WHY SHOULD I DO THE DISC PUMP EXERCISES?

In a word…EFFICIENCY.

Everything has its value.  Imagine that everything that touches your life has a sticky note attached to it with a number from 1 to 10, connoting its value.  Your grandchild is a 10.  The neighbor’s yapping dog in the middle of the night a 0.  What about your car?  Your favorite Christmas ornament?  Your cell phone?  Your spouse?  Your chiropractor?  All 10’s right?  What about your health?  10.  What about your time? 10.

I’m the same as you, so as I have been refining The Lindwall Method over the years I have always looked to balance my time and my health.  I say “my” time and “my” health because I am my first patient.  I am the Guiney pig.  I only pass on to you, my second but vastly more important patient, what I have first approved for myself, my own spine, my own health.  If I need it so do you.  If I don’t need it neither do you.  Why would I give you something that I don’t need?  That would be a waste of your time.  I don’t like to waste my time so I won’t waste yours.  It’s about EFFICIENCY… and NECESSITY.  What’s necessary for your spine?  Adjustments.  Disc Pump Exercises.  Deep tissue therapy.  

SO, AGAIN, WHY SHOULD I DO THE DISC PUMP EXERCISES?

1)     HYDRATION – The discs in your spine have no blood supply, no blood vessels feeding them food, water, and oxygen.  They rely completely upon the vertebrae above and below to feed them passively through diffusion, through a process called imbibition, or what I call the Disc Pump.  When the joint moves, nutrients are pumped from the bone to the disc, keeping the disc healthy and hydrated, full of water.  It works like pumping water from a well.  You have to pump the well handle all the way up and all the way down, over and over again, to get the water flowing. 

2)     KEEP WHAT YOU GOT – If you already have a disc or two degenerating, you know what it looks like on x-ray.  You know how serious it is.  If you don’t have one yet, you likely will someday, especially if you don’t take care of them.  Discs are made of cartilage and adult humans don’t make cartilage.  So the amount of cartilage that you have right now while you are reading this is the most you will ever have.  When you lose it you will never get what you lost back, no matter what supplements you take.

3)     MOTION – When I make an adjustment, I am slowly, one adjustment at a time, restoring motion to a fixated joint in your spine.  That’s my job.  Your job is to reinforce my job.  By doing the exercises you help to make my job last longer.

4)     INFLAMMATION – When the bones move better, the inflammation goes away faster, stays away longer, feels better.

5)     SCAR TISSUE – You help to keep the all-damaging scar tissue from returning to your spinal joints.

All in all, you get through Intensive Care faster, through Reconstructive Care faster, and into the least expensive Wellness Care fastest.  You save time, health, and money.  That’s why.    

The #1 cause of death in the United States is heart disease.  The #2 cause is cancer.  You wouldn’t believe the #3 cause, but that is for another article.  The #4 cause is probably diabetes.  But the #1 cause of disability is none of the above.  The #1 cause of treatment money spent is none of the above.  The cold fact is that more people are disabled by their spine and more money is spent on the treatment of back pain.  And let me tell you that the vast amount of money spent is not at the chiropractor, but in the orthopedists’ offices for injections and surgery.  In fact, studies clearly demonstrate that for every dollar spent on chiropractic, much more money is saved that is not spent at the medical doctor’s office and hospital.  In a very direct way, chiropractors do not cost, they save.  I know that may be hard to believe when you write a check to me, but statistically this is very true.  I am saving you gobs of money later.  You’re welcome.  But the money spent is not the important thing, it’s the disability.  

            Disability is the inability to do the things that you want to do.  Permanent disability is this inability for the rest of your life.  Look around you and every day you will see people who are in various levels of disability due to their spine.  This can happen to infants, children, and young adults, even though we mostly associate it with the elderly.  Why does this happen to the elderly?  It’s very simple, cartilage.  Nearly every joint in your body is made of two bones separated by a very hard tissue called cartilage.  Your cartilage has no blood supply and even if it did, the cells that originally built your cartilage have been essentially shut down in adulthood.  You don’t make cartilage anymore!  But you do continually wear it down every day.  When you hear or read the terms herniated disc, bulging disc, degenerated disc, osteoarthritis, arthritis, bone on bone, bone spur, wear and tear, you are reading about cartilage that is wearing out and will not ever be replaced.  It will never grow again.  And if someone tells you that you can take a supplement or change your diet and grow cartilage, you cannot.  There is no evidence of that.  Your cells simply just don’t do the work anymore, no matter how much good stuff you feed them. 

