What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic is a complete system of healthcare focused on restoring, preserving, and optmizing health by natural hands on care.
Where conventional or "allopathic" medicine focuses on curing illness through surgery and pharmaceuticals, the goal of chiropractic is to optimize health with a non-invasive approach that does not use drugs or surgery. Chiropractic's primary avenue of care is adjustments of the spine and the framework of the body in order to reduce and eliminate spinal subluxations. Current scientific research is demonstrating the widespread detrimental impact that subluxations have on the tissue of the body. It is vital that your nervous system be functioning free of interference from subluxations in order for you to experience optimal health. 

In order to achieve optimal health and reach the root of a problem,  adjustments over a course of time may be necessary; in addition to massage, physical therapy, stretching exercises, or strengthening exercises. In the chiropractic world, keeping the problem fixed and preventing its reoccurrence is important.
Some common symptoms that can be reduced or eliminated by chiropractic care are neck and back pain, headaches, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, decreased immune function, TMJ problems, allergies, vertigo, frozen shoulder, decreased energy, irritability, joint stiffness and swelling, pain and immobility in extremities, feet, shoulders, elbows, knees and/or hips.

Some common benefits of chiropractic care are:  increased flexibility, alleviation of pain, improved posture balance, increased mobility, decreased anxiety or irritability, decreased reaction to allergens, better ability to focus, reduced stress, improved immune system, increased calmness and positivity.

The real benefit of seeing a chiropractor comes from our focus on wellness instead of sickness.

Effects of Chiropractic Care

Wellness in Austin requires you to be proactive in maintaining your health! Treating your body property and not taking a sit and wait approach will help you in the long run- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. As an Austin Chiropractor, I don’t take a sit and wait approach to solving health problems. Many of those issues can be proactively addressed and treated prior to the problem actually occurring. Remember that many ailments such as cancer, heart disease take many years to develop- and don’t happen overnight.

However, having a healthy lifestyle free of migraines, headaches, or allergies in Austin is a process that will involve you as an active member of you own health care. Chiropractors in Austin sometimes try to become the overall health practitioner- rather than letting your body do the health. At our chiropractic offices in Westlake, we incorporate massage, chiropractic, and other modalities to help move your health forward.

One of the number one reasons people commit bankruptcy, and foreclosure, is due to health related issues. We take great pride in helping people, and teaching people, how to maintain their health. Issues such as carpal tunnel syndrome, neck pain, back pain, car accident chiropractic, car accident massage and the need for chiropractic in Austin, chiropractic in Westlake, allergies, asthma and more can all be caused by vertebral subluxations. Without properly treating the subluxations these health issues will reoccur again and again. Some workplace injuries that require the need for chiropractic in Austin are easily and effectively treated in our office at Westlake Chiropractic.

We have systematically helped lower our cost of providing health care, and have passed those savings onto our patients. This has enabled them to have more health care dollars to spend towards massage in Austin, nutrition, and more.

The truth of the matter is your health is important to us- and it should be even more important to you. As Westlake Chiropractic and Massage we encourage you to exercise, eat properly, get proper rest and relaxation, maintain and sustain healthy relationships with your family and family members. Anthony Robbins once said “you can make time for wellness now or you can make time for sickness later." The choice is yours.

We have some ideas that you need to be aware of to achieve optimal health in Austin:

1. Health is not merely the absence of disease.
2. We believe your body was made in the image of God- that when you were created you were not short on some chemicals, or that you were born short of Prozac. Instead, you were created by the Creator. That Creator has built an “innate intelligence” that runs your body effectively and efficiently…
3. Wellness in Austin is a habit that can be developed over time. Our culture has been such that we prevent wellness on a daily basis…

Wellness vs. Medical Care
At Westlake Chiropractic and Massage, and as a Westlake Chiropractor, we believe in eating Organic foods. We believe that foods that are not heavily sprayed likely give you the best chance at staying health. In a similar fashion, we don’t believe in taking drugs- because drugs are just chemicals. As a chiropractor in Westlake my belief is that your body wants to express health by itself- because it was designed to be healthy. As a chiropractor in Westlake my job is to help you body realize that potential by allowing the spine and nervous system to function normally. That is why we get great results! It is truly an above down, inside out approach.

Inside Out vs. Outside In
Westlake Chiropractic and Massage strives to create and inside out approach to health. Proper nutrition and nutrition counseling, chiropractic, massage, and moving well are all important to developing your overall health. An outside-in approach assumes your body is perpetually sick- and need drugs or chemicals to balance that sickness. At Westlake Chiropractic and Massage, we believe that for health to truly be achieved, you need to create and inside out approach to health.

The Wellness Approach
Our wellness program at Westlake Chiropractic and Massage and Austin massage is to create an optimal state of health that provides your body with the opportunity for normal function. We conduct a thorough exam at our Westlake Chiropractic location and look for subluxations in your spine, or any disturbances or disruptions that may have occurred over time in your body. Based on a specific and customized report of findings, we make whatever recommendations are necessary to have Westlake Chiropractic adjust and correct those subluxations.  Our Westlake Chiropractic and Austin Massage office has been customized to encourage natural healing, and reduce if not eliminate the need for invasive treatments. When the body is working property it is set up for homeostasis, a self-healing state that can be achieved! We at Westlake Chiropractic and Massage strive to help you achieve that state!