Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Axis Chiropractic + Wellness is dedicated to the practice of preventative care. Our main objective is to get you out of pain and into a state of optimal health, all without the use of drugs, surgery, and other invasive procedures. We use a technique called “Activator Methods”, which is among the safest, gentlest, and most effective approaches available and does not require any popping, twisting, or cracking during treatment, which translates into a more comfortable and pain-free treatment for our patients. We counsel our patients on lifestyle changes which include diet, nutrition, and exercise—all to bring the body into a healthier state, improving your vitality while decreasing the expression of illness in your body. The combination of chiropractic and wellness care can have profound effects on your body and we find patients experiencing benefits from care as early as the first treatment in our office.

Chiropractic is the practice of treating joint misalignments in the body (subluxations) to correct disturbances to joints, muscles, and the nervous system. These joint misalignments or subluxations can cause decreased motion between joints, while increasing inflammation, muscle and joint pain, damage to the joint itself, and can potentially lead to improper functioning of the nervous system when these structures around the joint apply pressure directly to the nerves. Chiropractic gets the joint and surrounding structures back into a state of harmony, preventing damaging to the joint and keeping the patient in a state of diminished pain.

A “subluxation” is simply a joint misalignment. Subluxations typically affect the vertebra in the spine, but can apply to any joint misalignment in the body and increase the manifestation of pain and the risk of damage to the joint, often presenting in disturbances to the nerves and nervous system. Subluxations are typically caused by three factors: stress, from work or from an emotional event we experience; physical trauma, due to falls or accidents or from a lack of activity from a sedentary lifestyle, leading to weak muscles and instability; and biochemical changes, from a disease process in our body or nutritional disturbances from poor diet. Once corrected by a trained chiropractor, the pain associated with subluxations diminish and the peripheral nervous system is brought back to proper working order.

By treating subluxations through chiropractic adjustments and addressing lifestyle changes, patients can experience an increase in energy, a renewed sense of well-being, and a decrease in the manifestation of pain in the body. Chiropractic has been used for years in treating joint pain and arthritis, headaches, leg pain (sciatica), shoulder pain, wrist pain (carpal tunnel syndrome), while improving a patient’s balance and posture in the process. What can chiropractic do for you? Schedule an appointment with us today to find out!

Yes, chiropractic is among the safest approaches to pain management care available. Unlike drugs, side-effects are very uncommon and unlike surgery, it is not invasive and treatment does not put you into a higher risk of having severe complications. Case in point: chiropractic insurance costs on average less than $1500/year! Insurance companies are assessors of risk and premiums that low are indicative of our safety. Compare that with primary care physicians—which can be over $50,000/year or surgeons—which can cost over $100,000/year, and it really highlights the disparity in safety across these disciplines.Typically, complications associated with chiropractic care are injury-related, affecting injury to the joint, muscle, ligament, or tendon—but these complications are incredibly rare occurrences. With the technique used at Axis Chiropractic + Wellness, the risk of injury is even further removed, as the approach we take to chiropractic care is very safe, gentle, and effective, and puts very little physical force into the joint to achieve desired results.

Simply stated, everyone can benefit from chiropractic care. With the technique we use in our clinic, people of all ages, from pediatric to geriatric patients, can receive the benefits of chiropractic care without the worry of experiencing adverse complications. Chiropractic gets to the root cause of an ailment, so if you experience aches and pain and find yourself reaching for medications, consider giving chiropractic a chance.

Chiropractic care does not typically hurt, especially with our chiropractic approach; however, there may be some soreness when an area of concern is addressed. This soreness, once corrected for, goes away almost instantaneously, so any discomfort that may be experienced is very short in duration. In some cases, discomfort may be experienced the following day after treatment, which is similar to the discomfort felt after physical exertion. Discomfort of this nature is normal and related to the body’s natural healing process. As an area is corrected in the body, muscles and joints that were previously under-performing must now pull their weight—our approach gets the body to work in concert with itself, to achieve proper utilization of the muscle and joint structures in the body.

Chiropractic care is incredibly affordable. When compared with spinal surgery, a year of chiropractic care costs less than 10% of the cost of your average spinal fusion and less than 1% of the cost of a spinal laminectomy—all without the complications which come from choosing surgery over chiropractic care as your first line defense for pain management.

To become a doctor of chiropractic, a chiropractor must finish undergraduate prerequisites centered on human biology prior to attending chiropractic school, taking over 250 contact hours once enrolled in a chiropractic college. Chiropractors spend the final year of education in an outpatient clinic setting treating numerous patients, often working hand-and-hand with hospitals and other disciplines. Before attaining a license to practice in a given state, a chiropractor must pass four sets of boards, each testing and ensuring proficiency prior to granting licensure. A chiropractor may also advance their learning by attending seminars, gaining experience in new techniques and ways of addressing the needs of the patient. Dr. Chambers is board certified and has achieved Advanced Proficiency rating in Activator Methods technique—the highest distinction availed to practitioners of this technique.

Here at Axis Chiropractic + Wellness we employ the use x-rays, but they are used sparingly. In cases of trauma and motor vehicle accidents or conditions which don’t improve with regular care, an x-ray may be taken to rule out other, more severe, conditions in the patient. Because our technique is so safe and gentle, there is simply no need to take x-rays on every patient that seeks chiropractic care in our office. We use the x-ray as yet another tool in our tool-belt, to help with resolving a patient’s situation when the situation dictates its use.

Yes. However the frequency of ongoing care lessens as the patient improves. Our goal here at Axis Chiropractic + Wellness is to get you out of pain as soon as possible and to have you out enjoying your life. Many patients are able to go months without care after the initial treatments, which is what we prefer and encourage. The duration a patient is able to maintain treatment varies from patient-to-patient and depends upon on how long the issue has been present in the patient. As with everything in life, the sooner a problem is addressed, the less chance the problem will take hold and gain control over our lives.

Conditions treated in our office include, but are not limited to the following:

• Arm & Leg Pain
• Arthritis/Osteoarthritis
• Canal Stenosis
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Elbow Pain
• Exercises & Exercising
• Failed Back Surgical Syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Foot & Hand Pain
• Headaches
• Muscle Pain
• Muscle Strain/Spasm
• Neck Pain
• Numbness & Tingling
• Nutritional Counseling
• Plantar Fascitis
• Scoliosis
• Shoulder Pain
• Spondylolisthesis
• Strain/Sprain Injury
• Stress
• Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Whiplash
• Wrist Pain
• And much more…