LifeLight Chiropractic Center

This is getting two stars because, if you’re going to waste your money somewhere on this kind of BS «medicine», this is definitely the SAFEST place to do it. Plus, Lou is a pretty dang nice guy who I’m also pretty sure has no idea that he is selling «snake oil». That and his other two young staff members are pretty cute. A star for their looks, guys and gals– sue me.
I never thought that I could say that you could pay SO MUCH to get SO LITTLE when it comes to chiropractic. There are a bunch of very cool, very comfortable looking tables in the adjustment rooms and every customer picks the one that seems right to them at the time– or the only one that is left. The chiropractors all work together at the same time so they usually have more than one patient going on for each of them. If you’re looking for a strictly private, one-​on-​one experience then I would definitely look elsewhere.
The «adjustments» are on the extreme side of gentle, which is why I said that I got so little for what I paid for. I went there for nearly four months and I heard a «crack» maybe twice. In «normal» chiropractic offices, and I use the word «normal loosely because I have, in all the years I had been using chiropractors, never had a single one, no matter which «college» they had gone to, use the same techniques, one usually hears a cracking sound multiple times during the session. What Lou and his associates do is lay their hands on you and «redirect the energy» in your body. I would hardly call it chiropractic– more of a «healing touch» kind of thing. This surprised me because I think all three of them went to Palmer College and Dr. Palmer was known for noisy neck adjustments that «cured» things like deafness.
And that, right there, is the biggest problem with this place– the attempt to cure «dis-​ease» (I HATE how every single alternative medicine peddler uses that buzzword– it’s like they are blaming everything on stress, which, although it can be a cause of physical ailments, is not always the case) in the body through the laying on of hands, calling it an «adjustment» (and since there is no REAL definition of what that is, you really CAN call just about anything that involves the back and neck an «adjustment» if you are a chiropractor), and then expecting that you will come back for more because it made you feel pretty damn good. And you will– you’ll go back.
Safety:
This place is as safe as it gets. I mentioned that I hardly ever heard a «crack» while I was there. That is a good thing if you know anything about the upper cervical spine AKA the delicate area in your neck that causes you to LIVE. Every other chiropractor I have gone to is neck-​snappin’ happy. Does your neck hurt? Here, let me get that for ya… Then they grab you by the chin and the back of your head, they might tell you to relax or they might surprise you (!), and then they wrench your neck all over the place until they tell you that you feel better. And, by golly, you kinda do! I mean, all of that snapping had to mean that the «subluxations» that the chiropractor told you were in your spine are better, right? Oh yeah, totally! Come back in a couple of days (unless something happens– our doors are ALWAYS open from 9−11am and then again at whenever-​I-​feel-​like-​it-​because-​I-​am-​waaaay-​overpaid! Monday through Tuesday and Thursday– sometimes).
Lou and his associates handle things differently. First, they are the ONLY chiropractors I have run into who work not only Monday-​Friday but also on Saturday! Also, as I mentioned before, they know better than to actually adjust your upper cervical spine every time you walk in the door. The gist of it is that they have you lay down, they stretch you out gently, and they apply gentle pressure to different places on your body. Then they let you relax on the table for as long or as short of a time as you want and send you on your way. The chances of getting injured at this place is almost completely non-​existent. If you DO get injured then, well, go to the ER and NOT back to them. Common sense, guys. But I pretty much can put my skeptical seal of approval on a bunch of people who do nothing but get you to relax and who hope that you stay there. You’re paying for atmosphere and the human touch and that’s about it. As an added bonus, they will listen to you bitch about life and will help you to gain perspective on the whole matter so you get a little bit of counselling there too.
Price:
Be rich or at least have a bunch of extra money to throw around (I blew out my credit card, for instance, and it had a $ 12k limit). They are not cheap. It’s something like $ 50 a session and that’s if you pre-​pay for a certain number of sessions. I did not so I ended up paying $ 65 a session or something like that. Don’t buy the package deal, though. They WILL try to sell it to you right off the bat but you should really just see and feel for yourself that this place is not worth your hard earned money.