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Pediatric Patients Benefit from Chiropractic

Pediatric Patients Benefit from Chiropractic

by | Dec 15, 2020 | Providers, Resources

Caring for kids is one of the most noble callings for any provider. They are our future, and we depend on them having a safe and healthy childhood that provides the foundation for a strong, impactful adulthood.

As pediatricians, you are covering everything from well-baby care to immunizations to sports physicals, not to mention acute injuries and chronic conditions. Additionally, Snohomish County, Washington, has a primary care provider to patient ratio of 1,900:1, far more the national average that is closer to 1,100:1.

This means that as you manage the care for a tremendous number of kids, you need a qualified and conscientious team of specialty and alternative care providers. When referring your treasured patients, you want someone who will treat your patients the way you would treat them and return them to your practice reliably.

Making Chiropractors Part of Your Care Team

First, and most important, pediatric chiropractic care is a safe, gentle, and non-invasive treatment option that supports children’s health naturally. Interestingly, at Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, we have found our non-invasive, holistic care to be beneficial in treating these issues in infants and children with outstanding results:

  • Scoliosis
  • Allergies
  • Headaches
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Ear Infections
  • Stress-Related Illnesses
  • Concussions
  • Sports-Related Injuries
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Infant Torticollis
  • Asthma
  • Colic

Are Chiropractic Adjustments Safe for Infants and Children?

Yes, at our practice in Mill Creek, WA, we use techniques specifically designed for infants and children. There is a much gentler touch and much lighter force used when making adjustments.

As well, our holistic treatment approach is ideal to support your treatment expectations in terms of nutrition, movement or exercise, and any lifestyle changes that you may have deemed appropriate and would like supported.

Are There Specific Areas Where Pediatric Chiropractic Care May Be Beneficial?

While chiropractic care can be an essential consideration when treating infants and children with the issues listed above, there are as many different ways to improve someone’s health as there are patient presentations. At Amazing Life, we have found great success with the following:

  • Post Birth Adjustments — The birthing process can be very difficult on both mother and child. The baby is subjected to massive pressure that can damage the nervous system and cause problems for a lifetime. We have used soft, gentle manipulation that seems to smooth the baby’s first months and improve everything from posture to the immune system later in life.
  • Infant Torticollis — We often hear, “Is chiropractic good for infant torticollis?” The answer seems to be yes. Tightened muscles from Infant Torticollis respond positively to chiropractic manipulation helping to alleviate the twisting neck and head. This can be a safe, all natural, and non-invasive option that precludes surgery or decreased range of motion.
  • Orthotics — Amazing Life has medical grade custom orthotics available for patients with gait abnormalities, leg length discrepancies, or balance problems. Orthotics help alleviate pain as well as correct improper foot issues.
  • Acute Trauma and Car Accidents — With a child or infant that has experienced an acute trauma, including car accidents where there may be neck injuries, chiropractic care is available as an alternative to heavy medications or changes to routine. We have also seen excellent results in children or teens that have experienced sports-related injuries.

A Care Partner with Solid Training and Experience

At Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, our clinicians are board-certified and have deep knowledge and experience in treating a wide array of musculoskeletal issues. And because of our commitment to holistic care, we offer these services as well:

  • Nutrition counseling and weight loss
  • Therapeutic massage
  • Orthotics (as detailed earlier)
  • Chiropractic care for the entire family

Our providers understand that when referring patients to another practice you want to feel confident that you will receive timely follow up.

At Amazing Life, we keep your practice informed and send patient progress notes post-care. Our goal is to function as a valuable team member with your practice and you can be assured that your patients will be directed back to you when treatment is complete.

If you are a pediatric provider in the Mill Creek community, please contact us to discuss how we can partner with you and your patients. Or stop by — we would love to show you around!

Chiropractic and Neurology a Powerful Team For Patients

Chiropractic and Neurology a Powerful Team For Patients

by | Dec 9, 2020 | Informational, Providers, Resources

Can Neurology Providers Broaden the Scope of their Treatment Team by Adding Chiropractic Care?

