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Ohm Family Chiropractic

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Ohm Family Chiropractic

Ohm Family Chiropractic has been serving our community for over 30 years. Ohm Family Chiropractic has been serving our community for almost 30 years. Drs.

Now with two locations, our original home office in Media and our secondary office in Philadelphia, we are better able to meet the needs of more and more individuals and families. We are dedicated to offering our patients the highest in quality personalized care in an environment designed to support you in achieving optimal health and wellness. Thomas and Justin Ohm specialize in chiropractic wellness care for all age groups. Ohm Family Chiropractic also caters to the specialized care of pregnant mothers and infants.

03/13/2026

“The specific chiropractic adjustment process gradually restores the neurological connection between your brain and your body and takes you out of survival mode, both mentally and physically. And, because of this connection between psychology and physiology, an upward spiral in health and vitality results, including your outlook on life.

A gradual awakening reveals the whole picture of your life and the direction the world is moving; it drives all of your thoughts, words, and actions. No longer do you think strictly about selfish and short–term solutions to immediate problems. You begin to deliberately make choices to change the world for the better in the long run.” – Kevin Donka, DC

When the body is in neurological stress due to subluxation, it can push both the body and mind into survival mode, but chiropractic adjustments help restore greater health, energy, and a more expansive outlook on life.

03/12/2026

“Feeding difficulties often involve a complex interplay between the anatomy and function of the tongue, oral structures, and overall body tension. At the center of many feeding challenges is the frenulum, a small band of tissue that connects the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. When this tissue is too tight or restricted, it is known as a tongue-tie (ankyloglossia), which can severely impact an infant’s ability to latch and feed effectively. It can also affect swallowing, speech, and breathing.

However, the frenulum does not exist in isolation. It is part of a broader network of connective tissue and fascia that interacts with muscles like the genioglossus—a key muscle responsible for tongue movement and stability. Tension within this fascial network can restrict the tongue’s range of motion, creating challenges that manifest as breastfeeding difficulties, discomfort, and inadequate milk transfer.

Chiropractic care plays a crucial role in addressing these neuromuscular tensions. Gentle chiropractic adjustments can relieve tightness and restore normal function by focusing on the fascia, cranial bones, and soft tissues that connect to the tongue. This non-invasive approach targets the root causes of some feeding dysfunction, providing a vital step before considering surgical interventions such as frenectomy.” – Naiomi Catron, RN, IBCLC, Jared Poplin, DMD, Stephanie Gessner, DC & Brittany Guelzow, DC

Infant feeding challenges are often connected to tongue-tie and broader fascial and neuromuscular tension affecting tongue movement, and gentle chiropractic care can help restore function and relieve these restrictions to support more effective feeding.

03/10/2026

“Understanding this neurological effect can help us better identify how an adjustment changes the body’s stress response patterns and restores a state of ease. This knowledge enhances our understanding of how a woman can become pregnant under chiropractic care when she was unable to do so in the past. It opens up an important dialogue about how pregnant women under regular chiropractic care may experience greater resilience to modern stressors and have easier pregnancies and births. It may also shed some light on how breastfeeding and digestion in infants improve under chiropractic care. As chiropractors, we do not claim to have a cure for infertility, colic, or any other ailment. What we do is assess and adjust spinal subluxations to help the brain and body adapt and heal. The adaptation and healing process is as unique to each person as their own brains are!” – Dr. John Minardi

Chiropractic adjustments help restore clear communication between the brain and body by reducing spinal subluxations that can trigger chronic stress responses in the nervous system. When that stress is eased, the body can redirect energy toward essential functions like reproduction, digestion, immune health, and overall healing.

03/06/2026

Infant movement is designed to develop through natural curiosity, sensory input, and the body’s innate drive to grow and explore.

As babies move through stages like tummy time, rolling, crawling, and pushing up, they develop muscle tone, coordination, and the natural curves of the spine needed to eventually stand upright.

Allowing babies to progress through these stages naturally, rather than placing them prematurely in positions like sitting, supports healthy physical, neurological, and emotional development.

✨ Chiropractic care supports this developmental process by helping ensure the spine and nervous system are functioning optimally as babies grow and move through these stages. Gentle adjustments may help restore balance in the nervous system, allowing the body to adapt, coordinate movement, and develop with greater ease!

03/03/2026

Pregnancy asks your body to adapt in extraordinary ways, and your nervous system is at the center of it all. By enhancing stress resilience and improving nervous system adaptability, chiropractic care helps your body shift out of fight-or-flight and into a more regulated, balanced state where growth and connection can thrive.

