Atlas Chiropractic

read moreUnlike conventional medicine, which focuses on attempting to treat disease once it occurs, Prax Family Chiropractic emphasizes improving your health in an effort to reduce the risk of pain and illness in the first place. Most people would rather be healthy and avoid illness, if they could. This is one of the main reasons for the big surge in the popularity of our wellness center. For some, Prax Family Chiropractic will take them back to a place that is cozy and familiar, offering a rediscovery of health and wellness that had been previously known but long lost.

read moreCharlottesville family and pregnancy chiropractor, Dr. Jennifer Prax, offers pregnant women adjustments using the Webster Technique. The Webster (in-utero constraint) Technique was developed by and named after the late Dr. Larry Webster, who was the founder of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA). The goal of the technique is to establish a balance in the pelvis of pregnant women, thus reducing the stress on the uterus and its supporting ligaments. With constraint removed, the baby is able to get into an optimal position for birth.

read moreOur Charlottesville chiropractor provides CranioSacral Therapy for newborns. Childbirth can be a challenge for the mother, as well as a traumatic experience for the child. This passage can not only threaten damage to newly-formed bones, but the emotional shock of suddenly encountering a noisy new environment can imprint itself into any nervous or skeletal imbalances that might result. Fortunately, your family chiropractor here at Prax Chiropractic and Holistic Pediatrics in Charlottesville offers a safe, remarkable technique to assure your new baby of a healthier first chapter in its life.

read moreOur family chiropractor in Charlottesville offers a wide variety of services to help minimize problems ranging from Headaches and Migraines to Weight loss, Peripheral Neuropathy and Pregnancy problems. We provide range of different chiropractic techniques and services, CranioSacral Therapy, counseling on nutrition and lifestyle, orthotics, corrective exercises, and manual therapies like massage. To provide top-notch care for you and your family, our Charlottesville chiropractor uses highly specialized techniques.

read moreChiropractic care is like building a house - certain things have to happen in a particular order in order for everything to stand strong and work correctly. When building a house, if you tried to put up your walls before you had a solid foundation, your walls would be weak and eventually collapse. If you tried to put on your roof before the walls were ready, you would run into the same problem. The same is true for your body. Your body has to go through a particular plan of care in order to repair itself correctly and fully.

read moreContinually wearing the wrong items, such as a heavy backpack or bag on one shoulder, can cause injury to your health. You probably wouldn't connect getting ill with what you wear, but perhaps you should. When it comes to being healthy, you probably don't give your clothes or accessories a second thought. The reality is that what you wear or carry could play a crucial role in your health, even making you ill if you continually wear the wrong items, such as a heavy backpack or bag. Clothing fit is also an important consideration for health.

read moreRed Light Therapy has been used very successfully for years now. We use it along with our weight loss and body contouring practice called Blue Ridge Body Contour. Red Light Therapy is not just for fat loss. In fact, Red Light Therapy has been used in medicine for decades now to speed tissue healing through rapid cell regeneration and to treat fatigue, depression and enhance brain function. Our Red Light Therapy program has consistently been utilized in our clinic to provide instant pain relief and decreased inflammation while facilitating the speed of healing on the cellular level.

read moreAt Prax Family Chiropractic we know that a misaligned body can affect many different areas of life. From the inability to complete daily tasks to missing out on important moments with those we love, health problems can truly keep us from living life to the fullest. That is why we use non-invasive and holistic techniques to decrease symptoms, promote wellness, and help our patients get back to enjoying life. One of the things that sets Prax Family Chiropractic apart from other Charlottesville clinics is our ability to effectively treat mothers and children.