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I always knew I wanted to be a doctor (don’t ask me how because I didn’t know exactly what that meant at the time), I just didn’t know what kind, until my mother went looking for a typing job at a chiropractor’s office. It was 1977 and I was 8 years old. None of us knew what chiropractic was, much less how to say the word! I remember when she came home and told my brothers and me, “You kids need to get checked for vertebral subluxations.” My first reaction was, “Verta…WHAT???” Then I had this specific thought as a young boy in this society: There’s nothing wrong with me, so why do I need to see a doctor, much less a specialist? But it was the very beginning of my journey into understanding this new and special, but very positive thing in my life!
I saw lots of amazing things happen at my moms office while I was growing up and by the time I was in junior high, I knew what I was called to do. I went to the oldest chiropractic school in the world, where it all started, the chiropractic fountainhead: Palmer College in Iowa, where I received my Doctorate in Chiropractic in 1994. Since then, I have dedicated my professional life to restoring vital function through chiropractic care. As a result of checking and adjusting literally hundreds of thousands of spines, I have become a master at the one thing the rest of society doesn’t do, but you and your family and friends so desperately need.
After growing up with chiropractic and over twenty years in practice, I have pretty much heard or seen it all. And yet, I am more excited to help the next person today than even the day I graduated. Why? I have seen absolute miracles. I have seen things improve, that to this day, medicine still denies. It really is true that medical mysteries are chiropractic certainties.
I live in Minnetonka, but I like to say that I live in a chiropractic world. That means that I see everything around me in the light and respect of an intelligence that created everything, especially living creatures. Every day is an opportunity to learn even more, so I continued this quest to understand my work better by recently completing a three-year coursework for the DPhCS, the Diplomate of Chiropractic Philosophy Sciences. Only a handful of chiropractors in the world, (about one in a thousand), have received this accreditation on the most relevant subject in chiropractic. In my free time, I like to read, bike and play with my son Reilly.
I am one of the few chiropractors in the world to exclusively practice specific chiropractic. There is a very important reason for this. I have never wanted to be a “jack of all trades” but a master of one thing. And in a sick world that thinks more is better, that same world only gets sicker. My continuing passion is to change all that…one spine at a time, one life at a time, for a lifetime. I believe that nothing is bigger than life. I also have a selfish reason for all of this as well. I want my son to know this world just a little healthier than I did.
Call me crazy, but I think we all want that for our children.
- Doctorate of Chiropractic, Palmer College in Davenport, IA 1994.
- Private Practice at Creation Chiropractic in Eden Prairie since 1996.
- Lifetime Member of the International Chiropractic Association.
- Diplomate in Philosophical Chiropractic Standards, 2015.
- Candidate for the Pediatric Diplomate Program.
- Local and National Speaker on chiropractic.
- Frequent contributing author to chiropractic publications.
Matthew Alvord, Doctor
Here is some info about your Chiropractor!I always knew I wanted to be a doctor (don’t ask me how because I didn’t know exactly what that meant at the time), I just didn’t know what kind, until my mother went looking for a typing job at a chiropractor’s office. It was 1977 and I was 8 years old. None of us knew what chiropractic was, much less how to say the word! I remember when she came home and told my brothers and me, “You kids need to get checked for vertebral subluxations.” My first reaction was, “Verta…WHAT???” Then I had this specific thought as a young boy in this society: There’s nothing wrong with me, so why do I need to see a doctor, much less a specialist? But it was the very beginning of my journey into understanding this new and special, but very positive thing in my life!
I saw lots of amazing things happen at my moms office while I was growing up and by the time I was in junior high, I knew what I was called to do. I went to the oldest chiropractic school in the world, where it all started, the chiropractic fountainhead: Palmer College in Iowa, where I received my Doctorate in Chiropractic in 1994. Since then, I have dedicated my professional life to restoring vital function through chiropractic care. As a result of checking and adjusting literally hundreds of thousands of spines, I have become a master at the one thing the rest of society doesn’t do, but you and your family and friends so desperately need.
After growing up with chiropractic and over twenty years in practice, I have pretty much heard or seen it all. And yet, I am more excited to help the next person today than even the day I graduated. Why? I have seen absolute miracles. I have seen things improve, that to this day, medicine still denies. It really is true that medical mysteries are chiropractic certainties.
I live in Minnetonka, but I like to say that I live in a chiropractic world. That means that I see everything around me in the light and respect of an intelligence that created everything, especially living creatures. Every day is an opportunity to learn even more, so I continued this quest to understand my work better by recently completing a three-year coursework for the DPhCS, the Diplomate of Chiropractic Philosophy Sciences. Only a handful of chiropractors in the world, (about one in a thousand), have received this accreditation on the most relevant subject in chiropractic. In my free time, I like to read, bike and play with my son Reilly.
I am one of the few chiropractors in the world to exclusively practice specific chiropractic. There is a very important reason for this. I have never wanted to be a “jack of all trades” but a master of one thing. And in a sick world that thinks more is better, that same world only gets sicker. My continuing passion is to change all that…one spine at a time, one life at a time, for a lifetime. I believe that nothing is bigger than life. I also have a selfish reason for all of this as well. I want my son to know this world just a little healthier than I did.
Call me crazy, but I think we all want that for our children.
- Doctorate of Chiropractic, Palmer College in Davenport, IA 1994.
- Private Practice at Creation Chiropractic in Eden Prairie since 1996.
- Lifetime Member of the International Chiropractic Association.
