In January we will be continuing with our Healthy for Life program to teach our patients how to utilize the glycemic index and glycemic load of foods for healthier eating. Additionally we will be starting the BStrong4Life program at Staker Chiropractic. This innovative system utilizes simple resistance exercises to significantly improve your strength, stability, and bone density in as little as once a week. You can learn more about it at http://www.bstrong4life.com/
It is a great time to be a patient at Staker Chiropractic. To get started in our office take advantage of our New Year, Get Healthy in 2011 offer. When you make your next appointment mention the Get Healthy in 2011 offer to receive your first visit services, consultation, examination, and any necessary radiographs for $45. Unfortunately due to medicare law we can not extend this offer to patients with medicare as their primary insurance.
We look forward to see you in the New Year.
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Get Healthy in 2011
Join us in January to start on your road to a healthier 2011.
Staker Family Chiropractic has been the leader of chiropractic care in the Fox Valley region for 40 years and in 2011 what we have to offer just keeps getting better. We are developing systems to help our patients, not only achieve better spinal health, but better overall health and wellness. First off we have the Healthy for Life nutrition classes which we started late this year and will start again in January. Secondly we will be adding the Be Strong For Life system in 2011 to help our patients easily achieve greater strength for healthier bodies.
To help introduce you to our office so we can work with you to help you achieve you health goals in 2011 we have our Get Healthy in 2011 offer. First visit services for new and returning patients will cost only $45. The first visit services include consultation, examination, and any necessary radiographs.
We look forward to working with you in 2011.
Staker Family Chiropractic has been the leader of chiropractic care in the Fox Valley region for 40 years and in 2011 what we have to offer just keeps getting better. We are developing systems to help our patients, not only achieve better spinal health, but better overall health and wellness. First off we have the Healthy for Life nutrition classes which we started late this year and will start again in January. Secondly we will be adding the Be Strong For Life system in 2011 to help our patients easily achieve greater strength for healthier bodies.
To help introduce you to our office so we can work with you to help you achieve you health goals in 2011 we have our Get Healthy in 2011 offer. First visit services for new and returning patients will cost only $45. The first visit services include consultation, examination, and any necessary radiographs.
We look forward to working with you in 2011.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Chiropractic care more cost effective for treating low back pain
A recent study finds that starting with chiropractic saves 40% on low back pain care. This study, available online, will be published in the December 2010 volume of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT). The authors performed a claims analysis on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee’s intermediate and large group fully insured population between October 1, 2004 and September 30, 2006. They looked at all participants who had open access to both chiropractors and medical doctors without the need for a referral from their family physician.
They found that the cost of care of patients who first saw a chiropractor for the relief of low back pain was 40% less than care of patients who saw a medical doctor first. The authors estimate that allowing DC-initiated care would lead to an annual savings of $2.3 million for BCBS of Tennessee.
There have been similar studies like this one in the past, for example in 1999 BCBS of Arkansas found that chiropractic care was more cost effective than care in the medical model. This is not new information for us chiropractors, we have been seeing this and saying this for decades. This is not even new news for the insurance industry and something we think they might actually move on in this current economic climate. The struggle will be with the AMA, they lead the way in dictating health care policy at every level; private to public. Regardless of studies like this I believe that the AMA will continue to attempt to box us out of spinal care with their baseless claims on a perceived risk of chiropractic care that the evidence does not support.
Remember this article the next time you are talking to a family member, friend, or co-worker and they ask you about your chiropractic experience. Not only do we provide real relief, but also we do it at a less expense than medical care.
They found that the cost of care of patients who first saw a chiropractor for the relief of low back pain was 40% less than care of patients who saw a medical doctor first. The authors estimate that allowing DC-initiated care would lead to an annual savings of $2.3 million for BCBS of Tennessee.
There have been similar studies like this one in the past, for example in 1999 BCBS of Arkansas found that chiropractic care was more cost effective than care in the medical model. This is not new information for us chiropractors, we have been seeing this and saying this for decades. This is not even new news for the insurance industry and something we think they might actually move on in this current economic climate. The struggle will be with the AMA, they lead the way in dictating health care policy at every level; private to public. Regardless of studies like this I believe that the AMA will continue to attempt to box us out of spinal care with their baseless claims on a perceived risk of chiropractic care that the evidence does not support.
