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Due to a hockey injury during college, Nigel Brayer, D.C. experienced chronic pain in his leg. He sought the advice of many medical doctors who came to the conclusion that a tumor was the cause of his pain. In a short period of time, he went from being an athlete to living the life of a couch potato. Upon consulting a chiropractor, he realized the difference between a symptom based and a mechanical approach to maintaining health. This experience taught him that although current health care focuses primarily on treating disease, you have to start protecting your health long before you become ill. Together with his wife, Shannon Francis Brayer, D.C., he founded a chiropractic practice in Seattle, Washington, and in 2001 sold his Seattle practice, moved to Broadview Heights, and founded Broadview Back Clinic. We visited with Dr. Brayer recently, and listened as he outlined the services offered by Broadview Back Clinic;
Broadview Back Clinic offers a full range of chiropractic services to treat the nervous system which controls and coordinates all organs and structures of the human body. The human nervous system is the framework, much like the components of a car. Once the framework is functioning properly, we turn our attention to nutrition because without providing the body with the proper fuel, the body won't be able to function properly. We also offer exercise training to build the body's support system and enable the body to heal itself.
Unlike chiropractic, modern medicine focuses on treating symptoms. Using a car as an example again, if the oil light comes on, it's a symptom of an underlying problem. Modern medicine is designed to treat the symptom, which in this case would be like putting a piece of black tape over the oil light so you wouldn't see it. The underlying cause, although, will continue to grow resulting in much more serious difficulties as time goes by. Chiropractic recognizes that by addressing the underlying cause, the body's nervous system, nutrition, and exercise, will in many cases enable the body to heal itself, thereby eliminating the root cause which produces the symptom.
Our office concentrates on wellness care, which begins well before symptoms occur. We treat many children, simply because wellness begins when we're young. We teach our children to brush their teeth because we know that once the cavities are there, brushing is a little too late. The same is true when it comes to your overall health. Taking care of your spine when you're young is the perfect starting point because you'll never be healthy without a properly functioning spine and nervous system.
It's very important to understand that the actions we take when we're younger will affect us when we're older. If we want our children to be healthy adults, we have to teach them to make healthier choices than their parents or grandparents did. Many common ailments are entirely preventable by making the correct choices when we're young. Heart disease, cancer, and tooth decay are all preventable, but only by making the proper lifestyle choices early in life.
At Broadview Back Clinic, every patient is treated like a family member. We're a family practice dedicated to promoting good health, not just treating sore backs or knees. We promote prevention and wellness by teaching our clients why their bodies function as they do, and helping them take small steps that will enable them to live healthier lives. We teach them that every choice they make will either help them get healthier or less healthy. For example, certain choices you make will add money to your bank account and others will take money out. Through conscious choices, the body can become depleted just like the balance in a bank account. Once the balance has been diminished, all that is left is disease and illness.
We offer seminars several times a month for all of our patients and members of the local community. By teaching people the little steps needed to gradually improve their health, we encourage them to take another step, then another, and another until they're realized their body's full potential.
Broadview Back Clinic is dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles through chiropractic, nutrition, and exercise training. Call or stop by Broadview Back Clinic today, and don't forget to tell them The Advocate sent you!
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