“I’ve become much more aware of my body and know where the alarm is going to ring before I get here for my appointment.”Karen C., a patient of Dr. Scranton
Why the advice is part of the treatment, not a leaflet
An adjustment frees a joint. What you do for the next fourteen hours decides whether it stays free. A neck adjusted at nine in the morning and bent over a phone until midnight is back where it started by the next visit. That is why every plan here comes with the changes for your day written into it, specific to your job, your sleep and your habits, rather than a generic sheet.
What the advice usually covers
- The desk and the screen: where the monitor sits, where the phone sits, how often you stand.
- Sleep: the pillow, the position, and the mattress if it is the problem.
- Lifting and carrying, at work and at home, in a way that does not reload the joint that was just fixed.
- Movement: the two or three exercises that matter for your spine, not twenty.
- Weight, food and habits where they are loading the joints, in plain terms.
The aim is a spine that needs an occasional check rather than a weekly one. Do the least to achieve the most.
Why people choose Dr. Scranton for this
He looks before he treats
Digital X-rays on site at the first visit, read with you in the room. The Gonstead exam finds the joint that is actually causing the problem, so that is what gets treated.
He has done this for a long time
Palmer College of Chiropractic, class of 1999. More than 10,000 patients. Years spent teaching other chiropractors how to treat knee pain and neuropathy.
He tells you the truth
If he does not think he can help you, he will say so at the first visit. No plan is written that you have not agreed to. You will never be a number in this office.
What to expect at your first visit
1. You tell him what is happening. When it started, what makes it worse, what you have already tried. Nobody hurries you.
2. The exam, and X-rays if you need them. Digital X-rays are taken on site and read with you in the room, so you see what he is seeing before he touches your spine.
3. A straight answer. What he found, whether he can help, and what it would take. If he does not think he can help you, he will tell you. We are not going to give you false hope.
The first visit is $47, usually $180, and covers the consultation, the exam, any X-rays you need and the conversation afterwards.
Questions people ask
Is this a separate appointment?
No. It is built into every treatment plan and revisited as you improve. If you want a standalone posture and habits review without treatment, book the $47 first visit and say so.
Will I be given a long list of exercises?
No. Two or three that matter for your spine, shown to you in the room, written down, and checked at the next visit. Long lists do not get done.
Do you give nutrition advice?
Where weight or inflammation is loading the joints, yes, in plain terms. This is not a diet program. It is the part of your day that is affecting your spine, and what to change.
Do you see patients from Taylorsville, Kearns and West Jordan?
Yes. The clinic sits on the West Valley City and Taylorsville border, a minute off the I-215, and patients come from Kearns, Magna, West Jordan and South Jordan.
Action Chiropractic is at 2964 West 4700 South #102, on the West Valley City and Taylorsville border, a minute off the I-215. We see patients from Kearns, Magna, West Jordan and South Jordan.
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