Why Chiropractic

CHOOSING PRINCIPLED CHIROPRACTIC

The specialization of Thrive Family Chiropractic is Neurologically-based Principled Chiropractic Corrective Care. Chiropractic is a non-invasive, holistic and all-natural healthcare approach that looks at a person’s well-being in terms of their entire body rather than just the area where symptoms manifest. Your nervous system controls and coordinates all of the cells, tissues and muscles in your body. It is centered in your spinal cord, and misalignments in the spine can affect the nervous system’s performance, greatly reducing your quality of life and potentially causing numerous health issues.

Why Chiropractic

True Correction vs. Temporary Relief

Preventative Healthcare

Family Health

Pregnancy & Newborns

Phases Of Degeneration

History Of Chiropractic

Why Chiropractic

Since the central nervous system is the master control system of the body, it’s especially important to maintain its health. When the spine misaligns, pressure on the spinal cord and nerves can occur. This is called a vertebral subluxation complex. Chiropractic actively works to correct subluxations by thoroughly analyzing and gently adjusting the spine. We believe that all health problems stem from a problem with the nervous system. The practice enables proper central nervous system functionality and natural healing throughout the body.

The Whole Body Health

Our focus is to diagnose, address and correct these pressures, subluxations and misalignments of the spine to address underlying issues of dysfunction ranging from the nerves and muscles to organs, tissues and even cellular problems. Chiropractic works to actively correct these issues by conducting complete and thorough analysis and adjustments of the spine, to restore the incredible natural healing abilities of the human body.

WHAT IS PRINCIPLED CHIROPRACTIC?

While all chiropractic care focuses on healing the body through the spine, Principled Chiropractic is different in that it operates solely on a model designed to maintain and preserve optimal lifelong health. It doesn’t just seek to correct the current condition and symptoms, but to enhance healing throughout the life.

While most chiropractic methods provide effective temporary relief, true principled correction has lifelong benefits, correcting underlying major causes of ailments rather than simply addressing minor surface problems. Our society functions too much on a “sick care” model, which treats symptoms after they arise; Drs. Shane Hoffman & Brad Johannsen at Thrive Family Chiropractic recommends regular preventative care to maintain spinal health for years.

Would you wait until your engine freezes up before changing your oil? Of course you wouldn’t. Even more appropriate, would you wait until you’ve got a gum infection before you start brushing your teeth? The same applies to the health of your spine. Never wait for pain or injury—practice routine maintenance on your body instead!

HOW THE MODEL WORKS

Chiropractic care was never designed to work on the sick care model by simply addressing current symptoms. This is unfortunate because principled care was the goal of chiropractic over 100 years ago when it was first introduced and developed.

Principled care works to identify and treat the underlying causes of healthcare concerns, to correct them at the source. It targets these base conditions rather than focusing on the symptoms they cause. Just as a doctor wouldn’t treat a heart attack through addressing numbness in the arm, a chiropractor shouldn’t target a nervous system disorder by easing pain solely in the leg.

For example, when a person suffers trauma to the bones at the base of their neck, say from a slip and fall, an accident or a sports injury, it can result in posture change which can, in turn, cause the ribcage to shift along with spinal and pelvic muscle groups. The result over time is that pressure on the discs in the back wear down and cause major trauma to the nerves. A principled care Urbandale chiropractor like Drs. Shane & Brad, will treat the posture change in the upper neck rather than simply addressing the resulting pain in the pelvis.

True Correction vs. Temporary Relief

TRUE CORRECTION VS. TEMPORARY RELIEF

When your spinal bones aren’t aligned properly, this can lead to a variety of health issues. From mobility problems to headaches and nerve pain, a chiropractor knows how to alleviate these problems using natural, hands-on and non-invasive approaches to correcting spinal misalignments and allow your body to once again heal itself as it should.

While many chiropractors focus on relieving pain in the immediate short term, real correction is intended to allow for long-term improvements. Only through true correction can patients live a full, healthy and happy life of optimal bodily functions.