Neurology — the study and treatment of nerves and the nervous system — is complementary to the practice of chiropractic care. That brings the question of whether an alternative form of care, like functional chiropractic, can enhance the overall treatment plan for patients suffering from traumatic brain injury, disorders of balance, and problems with the neck and spine.

Chiropractic care can be used in addition to (or sometimes even in place of) medications for ailments like migraines, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease. At Amazing Life Chiropractic and Wellness, in Mill Creek, WA, we specialize in working collaboratively with specialists to provide a holistic overall program for their patients.

Can Chiropractic Care Be a Valuable Addition to Your Care Team?

Chiropractic practitioners specialize in spine, nerves, and nervous system issues with a non-invasive, gentle approach where the need for medications can often be significantly reduced. Our thorough lifestyle evaluation techniques isolate and identify changes in body mechanics, nutrition, and exercise that improve the patient’s recovery and overall life experience.

As an alternative treatment option, chiropractic care has been shown to ease pain in patients with nerve damage as well as successfully treat brain injury patients experiencing balance and vestibular problems. They can also be very successful in the treatment of Post-Concussion Syndrome as a longer-term solution to this type of head injury.

For chiropractic care and neurology, a natural partnership makes infinite sense. Their hands-on approach to gentle manipulation and holistic healing coupled with a neurologist’s commitment to treating diseases of the entire nervous system while improving patients’ lives, defines a bridged relationship that would bolster patient care.

Ways to Integrate Chiropractic Care into Your Neurology Practice

Chiropractic is a focused approach that can expand your treatment team’s effectiveness in these ways:

  • Chiropractic care can relieve the pain and inflammation experienced by many neurology patients presenting with head injuries and spine/nerve damage. This non-invasive treatment can reduce the need for medications in many patients.
  • Chiropractic care can be a beneficial way to address balance problems where other options have not been successful. For example, vertigo and vestibular issues respond positively to gentle chiropractic manipulation and massage.
  • Chronic or episodic diseases, like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, respond well to chiropractic care and an in-depth focus on lifestyle changes can continue the improvements for an enhanced quality of life in the long term.

Bringing A Holistic Focus

At Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, our goal is to contribute our professional expertise to your team of healthcare providers. We want to support your experience, methodologies, and treatment plan with our deep knowledge of chiropractic medicine and the mind-body wellness connection. It’s one of our core tenets to professionally represent our field within the greater healthcare continuum.

Working with you and your team collaboratively, our modes of treatment may include:

  • The latest techniques in chiropractic manipulation that are gentle and effective for nerve and nerve-related problems.
  • Guided stretching exercises that can be translated to home care and provide lifelong relief when continued beyond the scope of treatment.
  • Massage therapy used in alleviating pain, inflammation, and stress-related stiffness.
  • Lifestyle support with doctor-guided weight loss solutions, stretching exercises, and activity/exercise counseling.

When you partner with Amazing Life, you, your practice, and your patients can expect extraordinary care, outstanding service, and communication throughout the care continuum. Our commitment to the healthcare providers we work with ensures that your patients are treated as if they were in your own practice.

For your patients in the Mill Creek, WA, community, please contact Amazing Life Chiropractic and Wellness about our innovative approach to dual disciplines partnering for patient success.

Chiropractic Care for Rheumatology Patients

Chiropractic Care for Rheumatology Patients

by | Nov 23, 2020 | Informational, Resources

Chiropractic Care for Rheumatology Patients — A Missing Puzzle Piece?

Rheumatic disease is often debilitating and wreaks havoc on patients’ activities and their lives. As a Rheumatologist, your patients present to you with stiff, swollen, and painful joints and muscles that limit their movement and can lead to a host of related concerns from inactivity and being sedentary.

With over 54 million Americans suffering from some form of arthritis, from osteoarthritis to rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, or Scleroderma, the problem is only going to grow in size as our population continues to live longer and problems from joint pain and cartilage damage expands. While low by national standards, about 23% of the population in and around Mill Creek, Washington, suffer from some form of arthritis.

