FAQs

A Chiropractic Neurologist has advanced and extensive training in the field of Neurology. They are board certified through the ACNB (American Chiropractic Neurology Board) and are required to complete an additional 300+ hours of study, and pass a vigorous 4 day exam to attain certification. They are trained in cutting edge neuroscience, neurological pathways, and the most effective neurological therapies as science defines them. A  Chiropractic Neurologist looks at the patient in a different light. It’s not just about pain and your spine. It’s about how your entire system works together to create the most optimal function for you day after day.

Functional Neurology is held to strict standards and utilizes the same testing and evaluation procedures as a Medical Neurologist. The difference is that Functional Neurology uses natural receptor based therapies, eyes movements, head movements, visual stimulation, light stimulation, sound stimulation, electrical stimulation and spinal and extremity manipulation to make changes in your neurological pathways in order to bring balance to your brain and nervous system without the use of drugs or surgery.

Functional Medicine utilizes special comprehensive blood labs, stool testing and saliva testing to identify specific areas that are commonly overlooked by traditional medicine. Functional Medicine uses these special tests to direct therapies through use of natural herbs and supplements in order to clear out chronic bacteria or parasites in the gut and to repair broken down metabolic pathways including vitamin deficiencies and inflammatory cascades (like irritable bowel syndrome or brain inflammation after a concussion) and help address these metabolic pathways from the inside out in order to help all therapies be even more effective.

1. Decreases inflammation
2. Decreases free radical activity
3. Improves blood flow
4. Shortens tissue healing time
5. Increases mitochondrial activation

Our office policy requires payment for services at time of service.
Forms of Payment Accepted include: All major credit cards, cash and checks.  We can provide treatment on medical liens for automobile accidents and worker’s compensation cases.

We are out-of-network providers, meaning we do not have a contract with YOUR insurance company. 

Technically, according to the Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the answer is "No." We are unable to use the term "specialist," so there are no Chiropractic specialists.

However, there are many different avenues of training a chiropractor can receive as post-graduate education, and the term used to show a chiropractor has completed special or advanced training in a specific area is termed "Diplomate". ie Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Neurology Board (like Dr. Berry and Dr. Teames). The trick is, they must be truly Board certified by the appropriate board to be considered a diplomate.

One of the most difficult certifications to obtain is the Neurology Chiropractic Diplomate course. These diplomates are trained extensively in neuroscience, pathology and non-surgical and non-medication based therapies that care for the most difficult neurological patients, often termed functional neurological patients because they don’t have a “pathology” or something wrong that can be identified on their blood work or MRI, but they’re severely burdened with issues like chronic pain, balance issues, headaches, chronic fatigue, neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, or even autoimmune diseases like hashimoto’s or non-celiac disease gluten sensitivities. Diplomates in neurology identify the weakened areas through standardized neurological testing (that even your neurologist performs) and they begin rehabilitating the areas that are associated with sub-optimal performance.

FM is also a very difficult program to progress through as you are forced to constantly stay ahead of the medical curve, by supporting diseases with nutritional strategies that follow and employ the most up to date research articles into their practice in order to help patients stabilize their labwork on blood, stool, saliva, and urine tests. Once stabilization is gained, and all rocks are over-turned, you finally find the root cause of the disease, and are able to then support the broken down pathways, and give the body what it needs to function normally again.

DNS is a technique that rehabilitates faulty development of muscular control of developmental reflexes from an infant to an adult. At certain times throughout the developmental stages of an individuals life, they must use different systems to establish stability in order to make eye contact, turn their head, roll over, lift their head, raise their arms, support their body, crawl, stand, walk, talk and run.

There are multiple forms of upper cervical chiropractic, light pressure, heavy pressure, instrument guided, and manual based adjustments, but the overall philosophy of UC Chiropractic is that the head rests on the top bone in the neck, and if that bone is misaligned, then there will be significant dysfunction within the system. X-rays are often required to determine the “listing” ie where the top bone (the atlas) is in relation to the head and 2nd bone in the neck (axis). Proper vectors and adjustments will correct the abnormal positioning and health will be restored because the top bones (and some say most important) of the neck are now aligned again.

Active Release Therapy, Myofascial Release and Functional Neuro-Orthopedic Rehabilitation are all soft tissue techniques aiming at re-establishing proper soft tissue mechanics, as well as relieving nerve compression that are contributing to chronic and acute pain patterns.

Chiropractors trained in pediatrics often only see children or pregnant mothers preparing for the birth process. Chiropractic with pregnant women and children has been anecdotally shown to improve the birthing process and reduce ear infections in children. They often use very gentle techniques as pregnant women require do to changes in their hormones and children at very early ages.

Mascara interferes with diagnostic devices – contrast, picks up lashes instead of pupils

Migraine therapy improves overall function of the brain to control pain and we remove inflammatory triggers from the lifestyle.  Patients are rarely deficient in medications.

Neuroplasticity requires repetition and you need neuroplasticity to make and maintain changes in brain function.

Lasers mprove how well the cell makes oxygen, anti-inflammatory chemicals and promotes pain reduction and improves cellular efficiency.

This helps to stabilize the eyes and brain.

It is used to decrease pain

Very intense testing done and patients are often extremely fatigued and it gives the doctors a chance to review the new case.

Legally we cannot give you a discount, but we do offer a FREE visit for Testimonials.

We often find patients neglect to tell us about new injuries so this gives the doctors an opportunity to re-evaluate you top to bottom.