Wake Forest Chiropractor Provides Care Using a Functional Healthcare Model
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Wake Forest chiropractor, Dr. Darcy D. Dane welcomes you to Functional Healthcare Solutions! She is pleased to be serving patients in the Wake Forest and Triangle area. Dr. Dane also sees patients from all over the US. Dr. Dane provides treatment solutions for a variety of complaints utilizing Functional Neurology, also known as, Chiropractic Neurology. Dr. Dane has been a Doctor of Chiropractic since 1999 and is currently board eligible for her Diplomate of Chiropractic Neurology (DACNB). Dr. Dane has completed over 400 hours of neurological course work and continues to travel 1-2 times per month to conferences and seminars all over the US.
Chiropractic Neurology is a new concept for many people, but it is gaining a tremendous amount of press lately because of Chiropractic Neurologist pioneer, Dr. Ted Carrick, founder of the Carrick Institute of graduate Studies, and Dr. Robert Melillo, Chiropractic Neurologist and Co-Founder of the Brain Balance Centers. In essence, functional neurology, also called chiropractic neurology, is the clinical evaluation and treatment method for the central and peripheral nervous system.
Both brain and body functions go hand-in-hand.
There is always an abnormal motoric (muscle movement or tone) outcome when the brain that is not functioning as it ought. For example, in a person with Parkinson’s disease there is a progressive destruction in the Basal Ganglia of the brain, specifically of the Substantia Nigra. The motoric outcome begins with stiffness, often in the shoulders, and with constipation due to less peristalsis of the intestinal track to move digested food out of the body. As Parkinson’s progresses we see inability to initiate movement accompanied with tremors. Parkinson’s is a disease of the brain that results in a specific type of movement disorder.
Dysfunctions of neural pathways and systems within the whole nervous system (central and peripheral) have a dramatic impact on a person’s whole health not just their motor system. Moving muscles, thinking and learning, emotions, pain, digesting, organ function, etc. are all controlled by these systems. Restoring function to the body’s command center has the most impact on optimizing a patient’s health and increasing their quality of life.
To learn more about specific conditions Dr. Dane regularly has success in treating, make sure to look around the website. If you don’t see your specific condition, fill out the contact sheet and Dr. Dane will call personally to discuss whether or not she can help and more specifically why.
Why Choose Dr. Dane?
One of the reasons patients choose Functional Healthcare Solutions over other healthcare facilities is because Dr. Dane is trained to evaluate the neural pathways and systems and she takes a bird’s eye view of the whole body knowing that everything is integrated. Many healthcare professionals fail to treat a person as an integrated whole and so they simply do not get the positive results that Dr. Dane does with her patients. The other main reason patients choose to treat with Dr. Dane is because they have been referred by another patient who has first-hand experienced a transformation of their own health.
Dr. Dane’s personal approach to evaluation and treatment incorporates the best of neuroscience, biochemistry, nutrition, and movement. Her approach includes comprehensive testing and assessments in order to accurately diagnose and then prescribe the appropriate treatment plan. It is important to realize that there is usually a metabolic and neurologic component to every health issue. It doesn’t matter which came first! What matters is that BOTH be addressed.
Proper ongoing assessments are paramount to knowing whether or not treatments are working. Dr. Dane does ongoing assessments in order to guide her clinical treatments. The reason many doctors fail helping their patients is because they don’t assess the effectiveness of their treatments in a measurable way. Relying only on subjective (patient’s symptoms) is not enough. Measureable changes, such as, improved function and lab changes are the most important clinical indicators a doctor should use to mark progress.
New Patient Office Policy
All new patients are required to fill out a contact form. Once completed Dr. Dane will personally call you to discuss your health goals and answer your questions about her office. Please click the link below to be directed to the form. If you choose to call the office, you will be redirected back to this site and asked to complete this form.
934 Durham Road, C2, Wake Forest, NC 27587
Office (919) 562-5355 Fax (919) 554-4706
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