Accident Care
At Advanced Chiropractic Nutrition Center we coordinate
in the management and rehabilitation of patients injured in automobile
and work related accidents. We have worked in coordination with many
of Jacksonville’s larger law firms with injured patients and have
established proven treatment protocols to maximize a patients’ return
to health. Our experience has indicated that the sooner a patient
begins treatment following an accident, the more rapid they recover.
Unfortunately, some patients never fully recover from their injuries
and experience permanent physical impairments which we document and
forward to their attorney when indicated. Advanced Chiropractic Nutrition
Center is a complete treatment and diagnostic facility equipped with
diagnostic x-rays, laboratory, and rehabilitation departments. MRI
procedures, CT-scans and medical specialty referrals are commonly
used by our physicians.
Activator Method
All chiropractic physicians are experts in the
diagnosis and treatment of spinal dysfunction. The Activator Method
is a gentle chiropractic technique that requires specialized training
and certification. The Activator Method is ideal for the treatment
of infants to seniors and utilizes a specific instrument that does
not involve the ''popping'' associated with traditional chiropractic
techniques. Doctors must complete specific Activator Method training
courses and pass standardized examinations to receive national certification.
At Advanced Chiropractic Nutrition Center, Dr. Susan L. Shepler maintains
an Advanced Activator Method certification. Chiropractic physicians
who maintain Activator Method national certification can be found
at www.activator.com website or by calling 800-598-0224.
Family Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care restores and maintains body balance
by normalizing motion to spinal vertebral segments. The chiropractic
adjustment stimulates the nervous system through the spinal facet
joints thereby reestablishing optimal balance and function to structures
of the body. The body is controlled by the nervous system and even
the mildest spinal nerve irritation can cause such symptoms as headaches,
indigestion, low back pain, arm and leg tingling and numbness. At
Advanced Chiropractic Nutrition Center, chiropractic adjustments are
the foundation of our healthcare programs although we compliment our
chiropractic care with massage and physical therapy. Our programs
are designed for patients of all ages and physical conditions.
Physical Rehabilitation and Massage Therapy
In addition to family chiropractic programs Advanced
Chiropractic Nutrition Center offers other physical medicine therapies
such as massage therapy, therapeutic ultrasound, electric muscle stimulus
and thermal modalities to compliment a patients’ return to health
and fitness. Rehabilitation of physical injuries involves three different
stages of care, the acute or inflammatory stage, the sub-acute or
rehabilitative stage and the maintenance or wellness stage. Each patient
is examined prior to initiating care in our facility to accurately
determine their stage of care and appropriate therapy. Chiropractic
adjustments are generally provided prior to massage or physical therapy
and our physicians prescribe and review individual stretching routines
specific for each patients’ body type, condition and injuries.
Personalized Nutrition Programs
Whether patients are recovering from accident injuries
or participating in a preventive healthcare program, a personalized
nutrition program is an integral part to both injury recovery and
maintaining optimal health. At Advanced Chiropractic Nutrition Center
we suggest that patients of all ages take advantage of our professionally
prescribed nutrition programs that are provided in a computerized
format and specific to each individuals’ unique nutritional needs.
Whether a patient is a child with chronic ear infections, a teenager
with asthma, a middle-aged female suffering from fibromyalgia and
chronic fatigue, a business professional seeking optimal health or
a person suffering from diabetes, osteoarthritis, heart disease or
high cholesterol, we can personalize a nutrition program specific
to their needs.
Quality Weight Management Programs
The American public insists on spending billions
of dollars per year on fad diets and ''quantitative'' weight management
programs only to later regain their lost weight. At Advanced Chiropractic
Nutrition Center Dr. Kiska has developed a very successful ''qualitative''
weight management program that is focused more on loss of body fat
percentage than simply weight loss. These programs are not as concerned
on the quantity of weight loss as the quality of your weight loss.
''A healthy weight loss program is accomplished when a patient loses
weight while reducing their percent of body fat. All of our weight
loss programs begin and end with a Bioanalogics body composition study
to demonstrate the loss in body fat percent, not just weight loss,''
emphasizes Dr. Kiska. ''Our programs are successful because we educate
patients on healthy lifestyle dietary changes and commit participants
to aerobic exercise programs''.
Anti-aging Laboratory Tests and Profiles
At Advanced Chiropractic Nutrition Center we offer
laboratory tests that are typically not available in the today’s healthcare
system. These tests profile anti-aging parameters, modern food allergy
testing, stress hormone balances, digestive profiles and sex hormone
analysis. These profiles are state-of-the-art and offer the patient
valuable clinical information about their health conditions. The results
of these tests allow our physicians to personalize a patient’s nutrition
program while providing a format to measure patient improvement.
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