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Welcome!  We are glad you have chosen to browse our website at LeVan Family Chiropractic to gather information on the various benefits of chiropractic.  I also want to say thank you for entrusting us with your health needs. Choosing a health care provider or facility is not a decision that you make lightly. We feel honored that you trust us enough to come here to learn more about this powerful approach to optimal health and vitality.  We do everything in our power to live up to that trust and to hopefully exceed your expectation with your health.

At our office, we have a simple and to the point concern. Our goal is to offer the highest quality chiropractic care to everyone who seeks our services.  We want each and every person who comes to us to feel we have given our all toward getting maximum results.  We believe everyone deserves an abundant and healthy life.

What this statement means is that we take our job seriously.  We are committed to helping people, and doing so with the best care possible.  I consider your relationship with us to be a two way street.  We will do half of the work, and you will be doing half the work.  I say this because, ultimately, you heal you!  Without your cooperation, no results are possible.  One of the most important things you can do to help yourself is to find out as much as possible about your care, subluxation, chiropractic, and health in general.  

To help you in this area, we have many resources we will be providing to you during your care.  If at any time you feel  you need more information, please ask us.  An open dialog is an essential part of obtaining the results you deserve.

Again, welcome and thank you.  If there is anything we can do, please tell us.  We are here to serve you.  If you need to contact us, please do so with the information above.

About Our Office
    
Chiropractic is a natural, drug-free approach to overall health and well-being. Chiropractic care adds nothing to the body and it takes nothing away. Chiropractic care allows your body to heal itself - naturally!  The goal of a Chiropractor is to locate and correct disturbances to normal body function and maximize your inborn healing abilities. Chiropractors adjust the body to remove nerve disturbances (pressure on the nerves also called subluxations) to allow your brain optimal communication channels to the rest of the body.

LeVan Family Chiropractic began as a small ranch-style home in 1993. As demands from the community increased, we were directed to develop and construct the present facility ten years later. Our new facility is now called the Family Wellness Center and is home to numerous other health and wellness professionals including naturopathy, massage therapy, psychotherapy and family counseling, weight management, nutritional counseling and The Yoga Studio. Our office uses the latest techniques and state-of-the-art equipment to maximize comfort and results so there is no "guess work" when determining what is wrong and what recommendations are required for you to return to optimal health.

Our Doctor
Dr. William LeVan received his doctorate from Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1993 and graduated with high honors. He is a current member of the World Chiropractic Alliance, the Federation of Straight Chiropractors, the Chiropractic Fellowship of Pennsylvania and the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association. He is Board Certified to practice in both Pennsylvania and South Carolina. He maintains his chiropractic excellence by regular participation in post graduate continuing education programs.

Dr. LeVan decided to become a chiropractor after his own life in his early 20’s was dramatically impacted and inspired by a number of chiropractic experiences. He was taught that a healthy nerve system leads to an active healthy life. Chiropractic fit into his interests and passion perfectly.

Our Mission

Our mission is to educate and provide quality chiropractic care to as many generations of families as possible so they may reach their greatest health potential through every stage of growth and development.
 
We believe that everyone deserves to live without pressure on their nerve system from the first breath of life until their last. We specialize in family health care. We have been entrusted to take care of tiny babies, competive athletes, CEO’s, pregnant mothers and entire generations of families – some well into their 90’s. No matter what your particular situation or circumstance, when all your body parts are working in harmony - health and wellness is the natural result.

About Chiropractic
   
Chiropractic is the world's largest natural system of health care that respects our innate (inborn) potential to be well. Using neither drugs nor surgery, we work with you to achieve your health goals by removing interference in your spine and nervous system.

Chiropractic care is over 100 years old and works on four basic premises:

1. Our bodies are self-healing and self-regulating. When you woke up this morning, did you have to think about how much blood your heart would pump today? No. Did you consider how your liver would metabolize your breakfast? No. Innately, your health is controlled from within, without you stopping to think about it.