Remember this article the next time you are talking to a family member, friend, or co-worker and they ask you about your chiropractic experience. Not only do we provide real relief, but also we do it at a less expense than medical care.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Getting Healthy 2010-2011
Our's is a Church going and Christ following family as many of our patients may know. Our families regularly attend Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin IL. This year our pastor is preaching on getting healthy. He is going at it not only from a spiritual level but also a mental, emotional, and physical level. Along those lines our family, Dr. Staker, Cindy and their children, as well as myself, Dr. Bryce, my wife Barb, and our children are motivated to get healthy. We are examining our lives and trying to apply what we are learning to live healthier for our physical and spiritual health.
We do not expect, nor can we do much, for your spiritual health, but we are going to be offering much more for our patients physical health. A big part of this has been our healthy eating classes on Tuesday evenings. Dave has been instrumental in running this for us, and we have learned a lot from him about paying attention to glycemic load and the glycemic index in choosing and preparing meals. These classes can be started at any time, even though we are a month into them. Feel free to join us Tuesday evening at 630 as we continue these classes into December.
Stay tuned in to learn more about what we will be doing and offering this winter to help our patients and community get healthy in 2010 and 2011.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The keys for spinal health
I have been asked many times what the key to spinal health is, and really the answer is simple. To keep your spine healthy you need good flexibility, stability, and proper alignment.
Real simple, in theory, much harder in practice. This is why I add all this should be done under the supervision of a spinal health professional, chiropractor preferably. We can give you the resources you need to establish and maintain all of these key elements to good spinal health.
Real simple, in theory, much harder in practice. This is why I add all this should be done under the supervision of a spinal health professional, chiropractor preferably. We can give you the resources you need to establish and maintain all of these key elements to good spinal health.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Structure Dictates Function
We have a poster in the office that states Alignment improves Function, and every time I walk past it I think to myself how right that is. There was a time, not long ago, that this was used more of a catchphrase by chiropractors. Sure they believed it was true, but they never did much but adjust to influence alignment and just adjustments are not enough to make significant improvements. Today this is phrase has been proven to be fact, there are more people in different fields studying the importance of proper spinal structure and its influence of spinal pain and overall health.
If you have never had your spine checked, or if it has been years since the last time it was call today to get in for our Patient Appreciation Day on October 30th. On that day all first visit services; consultation, examinations, and any necessary radiographs will be FREE. Additionally for current patients all regular care visits will be FREE as well.
The longer you wait, the greater the potential for a minor mis-alignment to become a major problem.
If you have never had your spine checked, or if it has been years since the last time it was call today to get in for our Patient Appreciation Day on October 30th. On that day all first visit services; consultation, examinations, and any necessary radiographs will be FREE. Additionally for current patients all regular care visits will be FREE as well.
The longer you wait, the greater the potential for a minor mis-alignment to become a major problem.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Fall 2010 Newsletter
If we have your email, I emailed our Fall Newsletter today to you. If we don't have it yet, head back to our website and add yourself to our email list.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Fall Newsletter
Keep a lookout, we will be mailing and emailing our Fall newsletter soon. Our big Fall event is focused around National Chiropractic Healthcare Month in October. We will be hosting an evening where Dr. Staker and a guest will be teaching how to prepare low glycemic meals and our Fall Patient Appreciation Day on the last Saturday of the month.
The email version will be sent out sooner than the paper copies, so if we do not have you email address you can get it to us at the website.
The email version will be sent out sooner than the paper copies, so if we do not have you email address you can get it to us at the website.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Chiropractic Care for the Whole Family Part 3: Children and Teenagers
It is in childhood were some of our postural habits start to form and early injuries happen that can have a direct effect on our spine. This is a time where early injures can set the stage for a future chronic problem. Taking care of children and teenagers is mostly about working to prevent a loss of the normal upright posture and spinal alignment to be keep their spine healthy.
