Madison Family Chiropractors

Start 2021 off right! Come and see us if one of your New Year's resolutions is to improve your health or manage your pain. Thank you for the wonderful review, Jan!

We are so incredibly grateful to have patients that take the time to share their MFC experience with their friends! Thank you for another wonderful testimonial.

Especially this year, the holidays can feel quite stressful without some healthy boundaries. Remember to slow down, stay mindful, and enjoy this season with your loved ones!

A lot of you found our blog post on when to use heat or ice very helpful, so we decided to do a deep-dive on heat therapy when to use it, for how long, and much more. Check out our article below!

Patients ask us all the time: Should I use heat or ice? Heat is often best for: Arthritis Headaches caused by neck spasms... Muscle spasms Relieving stiffness of strains and sprains after inflammation has resolved Ice is best for: New injuries Strains and sprains Sports injuries Throbbing headaches Gout flare-ups Tendinitis (commonly in the shoulder, elbow, knee, and wrist) If at-home heat or ice therapy isn’t improving your condition, give us a call. We’ll get you in for a visit to see if we can help!

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The holidays may look and feel different this year, but that doesn’t mean you and your family can’t feel your best! Check out our December newsletter for our tips on how to take care of your body this holiday season.

Check out our Thanksgiving holiday hours below! We are so thankful for each and every one of you. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Who doesn’t love a big bowl of ice cream to satisfy their sweet tooth every now and then? We are sharing a HEALTHY ice cream recipe in this month's newsletter, along with tips about exercises to avoid if you have knee pain. Check it out below!

It's Dr. Elise DeMasters Faust's turn for sharing her story about her chiropractic journey! "I began getting adjusted when I was 19 years old. As a dancer and personal fitness trainer, I knew it was tremendously important to take care of my body. Early on in my career, I realized that our bodies are innate healing organisms and needed to be respected as such. I never actually thought about becoming a chiropractor until I was 25. One day I got to watch a friend of mine (who... was a chiropractor) adjust a patient who was debilitated by a severe headache. I said to him, It must be amazing to walk around with the power to help someone in just your two hands. He replied, You can go back to school and learn to do the same thing! At that moment it was as if a light bulb had gone off in my headthis is what I would do with my life! I haven’t regretted that decision for one second. I packed up my husband, Mark, my two-year-old daughter, Victoria, and everything we owned, put it all in a U-Haul truck, and moved to Atlanta to pursue my chiropractic degree. Going to Life University (which was called Life College at the time) was an amazing experience for me. The college was fairly small and felt like a family community. I even brought Victoria with me to some of my classes (like many other classmates who were moms and dads changing careers like me). While attending Life, I met Vince Campbell. We had the same love of healing, the same philosophy about health, and the same desire to share our love and knowledge with others. So, we decided to open a practice together here in Madison (right after my second daughter, Taylor, was born). We have enjoyed practicing together for almost 14 years, and becoming a part of the Madison community. Our children (Victoria, 22 and Taylor, 15) have grown up here, and my husband is a Professor at the University of Georgia. Part of the appeal of practicing in a small town like Madison is that we don’t just see people in our office and forget about them. Our patients are the people we see every day at the grocery store, at the coffee shop, at the schools. So, we’re invested in helping our patients even more because they’re our friends and neighbors, too." See more

