Ventura Spinal Care Center

Chiropractors everywhere will tell you the same thing: Conservative chiropractic treatment should always be considered prior to any back surgery. In fact, an entire chapter in a newly released textbook published by Springer Science+Business Media, Surgery For Low Back Pain, is dedicated to chiropractic treatment. The book was edited by a consummate group spine [...]

I was talking with a new patient of mine, a fifty-year-old woman who’d come to my chiropractic clinic for relief from hip pain, and as we were discussing her health history, she mentioned that she “used to have” high blood pressure, but now that she was on medication, it was “normal.” She said that she [...]

Did you know that April is Foot health Awareness Month? As a chiropractor, I think that it is always good for us to have special days set aside to look at the various areas of our health that we might improve upon. That said, if you are someone who experiences foot pain, you are, no [...]

Recent scientific research found that junk food is addictive. Hm-mm, what a surprise! Of course, it won't come as a surprise to anyone who has children and has had to deal with the "drama" that takes place when a "fix" at McDonald's is passed over for a nutritious home-cooked meal that might include (yikes!) vegetables. [...]

As a chiropractor who believes in the human body's ability to heal itself, often with the aid of natural, non-invasive, drug-free chiropractic treatment, I am always dismayed, but never surprised, at some of the pernicious claims and tenacious effrontery of drug companies when it comes to pain killers, in general, and the "treatment" of a [...]

As a chiropractor in Ventura I commonly hear this question asked by those considering chiropractic care: “If I start going to a chiropractor, will I have to always go?” I often wonder why this particular question doesn’t come up for someone who goes to a general medical practitioner. Think about it: How strange would it [...]

Your Ventura Chiropractor, Dr. Steven Alff, offers a variety of chiropractic treatment plans that are effective when working with your musculoskeletal system, from dealing with basic health issues to treating specific disabilities. After thoroughly examining you, Dr. Alff will recommend to you which approach would be most beneficial for you personally. As your Chiropractor in [...]

Did you know that chiropractic care has been growing in popularity for a long time and that it is continuing to increase yearly as the selected healthcare alternative for many folks? As the primary chiropractor in Ventura, I can confidently state that people are selecting chiropractic care due to the many added advantages that such [...]