Massage

• Medical Massage
  Dr. Pape uses a number of highly-effective adjusting approaches to help improve spinal biomechanics and reduce nervous system interference. The approach we use is based on our judgment and years of experience.

Day Spa

• Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Chiropractic Services

• Chiropractic Adjustments
  No one pays closer attention to injury statistics than Malpractice Insurance carriers. Scott Haldeman, MD, DC reviewed malpractice claims records for a 10-year period between 1988 and 1997. In reviewing the outcomes following the application of 134.5 million cervical manipulations (commonly referred to as the chiropractic adjustment), the records indicated that there were 23 reported cases of stroke or vertebral artery dissection (VAD). Of this group, 10 of the patients had the complicating factors of high blood pressure, use of oral contraceptives, or a history of smoking, all of which are associated with vascular disease. The actual incidence of stroke or VAD following cervical manipulation was found to be one per 5.85 million cervical adjustments. That means that the average chiropractor could work for 1430 years (or practice 48 full chiropractic careers!) before they might be involved with this type of litigation.
• Spinal Adjustments
• Nutritional Consultation
  Dr. Pape has extensively studied the biomechanics of the upper and lower extremities as well as the spine, and combines the skill and expertise of chiropractic care and nutritional counseling. Dr. Pape is trained in Graston Technique, Activator Technique, Webster Technique for pregnant patients, PIR, PFS, and a variety of other soft tissue techniques. She has been trained to screen for, detect, and treat scoliosis. Dr. Pape is certified in custom fit orthoses. She is dedicated to helping you achieve your highest health and wellness goals.
• Subluxation
  As a Chiropractic Physician specializing in family, maternity and pediatric care, Dr. Pape believes that chiropractic treatment during pregnancy is vital to the normal physiological functioning of both the mother and the baby during pregnancy and birth. Since our brain and nervous system control the function of every cell, tissue, and organ of our bodies (and our unborn baby's body), it is critically important for our nervous system to operate at 100% for optimal health. Our spine protects our spinal cord and when a spinal bone shifts out of normal alignment it may produce abnormal motion and damaging pressure on spinal nerves. This condition is known as vertebral subluxation and if present, it may interrupt vital nerve flow within our bodies and to the developing baby.
• Manipulation Therapy
  "Dr. Pape has created trust and respect in me for the chiropractic profession. Before seeing her, I had doubts about chiropractic manipulation. I walked in with sciatica and was pleased with her treatment plan for me and intend to keep regular appointments to keep it under control. She and her staff are at the top of the professional scale when it comes to customer care."
• Spinal Decompression
• Myofascial Therapy
• Therapeutic Exercise
• Flexion Distraction Therapy
• Acupuncture
  Chiropractic care shown to be more effective than acupuncture and anti-inflammatory drugs for chronic neck and back pain. A 2003 study in the journal Spine looked at people with 4.5-8.3 years of chronic spinal pain. All participants were evaluated with standard measurement outcome questionnaires. Those people that received the anti-inflammatory drugs (Celebrex or Vioxx) had 4.5-6.4 years of chronic spinal pain. Only 5% were asymptomatic within 9 weeks, 6.1% suffered an adverse event, and only 18% reported improvement in general health status. In the needle acupuncture group, the participants also had 4.5-6.4 years of chronic spinal pain. 9.4% were asymptomatic within 9 weeks, none of them suffered an adverse event, and 15% reported improvement in general health status. The group receiving chiropractic care had 8.3 years of chronic spinal pain. 27.3% were asymptomatic within 9 weeks, none of them suffered an adverse event, and 47% reported improvement in general health status! A year after the completion of this study the participants were re-evaluated and the results published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics. In this follow-up study, results showed that neither the drugs Celebrex/Vioxx nor needle acupuncture afforded a long term therapeutic benefit to the chronic spinal pain patients (only one improvement outcome out of 7 for both groups). In contrast, chiropractic spinal adjustments did show a significant long term therapeutic benefit (statistically significant improvement in 5 of 7 outcomes).