How Chiropractic Care Can Be Valuable to Your Care Team

Chiropractic practitioners specialize in all types of joint pain and discomfort.  Their skilled manipulation has been found to be beneficial in treating lower back and neck pain along with other joints, such as the hip and knee.

As a non-invasive alternative, chiropractic care is shown to ease pain and, coupled with stretching and a healthy, inflammation-reducing diet, can improve mobility in rheumatology patients.

Consider these ways a chiropractor will contribute to and expand your treatment team:

  • Chiropractic care can relieve inflammation and the associated pain, which is a main factor in arthritis. This non-invasive treatment can reduce the need for medications in many patients.
  • Chiropractic care is a beneficial and non-invasive way to treat rheumatoid and osteoarthritis by using among other things, gentle manipulations, infrared sauna, and full-body vibration plate machine.
  • Although chiropractic care cannot reverse arthritis, it has been shown to improve spinal posture which relieves pain from arthritis and may slow the advance of the disease.

A Holistic Focus

At Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, we take a holistic treatment approach. By working with our referring providers to understand the scope of treatment being sought, we can then actively listen to the patient about the how their pain is progressing and develop a plan together as part of a cohesive team.

One of our core beliefs at Amazing Life is that the best care comes from treating the whole patient which means understanding their specific objectives, as well as their overall lifestyle and health goals. Once we can envision the patient’s whole situation, it becomes much easier to find treatment options that help the patient and that the patient will absorb as part of their own habitual program offering lifetime benefits.

Chiropractic Care Brings an Additional Steady Hand to Your Team

At Amazing Life, every chiropractor is board-certified and each one has a deep knowledge of treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal issues. Additionally, our providers are well-versed in treating chronic pain issues suffered by many rheumatology patients.

Our modes of treatment may include:

  • Chiropractic manipulation using the latest techniques that are proven gentle and effective for muscle and joint aches and pains.
  • We focus on stretching exercises that help alleviate the tightness and inflammation often experienced by rheumatology patients.
  • Massage therapy for patients to help them learn to relax while alleviating pain, inflammation, and soreness.
  • Lifestyle support with doctor-guided weight loss solutions, stretching exercises, and activity/exercise counseling.

At Amazing Life, our goal is to keep you fully informed on your patient’s treatment plan, progress, and final outcome. We are committed to open communication throughout the treatment of your patient and want to ensure that our treatment regime fits within your overall rheumatology philosophy. We are always open to guidance from the patient’s primary care or rheumatology provider.

If you are a Rheumatology physician or advanced care provider in the Mill Creek, WA, community, please contact Amazing Life to discuss how we can partner with you as part of your holistic care team or stop by for a visit — we’d love to show you around!

OBGYN and Chiropractic as a Power Team

OBGYN and Chiropractic as a Power Team

by | Nov 16, 2020 | Informational, Providers, Resources

Your Patients are Special — They Deserve Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a special time, but it is also a time where a woman’s body goes through a wide variety of physical and hormonal changes. Often women are experiencing symptoms like nausea, back pain, and gastric problems, like heartburn and acid reflux.

As an OB-Gyn provider, you may be looking for a gentle, non-invasive alternative that helps your patients experience an easier pregnancy and childbirth. At Amazing Chiropractic and Wellness, we specialize in reducing pregnancy symptoms for expectant mothers and helping them experience healthier, more comfortable pregnancies and births.

A Natural Cycle

While pregnancy is a natural cycle, every woman’s experience may be different and there are no points for extra discomfort. Chiropractic care has been shown to be beneficial and safe for pregnant women and complications are rare for women having a normal pregnancy.

Being adaptable, pregnant women often compensate for the added weight they are carrying by shifting their posture. They will arch their back to accommodate the baby weight which then throws their spine out of alignment. Doing this for prolonged periods further increases the pain and makes the new mother even more uncomfortable.

