1st Place Chiropractic

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Dan Jealouse

At 54 years of age I have struggled with low back issues since high school. I was always told that it was because I had one leg significantly shorter than the other - so much so that my mother always had to hem my pants legs to different lengths and doctors made me wear a lift in one shoe. I had been to chiropractors continuously with no lasting results. Every month I would have to go get an adjustment. Then a friend told me about NUCCA chiropractic treatment. It sounded hokey to me but because I was desperate for lasting relief I decided to go. 1st Place Chiropractic impressed me with a very thorough intake assessment including complete X-Rays. Dr. Kleinfelt explained NUCCA treatment process and that it would take time to reverse the years my muscles and skeletal system had been compensating for the miss-alignment in my neck. I questioned how the top vertebrae could cause so much pain in the low back area, she said I would understand after my first adjustment. She first measured the length of my legs and found that one was 3/4" shorter than the other. That first adjustment really surprised me in two ways: 1- there was no popping, cracking, pushing or twisting of anything. In fact the touch was so light that I doubted the Dr. had done anything at all. 2- when she measured my legs after the adjustment they were very close to exactly the same length! So though I was still skeptical at that point I had to admit that something had happened that had never happened before in my life. I decided to stick with the long process of healing with regular check ups and adjustments. It took almost 6 months before I began to hold my adjustment for more than a couple weeks. Then progress began rapidly, better yet the low back pain and shooting pain down my leg began to disappeared. Now after going to 1st Place Chiropractic for 6 years I have little to no low back pain and only need an adjustment about twice a year, usually after a fall or some other unusuall stress due to work. I no-longer have to wear special shoes or have my pant legs hemmed differently. NUCCA Chiropractic treatment really works and has given me my life back! Dan (the sceptic turned believer)

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Katherine Woltering

Everyone in the office is very professional and caring. The upper cervical adjustment is extremely gentle and feels like a tickle behind your ear. This is because NUCCA does not use direct force to correct malalignment but instead uses a wave form of energy that is so gentle that my 3 year thinks its silly. I first tried taking him when he was 2 years old to help his persistent torticollis, but he was very anxious and began crying hysterically. Dr. K. suggested we wait until hes ready. For the next year he accompanied me to my visits and Dr. K. spent a few minutes each visit interacting with him to build up trust. Once he trusted her, the x-Rays were a breeze and the adjustment became a fun game. We started to see some improvements in his head position after just 3 visits. He had gone through PT but we just couldnt correct the last 10degrees of his tilt. Most people couldnt notice his head tilt, but as his mother and a pediatric PT, it was very obvious to me and I knew the implications that an uncorrected tilt would have on his visual and motor development. Im happy to say that his head is now tilted a mere 2degrees! Thank you Dr. Kleinfelter. As for my own health, I do believe that NUCCA was a critical part of my recovery from chronic digestive problems, osteopenia and occasional low back and shoulder pain. One year before starting NUCCA, my bone scans showed that I was reversing my osteopenia through a paleo diet alone so I cant say NUCCA helped me there, but it definitely helped to improve my energy, brain fog, and low back and shoulder problems. Im currently going once every 6-8 weeks and feel great. I believe correct spinal alignment is a critical part of any well-rounded treatment program, but never underestimate the power of a healthy diet. Food is medicine! We noticed that I would fall out of alignment whenever I experienced a severe food reaction, likely because of the widespread inflammation it caused. The malalignmemt would often lead to back and shoulder pain. It was eye-opening to see how everything is connected.

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Ali Hunter

My sister first told me about NUCCA chiropractic after she started seeing a practitioner in the St. Louis area. She had a host of problems ranging from allergies to Menieres disease. I was amazed at how it had helped her. About a year later, I was experiencing numbness going down my right arm from a pinched nerve in my neck. It was progressively getting worse. I had experienced this several years prior and received cortisone shots for it. I was concerned that my cervical spine was deteriorating (old injuries) and that I would most likely have to have surgery. I decided to try NUCCA based on my sisters success. I found First Place Chiropractic on the internet and made an appointment. On my first visit, X-rays were taken and other diagnostic tests performed. My spine was out of alignment, they outlined a treatment plan and I accepted. It was the best decision I made for myself. I had one adjustment, and days later the numbness was completely gone. I was able to get back out on the tennis courts and play again! I thought that I would never be able to do that again. The NUCCA technique is unlike other methods of chiropractic in that they only adjust the atlas bone at the base of the brain stem. You barely feel their touch when they adjust you. I encourage everybody to research NUCCA and give it a try before resorting to more invasive procedures and temporary fixes. I am so thankful to the wonderful Doctors and staff at First Place Chiropractic for their caring attitude and expertise with their patients.

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Christina Giunta

We [me, my husband, our son (13), and our daughter(9)] started working with Dr. Kleinfelter in June of 2010. My son has amblyopia (lazy eye) and my daughter has esotropia (cross eyed). After Dr. Kleinfelter reviewed our x-rays and then started adjusting us, she said that our childrens vision would probably improve. That was an understatement! Six months later, the ophthalmologist was so shocked at how drastically their vision had improved that she was flipping through their charts to see what their vision was when they first got glasses years earlier (my son at 4 and my daughter at 2). In April 2013, our ophthalmologist informed us that our sons vision was now a perfect 20/20 and he no longer needs to wear glasses! At four years old, he was 20/100 in his right eye -- his brain was literally not working with his eye and he was going blind in that eye. Our son also had signs of motor Tourette Syndrome (runs in our family) since age three causing uncontrollable/involuntary muscle movements of the arms, shoulders, head, and face. These movements were getting worse as he was getting older. However, within six month of working with Dr. Kleinfelter, they completely diminished -- 100%! He no longer has this condition. Our daughters vision also continues to improve tremendously and she should be out of her glasses within the next year or two. And, my husband and I feel great also! We both feel healthier than we did in our twenties (I am 49 and he is 50). We highly recommend Dr. Kleinfelter!

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