What is Chiropractic?

Meet the Doctor

Chiropractors focus on subluxations. A subluxation is a partial or incomplete dislocation of a joint. The contact between the joint surfaces remains, but the relationship is altered in terms of motion and alignment.

 

A subluxation is a response to stress, whether physical, emotional, or chemical causing the muscles to get tight and joints to not move as they should. Adjacent nerves become irritated. The nerves are part of a nervous system that controls every cell, tissue, organ, and system of the body. Irrititated nerves garble communication between the brain and parts of the body.

 

Chiropractic adjustments add motion to these stuck joints, reducing nervous system disruption.

 

Sometimes a specific, highly accurate thrust is used. Other times and instrument delivers carefully directed energy. Maybe a slow, constant pressure is used. Several areas may be adjusted or just one. Sometimes a popping sound is heard. Most patients report a feeling of pressure being relieved.

 

Newborns, infants, children, pregnant mothers, seniors, and even back surgery patients can get adjusted. Adjustments are tailored to the unique size, age, and health history of individual patients.

 

If it is a joint, it can be adjusted. Chiropractic care is not just for your spine. Knees, ankles, elbows, the TMJ, and ribs (to name a few) are often adjusted, too.

Born and raised in rural South Dakota, Dr. Stephanie Dietz grew up helping on the farm and participating in sports throughout her childhood. After high school Dr. Dietz attended Jamestown College in North Dakota, recieving a Bachelor's degree in Biology in 2005. She continued her studies at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota recieving her Doctorate of Chiropratic in 2008. Dr. Dietz enjoys meeting and treating patients of all types, but her greatest passions are caring for sports injuries, pediatrics, and maternal care.

 

Prior to opening Dietz Chiropractic in 2016, Dr. Dietz spent time as a covering doctor for multiple clinics and also time running a satellite clinic. When she is not at the clinic, Dr. Dietz can be found at area high school athletic events, providing services to area high school athletes since 2013.

 

The moments when Dr. Dietz is not working she enjoys spending time with her family at her home and collection of various animals.