Spine specialist, Dr. Elra Morgan shares a story of a young man that collapses while playing basketball.

Dr. Elra Morgan is a chiropractor serving Marine City and the surrounding area. Our chiropractor and the rest of the welcoming team at American Chiropractic Medical Services are committed to providing chiropractic solutions to address your unique needs, whether you are experiencing back pain, neck pain, headaches, or even muscular tightness and tension. You may be searching for pain relief after an accident, experiencing an injury, or if you suffer from a specific condition like chronic back pain or a spinal condition. Even if you are looking to improve your overall health, our chiropractor can help you attain your everyday wellness goals! Visit our testimonials page to find out what our patients are saying about our Marine City chiropractor and our chiropractic care plans.

Dr. Patterson is a native to Overland Park.  He graduated Cum Laude from Cleveland Chiropractic College in 1988.  He founded Overland Chiropractic Health Services PA in February of 1988 and has been practicing in Overland Park since.   He believes in taking a “whole person” approach to patient care.  This means looking for the underlying causes of disease, dysfunction, and pain, as opposed to treating the symptoms.

Chicago spine specialist, Dr. Peter Meyer shares three very patient similar stories with neck and arm pain who opted not to undergo neck surgery.

Dr. Peter Meyer, Education and Memberships

In addition to earning his Doctor of Chiropractic from the National College of Chiropractic, Dr. Meyer earned his BA in biology from Illinois Wesleyan University. He is also a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician® (CCSP®). He also has a degree in sports injuries, and took an additional 200 hours of sports education. Additionally, Dr. Pete has postgraduate training in the following:

•  Acupuncture
•  Dealing with motor vehicle accidents

Dr. Pete is also a Cox Certified physician for both the cervical and lumbar spines.

“I like the fact that we have required continuing education hours as I love learning.” Dr. Pete loves updating his skills and learning what’s new in the field of chiropractic.

He also stays active professionally as a member of the American Chiropractic Association and the Illinois Chiropractic Society.

Resources:

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New York spine specialist, Dr. Gary Stefanick shares a story of a 68 year old woman who had back surgery, but had continued back pain after the surgery.

A word from Dr. Stefanick:

As a chiropractor in practice for over 34 years in the west village of New York City. I specialize the treatment of acute and chronic spinal conditions through the use of spinal decompression, manipulation, physio and exercise therapy. I am also board certified in musculoskeletal rehabilitation and therefore excel at treating non-spinal conditions such as shoulder, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle pain. I also do excellent work with headache, migraine, and TMJ.

Resources:

49 West 12th, Suite #1E, New York, NY

(212)-243-3080

gstefanick@aol.com

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Dr. Kelly Brinkman chronicles the 10 year back pain history of a 55 year old man and then shares his road to recovery.

Kelly Brinkman, DC, MCS-P, Logan University, Associate Professor

Dr. Kelly Brinkman earned her BS degree from Iowa State University in 1983 and graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in 1990. She has been in private practice in both Illinois and Missouri and has worked on a volunteer medical team on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She finished the Insurance Consultant post graduate program and earned her MCS-P (Medical Compliance Specialist – Physician) in 2009. She has held the position of clinician and Educational Coordinator at Logan and is currently full time faculty. She has taught the Cox Flexion Distraction course since 1991 and has lectured for James Cox DC, DACBR through National College of Chiropractic post graduate department in years past. She also currently teaches the Billing and Documentation and Clinical Reasoning 1 courses and has assisted in numerous other classes.

Resources:

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Spine specialist, Dr. Silke Laub shares a case of abdominal pain due to a bulging thoracic disc.

Dr. Silke Laub

Dr. Laub is a Webster & Cox Technic certified Chiropractic Sports Physician.  She provides flexion distraction therapy, prenatal and postpartum care, pediatric chiropractic, instrument assisted myofascial release techniques, athletic and functional taping, craniosacral therapy and nutritional counseling.  She is currently working towards her goal of becoming a certified pediatric chiropractor.

Resources:

Dr. Laub’s website

DrLaub@roparkchiro.com

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Spine specialist, Dr. Scott Taylor shares a new procedure for lumbar spine stenosis called Vertiflex.

Scott Taylor, MD

Board Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Board Certified Pain Management

Helping reduce his patients’ often debilitating pain is why Dr. Scott Taylor is practicing medicine.  His  main focus is interventional pain management which provides  his patients less invasive procedures that fill the gap between major traditional  back surgery and conservative care. In practice for 26 years, he finds these procedures offer exciting and new opportunities to help his patients maximize quality of life, maximize function and reduce their pain. Dr. Taylor is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia.