Consider these ways chiropractic care may enhance your patient’s overall experience:

  • Chiropractic care can reduce nausea and morning sickness by improving digestive issues through realigning the spine and improving the function of the nervous system. This can positively impact symptoms of heartburn and acid reflux as well.
  • Back and joint pain in the knees or ankles from the increased weight and the change in a woman’s center of gravity as the baby grows and develops. This also helps further along in the pregnancy as the patient experiences the effects of the natural development of relaxing – the hormone relaxing muscles and ligaments in the pelvic region meant to aid in labor and delivery.
  • Easing labor and delivery and reducing the pain and complications by favorably aligning the pelvis and spine. Chiropractic care can also ensure that nerves are properly functioning so that the delivery experience goes faster and more smoothly.
  • Healthier environment for baby by alleviating (or preventing) intrauterine constraint and giving baby plenty of room to position for birth.

Confidently Adding Chiropractic Care to Your Team

At Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, our clinicians are board-certified and have deep knowledge and experience in treating a wide array of musculoskeletal issues, as well as pregnancy-related symptoms. We take a holistic treatment approach and listen to the patient about the how their pregnancy is progressing, as well as their lifestyle and health goals.

We value these skills and include them in our overall treatment planning process:

  • Chiropractic manipulation using the latest techniques that are proven gentle and effective for muscle aches and pains that are specific to pregnant women while being mindful of their special positioning needs. We also hope to reduce (or completely alleviate) the need for medication to control pain leading up to the actual birth.
  • Massage therapy for pregnant patients to help relax while alleviating pain and soreness that develops during pregnancy.
  • Lifestyle support with doctor-guided weight loss solutions, stretching exercises, and activity/exercise counseling.

At Amazing Life, our goal is to keep you fully informed on your pregnant patient’s treatment plan, progress, and final outcome. We are committed to open communication throughout the pregnancy of your patient.

If you are an OB-Gyn provider in the Mill Creek, WA, community, please contact Amazing Life to discuss how we can partner with you as part of your holistic care team or stop by for a visit — we’d love to show you around!

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Nurse Practitioners’ Partner – Chiropractic Care | Amazing Life

Nurse Practitioners’ Partner – Chiropractic Care | Amazing Life

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Informational, Providers, Resources

Referring Your Patients to Chiropractic Care as a Nurse Practitioner

As the ambulatory healthcare team has evolved and expanded, the position of nurse practitioner has taken on the role of trusted advisor and patient advocate within the leadership team of many primary and specialty care practices. With the skill and knowledge to diagnose, treat, and manage illnesses and injuries, nurse practitioners develop deep and long-term relations with their patients as health partners.

There are over 290,000 nurse practitioners practicing today and almost 90% of them are certified in primary care health delivery. They are an integral part of a practice’s care team managing patient health and preventing disease.

A Natural Fit

With this holistic and preventive focus, nurse practitioners and chiropractors make a natural, complementary team. Open to a full range of alternative options, nurse practitioners find a collaborative relationship with a team like Amazing Life Chiropractic and Wellness, in Mill Creek, Washington, that brings a valuable synergy that exceeds patients’ expectations.

In fact, many patients seek out chiropractic care on their own or through their insurance provider when faced with musculoskeletal injuries, car accident injuries, or work-related issues. To ensure thorough case management and a holistic, overall approach, patients are better served when there is a reciprocal, collaborative relationship between their primary care provider and their chiropractic team.

Chiropractors Make Terrific Holistic Referrals for Advanced Practice Nurses

At Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, our clinicians are board-certified and have deep knowledge and experience in treating a wide array of musculoskeletal issues. When you send a patient for evaluation and treatment, we look at the overall picture and incorporate the patient’s lifestyle, socioeconomic environment, and their mind-body connection.

In working as part of your healthcare delivery team, we see our role as contributing to healing the whole person — it’s our guiding priority.