A few potential causes of injury include infant walkers and jumpers. These place the child in an upright, weight bearing, posture well before the child's body is ready for it. This can stress the lower back and cause or contribute to an injury called a spondylolisthesis. This is a condition that is not always symptomatic till later in life, and something we can help manage even in early childhood. Children can be very curious, getting themselves into situations that may result in minor injuries, but these minor injuries may have major consequences. I am not an advocate for keeping your children from having fun, but making sure that their body, health, and spine are taken care of to prevent their various falls and bumps from becoming a more serious issue for them later in life.
There are various everyday stresses our children and teenagers are subjected to today that are effecting their spine and body development. From carrying heavy backpacks to using the computer, playing video games, and even using small electronic devices like the Nintendo ds, apple ipods, and every mobile phone that is out there, these all contribute to poor posture. It is important today to stress good posture for proper development and health today. Helping to improve posture is what we are doing today for the children we see in our office. In the teenage years there is increased development and growth, an important time to ensure their bodies are growing the right way. As they become involved with sports and other activities we want to continue to ensure that these activities do not cause an injury to their spine and posture. This is also the time when conditions such as scoliosis may become evident. This is a condition too big for this post, but I will say it is something that we can successful treat with the procedures we use in the office today.
Treating children and teenagers is safe, effective, and in our mind necessary due to the stresses kids have on their bodies today. As with every disease process, correcting spinal posture earlier in life can lead to fewer problems as we age. I am sure we have a few patients that see us, that if they would have known then what they know now, would liked to get their spine checked earlier in their life.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Chiropractic care for the whole family, Part 2
Part 2, Newborns and Infants
It may seem odd, the thought of having a newborn baby or infant getting their spine checked. On the contrary chiropractic care can have significant benefits for the newborn baby and infant as it can for the adult. As chiropractors we look to remove stress or strain on the nervous systems of babies and infants by restoring normal function and posture to the spine. The physiology on this subject can be rather difficult to grasp, but it does exist as several studies have been able to confirm it. In fact there is even medical literature that describes a relationship between dysfunction of the upper neck vertebrae and possible negative effects on brain stem functions. These functions mostly are cardiac or pulmonary regulation, which is heart and lung function. This is an important area of the nervous system to have functioning properly without any stress or strain.
How can a newborn have an injury to their spine that causes stress or strain on their nervous system? The answer can be best described in a picture.
This is the image of a C-Section birth, see how the newborn is being held up by its head. How much stress or strain is that on its neck, spinal cord, and brain stem? It may not take much pressure to stress or strain that babies neck so after birth is a good time to get his or her spine checked. Even in the cases of a normal birth the head or neck may be stressed and strained, try a google images search on birth and see for yourself.
I would like to add that I do not believe its common practice for OB's pull or twist a babies head while it is being born. In our case, our daughter was basically caught by our OB, without the use of any aids such as forceps or a vacuum extraction. This is a conversation that any pregnant mother should have with their OB to have the most minimally invasive birth that is possible with regards to the safety and health of both mother and baby.
Our job as chiropractors is to examine the newborn or infants for normal posture, alignment and symmetry. We do this through observing the child in various positions. We look for asymmetry of structure and of the spine. When we find a need to adjust we use very light pressure, usually with just our pinkie finger or thumbs. Babies do not need, nor do we give them, an adult type of adjustment, just a subtle correction to help reduce that stress or strain on their nervous system.
Typically we have successfully treated babies and infants for a wide range of conditions, first and foremost is just to be certain there is no stress and strain after birth. Besides that parents bring babies and infants in for colic, digestive problems, ear aches, coughs and colds just to name a few conditions. A lot of times, some of these symptoms have been checked out by the families pediatrician with no resolution.
Next time you come in and want to know more about how we care for babies and infants, feel free to ask us.
It may seem odd, the thought of having a newborn baby or infant getting their spine checked. On the contrary chiropractic care can have significant benefits for the newborn baby and infant as it can for the adult. As chiropractors we look to remove stress or strain on the nervous systems of babies and infants by restoring normal function and posture to the spine. The physiology on this subject can be rather difficult to grasp, but it does exist as several studies have been able to confirm it. In fact there is even medical literature that describes a relationship between dysfunction of the upper neck vertebrae and possible negative effects on brain stem functions. These functions mostly are cardiac or pulmonary regulation, which is heart and lung function. This is an important area of the nervous system to have functioning properly without any stress or strain.
