Would you like to take pain out of your day? 

What does that look like?

You've found your way here for any number of reasons. You may have a pain complaint such as back pain, headaches or shoulder pain. You might've been injured in a car accident or have an injury from some other type of trauma. Or you may just be aware that daily stress is taking a toll on your body and have a desire to stay healthy. Whatever the reason, know that your journey to relief and authentic healing begins right here.

 You're in charge of scheduling your own care. 

There's no receptionist at a desk and no hold music to listen to while you wait.

By design!

How Does That Work ?

What's different about ihc ?

Our approach to healing involves slowing down and listening. We even consider palpation of the tissues to be a form of listening. In essence, as we palpate the tissues we're trying to hear what the patient's body is saying while we're assessing tension patterns and limitations in normal movement through touch.

Years in practice have taught us (almost always) the patient who's experiencing pain is moving their body in certain ways in response to their pain. This is especially relevant as it relates to upper body pain. Neck pain, upper back pain, shoulder pain and headaches.

We've determined that the reason the patient does this is because they're seeking relief from their pain. To a patient who's in pain, to do something versus doing nothing feels good, even if it's not an actual "feel good" sensation. Even though (on some level) the sensations feel good to the patient at the time they're experiencing them, (almost always) these movements have the unfortunate "bigger" effect of facilitating tension in the tissues.

Hence, the tissues aren't able to settle down more completely because, in a sense, they're being constantly bombarded with irritation. Helping our patients make this type of connection and empowering them to improve their self care is our specialty.

We've put a few of these unique observations into play in our practice because we've found that it leads to better therapeutic outcomes. You might call it "the psychology of healing", helping the patient better understand how to accommodate the work we're doing with the tissues. 

With our approach not only are we enlisting the patient to do a more effective job giving the tissues what they need outside the office while we're doing the work on the tissues to guide them thru the healing process. We're also teaching the patient how to do a more effective job managing their normal tension on a day to day basis moving forward so the excellent results are maintained.

P.S. We've figured out how to treat almost anyone who walks thru our door only 12 times in 8 weeks to get them to a once a month stage. There are exceptions, but they're far and few between.

Dr. Rob's resumé:

1989 graduated UMKC with a bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in Biology

1989-1991 Missouri Department of Youth Services; Youth Specialist: worked w/ adolescent boys at a residential facility located at Watkins Mill State Park

1991-1993 Apprentice Potter: worked for a local studio potter (in exchange for learning) for a year and a half. Primary responsibilities: mixed a thousand pounds of clay a week starting out with dry chemicals in a claw footed bathtub, loaded and unloaded his kiln which was big enough to walk in, and waxed the bottom of his pots before he glazed them.

1993-1995 Studio Potter: designed, produced and sold hand thrown pots out of my own studio

1995-1999 Doctor of Chiropractic; Cleveland Chiropractic College

1999-2001 rented office space from another chiropractor prior to founding Integrative Health Center  

2001-2018 Private Practice; Integrative Health Center

Efficient & Effective Health Care

CHIROPRACTIC

Spinal Adjustments are performed by hand with light force. Dr. Williams considers spinal adjusting – especially the neck – to be an art form. And his patients report outstanding results. Initial adjustments are followed with the patient laying on the traction table, which gently stretches the soft tissues attached to the spine. It not only feels awesome, along with the initial adjustments, it helps prepare the soft tissues to receive deep, therapeutic massage that we pair with subsequent adjustments.

This strategic and thorough approach provides better long term results.

The first adjustment is followed by needle acupuncture to increase the effect.

ACUPUNCTURE

Acupuncture is among the oldest healing practices in the world. As part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture aims to restore and maintain health through the stimulation of specific points on the body that control the flow of energy, called Qi, pronounced /Chē/. Acupuncture has been effectively used for the treatment of neck pain, upper and lower back pain, chronic headaches, migraines, shoulder pain, and sports injuries, along with a myriad of other conditions.  It's a great adjunct to chiropractic treatment, and because both treatments are more powerful when paired together, one session can take the place of three to four spinal adjustments. 

DEEP TISSUE WORK

As the name implies, the work is slow, deep and very specific working on targeted muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Contrary to a widely held myth, deep tissue work doesn’t have to hurt to be effective. We've found it to be most beneficial when paired with the spinal adjustment. Immediately following the adjustment, muscles are in their most relaxed state, which allows our therapists to work deeply for the greatest therapeutic effect without being painful. Sufferers of chronic pain will find significant relief from the combination of treatments. After the initial course of treatments you will only need to be treated once a month to maintain the effect long term.

we look forward to serving you