"The key to quick results with chiropractic is in finding the right chirporactor, one whose style and technique best matches the specific needs of the individual patient"

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Children and the Elderly

Chiropractic is good for all patients, because chiropractic care centers on the spine. Different techniques are used for children and the elderly due to the delicate nature of their spine and nervous system.   Children need chiropractic care so they do not develop the problems we see in most adults.  It is especially important to have children checked by the doctor after they have had a fall.   Spinal malfunctions caused by falls from learning to walk, can often be helped with chiropractic care.  Children naturally enjoy their chiropractic adjustments.

Contact sports or repeated one-sided activities can interfere with proper stages of growth during rapid stages of spinal developement.  Chiropractic checkups are especially beneficial during the growing years.  As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.  The spine and spinal curves are developed very early in life and become established in a very short period of time.

Chiropractors are experts in the care of all of the joints, bones, nerves, muscles, and connective tissue that make up the majority of the human body. 

Chiropractic care can help the elderly from developing more serious complications from their longstanding spinal and nerve related conditions.  As with the children, chiropractic adjusting techinques are modified to fit the age, size, weight, and unique spinal problem that may present itself.  There are no worries about the safety of chiropractic adjustments and techniques at Gerhardt Chiropractic, only concerns for the safety and well-being of all of our patients and their families, from new-borns to the nearly-departed. 

Pregnancy and Chiropractic

Expecting moms experience pregnancy as one of the most unique, challenging, and life-altering periods of their lives.  The additional level of responsibility that each mother carries with them is enormous, and can take it's toll in many different ways. As well as the added mental and emotional stress, the majority of women experience physical pain and discomfort during their pregnancy.  Low back pain, leg pain, neck pain, headaches, fatigue, rib pain, shortness of breath, wrist pain, elevated blood pressure, incontinence, and swelling are all common complaints.

Chiropractic rules the roost when it comes to providing natural forms of treatment for many of these maladies. Modified approaches during each stage of preganancy can make chiropractic adjustments for preganant moms easy and comfortable. This period of rapid development, hormonal changes, and shifting weight-bearing structures of the pelvis produces the discomfort that many expectant mothers experience.

Chiropractic care stabilizes the structures ot the pelvis and normalizes the function of the nervous system, an important component of prenatal health for mother and her child as well. The developing child is surrounded by the pelvic girdle, the sacrum, the ilium, and all of the attatching ligaments. Most importantly, this is done without the harmful side-effects of drugs, medications, and surgeries.

We take special precautions with you during your pregnanacy.  The benefits of chiropractic care are many times noticed throughout the entire preganancy, including the delivery itself.  Many chiropractic patients report that their deliveries were faster and more comfortable than their deliveries prior to chiropractic care.

The Handicapped

We always make an extra effort when we serve those with disabilities. We do our best to make the appropriate acommodations, if needed.