            You have to keep what you have, because once it’s gone it’s gone for good.  And it can happen at literally any age.  So how do we keep what we have?  How do we avoid disability?  Or in other words, how do we maintain our mobility?  It is in the word mobility that we find the key.  Mobility, “the ability to move or be moved freely and easily.”  For your body to have mobility for a lifetime, each joint has to have mobility for a lifetime.  And since it is your spine that is the set of joints that is most likely to result in your immobility, logic dictates that the way to keep your body mobile throughout your lifetime is to keep your spinal joints mobile throughout your lifetime.  It is so simple, isn’t it?  And how do we accomplish this?  Adjustments, disc pump exercises, and a regular aerobic workout, exactly the tools that I spoke with you about on day one, the tools that I use daily and weekly, and the tools that I hope you will use from now for the rest of your life.

            And of course the tools that I will hope you will tell others about!!            

          Posture.  Did your mom always tell you to stand straight, don’t slouch?  I hear stories back in the day of nuns at catholic schools hitting your knuckles with a ruler if you were found slouching.  That may be a bit severe but according to the Wall Street Journal(WSJ) your mother and those nuns were not far off the mark.  The article is titled “How Bad Sitting Posture at Work Leads to Bad Standing Posture All the Time.”  In it the author states “There’s growing evidence for the health benefits of good posture, from reducing back and joint pain to boosting mood.”  Mom, the nuns, and the WSJ have it close, but not quite right.  The entire article focuses on posture, or how you look.  While how you look may be important, what is most important is how you work.  Let me explain.

            When it comes to discussing your body there are two major ways of having this discussion.  First we can talk about structure, or what things look like, the anatomy.  In the case of your spine; the bones, cartilage, ligaments, muscles, tendons, discs, nerves, blood vessels, etc.  Second, and much more important for this discussion, is function, or how things work.  In my 300,000 patient visits I have seen many young people with spines that look great, but work lousy.  Conversely, I have seen many older patients whose spines looked horrible, but we were able to get working pretty good.  And most of my patients have heard me at some point talk about my own lumbar spine, which has 3 herniated discs but works really well, thanks to my chiropractors.  But when I was disabled those 3 times, it didn’t work so well then.  And keep in mind that the first time I was disabled from my spine was at the age of 10, at which time it probably looked pretty good.  Structure versus function. 

            The WSJ goes on to review various methods to improve posture, how you look, and to reinforce the importance of doing so.  Keep in mind that the intended audience for this article is people working in cubicles needing practical advice on how to feel better.  “Think about posture while walking, getting up out of a chair or using a cellphone or tablet.”  “Roll your chest up and forward.  Sit tall through the top of the head.”  “Stretch the pectoral muscles and strengthen the trapezius muscles in the upper back, which hold the shoulder blades back.”  Things like that.  They quote orthopedic surgeon Allston Stubbs, “We see the spine and overall skeletal structure being critical to a patient’s functionality and their satisfaction with their life and health care.” 

            Structure is important, no doubt, but it is how your structure works, function, that determines the health of your spine, which directly relates to your overall health, your mobility, your mood, and your satisfaction.  So while I agree that we should all be working on improving our posture, more important still is improving how our spine functions, how it works.  You cannot measure how your spine works by how straight you stand, or how ergonomic your work station is.  We have to use the same tools I used to measure your spine in the first place; your range of motion and your Total Subluxation Value (TSV) which measures inflammation and nerve stress.  These two measurements, when combined with any known complicating factors tell us how your spine works, and, therefore, are the best tools to measure your spine as it begins to work better while using the Lindwall 3-Tool Method: 1) Adjustments, 2) Disc Pump Exercises, 3) Deep Tissue Therapy.    

Consider these statistics quoted in USA Today on 5/21/14.

1)      55 million prescriptions for opioid pain killers were written for people 65 and over in 2013.  This is a 20% increase over the previous 5 years.

2)      In 2012, 336,000 seniors were misusing or dependent upon prescription pain relievers.  This is up from 132,000 10 years earlier.

3)      The rate of overdose deaths among people 55 and older tripled between 1999 and 2010. 

