Frequently Asked Questions

Some people have heard that chiropractic adjustments may be painful or worsen their problems, but that isn’t the case. A chiropractic adjustment offers relief that most patients feel right away. Patients notice reduced pain, improved posture, better sleep, increased mobility, and more energy as direct results of receiving chiropractic treatment. 

Dr. Paul Byers has been a practicing chiropractor in Kent since 1996. He has worked as a chiropractor at this clinic for over 25 years, specializing in car accident injuries. Byers Chiropractic offers a variety of services, so you can receive all the care you need in one place. Dr. Byers is trained in chiropractic care, massage therapy, spinal decompression therapy, physical therapy, and other treatments, so you can trust that you’re getting the best care. 

Chiropractic care is one of the safest options for pain management available. Common over-the-counter medications cause kidney and liver damage over time, and prescription drugs have harmful and addictive effects. Surgery is inherently dangerous, and it doesn’t always work, so it often isn’t worth the risk. By comparison, very few people experience negative effects from chiropractic. Chiropractors have one of the lowest malpractice rates of any health care provider, because well-trained chiropractors provide effective, pain-free care that patients appreciate and trust.

Chiropractic can help treat a variety of symptoms, like neck pain, numbness, migraines, headaches, lower back pain, sciatica, disc degeneration, and so many other conditions. In reality, chiropractic is actually treating the underlying cause of your problems, not the symptoms themselves. Often the cause is misaligned vertebrae choking the nerve supply in your spine. When you come in we will find the cause of your problem and focus our treatment on resolving the underlying problem.

Your body wasn’t meant to be hit by a 2000 pound vehicle. Car accidents cause damage to the cervical spine in your neck and can damage other areas of the body. This damage can cause lots of conditions to develop, like headaches, neck pain, migraines, numbness, and more. Most medical doctors prescribe drugs to mask your pain while your body heals. But if you aren’t treated properly your body won’t heal correctly, leading to lifelong pain. We focus on gentle adjustment to relieve pressure from the nervous system and provide massage therapy to help reduce scar tissue that forms after a car accident.

When most people think of real doctors, they think of people who work in hospitals, prescribe drugs, and perform surgery. There are two main types of doctors, generalists and specialists. A generalist would be someone like your family doctor who treats a wide variety of conditions. A specialist is someone with expertise in a specific field. Chiropractors specialize in conditions of the spine and nervous system. We’re trained on how to treat a variety of issues involving the spine and nervous system. When you have problems in these areas, it causes headaches, back pain, migraines, numbness, weakness, tingling, sciatica, and other problems. If you’re seeking treatment, chiropractors are the best doctors to turn to as you start, because of the gentle treatment options available that are effective at helping with these problems. 

Many times people get one adjustment and walk away feeling great. Unfortunately, that pain relief often doesn’t last very long and soon the pain comes back. Healing takes time, especially when you’re healing from a serious accident or chronic condition. These problems aren’t going to change in one visit. Frequent visits allow you to retrain your body and allow it to adapt to the changes and corrections you’re experiencing every time you visit the chiropractor. Regular visits over a period of time will get you to a more stable position that you can then maintain with fewer visits.

If you’ve hurt yourself at work you have every right in the state of Washington to get chiropractic treatment for your injuries. Most people usually come in with lower back injuries from lifting something wrong, straining muscles and injuring nerves. Other people may develop neck injuries from poor posture working at a desk over the years. We provide chiropractic care for treating spinal injuries and pain, and massage therapy to help reduce muscle pain and restore proper motion so you can get back to work quicker. 

The people who are against chiropractic are generally the people who financially benefit from other pain management treatments. Drug companies and general practitioners rely on drug prescriptions. Surgeons also make large amounts of money performing surgeries. If more people used chiropractic as a pain management treatment, fewer people would be taking prescription drugs and having surgeries. There are some cases where drugs or surgery are needed, but that should be the exception and not the rule.  

Chiropractic is relatively inexpensive when compared with other pain management treatment alternatives. MRIs, steroid injections, surgeries, even emergency room visits are much more expensive than chiropractic care. Car accident injuries are included in PIP coverage from your auto insurance, so you don’t have to pay out-of-pocket costs. Chiropractic is less expensive and more effective, which is why it should be the first treatment option you consider.