- Diplomate in Philosophical Chiropractic Standards, 2015.
- Candidate for the Pediatric Diplomate Program.
- Local and National Speaker on chiropractic.
- Frequent contributing author to chiropractic publications.
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PURE CHIROPRACTIC. Nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else.
We are dedicated exclusively to the detection and correction of Vertebral Subluxations (nerve interference) to allow for 100% expression of LIFE.
We practice specific Chiropractic. What is Specific Chiropractic? If you have to ask, you don’t know. All kidding aside, even if you have been to a chiropractor before, you probably haven’t had it because most chiropractors don’t practice it. Here is a quick test to find out if you have had specific chiropractic care: Did you have a pre-check each time to make sure you needed an adjustment? Did you have a post check after each adjustment to make sure you were clear of subluxations? Did they only have to contact one or two specific places per adjustment? Have you ever not needed an adjustment on any one visit? If not, you have not had specific chiropractic care.
The difference is huge. It’s the difference between chiropractic and spinal therapy, or any therapy for that matter. Chiropractic doesn’t treat anything, but many conditions therapists attempt to treat go away when the cause of the condition is removed with specific chiropractic adjustments. Therapy on your car would be like disconnecting the oil light instead of changing the oil. The good mechanic knows the light is just an effect, and ends up checking the engine.
Many people are convinced that their pain or condition is the problem, but the real problem is always what is causing their pain or condition. Everything else is a secondary condition to the cause. Isn’t that what you are really after? Can you imagine going to an auto mechanic when a light comes on your dashboard, and before you can even sit down in the lobby, he comes out to tell you the good news: He has found the cause of your oil light problem and he shows you the scissors he just used to snip the wire going to your oil light? Most people would be angry. But what happens when the therapist just treats the effects of our body without addressing the cause? Our society not only doesn’t get angry, we actually refer people to them! No wonder why people are getting sicker and sicker with more and more therapy.
Now think what happens when we go to the therapist who just treats the secondary effects of the real problem. Although therapy might feel good, it will never remove the interference that is causing your body to adapt less than it is capable of. It can only numb, patch and treat the effects that your body is intelligently responding to its needs. No exercise, stretching, traction, stimulation, needle, ointment or tape will remove a spinal subluxation. This is the single job of the specific chiropractor. The number one question we ask in our office is “Why.” Why would an intelligent body adapt with a muscle spasm? Why would an intelligent body adapt with inflammation? Why would an intelligent body adapt with pain?
There is always an intelligent reason why your body needs to do whatever it does, whether we understand it or not, whether we appreciate it or not. "Why” is a magical question. When we ask why, we get to the cause. And the cause of your body’s inability to adapt the way it is designed, is because of interference to the nervous system. Spinal therapy just manipulates fixations, numbs pain and hampers muscle function. Specific chiropractic simply removes the interference and then your body can get back to being your best. Additional Services Chiropractic
We are dedicated exclusively to the detection and correction of Vertebral Subluxations (nerve interference) to allow for 100% expression of LIFE.
We practice specific Chiropractic. What is Specific Chiropractic? If you have to ask, you don’t know. All kidding aside, even if you have been to a chiropractor before, you probably haven’t had it because most chiropractors don’t practice it. Here is a quick test to find out if you have had specific chiropractic care: Did you have a pre-check each time to make sure you needed an adjustment? Did you have a post check after each adjustment to make sure you were clear of subluxations? Did they only have to contact one or two specific places per adjustment? Have you ever not needed an adjustment on any one visit? If not, you have not had specific chiropractic care.
The difference is huge. It’s the difference between chiropractic and spinal therapy, or any therapy for that matter. Chiropractic doesn’t treat anything, but many conditions therapists attempt to treat go away when the cause of the condition is removed with specific chiropractic adjustments. Therapy on your car would be like disconnecting the oil light instead of changing the oil. The good mechanic knows the light is just an effect, and ends up checking the engine.
Many people are convinced that their pain or condition is the problem, but the real problem is always what is causing their pain or condition. Everything else is a secondary condition to the cause. Isn’t that what you are really after? Can you imagine going to an auto mechanic when a light comes on your dashboard, and before you can even sit down in the lobby, he comes out to tell you the good news: He has found the cause of your oil light problem and he shows you the scissors he just used to snip the wire going to your oil light? Most people would be angry. But what happens when the therapist just treats the effects of our body without addressing the cause? Our society not only doesn’t get angry, we actually refer people to them! No wonder why people are getting sicker and sicker with more and more therapy.
Now think what happens when we go to the therapist who just treats the secondary effects of the real problem. Although therapy might feel good, it will never remove the interference that is causing your body to adapt less than it is capable of. It can only numb, patch and treat the effects that your body is intelligently responding to its needs. No exercise, stretching, traction, stimulation, needle, ointment or tape will remove a spinal subluxation. This is the single job of the specific chiropractor. The number one question we ask in our office is “Why.” Why would an intelligent body adapt with a muscle spasm? Why would an intelligent body adapt with inflammation? Why would an intelligent body adapt with pain?
There is always an intelligent reason why your body needs to do whatever it does, whether we understand it or not, whether we appreciate it or not. "Why” is a magical question. When we ask why, we get to the cause. And the cause of your body’s inability to adapt the way it is designed, is because of interference to the nervous system. Spinal therapy just manipulates fixations, numbs pain and hampers muscle function. Specific chiropractic simply removes the interference and then your body can get back to being your best. Additional Services Chiropractic
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