How can a newborn have an injury to their spine that causes stress or strain on their nervous system? The answer can be best described in a picture.
I would like to add that I do not believe its common practice for OB's pull or twist a babies head while it is being born. In our case, our daughter was basically caught by our OB, without the use of any aids such as forceps or a vacuum extraction. This is a conversation that any pregnant mother should have with their OB to have the most minimally invasive birth that is possible with regards to the safety and health of both mother and baby.
Our job as chiropractors is to examine the newborn or infants for normal posture, alignment and symmetry. We do this through observing the child in various positions. We look for asymmetry of structure and of the spine. When we find a need to adjust we use very light pressure, usually with just our pinkie finger or thumbs. Babies do not need, nor do we give them, an adult type of adjustment, just a subtle correction to help reduce that stress or strain on their nervous system.
Typically we have successfully treated babies and infants for a wide range of conditions, first and foremost is just to be certain there is no stress and strain after birth. Besides that parents bring babies and infants in for colic, digestive problems, ear aches, coughs and colds just to name a few conditions. A lot of times, some of these symptoms have been checked out by the families pediatrician with no resolution.
Next time you come in and want to know more about how we care for babies and infants, feel free to ask us.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Chiropractic care for the whole family, part 1.
Part 1 Pregnancy:
Our office has always promoted chiropractic care for the whole family; from birth to late in life. In this post I am going to describe why chiropractic care can be an important part of care during pregnancy. There are some, mostly outside of the chiropractic profession who try to dissuade pregnant women from seeing a chiropractor. This is usually due to a miss-understanding of how chiropractic care can benefit a woman during pregnancy. With this post I will show that there is substantial evidence to justify chiropractic care during pregnancy and little risk for mother or baby.
The argument for chiropractic care for pregnant women comes first and foremost from the fact that there is not much traditional medical care and do for mom. Due to the risk for the baby there is little the medical profession can do for a pregnant woman suffering from lower back pain. Most drug therapies can have an effect the baby and may influence its development. Surgical therapies are only used in extreme and emergency cases where the back pain is due to a complex condition that can have a big negative effect on the mother. Exercises can be a big help for limiting back pain, but I have found that it is most beneficial before mom is pregnant.
Chiropractic care has been found to be safe and effective for treating low back pain during pregnancy. A recent study published June 2009 in the journal Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey reviewed all the literature on chiropractic care for low back pain during pregnancy and found it to be effective. The authors found that since there is little else a pregnant woman can do for low back pain, chiropractic care may be the best course they should take. A paper published in JMPT in 2008 found a similar conclusion. A paper published in the journal Current Opinion in Anesthesiology in 2003 by a researcher in the Yale University College of Medicine found utilization of chiropractic by pregnant women for back pain to be common and effective. There is other evidence that points to chiropractic care being effective for headache and neck pain during pregnancy, as well as other techniques that can help turn a baby before birth.
During my search of peer reviewed journals at Pub Med I found little evidence of any adverse effects or injuries, or miscarriages due to chiropractic care. I only was able to find two cases of adverse effects and one of them was a very rare occurrence and not life threatening and the other was due to the moms medical doctor adjusting her spine, not chiropractor. That is evidence to not have anyone but your chiropractor adjust your spine. We know how to take care of all patients including pregnant women who require a delicate approach.
The best way to take care of your spine during pregnancy is to first take care of it before pregnancy. If you are considering having a baby, prepare by eating healthy, exercising regularly, and getting your spine checked out.
Part 2 will detail why its important for your children to get their spine checked from birth.
Our office has always promoted chiropractic care for the whole family; from birth to late in life. In this post I am going to describe why chiropractic care can be an important part of care during pregnancy. There are some, mostly outside of the chiropractic profession who try to dissuade pregnant women from seeing a chiropractor. This is usually due to a miss-understanding of how chiropractic care can benefit a woman during pregnancy. With this post I will show that there is substantial evidence to justify chiropractic care during pregnancy and little risk for mother or baby.