When the spine and pelvis move well and communication between your brain and body is clear, moms often experience greater comfort, improved function, and better preparation for birth. At the same time, baby benefits from an environment designed for optimal development.

🤍 Learn more and book a new or current pregnancy visit with us at the link in bio.

02/27/2026

“Chiropractic care for infants is far different from the typical adjustments adults receive. Pediatric chiropractic care is gentle, precise, and specifically tailored to the delicate structures of an infant’s body. The adjustments involve no cracking or popping; instead, they utilize light touch techniques that are safe and effective for newborns.” – Naiomi Catron, RN, IBCLC, Jared Poplin, DMD, Stephanie Gessner, DC and Brittany Guelzow, DC

02/26/2026

“Every process takes time, and healing is a process. It is not the Band-Aid that heals the cut, nor the cast that causes the bone to knit. You can put a Band-Aid on a rump roast, but it will not heal itself because the roast is no longer a living thing. Only living things can heal themselves.

Healing the body is a dynamic process, and with time the changes will come. The path to health is not an easy process, especially in the beginning, because it takes time to change our lifestyles and habits. The change will be great and then small. Ultimately, each small change will lead to the greatest change of all—optimum health, full potential and the ability to give back to life.”

We are born with an incredible, natural ability to heal, adapt, and grow—constantly organizing and regenerating from the inside out. Gentle chiropractic care helps remove nervous system interference so that innate recuperative power can express more fully, allowing us to thrive in energy, development, and overall well-being.

02/24/2026

“Chiropractic is founded on the principle of working with the body’s innate healing abilities, which aligns with the salutogenic approach. The primary focus of chiropractic is to optimize the function of the nervous system, which can enhance the body’s self-regulation and healing potential. Chiropractic is inherently salutogenic because of its focus on enhancing the body’s inherent capacity for self-healing and health promotion.” – Jen Santos, DC, DACCP

Chiropractic care embraces a salutogenic perspective which focuses not on fighting disease, but on how health is created, expressed, and sustained through the body’s innate healing capacity.

Chiropractic helps health emerge as a dynamic state of resilience, coherence, and well-being—not merely the absence of symptoms.

✨ Book with us at ohm.janeapp.com or call us at (610) 565-8823!

02/12/2026

“Why is it that chiropractic works so well in removing common breastfeeding stumbling blocks? Nicole Piazza Lederman, an ICPA-certified chiropractor practicing in Waterloo, Ontario, and former associate professor at Parker University’s College of Chiropractic, explains it this way:

‘Chiropractic helps for several reasons. First, in the newborn or preemie, the baby may have a weak suck reflex due to interference in the nervous system, especially at the level of the upper cervical spine. This can be caused by immaturity in the nervous system, in the case of the preemie, or by subluxation of the joints in the upper cervical spine due to birth trauma. Even in “good” hospital births, the head and neck are usually “managed” as the baby exits the birth canal and when the shoulders are delivered. This often results in some pulling and stretching of the tissues and joints in the neck. This type of birth trauma can cause a sprain/strain injury to the joints of the neck in addition to a subluxation complex.

Breastfeeding problems can also be caused by different cranial faults or slight misalignments in the cranial bones. This can again be due to the management of the head as the baby exits the birth canal. This can also be caused by the position of the baby in utero as well as prolonged or protracted labors, especially where vacuum or forceps have been used. In my experience, these babies will go to the breast and feed for a minute or two, but are fussy and come off the breast as they cannot get a good latch.’” – Sarah Clark

Breastfeeding challenges often stem from gentle birth-related stress on a baby’s head, neck, and nervous system—and chiropractic care helps by removing interference so sucking, latching, and feeding can function better.

✨ If you’re navigating feeding struggles, learn more and book a visit with us at the link in bio.

02/10/2026

The specific chiropractic adjustment process gradually restores the neurological connection between your brain and your body and takes you out of survival mode, both mentally and physically. And, because of this connection between psychology and physiology, an upward spiral in health and vitality results, including your outlook on life.” – Kevin Donka, DC

When the body is stuck in survival mode, the mind follows. Nervous system interference forces the body to use energy inefficiently, shutting down higher function and creating a downward spiral in both physical and mental well-being. Chiropractic care restores communication between the brain and body, helping shift you out of survival mode and back into resilience, clarity, and vitality.

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1901 S. 9th Street
Philadelphia, PA
19148

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 6pm
Thursday	2pm - 6pm
Friday	8am - 12pm

Website

http://www.ohmchiropractic.com/

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