New Patient Center

Bellingham's Life Chiropractic is a research-focused facility which uses both state-of-the-art "hi-tech" and old-school "low-tech" to produce life-changing health benefits for your individual body.

For your awareness, here is a sampling of some research summaries: 

For Acute and Chronic Pain - A Comparison With Other Treatment Methods

Nyiendo et al.  Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2000 - “Patients with chronic low-back pain treated by chiropractors showed greater improvement and satisfaction at one month than patients treated by family physicians.  Satisfaction scores were higher for chiropractic patients.  A higher proportion of chiropractic patients (56%vs. 13%) reported that their low-back pain was better or much better, whereas nearly one-third of medical patients reported their low-back pain was worse or much worse.”

Korthals-de Bos et al, British Medical Journal 2003 - In a Randomized controlled trial, 183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual therapy (spinal mobilization), physiotherapy (mainly exercise) or general practitioner care (counseling, education and drugs) in a 52-week study.  The clinical outcomes measures showed that manual therapy resulted in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general practitioner care.  Moreover, total costs of the manual therapy-treated patients were about one-third of the costs of physiotherapy or general practitioner care.

Haas et al (2005), Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics - “Acute and chronic chiropractic patients experienced better outcomes in pain, functional disability, and patient satisfaction; clinically important differences in pain and disability improvement were found for chronic patients.”

Hoving et al (2002), Annals of Internal Medicine - “In our randomized, controlled trial, we compared the effectiveness of manual therapy, physical therapy, and continued care by a general practitioner in patients with nonspecific neck pain.  The success rate at seven weeks was twice as high for the manual therapy group (68.3 percent) as for the continued care group (general practitioner) . Manual therapy scored better than physical therapy on all outcome measures.  Patients receiving manual therapy had fewer absences from work than patients receiving physical therapy or continued care, and manual therapy and physical therapy each resulted in statistically significant less analgesic use than continued care.”

For Headaches

Duke Evidence Report, McCrory, Penzlen, Hasselblad, Gray (2001) - “Cervical spine adjustment was associated with significant improvement in headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or neck dysfunction and headache.”

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Boline et al. (1995) - “The results of this study show that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches. . . Four weeks after cessation of treatment . . . the patients who received spinal manipulative therapy experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the patients that received amitriptyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values.”

** Scientists at the University of Maryland in 1996 discovered that a tiny muscle named in the rectus capitus posterior minor (RCPM) actually attaches itself to the brain lining at the base of the skull while the other end of the muscle attaches itself to the first cervical vertebra (atlas).  Consequently any tension in this muscle pulls in the brain lining (dura mater) which is very sensitive to pain and will result in the patient feeling headaches. There is now an anatomical and structural connection providing a scientific basis for the exceptional results that chiropractors have had with headache patients.

TOTALLY FOCUSED PATIENT-CENTERED CARE IS MY PASSION

Bellingham's Life Chiropractic offers a complimentary consultation and spinal screening evaluation (-52) in order to determine if we can help you.  To find out if your spine pain qualifies for our comfortable instrument treatment pain relief and exercise procedures, call Life Chiropractic right now at (360) 734-5433 for your complimentary consultation and spinal screening evaluation.  There is absolutely zero financial risk or obligation concerning this screening evaluation. 

Welcome to the Life Chiropractic new patient center!

We understand that arriving at a doctor's office for the first time can be nerve racking.  Filling out paperwork, learning  new faces and names, and getting to know your way around the office can be an overwhelming experience, especially when you are suffering from pain.

That's why at Life Chiropractic our aim is to  remove any  stress or causing unnecessary tension and to make you feel comfortable.  In this area of the website you will be able to take care of items necessary for your visit prior to arriving, in the comfort of your own home.

Hiring a chiropractor is a serious matter and should not be based solely on advertising and severely-discounted services which are at other times billed to health insurance companies.  With that in mind, our policy is to provide messages, news, and knowledge bits to the reader.  This approach is intended to give you an opportunity to produce an informed decision concerning any health challenges you may be experiencing.

We offer to you, the potential new patient a complimentary spinal screening evaluation  This offer is designed to take out any financial barrier which may prevent the potential new patient from finding out if chiropractic could be of help.  We will give you our opinion of your condition so that your examination visit is in effect your fact-finding mission.  Then, you are the judge as to whether or not you choose to hire us as your chiropractor.

In our office we are here to serve you so you can achieve your health goal whether it is pain relief period or the development of a stronger spine and healthier body.  You may come for one visit or fifty - the choice is yours.