Here’s how it happens.  You are in your 40’s or 50’s, and sometimes earlier, and you begin to have some back pain.  Your insurance dictates that you must see your primary care physician (PCP) so you dutifully make an appointment.  He prescribes Ibuprofen of Naprosyn or some other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.  One of two things happens.  Either it helps the pain or it doesn’t.  Both are bad:

            …if it helps reduce your pain this means that you are chemically blocking the pain from travelling from the damaged joint in your spine to your brain.  You do not feel the damage.  This allows you to go out and cause more damage.  In the end the cause of the pain, mechanical joint damage, gets worse.     

            …if it doesn’t help the pain you go back to the same doctor that gave you your first drug and he prescribes a stronger one.  Again, either it helps the pain or it doesn’t, and the above cycle continues. 

            Eventually, assuming you believe USA Today, your chances of being addicted to pain killers when you get to your senior years is very real.  And your chances of dying from that addiction has tripled since the last 90’s. 

            “Come on doc, it’s just a little bit of pain.  It’s just an Advil.  It’s not that serious.  You’re so dramatic.”  Perhaps you might be right.  But then again, you might not be.  I for one will not take that chance. As I like to say the amount of joint cartilage you have right now is the most you ever will.  It’s not going to get better on its own.  I write and talk about my own health issues quite a bit because I know me better than I know any of the thousands of patients I have treated.  I have been disabled three times from my lower back, once at the age of 10 (that is not a typo), in 2000, and in 2009.  I know back pain from all sides.  I know disability.  And if I didn’t have my education and experience I could have easily been sucked into the medication vortex that spirals down, down, down…

            Instead I use my weekly adjustments and more when necessary, my daily disc-pump exercises, my intermittent deep tissue therapy, and my hiking program to manage the damage.

           55 million prescriptions is a big number, and that’s just to the 65 and older crowd.  The problem with prevention is you never know when you have prevented something, because it never happened.  But each person you and I save from that addiction nightmare, or each person you and I try to save from that addiction nightmare, is something that we can be immensely proud of.   

In the late 1700’s Marie Antoinette of Austria married Louis XVI of France.  They were about 14 or 15 years of age at the time.  They became the King and Queen when Louis XV died.  We have all heard that quote of Marie, “Let them eat cake.”  She actually never said that.  She was a kind queen, a good woman, and a doting mother who was the people’s scape goat for all the woes of France at the time, and lost her head for her troubles.  She gave birth to 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls.  Two survived past early childhood.  But she almost didn’t have any kids because King Louis had some trouble in the area of marital relations, so to speak.  Their marriage was not consummated for three years.  The “doctors” of the time recommended reconstructive surgery on his unmentionable area, but fortunately for Louis he ignored their advice.  It was actually marital counseling from Joseph, the Emperor of Austria and Marie’s brother, that got things working properly for the, as it turns out, nervous Louis.  But can you imagine surgery of any kind, let alone on reproductive organs, without anesthesia?? 

            Flash forward 100 years at about the time of the American Civil War.  A drug called curare was invented that appeared to be a great anesthetic.  A rebel soldier takes a lead bullet in the leg.  The medic gives him the wonder drug curare and the soldier goes rigid and does not move a muscle as his leg is amputated, which was the preferred surgery for that injury.  Well, as it turns out Curare was not an anesthetic, but a paralytic.  That means that it paralyzed the patient.  He could not move at all during surgery but he could and did feel every cut, every pull of the bone saw, every burn of the cauterization, and every stitch.  That’s probably worse than no drugs at all?!

            Flash forward another 100 years to the early 1980’s.  We have good anesthetics.  We can do painless surgery.  Instead of just cutting off bad legs surgeons now we can reconstruct hips and knees, etc.  In the early 80’s after joint surgery the patient would wear a cast for several weeks until the surgery was healed, and then begin months of rehabilitation.  And then came the research of Tapio Vidamen at the University of Helsinki, Finland.  He discovered, using rabbits, that a mild reduction in range of motion of a joint will result in “permanent and irreversible” degeneration of that joint in just 2 WEEKS.  This changed orthopedic surgery. 

            Thanks to Vidamen, today when you have joint surgery you will be moving that joint the same day, or at least the next day.  No exceptions.  Immobilization is bad.  It causes joints to wear out very very fast.  This research had big implications for the spine too.  As it turns out the spine wears our faster than the big joints of the body.  This is why spine problems account for more health care dollars spent and more disability than any other health problem. 