2. The master controller of our innate intelligence within is our nervous system. Our brain is in communication with every cell within us, directing cellular function.

3. If there is any interference in your nervous system, it will lead not only to physical complaints, but psycho-emotional problems and a loss of human potential. The most common interference to the nervous system is called a subluxation, caused by misaligned spinal vertebrae.

4. The role of the Chiropractor is to locate interference in the nervous system and remove it, relieving pressure on the nerves so optimum potential can be realized and health regained. This is called a Chiropractic adjustment.

When interference is removed, miracles can happen. At LeVan Family Chiropractic we have helped many people regain their health and increase their quality of life, naturally.

Chiropractic for a Long, Healthy Life

Will you live to be 100? The odds are in your favour!

According to the US Census Bureau, your odds of living to 100 years old are growing every year. The following statistics will amaze you:

In 1980, it was estimated that there were approximately 15,000 people over the age of a hundred. Today they estimate that there are approximately 37,000 people over the age of a hundred. By the middle of the next century, the year 2050, they estimate there will be over 800,000 people over the age of a hundred.

What will life be like for you if you get there? Will you be able to enjoy your life like some centenarians who are learning how to use a computer and writing books, or will you be like George Burns who said, "if I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."

Many of the people who are over the age of 100 years old today suffer poor quality of life. They live with severe arthritis, pain, and disease. Is this the way it's supposed to be? Not at all!

Consider these facts about the nursing home generation. Most of the seniors had no idea they were going to live as long as they have. Their healthcare philosophy was "if it ain't broke don't fix it." They had minimal education on wellness, and were, in general, not proactive about their health.

Rather than wait until we have diseases and degeneration throughout our bodies, doesn't it make sense to begin taking care of ourselves now?

What can we do differently today, to enjoy our lives more fully and prepare for a high quality of life down the road? We all know the answers; it's just a matter of making the answers a part of our lifestyle.

• Eat healthy food

• Reduce your stress

• Exercise regularly

• Get adequate rest

• Take care of your spine and nerve system, the “life-line” of your body

Good health has nothing to do with age.

We all know 30-year-old people who feel and act like they are 60, and we all know 60 year olds who feel and act 30.

You deserve to live a long, healthy, quality life. One of the first things that people say when they begin receiving Chiropractic care is that they feel younger, healthier, and more active. This is because they are experiencing their true health potential once again.

Good health choices now will help you and your family age gracefully down the road. Don't wait until your health choices become a life or death, or quality of life issue for you. Make good health choices today and make Chiropractic a part of your life.


 

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This information package, which also includes a complimentary CD, will provide you with more information about what we do and how we go about it at LeVan Family Chiropractic. Topics include…

■  Where Health Comes From

■  Your Amazing Body

■  The Mind Body Connection

■  What is Your Highest Possibility?

■  How Subluxation Sabotages Your Health!

■  Active Life Strategies For Active People! · Finding The Fountain Of Youth!

■  Who Is your Family Doctor?

■  Chiropractic Is #1 Choice For Children!
■  What Pro-Athletes Know That Can Help You Be Your Best!
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Your First Visit

The first visit is essentially to gather the necessary information to see if chiropractic is right for you. You will meet with Dr. LeVan after filling out some brief paperwork describing your health history and your health goals. The initial consultation is complimentary and we offer this so we can get to know one another and decide whether or not at this time if chiropractic is the appropriate choice for you.

If you are a good candidate and we think chiropractic can help you the next step is a thorough chiropractic evaluation and examination. In the examination we will be checking for a condition that happens in the spine called a vertebral subluxation. A vertebral subluxation is the most common spinal injury known to science and results in a disruption to the flow of intelligence from your brain to your body and your body to your brain: it interferes with your Mind-Body connection.

The chiropractic examination includes discovering any previous spinal injuries that may have caused nerve damage which in turn resulted in a lowered state of health and well-being. There are many parts to the exam and each part is explained as we perform the exam. Dr. LeVan may order x-rays of your spine to confirm his findings and to help determine approximately how long the problem has actually been there.

