Chiropractic First, LLC
"The Posture Experts"
Chiropractic First, llc
503-236-0013
222 SE 8th Ave. Portland, OR 97214
Case #1
Before & After
Correction of the Cervical Spine (neck), phase 1 Vertebral Subluxation Complex
This person presented with headaches, sinus difficulties, severe allergies and a greatly reduced range of motion in their neck prior to Chiropractic care. Following Chiropractic spinal correction their range of motion was full and within normal limits, their discs had increased in thickness, the patient was taller, their headaches were relieved, their sinus difficulties and allergies greatly improved, and their activities of daily living were easier to perform in their pain free state. Treatment included: Chiropractic adjustments, trigger point work, postural exercises and cervical traction.
Case #2
Before & After
Correction of the Cervical Spine (neck), phase 2 Vertebral Subluxation Complex
This person presented with 20+ years of headaches and neck pains following an automotive injury. They had lost 50% of their ability to turn their neck from side to side and could not safely check their blind spot when driving prior to Chiropractic care. They also had a loss of balance and decrease in energy throughout the day. Following Chiropractic spinal correction their range of motion was full and within normal limits, their normal curve had been returned to their lateral neck as seen above. The discs in their neck had increased in thickness especially in the mid neck curve, the patient was taller and their headaches were greatly relieved. Their activities of daily living were easier to perform in their pain free state and they felt safer driving as they could now check their blind spot. They reported an increase in energy both at home and at work and fewer illnesses. Treatment included: Chiropractic adjustments, postural exercises, balance board training, visualization and cervical traction.
Case #3
Before & After
Correction of the Cervical Spine (neck), phase 3 Vertebral Subluxation Complex
This person presented with 30+ years of headaches and neck pains following several automotive injuries in their teens and twenties. They had lost 50%+ of their ability to turn their neck from side to side and bending from side to side prior to Chiropractic care. They also had a loss of balance and decrease in energy throughout the day and reported frequent respiratory illnesses. As seen on the films above they had a severe reversal in their lateral neck curve with associated disc degeneration and bone spurs in the front and back of their neck vertebrae. Following Chiropractic spinal correction their range of motion was 90% full and nearly within normal limits. Their reversed curve was returned from a pathologic kyphotic state to a pain free lordotic state as seen above. The discs in their neck had increased in thickness, the patient was taller and their headaches and neck pains were greatly relieved. Their activities of daily living were easier to perform in their pain free state. They reported an increase in energy and fewer respiratory illnesses. Treatment included: Chiropractic adjustments, postural exercises, home exercises and 2 types of cervical traction.
Case #4
Before & After
Correction of the Lumbar Spine (low back), phase 1 Vertebral Subluxation Complex
This person presented with 5+ years of low back prior to Chiropractic care. They had tight leg and low back muscles with a decreased ability to reach for the floor in a standing position. Following Chiropractic spinal correction their range of motion was full and within normal limits, their normal lumbar (low back) curve had been returned to their lateral spine as seen above. The discs in their low back had increased in thickness. Their range of motion was returned to normal in their low back and hips. Their activities of daily living were easier to perform in their pain free state. They reported that they could now play with and pick up their children without pain, and perform chores and work in a new pain free state. Treatment included: Chiropractic adjustments, PNF stretching, postural exercises, home exercises, and lumbar traction.
Before & After
Correction of the Lumbar Scoliosis (low back)
This person presented with a scoliosis, associated rib humping, significant postural abnormalities, and occasional mid and low back pain prior to
Chiropractic care. They had tight low and mid back muscles with a
decreased range of motion of their low back in most directions.
Following Chiropractic spinal correction
their range of motion was nearly full and within normal limits. Their scoliotic curvature was dramatically reduced and thus improved as
seen above. Their activities of
daily living were easier to perform in
their new pain free state. Treatment included: Chiropractic
adjustments, postural exercises, home exercises, and
thoracolumbar traction on a Berry Translation unit. Correction of the Lateral Thoracic Spine This person presented with 1+ years
of low back prior to
Chiropractic care. They had a significantly flat thoracic spine (upper back). They were an active participant in yoga for many years and had over stretched their thoracic spine until it became unstable and lost it's normal curve. Following Chiropractic spinal correction
their upper back curve was greatly restored as seen above, low back pain was significantly decreased and they were able to perform yoga without painful restrictions. Treatment included: Chiropractic
adjustments, stability ball core strengthening, postural exercises, and thoracic traction. Summary: We provide family posture corrective care and have been serving Portland since 2001. We are experienced in adjusting newborn children, adolescents, adults, athletes, and seniors. We not only treat the spine, we also address, extremities such as fallen arches, rotator cuff injuries, TMJ dysfunction, wrist problems such as CTS and UTS, painful knees and hips, and rib subluxations. We offer a gentle but effective approach to total body health. Chiropractic First, llc 503-236-0013
Case #6
Before & After
Our patients have experienced relief with headaches/migraines, allergies, asthma, pain related to pregnancy, sciatic pain, disc pain, facet pain, muscle spasm, numbness, weakness, tingling, balance problems, weakness, and a decreased range of motion.
Our clinics offer Chiropractic, Massage, and natural physiotherapy related treatments. We do not offer drugs, surgery, or other forms of electrical or chemical intervention used to mask the body's innate call for help. We believe the body is a self-healing entity which does not need electro-chemical interference to feel or heel better. Rather the body needs to eliminate the interference to its' nervous and immune systems to properly express its' fullest potential in a pain free, fully functional, mechanically balanced being.