Our Services
Muscle Activation
Muscle Activation is a procedure that can restore proper muscular function and support to the large skeletal muscles of the body. Muscle Activation stimulates nerve endings and acupressure points by hand to get the muscle working properly again. Your comprehensive exam will
reveal the areas of muscle dysfunction and the cause of your pain.
It takes just 10 minutes to get a muscle to start working; and once this happens, it should stay working forever! Unless there is a new injury, it should be a long term resolution to your problem.
In addition to Muscle Activation, chiropractic adjustments may be administered as needed.
Ring Dinger®
Manual spinal neural decompression, also known as the Ring Dinger®, is a highly specialized method for relieving pressure on the spinal column by stretching the spine along the Y axis, straight up above the patient’s head.
This works by taking pressure off of the parts of the spinal column that cause pain, including any pinched nerves and herniated discs. It also stimulates the flow of oxygen, nutrients, and water through the spinal column up to the brain. The Ring Dinger® is the most comprehensive and effective way to decompress the spine and provides lasting relief to people who are suffering from bulged and/or herniated disc, vertebral subluxations, neck, and back pain, and patients who have had acute or chronic pain from various types of spine pain and dysfunction.
Allergy Elimination (NAET)
(Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique)
NAET uses gentle stimulation of spinal nerves and acupuncture points to reprogram the body to no longer respond adversely to potential allergens. An allergy is when the body inappropriately over reacts to a substance that should be harmless. NAET reprograms the body to no longer over react to the treated substance.
Your NAET examination will last 30 minutes, and all of the most common allergens will be tested for reactivity. An NAET treatment consists of gentle touch to the spine and 11 acupuncture points to help reprogram the brain and body. Following the treatment, a waiting period of 15 minutes is used to help the body get used to being in contact with the substance being treated. The hard part of the reprogramming comes next: the patient must avoid that substance for 25 hours for the reprogramming to work.
Most sensitivities can be cleared in one treatment per substance. Severe allergies may require multiple treatments of each substance to be cleared. NAET allergy treatments are usually permanent, but sometimes people will require a “booster” treatment down the road.
NAET was developed by Dr. Devi Nambudripad, who discovered it while trying to cure her own allergies. Originally from India, Dr. Nambudripad now resides in California and has taught her approach to thousands of practitioners from all over the world. To learn more about NAET go to www.naet.com.
Note: Celiac Disease is an auto-immune disease and is more than an allergy and we cannot help in this case. However, if it is a gluten or wheat sensitivity (not Celiac Disease) we have had great results fixing this.
Chiropractic
Most chiropractic adjustments are not only virtually painless, they often create an immediate sense of relief, and increased range of motion. In cases of a recent injury, we will work with you in a way to make the adjustments as comfortable as possible. As some people do not want to receive a traditional adjustment by hand, we can also use an instrument for the adjustment.Is there a minimum or maximum age for a person to receive chiropractic care?
There is no age excluded from chiropractic care. Our youngest patient was a day old, and we have many patients in their 90’s. The delivery of our care is always matched to the needs and body type of our patients. Each adjustment is made as safe and comfortable as possible.
Laser Therapy
Our laser delivers parcels of light energy into the cell which the cell can use, and the parcels are delivered in the most effective and efficient way. This added energy fuels key processes, stimulating healing, relieving pain, reducing inflammation, and restoring function.
Reiki
Reiki is a healing technique that originated in Japan. It is very relaxing as it balances the body’s energy flow and energy centers. It is similar in its goal to acupuncture and ayurvedic medicine but without needing things from the outside (needles or herbs) to be put into the body. It restores the body’s own internal power to normal levels so the body can heal itself. It helps the body let go of stuck negative emotions and stress that may be expressing as physical tension. For many people it is more relaxing than a massage because it helps muscles to let go of tension on their own rather than having a masseuse try to force the muscles to relax from the outside. Patients have experienced physical, emotional, mental and spiritual benefits from receiving Reiki.
Dr. Christensen’s experience with Reiki:
For 7 years I had been experiencing left knee and hip pain. Initially it was just after exercising. Eventually the left hip hurt nearly all of the time that I was on my feet. Being a Doctor who specializes in musculo-skeletal problems, I did everything I could on my own, and went to every specialist I could think of to try and resolve my problem. I eventually came to the conclusion that it must be coming from my foot; the shape of my foot was causing my knee and hip to misalign and this is why they hurt …. (or so I thought). I had some orthotics made. Then I made my own orthotics. By fine tuning my orthotics I was able to improve my pain by 90%. It was still there most of the time, mostly just as an annoyance. However, if I went without the orthotics, for even 5 minutes, my hip would start to burn with pain.
In the spring of 2012 I was introduced to Reiki. I was familiar with energy work, but it seemed too esoteric and immaterial to be really powerful. My view was quickly changed after just a few Reiki sessions when my 7 years of hip and knee pain where gone. In fact, the shift was so sudden that the day after one of my sessions I felt that my orthotic was actually bothering me. I took it out and have not used it since and have not had any pain.
There was a block in the energy flow to the left side of my body. This energy block was causing my left leg muscles to be overly tight. These tight muscles were causing my knee and hip to misalign when I moved and this was the cause of the pain. Reiki restored the normal energy flow to my leg, the muscles relaxed and normal movement patterns were able to happen. Normal motion = no more pain. I was amazed that an emotional issue could change the energy flow in my body and create what seemed like just a mechanical issue. Not only did Reiki help me physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. I am more at peace now thanks to Reiki. It is so relaxing. I think of Reiki like a massage of the body’s energy system. I have found Reiki to be one of the most effective things that a person can do for their overall wellness. There are physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual benefits to Reiki. By balancing the body’s energy it really does affect everything else. Everything about us starts on the energetic level, and Reiki is a liberation of the body’s energy system so we can reach our full potential.
I highly recommend Reiki for every person.
-Dr. Christensen