Today we are taking a moment to share Dr. Vince Campbell's story of how he discovered chiropractic with all of you! "The night before Thanksgiving, in 1979, I got a stomach virus. I was puking my guts out, but never got better. A week later we found out I actually had pneumonia! I had to stay in DeKalb General hospital for ten days. Lots of my band friends came to visit while I was there, having my lungs beat on by the respiratory therapist. I found out later, some of them a...ctually thought I was going to die (and at times, I felt like I was too). Good news is, I recovered, and got back to school right before Christmas. But shortly after that, my breathing went steadily downhill. By the time I finished my freshman year at Georgia Tech, I was using an inhaler three times a day and had terrible allergies. After I graduated, a friend of ours started going to a chiropractor for his asthma (he’d been adjusted for his asthma as a child). I didn’t know how it could help me (what does ‘cracking your back’ have to do with your lungs?) and no one in our family had ever been to a chiropractor before. But I needed desperately to get healthy again, so I decided to give chiropractic a try. When the chiropractor explained to me how my nervous system controlled my whole body, and that misalignment/irritation to the nerves (especially the nerves that went to my lungs) could be making my body malfunction, I thought: ‘Wow! Why hadn’t I heard about this before?’ I knew I was in the right place. At that very moment, I remember thinking: - I want to have my spine checked as long as I live - I want to be a chiropractor Since I had just graduated from Tech, I didn’t think seriously about going to chiropractic school yetI thought I had to be an engineer first. So I went to work at a shipyard in Jacksonville, FL for a few years, then moved back to Stone Mountain and worked for Scientific-Atlanta. But the whole time I was still getting adjusted, pestering my chiropractors with question after question, and reading everything I could about natural health and healing. One day my chiropractor said, You should go to Career Day at Life CollegeI think you’d be a good chiropractor. I mentioned it (half-joking) to my wife on the way to dinner that night, and she said, Well, why don’t you? I couldn’t really think of a good reasonand eleven months later, I was sitting in my first class at Life College." See more

One of the best reasons to receive chiropractic care: 43% less hospital visits! Back pain is a huge reason why people come to see us, but the benefits extend far beyond your spine. Read more about back pain on our blog: madisonfamilychiro.com/7-causes-of-back-pain/

Dr. Elise says: We don’t change the world by trying to change the WORLD. We change the world by realizing that we have the capability of changing and transforming our own life and the individual lives we touch. EVERY SINGLE interaction we have, contains the potential to help, to heal, to transform. Sometimes we just forget that. The part of our ego that gets bogged down by old patterning blinds us to this truth. So today, this minute, commit to using the grace you have been given, to touch someone else’s life with that same grace. BINGO! You’ve just changed the world. Sending peace and a hug out to you.

Finding it hard to stick to your workout routine or losing motivation to exercise at home? We share a couple of ideas to get you back in the groove in this month's newsletter, check it out! We also talk about healthy late night snacks and low impact exercise for achy joints.

We love to help our clients feel their best, and we want to help YOU! Call or text us at (706) 342-7115 to schedule an appointment.

Does the current state of the world have you experiencing more headaches than normal? Tension, anxiety, stress These can trigger headaches in anyone at any time. But there are natural ways to relieve headache pain and calm the tension causing it. Check out our blog post below to learn more!

We’re convinced that it’s less expensive to keep your health than to try and recover your health. It's true! Individuals with one or more chronic conditions account for approximately $1.5 trillion in healthcare spending per year according to a recent study out of the University of North Carolina. Regular chiropractic checkups save time and money by identifying little problems before they become more serious. We talk about preventative actions you can take that are much more affordable than a serious injury and hefty hospital bill on our website below!

As chiropractors, we don’t just help to get you healthywe want to help you stay healthy, too! Sometimes, this goes beyond adjustments and considers diet. We are revisiting our June newsletter to talk about "Smart Snacking" and share a few tips to help you snack in a healthier way.

We love helping our patients!

Thanks for the shout-out, Jan!

Here's a mind-blowing statistic: over 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. And since our fluid levels affect our ability to control our temperature, pulse, blood pressure, digestion and millions of other functions, it’s something to take seriously! Check out our most recent article below to learn more about how to hydrate when you're bored of water and common signs of dehydration you might not know.

Here's an awesome throwback! We have served the Madison area for over 24 years now! In Dr. Elise's words, "we have followed our passions and our dream of creating something beautiful and meaningful. We have served and helped to educate and heal so many amazing patients all these years. Thank you to all of our patients/families that have entrusted us with your health. Thank you to our community, that so lovingly welcomed us and accepted us."

Studies of the benefits of massage demonstrate that it is an effective treatment for reducing stress, pain, and muscle tension, as well as enhancing circulation and lymphatic health amongst other benefits. We have incredibly talented massage therapists at Madison Family Chiropractors ready to help you heal!