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Welcome to Wellness Chiropractic Center

Located in the heart of Tucson, AZ, the leading health professionals at Wellness Chiropractic Center are dedicated to helping you achieve your wellness objectives -- combining knowledge and skill that spans the entire chiropractic wellness spectrum. Dr. Paul Pratt is committed to bringing you better health and a better way of life by teaching and practicing the true principles of chiropractic wellness care.

Patients seeking treatment at Wellness Chiropractic Center with Dr. Paul Pratt are assured of receiving only the finest quality care through the use of modern chiropractic equipment and technology. Dr. Paul Pratt and the staff have a genuine concern for your well-being!

When you're in pain, getting the right treatment is what is most important. Whether it is a simple strain or a chronic disc problem, we will locate the cause of your problem and prescribe the best treatment plan for you. We are advanced, but we are also conservative. Only safe and effective techniques are used, so you can concentrate on getting better without any dangerous side effects. Our goal is to relieve the source of your pain, so you can start enjoying a pain-free life. Please refer to our technology page for further information. Spinal Decompression has been the most important medical advance in the non-surgical, non invasive treatment of back pain in the past 10 years.

The FDA cleared Spinal Decompression technology is presently being utilized by neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, chiropractors, family physicians, pain specialists, and physical therapists across the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Spinal Decompression has quite frankly revolutionized our practice. We now can help patients that prior to Spinal Decompression would have had to live in pain for the rest of their lives. Patients come to us from all over. They come to us when other treatments have failed to give them relief.

Doctor Paul Pratt, D.C. opened Wellness Chiropractic Center in 1981. He envisioned a wellness oriented health care facility that included chiropractic care, physiotherapy and health education for people of all ages, so as to improve the quality of their patients' lives. His commitment to chiropractic has led to succeed in his vision, and he has created a brand new clinic which includes the latest technology with a great support staff. Dr. Pratt and the staff pride themselves on friendly, knowledgeable patient interaction and an efficient office policy.

“Our patients are the heart of our clinic, and we believe that serving people through chiropractic is an honor. We strive to give the best of care to our patients and to contribute to their health by helping them to live their lives as effectively as possible. I practice a variety of techniques, and it is important to us that each patient gets the best techniques for him or her. A personal, friendly approach to effective treatment is our goal.”

WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?

There's nothing mysterious about chiropractic. It's a natural method of health care that focuses on treating the causes of physical problems, rather than just the symptoms. Chiropractic is based on a simple but powerful premise: With a normally functioning spine and a healthy lifestyle, your body is better able to heal itself. That's because the spinal cord, which is protected by the spine, is the main pathway of your nervous system. It controls feeling, movement, and function throughout your body.

Vertebrae

Bones in your spine can become misaligned, irritating your nerves or causing muscles to stretch unevenly. Joints where vertebrae connect can lock up, causing back and neck pain.

Discs

Cushioning discs between vertebrae can bulge or rupture. This may put pressure on nerves or the spinal cord, leading to pain or numbness in your neck, back, arms, or legs.

Nerves

Message-carrying nerves can become irritated, pinched, or stretched. This can cause pain, numbness, or tingling in your back or in other parts of your body.

Muscles and Ligaments

Supportive muscles and the vertebrae's connecting ligaments can become stretched, torn, or out of balance. Then vertebrae lose needed support and movement becomes restricted.

What Do MD's Think About Chiropractic?

65% of family physicians refer patients for chiropractic care, acknowledging that "chiropractors have expertise in musculoskeletal problems."

-Archives of Family Medicine (May 2000)

Over 50% of primary care doctors would like greater opportunity for their patients to use chiropractic care

-Western Journal of Medicine (September 1998)

Doctors of internal medicine "should offer spinal manipulation as a therapeutic option of accepted efficacy; in many settings, referral to a chiropractor is the most practical way of achieving this."

-Paul Shekelle, M.D. et al (July1, 1998)

80% of physiatrist's (MD's who specialize primarily in the treatment of pain) believe chiropractic works.

-Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (May 2000)

"Chiropractors are trained as primary care professionals...the sooner medical doctors get used to this relationship the better things will be for everyone - especially our patients."

-Ron Cridland, M.D. (February 9, 1999)

More than 90% of family medical doctors believe that chiropractic care is an effective treatment.

-Western Journal of Medicine (October 1988)