            So from my perspective as your chiropractor, getting people to feel better is a wonderful thing, but it is far more beneficial to you to keep your spinal joints healthy tomorrow and all the tomorrows to come.  Therefore, I use the same tools on you that I use on myself.  I get adjusted once a week in Wellness Care to stay ahead of the Vidamen 2 week window.  I do my Disc Pump exercises daily (or nearly so).  I get deep tissue therapy periodically.  And if I find any tool out there that will help my spinal joints to last for more tomorrows be rest assured I will share it with you.               

           When I was in 9th grade I made a decision that would guide the next 6 years.  I was under the care of a family of orthodontists in Fullerton and thought that putting wires on teeth would be a great profession to be part of.  I went through high school with that in mind.  I majored in general biology at UC Irvine in order to go to dental school.  Needless to say I changed my mind, a singular event that occurred the Friday night prior to the day I was scheduled to take my Dental Admissions Test (DAT).  I simply never showed up for that test.  Why?  It was, as it always is, a woman’s fault.

            My fiancée of two years at that time, who would become my wife that same summer, suffered from such severe and unrelenting headaches that when I met her she would take 16-18 Excedrin per day.  This habit would later lead to ulcers that brought her uncomfortably close to death due to severe anemia.  This was the same habit that actually did cause her grandmother to die of a bleeding ulcer.  But my fiancée found help from a chiropractor.  It didn’t cure the problem, but it helped tremendously and just perhaps, it may have save her life by allowing her to reduce her medication intake.  And it motivated me. 

            To make a very long story very short, I went through chiropractic college, internship, several years working for another chiropractor and all the headaches of starting and running my own practice to help people, and along the way I have found that there are many different types of people that I can help.  I assume I have helped you with something.  I have also helped folks with migraines, headaches, back pain, neck pain, arm pain, sciatic nerve pain, herniated discs, degenerated discs, scoliosis, whiplash, seizures, ear infections, pneumonia, asthma, partial paralysis, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot problems, double vision (twice), breach babies, transverse babies, sunny side up babies, back pain of pregnancy, Bell’s palsy, vertigo, sports injuries, improved athletic performance, dislocated shoulders, and many other conditions.  How did I do all of this?  Simply, I adjusted their subluxations.  The subluxation spares no one and causes much suffering.  The adjustment…one of the most amazing healing tools discovered by man. 

            I have helped reduce and eliminate pain, improve mobility, slow and stop spinal degenerative joint disease, and even saved and prolonged life.  Each time I have had the privilege to do this it has started with a conversation.  Recently we started a fun promotion to ask you, help you, and motivate you to create more of these conversations between me and the people you care most about. 

            I ask each patient to help create just one conversation.  Keep your eyes and ears open.  Carry the referral cards.  Tell them about the referral code on www.drlindwall.com.  A $50 exam, x-rays, report, massage, and adjustment should speak entirely for itself. 

                                                               One conversation.  Thank you.

                

Science has discovered a medical condition that humans pose a 90% risk of contracting in our lifetime.  This same condition is more likely to cause you permanent disability than any other single condition on the planet.  The damage this condition makes is always 100% irreversible.  Said Dr. Tapio Videman, Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki, it is “permanent and irreversible.” 

This condition has been known to begin while in the womb.  Dr. Gottfried Gutmann, M.D. concluded from his research on newborns that more than 80% suffer from its initial stages at birth. 

Sadly, at the early stages of this condition x-ray, MRI, CT, and blood work will be completely useless in identifying it.  By the age of 18 or so, early MRI changes may begin to be visible, but for obvious reasons these are only done if the teenager is exhibiting obvious and significant symptoms.  More often, the condition continues under the radar all through the 20’s and even into the 30’s, going completely undetected.  However, by the 40’s most are starting to experience symptoms.  By the 50’s, as we pass middle age, that 90% contraction rate is getting closer and closer to being realized.  In fact, many 50 year olds are already disabled by it, and many more will suffer the same fate in the coming decades, assuming they live that long.

            That same Dr. Gutmann said that one of the early symptoms from this condition is repetitive upper respiratory infections.  Other breathing problems are not uncommon as complications from this condition, including pneumonia and asthma. 

            Dr. Videman concluded that while the condition is never reversible, with proper care its forward progression can be stopped in many cases, and certainly slowed down.

            A Dr. Abraham Towbin, M.D., found that it can be triggered by routine mild childhood traumas which are also accompanied by undiagnosed internal bleeding.

            The Department of Cell and Molecular Biology of Tumor Immunology in Sweden found that this condition may increase our susceptibility to genetic mutation.