The "Sick Care" model

The United States healthcare system is predicated on the model of sick care. That is, people receive medical attention after they get sick rather than undertaking the right model of preventative care. Unfortunately, many doctors and hospitals encourage this method, which is not ideal for patients throughout the nation.

An alternative, and the system upon which principled true chiropractic correction works, is preventative care, or routine maintenance for your body. Rather than waiting until you experience symptoms, Urbandale chiropractors encourage regular visits to allow you to maintain your spinal health for many years. Your body has an incredible capacity to heal itself, but only if it is properly maintained and allowed to do so.

Principled Chiropractic

This is what principled true chiropractic correction is all about. This form of healthcare is designed to get your body functioning at peak efficiency, and then keep it that way, maintaining your health over your entire life rather than just providing the short-term quick fix. The goal of neurologically-based principled chiropractic is to identify and nail down the underlying causes of any health problem the patient might experience, and address these problems at the source, allowing for permanent or long-term fixes.

VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATION COMPLEX

Vertebral subluxation complex is a serious condition that is far too often overlooked as the underlying cause of health issues. It occurs when the spine misaligns in such a way that pressure is placed on the nerves and spinal cord. This condition severely impacts the body’s natural healing abilities, and which a principled and skilled Urbandale chiropractor is uniquely qualified to address. At Thrive Family Chiropractic, our staff can thoroughly examine and diagnose cases of vertebral subluxation and design an individualized plan of action to correct the issue.

Doctors that address vertebral subluxation by simply treating symptoms, on the other hand, the underlying cause may never be diagnosed, and patients will experience increasing difficulties and recurrent symptoms, possibly for years to come.

When it comes to true chiropractic correction vs. the temporary relief approach, the path becomes very clear. Why choose recurring pain and injury when you could maintain your optimal health and healing abilities for life? Call Thrive Family Chiropractic to schedule an appointment to get started on the road to wellness today. We want our local Urbandale and Des Moines community to thrive and reach your full health potential.

Preventative Healthcare

PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE

True chiropractic care in a principled practice believes that bodily health exists when the body is in a state of wholeness; it understands its own constantly-changing needs, and is able to respond to them on its own. Chiropractic care doesn’t heal injuries; rather, it helps the body to engage its own incredible natural healing abilities through a long-term routine of preventative healthcare maintenance for the nervous system.

Preventative healthcare focuses on your entire nervous system: your brain, spinal cord, and every one of the millions of nerve connections throughout your body. It monitors your entire body and all its needs, to help control and coordinate the necessary responses that allow the body to learn, adapt and constantly maintain its own health and wellness.

Chiropractic can restore your natural healing capability, and provide increased vitality, energy, bodily functions and overall health. If you’re considering a preventative healthcare approach in Urbandale, give us a call and schedule an appointment today.

PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE VS. SICK CARE

The common healthcare model in the United States is the sick care model. It only looks at your body after symptoms of illness present, and then considers how best to treat these symptoms. When one considers that there are thousands of syndromes, diseases and health issues out there, this creates an equal number of potential complications and problems with treating sickness.

The preventative healthcare chiropractic model, on the other hand, is entirely natural, non-invasive, doesn’t rely on chemicals, and looks to the root cause of your underlying healthcare issues. At Thrive Family Chiropractic, Drs. Shane & Brad are focused entirely on correcting spinal subluxations to allow your whole nervous system to communicate better and increase the body’s overall healing abilities. This improves your ability to adapt to stress and a variety of health conditions, and helps to restore you to normal, healthy and optimal function.

Family Health

FAMILY HEALTH

Chiropractic care is proven as an effective method of affecting the health and function of your nervous system and by extension the entire body, without invasive procedures or chemical medication. This holistic approach to whole-body health focuses on the correct alignment of the spine to allow the nervous system to function at an optimal level, which in turn encourages the body’s natural healing abilities.

WHOLE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC CARE

Through proper spinal adjustment, chiropractic care allows the body the ability to function at its full potential. This allows every member of your family to live at an optimal level of health. This form of care is safe, effective and efficient for patients of any age, whether an infant or an elder.