The importance of each of these tests will be explained to you at your Report of Findings. However, it is important to note that this examination helps specifically and scientifically understand the subluxation processes going on in your spine. It also gives us a baseline for future tests so we can accurately measure your progress to see how your spine is correcting and your nervous system is functioning. This examination is much more accurate than just depending on "how you feel" on any given day.

At the end of the first visit we will give you some information on what the doctor examined you for and we will schedule your second appointment. On your second visit as soon as you enter the office you will watch a short video that will help you better understand your doctors report. He will give you a Doctor’s Report of his examination findings, go over his recommendations for your care, and discuss your insurance and financial options. Once you choose to begin care we will schedule your New Patient Orientation, this lays the foundation for all future visits in the office.

There is no charge for the New Patient Orientation or your Report of Findings. We are simply providing you with state of the art information to help you make the best decision regarding chiropractic and your health. We will then proceed to review with you our office policies and procedures, schedule your appointments, make appropriate payment arrangements, and begin your chiropractic adjustments. Future visits to our office will be focused on the reduction and correction of  subluxations and therefore will not require very much time.

Periodically we will perform Progress Assesments to evaluate your progress and see how your spine is correcting and stabilizing. We will do all we can to get you to Wellness care as quickly as possible.You will be joining millions of others worldwide that have enjoyed better health, happiness and joy as a result of chiropractic.adjustments and a healthier functioning nerve system.

***To save you time on your initial visit, please go to the “New Patients Start Here” page on the website and download the New Patient Entrance  form, print it out, fill in as much detail as possible, and then call our office to arrange your first visit.

New Patients Start Here

Welcome to LeVan Family Chiropractic. The first step to becoming a new patient in our office is to download our office forms and fill them out completely. Then simply call the office and tell Cathy that you already have the forms filled out and she will give you the first available appointment. Having the forms filled out in advance is very important and saves a lot of time, as you will see. Thank you for taking the time. To download the forms simply click on the link below.

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Cycle of Health - How Chiropractic Works

For 24 centuries most of the world has depended on the doctor of medicine to cure health problems, yet the world is still sick and getting sicker.

But more than forty million Americans have switched their thinking about doctors and each year millions are switching. They are switching to Chiropractic.

Medicine became "scientific" with the appearance of bacteriology. Since then, the education of the medical man has centered around the germ theory of dis-ease and has focused almost exclusively on germs causing dis-eases.

Although progress has been made in the fight against germs, medical science is beginning to realize that it is actually the degree of natural immunity, natural body defense, and vitality which determines the success or failure of any treatment.

Because the medical profession has been preoccupied with germs, viruses and infections, the vast majority of conditions, ills and dis-eases that trouble mankind, have been ignored.

15,000,000 Americans suffer from chronic headaches, another 28,000,000 have arthritis. Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer. Chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, stomach ulcers and nervous disorders still must be dealt with. Hay fever, asthma, and sinuses make hundreds of thousands miserable and sciatica plagues millions. Chronic backaches increase every day.

Orthodox medicine has failed to meet these challenges, while a new kind of doctor has emerged - the Doctor of Chiropractic - the largest, drug-free healing profession in the world.

Chiropractic gets sick people well and prevents the healthy from getting sick.

None of the body functions "just happen." Your heart doesn't just happen to beat. Your lungs don't just happen to inhale and exhale. Your stomach does not just happen to digest your dinner. All doctors know that your brain and nerve system coordinate these functions which make life instead of death, health instead of sickness.

It is your brain and nerve system which causes your heart to beat 72 times per minute, 60 minutes every hour, 103,680 times every 24 hours and pump 4,320 gallons of blood through nearly 100,000 miles of blood vessels, thus supplying oxygen and nourishment to every cell in the body, some 50 - 75 trillion of them.

