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Faces of Alignment
There’s something to be said for a chiropractic practice that offers 100 years of combined experience. That’s the case now that Jernigan Chiropractic & Rehab Clinic has acquired the practice of Dr. Mark Shuttleworth and his team.
“After 38 years of practice, I was looking to step down from full time practice but wanted to make sure my patients were in good hands and also work part time,” said Shuttleworth.
“After months of discussion, I decided to combine both of our offices with
the goal to provide Dr. Shuttleworth’s patients a smooth, convenient transition and a trusted office for them to continue receiving chiropractic care,” Jernigan said. “The transition has been optimal with his new location just two miles to the east from his former practice. Much of the staff also came to help with the patient transition.”
Shuttleworth and Jernigan have easily bridged the two practices together because of similar philosophy and approaches with patients. Currently, they have four full-time chiropractors with over 100 years experience combined. “Each patient has an opportunity to receive the best care possible because we work as a team by combining all of our unique clinical experiences that we can pass on and share with our patients,” Jernigan said.
This practice is not ‘your daddy’s chiropractic’ as the saying goes. Things have changed. “Things are constantly changing and evolving in our profession. We are considered a multidisciplinary/ provider facility,” Jernigan says. “With over 6,000 square feet and two additional medical providers, we can provide not
only the best of what chiropractic can offer but also state-of-the-art equipment and technology to help heal and stabilize the spine, as well as a medical-integrated approach to help the body heal even more naturally and efficiently.”
Specialized body contouring equipment along with a doctor supervised weight loss program is available to help patients achieve their health and weight loss goals. “I learned years ago in practice that we can help most patients with their pain but being unhealthy and overweight would keep patients in a constant inflamed
and painful state,” Jernigan said. “Our doctor supervised weight loss program was brought in to help patients who struggle with weight loss and chronic pain by addressing the most important red flags in weight loss, inflammation. When inflammation is controlled through diet and nutrition, it goes down and patients feel better longer and weight loss is a positive side effect.”
Although the clinic is not a pain management office, the chiropractors approach pain by addressing the root cause problem and identifying bio- mechanical dysfunction to the moving parts of the body. “Then we make recommendations to our patients to help maximize their results, promote healing and keep patients active and strong as they age. If we can not clinically help the patient, we always refer them to the appropriate provider,” Shuttleworth said.
The doctors say shockwave treatments are a favorite treatment mainly because they can be very beneficial for acute pain such as sprains, strains, tendonitis and plantar fasciitis but also chronic conditions such as knee, shoulder, back
osteoarthritis and neuropathy. “Most conditions show significant improvement and decreased symptoms after just a couple of treatments because the high frequency impulses improve blood and oxygen flow to the affected tissues thus speeding up healing. The best part is that it’s non-invasive and does not use drugs to mask the underlying cause,” Jernigan said.
As a multidisciplinary office, there are additional options available for patients. Those include medical and rehab services that help maximize functional outcomes. Also offered are comprehensive neck and back disc rehabilitation for bulging and herniated discs, personalized regenerative therapy for joints and soft tissues, pelvic floor rehab for incontinence, custom
IV nutrient therapy to help boost the immune system, decrease inflammation, or simply help the body recover after an intense workout or even surgery.
“The two experienced teams of Jernigan Chiropractic and Shuttleworth Chiropractic joining forces has given us the opportunity to not only carry on the many years of helping thousands of Gulf Coast patients get natural relief through chiropractic, but also introduce and educate our patients on natural, non- surgical options that many may not know exist,” Jernigan said.
They offer a no-charge consultation
to see if chiropractic and the other services offered are a good fit. If so, a combined thorough chiropractic and medical evaluation will be performed to determine the exact underlying cause and exact plan and goals are discussed. They accept most insurances, including Medicare.
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