Regular chiropractic is an effective form of preventative healthcare which can reduce the need for artificial medication, alleviate pain and discomfort from a range of illnesses and ailments, and even increase energy. Drs. Shane Hoffman & Brad Johannsen, and the staff at Thrive Family Chiropractic want to see you and your whole family live a healthy, happy and full life.

CHILDREN’S CHIROPRACTIC

As children age, pediatric chiropractic care can help to establish a firm foundation for continued nervous system function and overall health which encourages optimal growth and development as well as an improved quality of life overall. We undergo stress on our spine at all stages of life, and children engage in heavy play, athletics and physical activity that can easily create spinal misalignments.

With regular chiropractic care like that offered by Drs. Shane Hoffman & Brad Johannsen at Thrive Family Chiropractic, children are able to maintain ideal spinal alignment regardless of their level of activity. This allows them to maintain optimal nervous system health and can improve sleep, behavior and physical, emotional and mental development. Chiropractic is completely safe and quite effective for maintaining peak health in children and helping them live a happy, healthy, thriving life.

SENIOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE

Just like any machine, as we age our body is less able to cope with the years of stress. It degenerates, the cartilage between vertebrae breaks down, especially if the spine has been misaligned for a long time, and nervous system dysfunction can result. Regular chiropractic care for the elderly can mitigate some of these problems and lead to a longer and healthier life. True principled chiropractic care for the elderly can improve mobility, strength and coordination, allowing seniors to maintain a sense of healthy independence for years.

Senior chiropractic care is designed to focus on longevity and increasing energy through spinal alignment corrections to allow the nervous system to function at peak performance and the body to heal itself better in turn. Through regular care, seniors in the Urbandale area can reduce their dependence on prescription medication, increase their energy and lessen the occurrence of health problems.

Pregnancy & Newborns

CHIROPRACTIC FOR PREGNANCY AND NEWBORNS

Pregnancy is often one of the happiest times in a woman’s life, but can be difficult to achieve, and even for those who do, it can be a stressful and difficult time. Chiropractic is an ideal means of improving fertility as well as alleviating the pain and discomfort of many pregnancy symptoms and complications. Drs. Shane & Brad are proud to be Webster Technique Certified.

CHIROPRACTIC AND FERTILITY

Many women become frustrated and depressed at failed efforts to become pregnant. If you aren’t sure where to turn next and think you’ve exhausted every fertility option you’ve got, chiropractic care may be the solution to your problems. If your nervous system isn’t functioning properly, a number of fertility issues can result. Sometimes, a simple spinal adjustment can restore alignment and improve your chances for pregnancy.

Undergoing pre-conception chiropractic care can improve your body’s health, allow for better uterine function and better regulate menstruation. This will help to better prepare your body to receive a baby, which will in turn increase your chances for conception and for maintaining a healthy pregnancy.

During pregnancy, a routine of regular and consistent chiropractic care can improve your coordination, flexibility, strength and balance. This can all ease the physical burden of carrying the baby, and make for a more pleasant pregnancy experience. Keeping your spine properly aligned can also maintain optimal nervous system function, which can help to alleviate the aches, swelling, pain and even morning sickness associated with pregnancy.

CHIROPRACTIC DURING PREGNANCY

Mothers who maintain a chiropractic regimen during pregnancy often find that their experience in labor is less difficult, their contractions reliably timed and the delivery easier and shorter than those who do not visit a chiropractor.

Then, following the birth, chiropractic adjustment can help to correct distortion of the pelvis and restore energy and healthy body function in the long term.

CHIROPRACTIC FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN

We don’t often think about how traumatic it is to be born, but babies experience any number of physical complications during the process of entering the world. Many of these arise from spinal misalignment, including difficulty with breastfeeding, asthma, colic, digestive problems and even behavioral issues which result from pain, discomfort and sub-optimal nervous response.