The argument for chiropractic care for pregnant women comes first and foremost from the fact that there is not much traditional medical care and do for mom. Due to the risk for the baby there is little the medical profession can do for a pregnant woman suffering from lower back pain. Most drug therapies can have an effect the baby and may influence its development. Surgical therapies are only used in extreme and emergency cases where the back pain is due to a complex condition that can have a big negative effect on the mother. Exercises can be a big help for limiting back pain, but I have found that it is most beneficial before mom is pregnant.
Chiropractic care has been found to be safe and effective for treating low back pain during pregnancy. A recent study published June 2009 in the journal Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey reviewed all the literature on chiropractic care for low back pain during pregnancy and found it to be effective. The authors found that since there is little else a pregnant woman can do for low back pain, chiropractic care may be the best course they should take. A paper published in JMPT in 2008 found a similar conclusion. A paper published in the journal Current Opinion in Anesthesiology in 2003 by a researcher in the Yale University College of Medicine found utilization of chiropractic by pregnant women for back pain to be common and effective. There is other evidence that points to chiropractic care being effective for headache and neck pain during pregnancy, as well as other techniques that can help turn a baby before birth.
During my search of peer reviewed journals at Pub Med I found little evidence of any adverse effects or injuries, or miscarriages due to chiropractic care. I only was able to find two cases of adverse effects and one of them was a very rare occurrence and not life threatening and the other was due to the moms medical doctor adjusting her spine, not chiropractor. That is evidence to not have anyone but your chiropractor adjust your spine. We know how to take care of all patients including pregnant women who require a delicate approach.
The best way to take care of your spine during pregnancy is to first take care of it before pregnancy. If you are considering having a baby, prepare by eating healthy, exercising regularly, and getting your spine checked out.
Part 2 will detail why its important for your children to get their spine checked from birth.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Office Remodel, Finished!
On Friday the carpet was installed and the baseboard was finished marking the end of our remodeling project. It all looks really good, and our patients that have seen it, so far, have said the same thing. My father and I attended a seminar on Pediatric adjusting over the weekend so we were unable to re-arrange our office until Monday evening. We arranged the office in one of several different ways that we can, so do not be surprised if we change it up again sometime soon based on how we feel the flow through the office is going.
Starting this afternoon you will discover a whole new look inside our office, the reception room is once again a reception room complete with a kids area. The new treatment area is in back, separate from the rest of the office. We will continue to provide a private adjustment area, private massage therapy room, and a private consultation room. Our exam room has another adjusting table in it, so that is a possible private treatment area as well.
When we see you again, please give us your input on our new space. We are looking for this area to work well for your needs as well as for ours.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Office remodel update!!
Not much to show this time, looks just about the same. Painting is all done, as is both workstation areas. Only thing left is the carpet which will be installed on Friday. Looking forward to providing some great care to our patients in this new space.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Office remodel update!!
Not much left on the build out, we have the electric, phone, and network lines done; the counter tops were installed today. There is a little bit of painting left to do and some other finish work but soon that should be done. The final big thing is carpet, we have picked out new carpet for the space that should go well with the rest of the office. We are waiting to hear from the carpet installers on a timeline for delivery and installation. Perhaps we will be working out of the new space in a couple of weeks.
Cervical Spondylosis
Cervical spondylosis, more commonly referred to as spinal arthritis, is a common reason for a patient to come in to see us. It is something we have effectively treated for over 40 years. It is something we can do so much with now more than any other time in the history of our profession.
Cervical spondylosis is basically spinal arthritis, which is a break down of joint surfaces under an increased and abnormal load. The spine has a normal shape and any deviation from that causes increased strain and stress in areas of the spine that were not meant to hold that increase load. Over time this can worsen and may even cause irritation to the spinal nerves and create pain that radiates into the shoulders, arms, and/or hands.
How we treat this is to restore mobility in the spinal joints and surrounding tissues and then rebuild the surrounding muscular support and spinal alignment. Our method is a balanced approach combining the best of chiropractic with the best stretching and strengthening therapies. For your ease and comfort we incorporate a vibrating platform to maximize results and use a method of traction that is well researched. In fact a form of traction that we use was just studied by physical therapists working in Cairo Egypt of all places.