Because your brain and nerve system direct it, today you will breathe 23,040 times, digest about 3 1/4 pounds of food, drink and process about three quarts of liquid, speak about 4,800 words, move over 600 muscles and exercise millions of brain cells.

None of these things "just happen." The nerve system - often called the Master System - controls every function either directly or indirectly in your body. This makes you a whole human being rather that a collection of parts.

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History of Chiropractic

Many chiropractic patients ask, “How did chiropractic get started?”  Well, Chiropractic got started in Davenport Iowa a little over 100 years ago.  In 1895 a “magnetic healer” as he was called, by the name of DD Palmer operated an office on the corner of Second and Brady street in downtown Davenport.  Dr. Palmer, as he was known, noticed on that day the janitor who worked in his building was nearly totally deaf. 

This janitor was a black gentleman by the name of Harvey Lillard.  Upon questioning, (probably very loud questioning) Harvey explained to Dr. Palmer that he had lost most of his hearing 17 years earlier when he was bending over and felt a “pop” in his upper back or neck.  Dr. Palmer examined the area and noticed a bump which he determined to be a spinal vertebrae out of position.  It seemed that Harvey noticed this bump right after he lost his hearing.  Having a knowledge of anatomy, Dr. Palmer convinced Harvey to allow him to try to fix it by pushing the bone back into place.

History is uncertain as to whether it was one visit or several, but the result was Harvey got his hearing back!  From that point DD Palmer changed his practice over to this new method of replacing bones that were out of position and allowing people to heal.  His practice grew and the profession of chiropractic was born.

Within two years Dr. Palmer opened the first school of Chiropractic on Brady Street in Davenport.  It was his son Dr. BJ Palmer, who continued the school after the death of DD.  It is the son BJ, who is given credit today for growing and developing the profession into what it has become today.

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Nature Heals with Chiropractic Care

Chiropractors do not need to give medicine to restore health. They know that nature provides each person with a built-in druggist capable of compounding medicines, hormones, enzymes and antibiotics. Just as there is a health kit inside your body that heals cuts, mends broken bones and repairs damaged organs...so is there a doctor on the inside who can prescribe everything you need...in the exact dose needed...and without harmful side effects. The human body is capable of healing itself of every dis-ease provided nothing interferes with normal nerve function.

The Doctor of Chiropractic works with the spine and nervous system. Chiropractors were the first to recognizes that spinal bones (vertebrae), twisted slightly out of place (subluxations), interfere with the nervous system. This creates altered physiology resulting in inflammation and irritation. Chiropractors are dedicated to analyzing, locating and removing the subluxation through the chiropractic adjustment. It is through the chiropractic adjustment that homeostasis (inner balance) is reestablished; and health is the result.
 

You'll find your chiropractor to be an intelligent, scientifically-trained doctor. Many years of professional schooling in basic and clinical sciences have given your chiropractor the necessary background for discretion and judgment in caring for their patients.
 

Your Chiropractor knows that each patient is an individual...that each spinal column is different...and that each spinal column needs specific chiropractic care.

The Chiropractor is the only doctor in your community with the know-how to restore normal nerve functions, the natural way to lasting health.

That's how Chiropractic heals.
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What is a Subluxation?
 

What is a Subluxation and what does it do to me?
First, the simple explanation. 

In simplest terms, a subluxation (a.k.a. Vertebral Subluxation) is when one or more of the bones of your spine (vertebrae) move out of position and create pressure on, or irritate spinal nerves. Spinal nerves are the nerves that come out from between each of the bones in your spine. This pressure or irritation on the nerves then causes those nerves to malfunction and interfere with the signals traveling over those nerves.

How does this affect you?  Your nervous system controls and coordinates all the functions of your body. If you interfere with the signals traveling over nerves, parts of your body will not get the proper nerve messages and will not be able to function at 100% of their innate abilities. In other words, some part of your body will not be working properly.

