Why Gonstead Chiropractic
Why should I seek treatment?
Many people ask when and why should I see you? What if i don't have pain, should I come in? Can this really help? Other chiropractors didn't help!
The short answer is that we do not know if you have evidence of spinal injury. It is logical that we see a dentist to make sure that our teeth are clean and operating well, assessing dental health through exams and x-rays. It follows that you should see a foundational chiropractor to assess the health of your spine.
Injuries, even in childhood, can impact your overall spinal health and until we examine your spine, there is no easy way to tell if you are a candidate for chiropractic care.
Dr. Clarence Gonstead
Dr. Gonstead was special. He applied his engineering mind to the practice of chiropractic. He gifted this knowledge in the form of a book known as the chapters. By delivering the highest form of care to his patients, he developed a system and methodology that can be applied to all of his and future patients, from newborns to grandparents. He has to date, built the largest chiropractic clinic the world has ever seen, and chiropractors today are still looking to emulate him and employ his system to provide the best care to you, the patient.
Why X-Ray?
To see is to know, and to not see is to guess.
By taking spinal images, there is no guesswork or confusion with your treatment. It is essential to take films in order to make sure we are doing the best possible work we can through our system of analysis. X-ray imagery helps us assess the health of your spinal joints and informs our strategy and methodology of how to accomplish the work to get you healthy.
We do not take x-rays of those who are pregnant or that of children due to the sensitivity of growing cells that may be affected by ionizing radiation.
Why No Insurance?
Insurance is a paperwork intensive and complicated system to work for and within. I work for you. I understand if you can not afford to work outside of your benefits. Talk to me and we can come up with a solution. By working for myself, I am able to be present and work with you. I can provide a "superbill" to submit if your insurance carrier will reimburse you personally.
Why do you practice?
It was not until I started to have back spasms and unrelenting nerve pain during my chiropractic education that the importance of spinal health was revealed to me. By seeing a Gonstead practitioner, I was able to recover and maintain my health so I could then deliver the same level of chiropractic care to my community. This gift of receiving care that restored my freedom and function will never escape my memory. I will forever strive to be the best I can be to deliver results like I have benefited from.
My dream of the future will be to provide pro bono care to people who work with their bodies who usually do not have time to come seek treatment. I am thinking of laborers who work in the large wine industry, manual laborers, construction workers, and all the people who rely on their bodies to put food on the table. There are some exciting developments in mobile digital x-rays that this dream is closer to achieving than I ever believed.
