James Nieland, D.C.

If the greatest player in the history of the National Football League said, "Chiropractic was the key to keeping me in the game," do you think chiropractic care could help you with your back pain and other aches and pains? Well, that's exactly what happened. Jerry Rice, who on November 4, 2010 was named the [..]

"Ever since I was in my early teens, I've had muscle and joint problems that would come and go but never put me down where I couldn't function. I was very active and played basketball, tennis, and ran in track but over the last 10 years I've avoided a lot of activity due to my [..]

We cannot thank our family, friends, patients, and allied healthcare providers enough for referring patients to our practice. There is no other form of advertising that attracts the quality of patients as those our patients refer to us. So, here's some information that may help you tell others about us: Chiropractic has been around since [..]

Many people seem surprised to find out that the chiropractic education process is so extensive. We usually reply, "...whether you're planning to become a chiropractor, medical doctor, or dentist, it takes four years of college followed by and additional 4-5 years of additional education (med school, dental school, chiropractic college) simply because there is that [..]

Chiropractic was founded in 1895 after a spinal adjustment to the upper region of the spine restored a man's hearing. Since then, our profession has been conducting research to help determine why spinal manipulation or adjustments work so well. Many conditions have been studied, as well as the physiological responses to the adjustment including changes [..]

The mission of chiropractic is to help sick people get well, as well as to help healthy people function better in the absence of drugs or surgery. When people are asked, "...what do chiropractors do?" the frequent response is, "...they crack your neck and/or back." Chiropractic spinal manipulation (frequently called an adjustment) often produces an [..]

Every movement, smell, taste, touch, sound, thought, and dream has its origin in the nervous system. Every function of your body, both voluntarily and involuntarily is controlled, at least in part, by your nervous system. To better understand how the nervous system works, it is necessary to discuss what makes up the nervous system. The [..]

In the mid-1980s, a political event spurred a change regarding the medical community's outward disrespect of chiropractors when the AMA (American Medical Association) was sued for anti-trust violations and the chiropractors won! For the first time, the public, open anti-chiropractic slander that appeared on billboards, in magazine articles, and in TV/radio advertisements against the chiropractic [..]

Here's something interesting. Do you know how much money American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating ONE olive from each salad they served in first class? You'll never guess. $40,000! Amazing, isn't it? And if you translate that amount to today's dollars—it would be a lot more! You want to know what else is interesting [..]

For years, chiropractors have treated back pain patients as well as, if not superior to, other healthcare professions. In fact, all of the guidelines published around the world have recommended manipulative care as an initial or first step for the treatment of low back pain and more recently, for neck pain. So why are there [..]