Pediatric chiropractic care can improve your child’s functions, helping to improve mobility, digestion and even increase immune system responsiveness. This is done through correcting spinal misalignments which increase nerve system function and communication, and can reduce the risk for illness and infant health disorders.

Phases Of Degeneration

PHASES OF DEGENERATION

As we age, the stresses of daily life and activity wear our body down. This can cause our spines to degenerate, which results in pain, reduced mobility and even illness which prevents us from enjoying life and forces us into the role of spectator. For many who want to recover the joy in their daily activities, learning about the phases of degeneration and the means by which chiropractic care can correct the associated problems may be the answer. Chiropractic can fix many problems associated with subluxation degeneration and help senior patients feel years younger and healthier than ever.

THE PHASES OF SUBLUXATION DEGENERATION

Even if your spine was once perfectly straight and optimal, as you age and undergo the rigors of daily physical activity, your spine will degenerate. Vertebrae fuse together as the cartilage discs between them degenerate, creating a misalignment known as vertebral subluxation complex. This ailment occurs in four phases, with each creating progressively more difficult symptoms and health issues.

PHASE 1 DEGENERATION

The first phase of subluxation degeneration sees the basic and normal curve of the spine alter. This doesn’t necessarily represent damage, but it is a symptom of changing space between the discs. Generally this phase goes unnoticed because it carries no pain. However, proper chiropractic care can diagnose this issue and stop further misalignment and degeneration.

PHASE 2 DEGENERATION

Phase II of vertebral subluxation sees the Phase I misalignment continue further, with spaces between the discs beginning to narrow, the patient’s range of motion beginning to limit, and certain stiffness and aches developing. At this point, prior damage may be irreversible, but chiropractic can help to restore function to near-normal levels.

PHASE 3 DEGENERATION

At phase III, proper healthcare is essential or spinal fusion begins. Disc damage has by now become permanent, as has the abnormal curvature of the spine. Degeneration continues to worsen, but chiropractic can still slow or even stop the degeneration and relieve many of the symptoms you might be experiencing.

PHASE 4 DEGENERATION

This is the final stage of subluxation degeneration. At this point, you experience a marked decrease in the quality of life, and longevity is lessened. Neurological and bone damage previously suffered are permanent and the vertebra are fused. Range of motion may be severely limited and a number of other health issues may present.

However, with proper chiropractic care, the patient can sometimes relieve pain and improve overall nervous function enough that they can still enjoy living life. This is true even at phase IV. If you may be experiencing symptoms of subluxation degeneration, and are looking for a Urbandale chiropractor, contact Thrive Family Chiropractic to schedule an appointment today.

History Of Chiropractic

CHIROPRACTIC HISTORY

The Origins and History of Chiropractic Care

At Thrive Family Chiropractic in Urbandale, Drs. Shane Hoffman & Brad Johannsen, and our entire experienced staff are trained and experienced with the history, techniques, philosophy and practices of chiropractic care. We are overjoyed that chiropractic is gaining more recognition and respect as a field of healthcare, and proud of the many people we have helped over the years. We pride ourselves on delivering the best in holistic natural healthcare services to keep you feeling healthy and hale. Give us a call to book your next appointment today and see how we’re changing the health of the Urbandale and Des Moines community. We want to be your Urbandale chiropractor.

THE EVOLUTION OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE

BENEFITS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE

If you are injured during physical activity, through a car accident or a slip-and-fall, you may experience a misalignment of your spine that is responsible for a range of aches, pain, soreness and lack of mobility and function. Likewise, poor posture can result in decreased strength, mobility and in soreness, stiffness and pain.

Regular trips to a Urbandale chiropractor like Drs. Shane Hoffman & Brad Johannsen can correct these underlying problems and get you feeling like new once more.

Everyone from newborns to the elderly can benefit from regular chiropractic care, including addressing symptoms like headaches, back and neck pain, stiffness, joint pain, mood swings and a range of other disorders, some of which you may not even realize come from a spinal subluxation. A chiropractor, through gentle, non-invasive, hands-on techniques can alleviate your pain and get you back to a lifetime of health and wellness.

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