These PT's approached the lead instructor and researcher of the technique our care is based one, that Dr. Bryce is a Fellow in to advise them on using our traction method in a study on treating patients with cervical spondylosis. Particularly they treated patients with radiating arm pain due to spinal spondylosis. With the adivice of Dr. Harrison, they designed a randomized controled trial measure the improvement of patients who were treated with a traditional PT approach against those treated with our traction method combined with a traditional PT approach. What they found was that a greater percentage of patients treated with traction got better and retained the positive results longer than those treated with just traditional PT care. Just imagine if they also adjusted these patients, how much greater the results would have been. This paper has yet to be pubilished, but soon should be in a spine related journal.
What we do for cervical spondylosis can have great long term outcomes for your health and well being. Research such as this firmly places our care as one of the top, if not THE top, non-surgical treatment for cervical spondylosis.
Are you suffering from chronic neck pain? Do you know if you have cervical spondylosis? When was the last time you imagined yourself living a lifestyle free from chronic neck pain? Give us a call so we can help you get the care you deserve.
Cervical spondylosis is basically spinal arthritis, which is a break down of joint surfaces under an increased and abnormal load. The spine has a normal shape and any deviation from that causes increased strain and stress in areas of the spine that were not meant to hold that increase load. Over time this can worsen and may even cause irritation to the spinal nerves and create pain that radiates into the shoulders, arms, and/or hands.
How we treat this is to restore mobility in the spinal joints and surrounding tissues and then rebuild the surrounding muscular support and spinal alignment. Our method is a balanced approach combining the best of chiropractic with the best stretching and strengthening therapies. For your ease and comfort we incorporate a vibrating platform to maximize results and use a method of traction that is well researched. In fact a form of traction that we use was just studied by physical therapists working in Cairo Egypt of all places.
These PT's approached the lead instructor and researcher of the technique our care is based one, that Dr. Bryce is a Fellow in to advise them on using our traction method in a study on treating patients with cervical spondylosis. Particularly they treated patients with radiating arm pain due to spinal spondylosis. With the adivice of Dr. Harrison, they designed a randomized controled trial measure the improvement of patients who were treated with a traditional PT approach against those treated with our traction method combined with a traditional PT approach. What they found was that a greater percentage of patients treated with traction got better and retained the positive results longer than those treated with just traditional PT care. Just imagine if they also adjusted these patients, how much greater the results would have been. This paper has yet to be pubilished, but soon should be in a spine related journal.
What we do for cervical spondylosis can have great long term outcomes for your health and well being. Research such as this firmly places our care as one of the top, if not THE top, non-surgical treatment for cervical spondylosis.
Are you suffering from chronic neck pain? Do you know if you have cervical spondylosis? When was the last time you imagined yourself living a lifestyle free from chronic neck pain? Give us a call so we can help you get the care you deserve.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Office Remodel
We have been working in an open format for almost a year now with a relatively positive response from our patients. This open format makes it easier to serve our patients needs between adjusting and monitoring them on in office exercises. We continue to have private rooms for patients uncomfortable with with open format and for times when we want to discuss your care in private. Since it has worked out well so far we decided it was time to open up some more space and return the reception area back to a reception area. Over a week into our office remodel we are nearing completion. We started out with 6 room, two of which were large four smaller. We removed the walls on the south and west side of the hallways opening up rooms 3, 4, and 5 to the hallway. We kept the consultation room, massage therapy room, and room 2 for private visits with the doctors. Installing new carpet and finishing out the workstations is really all that is left to do. I was unable to get a good "before" picture, but below you can view the progression to date.
Summer Newsletter
Our summer newsletter has been mailed out to our patients earlier this week. I am trying to get it linked or posted on the website soon. If you give us your email address I will be able to email it out to you in the future.
