Sometimes conventional medicine isn’t the answer. Bemis Chiropractic Center is a chiropractic clinic recognized for providing a wealth of holistic healing and alternative healthcare treatments. With more than 60 years of combined experience treating back pain, sports injuries, and auto accident injuries, we are well-suited to help you get back to living life to the fullest.
When it comes to healing and health care, our clinic takes a broader approach. It's not just about providing pain relief, but making sure you are informed about personal wellness. We want to ensure you have the tools to live a better, more active life. The more you know the better off you will be in the long run.
OUR STORY
Our outlook toward health and healing is that the body is an entire system, and should be looked at and treated as such. It's this idea that brought everyone working at our clinic to chiropractic health care and holistic healing. We offer a drug free approach to healing with the premise that chiropractic spinal manipulation encourages the body to heal itself. Our noninvasive, hands-on approach truly makes a difference when it comes to patient care and wellness.
Four generations of Bemis chiropractors have been providing safe and effective chiropractic care for over 100 years, beginning when Francis Bemis graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1915.
OUR DOCTORS
Dr. Gerald Bemis Sr - Palmer College of Chiropractic - 1973
Dr. Gerald Bemis Jr - Palmer College of Chiropractic - 1997
Dr. Geoffrey Bemis - Logan College of Chiropractic - 2004
CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A combination of science and art, chiropractic health care focuses on the musculoskeletal system, particularly the spine. It is rooted in the scientific understanding that there is a relationship between the spine, the nervous system, and overall wellness.
At Bemis Chiropractic Center, we wholeheartedly embrace this idea, providing noninvasive assessments and treatments. The ultimate goal is to help realign the body, allowing it to function normally and heal itself. It is amazing the capacity the body has for healing when it is balanced and in its optimal state.
MORE THAN ADJUSTMENTS
& ASSESSMENTS
There is no single treatment or adjustment that will repair an injury or relieve your pain. Knowing this, we provide a host of hands-on treatments to help you regain your former self.
After an initial assessment, the doctor will carefully consider what will be most beneficial for you, possibly a combination of treatments and therapies. Your treatment plan will be comprehensive, simple, and most of all effective.
RESEARCH:
REDUCED ODDS
OF BACK SURGERY
"Reduced odds of surgery were observed for...those whose first provider was a chiropractor. 42.7% of workers [with back injuries] who first saw a surgeon had surgery, in contrast to only 1.5% of those who saw a chiropractor."
Keeney et al (2012), Spine
“Cervical spine manipulation was associated with significant improvement in headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or neck dysfunction and headache.”
McCrory, Penzlen, Hasselblad, Gray (2001), Duke Evidence Report
“The results of this study show that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches. . . Four weeks after cessation of treatment . . . the patients who received spinal manipulative therapy experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in all major outcomes in contrast to the patients that received amitriptyline therapy, who reverted to baseline values.” ‘
Boline et al. (1995), Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
NECK PAIN
YOUR BEST CHOICE
The research available below is intended to provide you with clinical proof as to the effectiveness of chiropractic in treating musculo-skeletal conditions of the spine. Chiropractic has proven itself to be more effective in treating these conditions than all other forms of health care. Does this mean that everyone will respond to chiropractic care? No, but most will...and that makes chiropractic the best place to start. We like to say: "Chiropractic first, therapy and drugs second, surgery last."
Because we know that chiropractic won't work for 100% of the population, we don't hesitate to refer out those patients that we know we can't help and those that we discover we can't help after treatment or testing.
We have a great working relationship with many physical therpists, internists, physiatrists, orthopedists and neurosurgeons in the area. If we discover that we can't help you we will find someone who can.
HEADACHE RELIEF
In a study funded by NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to test the effectiveness of different approaches for treating mechanical neck pain, 272 participants were divided into three groups that received either spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) from a doctor of chiropractic (DC), pain medication (over-the-counter pain relievers, narcotics and muscle relaxants) or exercise recommendations. After 12 weeks, about 57 percent of those who met with DCs and 48 percent who exercised reported at least a 75 percent reduction in pain, compared to 33 percent of the people in the medication group. After one year, approximately 53 percent of the drug-free groups continued to report at least a 75 percent reduction in pain; compared to just 38 percent pain reduction among those who took medication.
Bronfort et al. (2012), Annals of Internal Medicine
CHRONIC
LOW BACK PAIN
“Patients with chronic low-back pain treated by chiropractors showed greater improvement and satisfaction at one month than patients treated by family physicians. Satisfaction scores were higher for chiropractic patients. A higher proportion of chiropractic patients (56 percent vs. 13 percent) reported that their low-back pain was better or much better, whereas nearly one-third of medical patients reported their low-back pain was worse or much worse.”
Nyiendo et al (2000), Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
For more current research, visit:
https://www.acatoday.org/patients/why-choose-chiropractic/what-research-shows
