For Dr’s Matt Hanson and William Fielhaber, owners of CornerStone Chiropractic in Minot, growth was a good thing, at least until their patient numbers increased to a point where their old facility on 20th Avenue Southwest became too small.
The answer? A remodeled office located just across the 2 & 52 Bypass near Dakota Square. The address for the new CornerStone Chiropractic is 1515 24th Avenue SW, Suite 1. “We closed down in our old facility on September 30th, moved over here and began with patients on October 2nd” according to Dr. Hanson. For CornerStone patients, they will definitely notice that the new location is much larger. “We do have 4 medical treatment rooms here (in the new office)” and besides all of the services that CornerStone offered in the old location “we look forward to providing broader services over here (in their new location). Right now, they not only have CornerStone Chiropractic, but also Reveal Medical Aesthetics up and running.
There are three Dr’s including Hanson, Fielhaber and now Dr. Benjamin Whitten, “and we are probably looking to add more chiropractors in the future” according to Hanson “and perhaps more nurse and nurse practitioners too.”
Dr. Hanson says that CornerStone still focuses on back to basics chiropractic care, but what is changing and becoming more common is integration with medical doctors in patient care and providing all of those different services under one roof. “We’ve always encouraged the idea of wellness, and that type of care is becoming more and more mainstream now. Chiropractic is now part of a lifestyle, instead of just when you are hurt. We’re also putting a lot more attention towards the neurological focus in chiropractic care. It’s something we’ve always been doing, but now we’re getting better about speaking to our patients about this type of care. We talk about how there is hard bones and soft nerves and working to remove subluxations (misalignment in the spine that causes many of the health problems) is only get help patients working to get better.”
One of the major questions that new patients have is concerning insurance coverage for chiropractic care. “We’re in network with Blue Cross and Sanford Health, as well as having Medicare coverage. The patient will pay for the service, we’ll send the paperwork to the insurance companies, and we’re happy to report that these same insurances re-imburse our patients” says Hanson.
The Dr’s at CornerStone are all very experienced “I’ve been a practicing Chiropractor since 2008, Dr. Fielhaber since 2001 and Dr. Whitten since 2010. We’ve all got a few years of experience under our belts” says Hanson.
So why a chiropractor? “Anything that is related to the nervous system is something that can be helped by a chiropractor. We have patients that come in and tell us that their anxiety has been helped after a chiropractic adjustment; that their nervous system is more balanced. Take for example heartburn. It’s an organic complaint that we get a lot” Hanson says, “and even kids with colic, bedwetting, ADD, ADHD; it won’t be cured, but it can be better maintained by having a better nervous system.”
“The best way to get started with chiropractic care is to come in for an assessment” says Hanson “we normally do a nerve scan so we can see objectively if there is any interference. We make our prescriptions for care based on a patient’s presentations, we try to keep all of the subjective data out of it and deal with what we see and what has worked for us in the past; kind of a tried and true treatment if you will. Everybody’s care is individualized, some people need a lot more, some people need a lot less.”
And for kids? “Well a lot of people come in for wellness checks on their kids, which is what I wished my Mom and Dad had done. You may not think so, but as kids learn to walk there are a lot of bumps and bruises and a lot of opportunities to mess with the alignment (of the spine).”
Dr. Hanson’s suggestion is to have a complete chiropractic assessment, and from there work with your chiropractor for a comprehensive plan for chiropractic care.