            Migraines, muscle tension headaches, and sinus headaches are common complications.

            One possible cause of disability from it is the inability to bear your own weight due to pain.  Disability can also occur from complete paralysis of some of the leg muscles.  This paralysis can occur after years of atrophy, or sometimes within days or weeks of the first onset of symptoms.

            I remember one patient who’s right arm was partially paralyzed and he had no feeling in the hand due to it. 

            In rare and extreme cases emergency surgery may be required due to the loss of bowel and bladder control.

            Although the condition is caused by environmental factors, genetics play a role by predisposing you to certain traits that make the progression either more or less rapid. 

           Unlike what you might think, diagnosis of the condition is usually easy, inexpensive, and non-invasive.  I’ve had the exam.  So have you.  What about the people you care about?

If I were to ask you what I meant by the “F” word, unfortunately, you would know precisely what I meant.  But one letter earlier in the alphabet creates a conundrum of sorts.  What is the “E” word?  What does it mean?  Is it bad?  Can I say it in public?  Sadly, I suspect the “E” word is used less by some folks than how often they use the “F” word.  But the “E” word is far more important to your future.  To a large extent it determines how long your physical body lasts.  Contrary to many, it doesn’t need to be used as often as you might think to get optimal use from it, perhaps 3 times each week is enough.  It doesn’t need to be used as intensely as others might suggest.  But it does need to be used moderately, regularly, and for a lifetime.  Simply, the “E” word is exercise.  Now wait, don’t turn away.  Keep reading.  Don’t be scared.  It’s not as bad as you think.  I’m going to explain some simple truths regarding E that you may not have been aware of.  And it starts with this.  “In order to succeed you first must not fail.”  You can quote me on that.

IN ORDER TO SUCCEED, YOU FIRST MUST NOT FAIL - The only way you will ever succeed at anything, and E in particular, is to make sure you set up a system in which you can ensure you do not fail.  This begins with my Rule of 1’s.  The Rule of 1’s acknowledges that no matter what E you choose to do, there will be times when you just can’t get it done.  You might be sick, or travelling, or just plain busy.  In those cases the Rule of 1’s says that you will never go 1 week without doing your exercise 1 time.  The rule of 1’s.  This is not success, but it prevents failure.  If you miss 1 week it is easy to miss 2, and then it is hard to get started again.

VANITY EXERCISE IS OPTIONAL – I have nothing against vanity exercise as I call it, but abs for abs sake, or buns of steel to impress the opposite sex will not help you live longer or actually help your health in any way.  Go for it if you like, but for the rest of us mortals I boil the whole E process down to the following steps.

AEROBIC – If you want to weigh less, eat less.  But if you want to live longer, move.  Pick the aerobic E that suits you best and do it for 45 minutes 3 times per week.  Remember the Rule of 1’s.  If interested I started the HAWK Hiking And Wellness Klub to support those of you who want to hike as part of your aerobic life.

TONING – If you are walking, hiking, biking, and therefore working out your heart and lower body, then the only real toning E that you NEED is very simple, pushups.  But not on the floor.  Rather, do them with your hands on a coffee table, or higher up for the newbie.  This reduces stress on the shoulders and therefore the risk of injury, something that will become more and more important as you age.

STRETCHING – Every patient knows of my Disc Pump Exercises.  We should all be doing these daily.  Not only do they activate the life giving disc pump, they also stretch your spine, your hips, your knees, and your shoulders.  2 minutes a day is all you need. 

THAT’S ALL FOLKS – I will never discourage you from enjoying any form of exercise, but when it comes down to it, when you look at what needs to be done for your future health and mobility, when considering risks of injury and longevity, and when taking into account your gradual aging, when you combine an aerobic program with some pushups and my disc pump stretching exercises you will find that simply put, that’s all most of us will “need” for a long healthy mobile life.  They are the necessities.  The rest is optional.

QUESTION – If you could see into your future and then change anything in your past, would you?  I would, and did…well sort of.          

             When I was 39 I applied for a life insurance policy and had to take a physical.  My blood pressure was borderline high and I was 50 pounds heavier.  I barely passed the physical.  Less than a year later I ended up in the hospital after passing out while driving my family out of town on Memorial weekend.  I did manage to get the car safely to the side of the road and in park before I passed out.  The pain in my chest was the subtle clue that prompted me to get to the side of the road.  I did not have a heart attack but I did certainly get a very clear glimpse into my future if I did not change my past.  But I could not change the past that had created my present.  However, I did have control over my present, which I vowed to change one thing at a time.  I knew that if I changed my present then my future-past would be completely altered and my past-future would be much brighter.  Get all that?