It is the responsibility of the Doctor of Chiropractic to locate subluxations, and reduce or correct them. This is done through a series of chiropractic adjustments specifically designed to correct the vertebral subluxations in your spine. Chiropractors are the only professionals who undergo years of training to be the experts at correcting subluxations.

 Now, the detailed explanation.

Subluxations are really a combination of changes going on at the same time. These changes occur both in your spine and throughout your body. For this reason chiropractors often refer to vertebral subluxations as the "Vertebral Subluxation Complex", or "VSC" for short.

In the VSC, various things are happening inside your body simultaneously. These various changes, known as "components," are all part of the vertebral subluxation complex. Chiropractors commonly recognize five categories of components present in the VSC. These five are:

The osseous (bone) component is where the vertebrae are either out of position, not moving properly, or are undergoing physical changes such as degeneration. This component is sometimes known as kinesiopathology.

The Nerve Component is the malfunctioning of the nerve. Research has shown that only a small amount of pressure on spinal nerves can have a profound impact on the function of the nerves. This component is scientifically known as neuropathology.

The Muscle Component is also involved. Since the muscles help hold the vertebrae in place, and since nerves control the muscles themselves, muscles are an integral part of any VSC. In fact, muscles both affect, and are affected by the VSC. This component is known as myopathology.

The Soft Tissue Component is when you have misaligned vertebrae and pressure on nerves resulting in changes in the surrounding soft tissues. This means the tendons, ligaments, blood supply, and other tissues undergo changes. These changes can occur at the point of the VSC or far away at some end point of the affected nerves. This component is also known as histopathology.

The Chemical Component is when all these components of the VSC are acting on your body, and therefore causing some degree of chemical changes. These chemical changes can be slight or massive depending on what parts of your body are affected by your subluxations. This component is often known as biochemical abnormalities.

Chiropractors have known about the dangers of subluxations for over one hundred years. Today, more scientific evidence is showing the dangers of subluxations and the health benefits of correcting them. To be truly healthy, it is vital that your nervous system be functioning free of interference from subluxations. Our goal is to allow your body to return itself to the highest level of health possible by correcting VSC.  Chiropractors are the ONLY health professionals trained in the detection, location, and correction of the VSC.
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Helpful Links

In this section we present a list of links on chiropractic and various health topics.  We realize that our site can not carry all the information available on  choices in healthcare.  A lot of good information is available on these other sites.  For these reasons we present these other sites and encourage you to browse them.  The more you know, the better choices you make.

The following are links of interest in Chiropractic and other health care subjects. 

International Chiropractic Pediatric Association  www.icpa4kids.com

International Chiropractors Association  www.chiropractic.org

World Chiropractic Alliance   www.worldchiropracticalliance.org

National Vaccine Information Center  www.NVIC.org
About Exercise  www.exercise.about.com

American Iatrogenic Association  www.iatrogenic.org

Birthing The Future  www.birthingthefuture.com

Breastfeeding.com   www.nursingmother.com

Chiropractic Resource Organization   www.chiro.org

Chiropractic Testimonials  www.chiropractictestimonials.com

ChiroWorld  www.chiroworld.com

Citizens for Safe Drinking Water  www.iatrogenic.org

Federation of Straight Chiropractic Organizations www.straightchiropractic.com

Fluoride Action Network  www.fluoridealert.org

ICA Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics   www.icapediatrics.com

Institute for Health Freedom  www.forhealthfreedom.org

International Coalition for Drug Awareness   www.drugawareness.org

Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research   www.jvsr.com

Kentuckiana Children's Center  www.kentuckiana.org
MedLine Plus Drug Information  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  http://nccam.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health  www.nih.gov

No Free Lunch  www.nofreelunch.org

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine  www.pcrm.org

Planet Chiropractic  www.planetc1.com

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)  www.nlm.nih.gov

Vaccination Risk Awareness Network Inc. (VRAN)  www.vran.org

World Federation of Chiropractic  www.wfc.org

World Health Organization (WHO)  www.who.int

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