In this issue, we have included some practice news and thank you's, an article on normal posture and spinal alignment, an update on the Medicare demonstration project results, an article on chiropractic in the winter olympics, a patients successful outcome, and an offer for new and returning patients. We hope everyone finds this newsletter informative and passess it along to others to help spread the positive news our office attempts to bring. The new and returing patient offer is good till the end of July, feel free to use it yourself if you haven't been in for a while or pass it along to someone who has been trying to "deal" with back or neck pain.
In this issue, we have included some practice news and thank you's, an article on normal posture and spinal alignment, an update on the Medicare demonstration project results, an article on chiropractic in the winter olympics, a patients successful outcome, and an offer for new and returning patients. We hope everyone finds this newsletter informative and passess it along to others to help spread the positive news our office attempts to bring. The new and returing patient offer is good till the end of July, feel free to use it yourself if you haven't been in for a while or pass it along to someone who has been trying to "deal" with back or neck pain.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
What's Different about Staker Family Chiropractic?
This is a question I hear often from people wondering how we differ from other chiropractors in our area. It’s an important question to have an answer for, because there is a lot different about our office and what we do. One of the biggest differences, if not the biggest, is our experience. Dr. Staker has over 43 years of chiropractic experience, 41 of them are from practicing in Geneva. Very few chiropractic offices can boast of the kind of experience Dr. Staker has.
Another difference is in how we think and what we do, these two go hand in hand, because what we think drives how we practice. We have a firm understanding that there is a normal posture and spinal alignment for the human frame. Any deviation, no matter how big or small, creates areas of stress or strain on the spine and supporting soft tissues. Over time muscles tighten up to help support these areas and arthritis starts to set in. This creates, or at least, contributes to the chronic direction that some spinal conditions take. For us to better treat chronic pain, we need to address these deviations in posture and alignment. Adjustments alone are not enough to restore normal posture, we have to do more, and we do. We utilize in office exercises on whole body vibration platforms to restore spinal flexibility and muscular support. In some cases we use specific spinal traction to restore those normal curves that have been lost over time.
What is also different about us, is that we are not afraid to work with other doctors or even other chiropractors for your greater good. We are more than willing to work with your surgeons, pain specialist, or primary care doctor to find the right plan of care that is best for you. To a certain degree we are a specialist office within chiropractic; we would be more than willing to just see you long enough to restore your posture and send you back to your chiropractor for supportive care. We don’t try to compete for your business, we are a partner working with you and with whomever else you involve to better your life.
Staker Family Chiropractic is not only different from other chiropractic offices, but it is also dramatically different from what it used to be. Up until 4 years ago we were not doing anything listed above that makes us different today. We were a traditional chiropractic office that kind of looked like any other traditional chiropractic office in the area. Four years ago we started leaning about some new thoughts in Chiropractic based on the latest research on spine care and since then everything has changed for the better.
To experience the Staker Family Chiropractic difference make an apointment today or if you have any other questions or concerns about how we might be able to help you, contact me at info@stakerchiro.com or 630-232-6616.
What is also different about us, is that we are not afraid to work with other doctors or even other chiropractors for your greater good. We are more than willing to work with your surgeons, pain specialist, or primary care doctor to find the right plan of care that is best for you. To a certain degree we are a specialist office within chiropractic; we would be more than willing to just see you long enough to restore your posture and send you back to your chiropractor for supportive care. We don’t try to compete for your business, we are a partner working with you and with whomever else you involve to better your life.
Staker Family Chiropractic is not only different from other chiropractic offices, but it is also dramatically different from what it used to be. Up until 4 years ago we were not doing anything listed above that makes us different today. We were a traditional chiropractic office that kind of looked like any other traditional chiropractic office in the area. Four years ago we started leaning about some new thoughts in Chiropractic based on the latest research on spine care and since then everything has changed for the better.
To experience the Staker Family Chiropractic difference make an apointment today or if you have any other questions or concerns about how we might be able to help you, contact me at info@stakerchiro.com or 630-232-6616.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Freedom From Pain, Summer Offer
If you know someone or if you are currently suffering from back pain, neck pain, headaches, chronic pain from a past injury, or other spine related problem there is no better time than today and no better place than in our office to get it checked out.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Welcome!
Welcome to the Staker Family Chiropractic blog, we will be posting news, information, and resources soon.
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