Maximizing the human health potential associated with the reduction of the Atlas Subluxation Complex (ASC) NUCCA
12/12/2025
Does your ear feel full? Tinnitus? Vertigo? You have tried everything and nothings is working? If this sounds like you listen in!
Learn the seven warning signs that numbness and tingling in your feet may be coming from your spine. Discover how upper cervical chiropractic care supports healthier nerve communication and long term relief.
12/02/2025
Do you feel worse during the winter? Do storms affect how you feel? If so, have a read!
Discover why holiday stress often worsens neck tension and physical discomfort, and learn how upper cervical chiropractic care helps support comfort and balance during the busy season.
11/30/2025
As the year winds down, it’s a great time to revisit your wellness goals.
Have you been putting off care? Let’s set you up for a healthy, strong finish to 2025.
11/27/2025
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
We’re grateful for the opportunity to care for our community’s health, naturally and holistically.
Wishing you a joyful day filled with comfort, food, and good alignment.
11/25/2025
Did you know practicing gratitude can help reduce physical tension?
Taking care of your body and mind go hand-in-hand — and chiropractic supports both.
What are you grateful for today?
11/24/2025
Neck misalignment caused by concussion forces can lead to long term post concussion syndrome! Have a read!
Many people expect a concussion to affect the head, but few expect their neck to hurt as well. Yet it is extremely common for neck pain to appear after a head injury, and even more common for concussion symptoms to feel noticeably worse when the neck is stiff, tender, or strained. This overlap can f...
11/22/2025
The holidays can be stressful — for your mind and your spine. 🎁
Stress often shows up as neck tension, headaches, and fatigue.
Chiropractic care helps your nervous system stay calm and resilient.
11/18/2025
Today is National Injury Prevention Day! 🛡️
From workplace strain to slips and falls, many injuries are preventable.
Stay aligned, stay strong — and ask your chiropractor about proactive care.
11/18/2025
Suffering with Dystonia or spasmodic torticollis? Upper cervical chiropractic can be a game changer for these conditions when nothing else has helped! Read below to learn more!
Spasmodic torticollis often worsens with stress, posture, and muscle imbalance. Learn how gentle upper cervical support, relaxation, and better posture help ease neck spasms naturally.
11/16/2025
Endless scrolling = endless strain. 📱
Break the habit of tech slouching with a few simple changes:
✅ Raise your screen
✅ Take breaks
✅ Get adjusted
Protect your neck from tech!
11/13/2025
Shoulder pain limiting your movement? 🏋️♀️
It might not be just your shoulder — misalignments in the spine can affect the shoulder joint and surrounding muscles. Let’s take a whole-body approach to relief.
11/11/2025
Today we honor all who served. 🇺🇸
Many veterans turn to chiropractic care for natural pain relief and mobility support.
Thank you for your service — we support your wellness journey.
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Our patients are convinced HealthSmart is a superior center of healthcare. We believe in the body's powerful innate ability to heal itself, and we restore and promote dynamic health for each of our patients by optimizing that innate system.
The Central Nervous system, which encompasses the Brain and Spinal Cord, is the communications superhighway through which all nerves connect to all body systems. The body’s health is dependent upon proper and free flow of messages along this superhighway, relating to all functions such as repair, motion, digestion, circulation, etc.
At HealthSmart patient care takes what techniques are commonly used in Chiropractic a step further, by offering the NUCCA system of spinal care. The National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association has led the chiropractic field in research for the past 30 years.
NUCCA research has proven the brain has the ability to balance the spine, If the Atlas or C-1 (the first Cervical Vertebra in the neck) is in proper position. This vertebra is key, because of its pivotal placement adjacent to the brain stem. There are 10,000 mathematical variables regarding the possible misalignment of the Atlas vertebra that can occur. This is a positionally sensitive area with many variables requires the up most accuracy as there is only one 'right' position. This area and the wide range of health concerns that it impacts is the focus of our care.
Through ultra-accurate x-rays we determine what specific gentle adjustment is necessary to position it 'right'. This restores proper alignment and balance, supporting the body's ability to be supremely healthy. This method is a more precise and therefore quicker means to optimal health. Communication flow and healing inevitably follows. We also preform post x-rays after the initial spinal correction to determine success. (See Body Balance)
Dr Marshall Dickholtz,Jr., is a second generation Board Certified NUCCA doctor. He is director of HealthSmart, and along with all the staff is anxious to assist you in your quest for optimal health and longevity.