Our expertise includes:

  • Chiropractic manipulation — We incorporate the most up-to-date techniques in our treatment regime. Our manipulation process is outstanding for back, neck, and extremities problems. When a patient is faced with pain from exercise or work-related strains or injuries and is experiencing muscle aches and pains, chiropractic care can provide non-invasive relief – often without medications.
  • Lifestyle support — Our team is highly knowledgeable about weight loss solutions coupled with overall exercise counseling to support a patient in holistic healing.
  • Custom orthotics — We have found that chronic musculoskeletal pain is often a subset aggravated by posture issues and even problems with the feet. Our custom orthotics program provides an easy assessment process to identify options that will positively impact the patient for work and leisure activities.
  • Neuropathy care — Amazing Life has broad experience in treating patients, like diabetes patients, that struggle with nerve pain and weakness, numbness, and acute pain.

As fellow practitioners, we acknowledge that when referring patients to another practice, your expectation is that you will receive timely follow up.

At Amazing Life, we strive to keep our partner providers extensively informed about a patient’s progress. Our goal is to keep you fully informed on your patient’s treatment plan, progress, and final outcome. Please rest assured that your patients will be directed back to you when treatment is complete.

If you are a nurse practitioner in the Mill Creek community, please contact Amazing Life to discuss how we can partner with you as part of your holistic care team or stop by for a visit — we’d love to show you around!

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Chiropractors Support the Primary Care Doctor

Chiropractors Support the Primary Care Doctor

by | Nov 2, 2020 | Providers, Resources, Wellness

Does a Primary Care Doctor Benefit by Referring Patients to Chiropractic Care?

The primary care doctor has long been assigned the role of gatekeeper or coordinator of care in the healthcare arena and with good reason. They are the initial contact for many patients and they have the unique ability to guide and follow up on treatment alternatives.

While the role is predefined, many providers are on the lookout for effective referral relationships that afford the best medical care and help treat the vast influx of patients needing treatment.

In Snohomish County, Washington, the primary care provider to patient ratio is 1,900:1, far above the national average that is closer to 1,100:1.

That means that you need a qualified and conscientious referral team of care providers that treat your patients effectively and return them to your practice reliably.

Making Chiropractors Part of Your Musculoskeletal Team

Whether in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, or OB/Gyn, you find yourself with patients presenting with musculoskeletal issues, i.e., the car accident victim with whiplash, the pregnant woman with back aches.

These patients typically require more than just pain medication. They can benefit from non-invasive treatment options that help to correct the underlying problem before relying on surgical alternatives. In fact, patients frequently self-refer to chiropractors wanting to find a solution that doesn’t involve invasive options.

Can You Be Confident in Chiropractic Care?

When referring patients to chiropractic care, primary care doctors need to feel confident in the treatment being delivered. In a recent Harvard Medical School article, Robert Shmerling, M.D., suggests that offering chiropractic care to patients is a solid treatment strategy and one that he offers his patients.

Dr. Shmerling also points to a study cited by the JAMA Open Network entitled “Effect of Usual Medical Care Plus Chiropractic Care vs Usual Medical Care Alone”. This study showed that a statistically significant improvement in low back pain intensity and disability was experienced by patients when chiropractic care supplemented traditional back pain treatment by a primary care doctor alone

A Colleague with Solid Training and Experience

At Amazing Life Chiropractic & Wellness, our clinicians are board-certified and have deep knowledge and experience in treating a wide array of musculoskeletal issues. We listen to the patient and take a holistic treatment approach taking into account the patient’s lifestyle and overall health goals.

Our expertise includes:

  • Chiropractic manipulation using the latest techniques that are proven gentle and effective for muscle aches and pains throughout the body. Excellent when a patient is faced with back, neck, and extremities pain from exercise or work-related strains or injuries.
  • Neuropathy care for patients experiencing nerve pain and weakness, numbness, or acute pain.
  • Care for people who have suffered injuries due to car accidents, most often neck and back pain.
  • Lifestyle support with weight loss solutions, exercise counseling, and custom orthotics for work and leisure activity.

We also understand that when referring patients to another practice you want to feel confident that you will receive timely follow up. At Amazing Life, we inform your practice by sending patient progress and updates back post-care. We want you to be fully informed on the progress we’re making and rest assured that your patients will be directed back to you when treatment is complete.

If you are a primary care physician in the Mill Creek community, please contact us to discuss how we can partner with you and your patients.

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