            My life’s work centers around getting you, the reader, to not wait until you are hospitalized in order to take a hard look at your future.  I want you to change your present to alter your future.  One way to look at your future is to look at your parents, or perhaps look at people you know who have led similar lifestyles as yourself.  Or just use your imagination based upon what we know are good and bad things for a healthy future.

            Do you not drink enough water?  - Drink more.

            Are you overweight? – Lose weight.

            Do you not exercise enough? – Exercise more.

            Do you smoke? – Stop.

            Do you not take supplements? – Start.

            Do you drink too much alcohol? – Stop.

            Do you drink too much soda? – Stop.

            Do you have a bad diet? – Clean it up.

            Some will argue, “You don’t know how hard it is to _____ (fill in the blank).”  Yes I do.  With the exception of smoking, which I have never done, I personally did all of the above things, one at a time.  I do not accept that you cannot do whatever you put your mind to.  You can.  If I can so can you.  I am no stronger than you.  In most cases the only difference between us is that I have been hospitalized for my lifestyle, while hospitalization is still in your future.  But the odds are it will come. 

            You may notice that none of the above are related to chiropractic.  For that I will just add two things that I do that you should, get adjusted weekly for the rest of your life and do my disc pump exercises every day.  Make these changes to your present and your future will be much healthier.  To accomplish them ask about my “Just One More Thing” plan.

Which controls your future, your strengths or your weaknesses??

As a patient at Southridge Chiropractic here is a list of benefits and options you might be interested in knowing about.  If you have any questions about any of them, please ask.  We love questions.

-          CHILDREN ARE FREE – As long as there is one paying adult children are treated for either Reconstructive or Wellness care at no charge.

-          DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE – The following discounts are available depending upon your phase of care.

o   Intensive Care – Pre-pay 6 visits and save $5 per visit.

o   Intensive Care – Second family member gets $10 discount. 

o   Reconstructive/Wellness Care – Pre-pay 6 months and save 15%.

o   Reconstructive/Wellness Care – Second family member gets $29 discount.

o   Intensive/Reconstructive/Wellness Care – We have a one year plan that incorporates all three phases of care into one easy monthly payment.

-          CHIROPRACTIC INSURANCE – Once you qualify for Reconstructive or Wellness Care, if you get hurt or otherwise need a return to Intensive Care the additional visits are at no additional charge above your normal monthly fee.*

-          MASSAGE DISCOUNTS – The Massage Club offers you savings on monthly massages and more.

-          HEALTH RESOURCE – Dr. Rick is always available to help and advise you in your health questions and issues, both related and unrelated to the spine.  Questions are welcome or write to the above email address.  He will always get back within a day.

-          DATABASE OF HEALTH INFORMATION – At the above blog site you will find Dr. Rick’s 100+ articles on chiropractic, health, wellness, exercise, weight loss, pediatrics, pregnancy, cancer, medicine and so much more. More than likely he has addressed your question(s) in one of these articles.    

-          HIKING CLUB – Dr. Rick’s Mountain Hiking Club is designed to get you moving in general, and to get you to the top of mountains eventually.  There is no charge to participate in these monthly hikes other than the Adventure Pass to park on State land.

-          QUALIFICATIONS – In Dr. Rick’s 27 years he has probably seen it before.  Plus he’s certified in Whiplash Traumatology and Automobile Crash Forensic Risk Analysis.  He’s 6 for 6 in converting breach babies using the ultra-safe Webster’s Technique.  He has considerable training and experience in chiropractic pediatrics.  He’s developed his own program of care, the Lindwall Method, utilizing the 3 examination model (range of motion, Total Subluxation Value, and complicating factors), along with the 3 tool model of treatment which includes the chiropractic adjustment, Dr. Rick’s own Disc Pump Exercises, and deep tissue therapy. 

-          WELL ADJUSTED KIDS CLUB – We have a dedicated room for your kids to safely play in.  It’s behind the wall of photos of perhaps half the kids Dr. Rick has adjusted. 

* To remain legal with the Insurance Commissioner, this is not technically insurance since we are not an insurance co.    The two exceptions to this program are if you have a new Personal Injury or Workers Comp Injury.