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Luke Air Force Base is among three bases that will welcome The Joint Chiropractic to provide chiropractic adjustments to the military community. (Photo courtesy of The Joint Chiropractic)
Chiropractic clinic coming to Luke AFB
BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Sound of Freedom Executive Editor
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uke Air Force Base is among the military installations that will soon welcome The Joint Chiropractic. The practice will provide on-installation chiropractic care to military members and their families. “It’s a contract that we recently signed that allows us to put clinics on three bases,” says Eric Simon, vice president of franchise sales and development. The other bases are MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey. “We’re very excited about it,” Simon says. “I will tell you our services resonates very
well with the military community in particular. I can’t track if our clients are in military towns. But there’s a tremendous number of testimonials from active troops, retirees, dependents that say the service is helping them with their day-to-day chronic pain.” The rigors of military training and deployment are taxing on the body. Chiropractic adjustments seek to restore alignment and improve joint movement and nerve function. The Department of Manpower and Reserve Affairs conducted a trial to determine if chiropractic care can ease lower back pain in troops. The results of the trial found a 5% increase in isometric strength and a 14% increase in endurance among members of the military who received chi-
ropractic adjustments. The trial report notes “chiropractic care improves key fitness characteristics among active-duty service members with lower back pain.” “I think it’s a very natural fit for our concept with helping our military community,” Simon says. “They understand stress more than anything.” Simon says the adjustments relieve his stress as well. “For me, personally, stress tends to settle in the middle of my back,” he adds. “After I get adjusted, it loosens it up. It relieves the tension. I wish I knew how the magic works. I just know it works.” Maj. Barrett McNabb, U.S. Army (retired) and multiunit owner at The Joint Chiropractic, can attest to that.
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