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Like anything worth having, chiropractic is not a quick fix, but rather an investment in your ongoing health. Because injuries happen regularly (big or small) and habits are formed day-to-day, it’s important to keep your chiropractor appointments regular to address specific issues or keep your body aligned through health maintenance check ups.
Rounded shoulders are so common, we may not even need to describe them. It’s a signifier of bad posture–your body is out of its ideal alignment. Before it goes from bad to worse, learn how to correct your rounded shoulders with simple steps that you can take at home.
No matter who you are, neck pain may be a part of your life. But it doesn’t have to be, finding a chiropractor to help with your neck pain can keep it from worsening or even prevent it!
Read more for how we can help you with your low back pain at Shephard Chiropractic Clinic.
Looking for a Portland Chiropractor Experienced in Motor Vehicle Accident Care?
Improper backpack positioning and posture can lead to problems for your little ones. Learn the proper way to carry a backpack.
Chiropractic care was the first choice for my family when I was growing up. I am from a rural farming community in Iowa. My first experience with a chiropractor was in the first grade after an accident, where I fell from a combine.
After his life was saved by a chiropractor at age 20, he dedicated himself to becoming a chiropractor.
Industry Advocate Scott Shephard, D.C., Wins
2008 Chiropractor of the Year Award
There are many types and causes of headaches. Ranging from tension and nutritional headaches to cluster and migraine headaches. No matter the cause, if you have a headache, you want it to end. Fast!
Learn how Omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) have been praised for their health benefits.
Your neck is the most vulnerable part of your spine. Not only does it support your 10 – 12 pound head, maintain a gentle forward curve, and permit head rotation, but it must also allow the free flow of nerve impulses to the head, face, hands and the rest of your body.
A herniated disc refers to a problem with one of the rubbery cushions (discs) between the individual bones (vertebrae) that stack up to make your spine.
Chiropractic is a 116 year old profession and in that time it has grown to become one of the largest independent healthcare professions in the Western world. Since Palmer College opened, chiropractic has developed rapidly and there are now over 35 schools and colleges around the world and on every continent.
An article about the history and development of modern adjusting instrument for chiropractic treatments written by Dr. Scott B. Shephard, D.C.
Shephard Chiropractic is an instrument only, controlled force adjusting chiropractic clinic in Portland Oregon. Learn more about this method of chiropractic treatment.
As a driver, passenger, cyclist, or pedestrian, you have access to chiropractic care after an accident. Many times without any expense of your own. All Oregonians are required to have Personal Injury Protection (PIP) on their auto insurance. Learn more about how to get the help you need.
Observations of posture and its relation to health dates back to the era of Hippocrates.
Sciatica refers to pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg, caused by general compression and/or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve.
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