symptoms. Massage can address specific problems and help relieve stress on the mother and baby. It is recommended to begin massage care in the second trimester. Please provide written permission from your doctor or midwife before receiving your first pregnancy massage.
Infant Massage
Infant massage training service is provided as an outcall to your home where your teacher will go over eastern and western techniques for infant massage with parents and care givers. It will take approximately one hour and will also include some helpful baby product suggestions, attachment-parenting techniques, baby yoga, and sound healing techniques. Infant massage can be helpful for a variety of physical and emotional problems new humans may experience. Abby supports parents in sharing the joy of massage with their families.
Child Massage
In a massage sessions for children less pressure is applied and more dialogue is used than in a typical massage session. As children have very sensitive and growing bodies they require different care. Massage is great for treating childhood stresses such as nightmares, and insomnia, digestive and respiratory problems, as well as to help them recover from injuries, and treat body pain. It is recommended that a child starts with a 15-minute session and is required to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Reiki
60-75 Minutes: $75.00
Reiki literally means universal love, life force energy. It is a Japanese healing art for balancing the vital energies of all life. In a Reiki session, the client will remain fully clothed while the practitioner places his/her hands over the body allowing the Reiki to fl ow through to the client. Reiki is an excellent treatment for opening up energy blockages whether they are emotional, physical, mental or spiritual. It also restores harmony and balance to the body, allowing the body to heal itself.
Body Exfoliation Treatment
30 Minutes: $40.00, added to a massage: $30.00
In a body exfoliation you can choose between a wet massage with loofah gloves and a cleanser followed by warm towels, or a dry brushing of the whole body. This treatment leaves your skin soft and smooth and removes dead and dry skin. When done alone it is finished with a full body application of moisturizing lotion.
On-site Corporate Chair Massage
$75.00/per hour
Our on-site Corporate Chair massage program includes a massage therapist who will bring a massage chair and necessary supplies to your office and give massages to your staff at 10-minute intervals. A therapist can complete 5-6 massages in one hour and provide an added benefit to their workday. Studies have shown that companies who offer chair massage have a higher attendance rating and work ethic from their employees. It is a great health benefit for all groups of people, and we also take reservations for parties and other events.
Cranio Sacral Therapy
A session utilizing CST is performed on a person fully clothed. Using a light touch the practitioner will monitor the rhythm of the craniosacral system to detect potential restrictions and imbalances. This technique is had been extremely successful with migraines/headaches, chronic back and neck pain, fi bromyalgia, motor coordination impairments, chronic fatigue, emotional and learning disabilities, jaw problems, post traumatic stress disorder, and many other conditions. If you have tried everything after a car accident or injury and still have not recovered craniosacral therapy could be the solution to getting you back in balance!
Tui Na, Trigger point Therapy, and Acupressure
Tui Na is an ancient oriental massage technique which uses 18 different massage techniques to stimulate the fl ow of energy and circulation removing interference and promoting healing. Techniques include muscle stretching and pressing, traction, shaking and rotation of joints and many other movements. It is an excellent form of therapy for recovery from injuries and also helps relieve chronic pain or stress. Trigger point therapy and acupressure can be applied during a massage session to treat specific knots, and meridians of the body to help heal specific problems.
Australian Bush Flower Essence Consultations
In an Australian Bush Flower Essence consultation your natural health care practitioner will go through with you your profile of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual challenges to determine a blend of flower essences that can help you to transform and overcome that which is holding you back in life from fulfilling your purpose and reaching your goals. Flower essences work to transform emotional patterns on an energetic level. These flower essences are collected in the bush rainforest of
Initial evaluation - 1 hour: $65.00 (includes first remedy blend)
Follow-up consultations –
- 1 hour: $40.00
- 30 minutes: $20.00
- 15 minutes: $10.00
Remedy blend:$12.00
BioGenesis
Treatments - 45-minutes: $50.00
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Biofeedback Sessions
90-120 minutes $100.00
Biofeedback is a method by which we learn to adjust and respond to our environment, thereby improving our ability to consciously control and modify our subconscious reactions. The QXCI-SCIO Biofeedback machine combines Biofeedback with the sophisticated computer software interface that allows the device to assess and restore the body’s homeostasis. Developed by a former NASA scientist and Nobel Prize nominee, the QXCI-SCIO may help the practitioner to determine the root cause of any maladies with a given individual. The QXCI tells you about the current state of your body, the underlying cause of dis-ease (often before symptoms begin to show), and the direction in which your body is focusing it’s energy. The QXCI interacts with over 9,000 programs which can analyze the cause of a problem, then give feedback pulses to the body to encourage natural healing. The treatment is non-invasive and painless. Our practitioner refers to her practice as Quantum Healing, creating results you can experience on a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual level.
Our practice
Specializes in treating a variety of conditions, from chronic low back and neck pain to rehabilitation following an accident from chronic low back and neck pain to rehabilitation following an accident or injury. We can also provide information about improving your diet, posture, creating a healthier workplace, and increasing the overall quality of your health. We are also available for lectures in the local area. Our goal is to help you achieve and maintain optimum health by shifting emphasis toward creating 100% function and not simply removing symptoms. By removing the blockages in the nervous system and channels of energy in the body that prevent the normal healing process from occurring the mind and body can communicate clearly and the healing process can be completed. Health is only possible when the mind and body are communicating without interference allowing all the organs of the body to function properly.
FEES AND PAYMENT: It is our policy to never turn away a patient who wants the care. If you are willing to work with us, we are willing to work with you. The fees vary as to the type and amount of chiropractic service, we have many payment options and insurance billing available, please talk to your doctor if you have financial concerns or for more information.
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