Resources:

Dr. Taylor’s website

staylor@hchcares.org

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The Cox 8 Table made by Haven Medical is essential to the certified Cox Technic doctor.  It is a combination of Dr. James Cox’s vision and the engineering genius of Mr. Don Wisner and his team at Haven Medical.  Mr. Wisner discusses the continuing evolution of the Cox Table and it’s application in treatment spine pain and documentation of improving spine function.

About Don Wisner, the President of Haven Medical:

Growing up in Flint, Michigan in the 50’s and 60’s meant there was one thing ingrained in our culture: Cars!

This was the Golden Era of the U.S. Auto Industry and Flint was was a shining gem the crown jewel of Detroit’s auto manufacturing dominance. For the families who lived and worked here, cars were part of our DNA.

Haven’s founder, Don Wisner, grew up in Auto Mecca surrounded by people who loved to get their hands dirty building things, working on things and fixing things; mostly (you guessed it) cars… parts for cars… or tools, equipment and gadgets to work on cars.

Since an early age, Don was afflicted with “Creative A.D.H.D.,” the product of a curious mind, an active imagination and a short attention span. His dad trained him not to read instruction or assembly manuals, but to figure out how things went together and worked for himself.  (To this day, if Don gets lost he won’t stop to ask directions let alone use his GPS, and he thinks “moderation” – especially when it comes to building stuff to last — is for wimps).

While most of the boys would run to the ball field or soda shop after school, Don would race home to his Pop’s workshop where he learned first hand how to repair anything that broke, or build anything the family needed but couldn’t afford to go out and buy. That’s how it was done back then.

By the time Don graduated high school he could rebuild an engine in his sleep, but the passion to invent and build things from scratch had him in its grip, so he went on to earn a degree in Engineering from the prestigious Michigan Tech, aka the “MIT of The Midwest.”

After graduating from Michigan Tech, Don quickly became a rising star in General Motors’ Buick and Cadillac Luxury Divisions where he invented ABTS (All Belt To Seat) Technology, a revolutionary new safety system which forever changed the way seat belts function, move and are installed in certain luxury vehicles. ABTS was first used in the Buick Park Avenue and continues to be a standard safety feature to this day.

Resources:

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Spine specialist, Dr. Shawn Nelson shares a story of a woman who had traumatic spine injuries that left her leg and the last four toes of her foot numb for 10 years.  He describes how he was able to help this patient return to a higher quality of life.

Dr. Shawn Nelson

My journey to becoming a Chiropractor began as a patient in my early teens.  I was being treated for some debilitating migraine headaches that would take my vision from me.  I began to get adjustments and these went away. Continued treatment then kept them away.  When the time came to make some career choices in high school; I chose Chiropractor, FBI agent, and stuntman (The Fall Guy was my favorite TV show and the impetus for this choice).  Due to my natural aptitude in science, my experiences with my own issues, and my overwhelming desire to be able to help in any situation I could; I made my choice.

I was educated my entire life inside the State of Iowa. First attending and graduating from Waldorf College with an AA in pre-med. I continued on at the University of Northern Iowa and then the Palmer College of Undergraduate Studies earning my BS in General Science. I finished my education graduating from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa March of 2002.  I have practiced in Michigan continuously since moving here in April of 2002.

My wife and I have 2 boys and a girl which keeps us very active.  We have been living in nearby Grosse Pointe Woods for 8 years and stay very active with the local schools and churches.  My work ethic was shaped by growing up on our family farm outside my hometown of 500 people.  My parents worked full time jobs and I played 5 sports in high school, so we farmed at night when everyone else had gone in for the night.  If something broke we were up as long as we needed to be to get ready for the next night.

I have always been around athletics. After high school I was a 2 sport athlete in college on scholarship for both football and wrestling. I continued to receive Chiropractic care through these years specifically after severely spraining my left knee at the end of my freshman years.  Once those ended I changed my focus to rugby.  I was on scholarship for it through my chiropractic college.  My playing career ended in 2012.  I played in 2 countries, countless states, and for 6 teams (including a cameo for the Navy).  I have coached both the men and women of Detroit.  For the last 7 years I have stayed active with refereeing. I have been taking care of athletes nearly 20 years starting in our rehab department in college, treating the whole rugby team in college for a year, and then being the on field trainer and chiropractor for all of the teams I played on and coached for 17 years here in Detroit.

Resources

Dr. Nelson’s website

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