Luke Boyer, DC
Chiropractic Physician
I am a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West and practice a patient-centered (one on one) approach to physical medicine with an emphasis on combining specific treatments. This includes spinal and extremity adjustments along with soft tissue treatments to address problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves for faster recovery. I am experienced with numerous chiropractic techniques and rehabilitation exercises in order to address the many individual needs of patients. I am skilled in the treatment of injuries or movement dysfunction not only with high-level professional athletes, but also the average local sport enthusiasts-both the weekend warriors and the beginners. Though I treat a wide variety of conditions, my specialization lies in treating the low back and lower extremity injuries especially the feet.
My treatments use a hands-on approach, through specific therapies, assessment processes, and work with many other aspects of the patient's lifestyle and exercise training. More time is spent with the patient in assessing, treating and educating. Sometimes another specialist is needed and that is why I have developed a network of physicians, naturopaths, physical therapists, nutritionists, yoga teachers and trainers to work concurrently with me. My focus is at least as much on the functional aspect and movement of patients as on their specific injury or condition of ill health. I frequently adopt new information from clinical research and work done by professionals in various fields to explore new areas of treatment when working with a patient.
Our whole body is a kinematic chain that acts as one complex functional unit. When working with a runner who has chronic low back pain many factors beyond the low back are considered in evaluation and treatment. Whether this pain is due to a muscle imbalance, ligament sprain or strain, or subluxation, the back pain itself may be an end result of a variety of imbalances that could have developed over a long period of time.
Chiropractic Physician
I am a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West and practice a patient-centered (one on one) approach to physical medicine with an emphasis on combining specific treatments. This includes spinal and extremity adjustments along with soft tissue treatments to address problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves for faster recovery. I am experienced with numerous chiropractic techniques and rehabilitation exercises in order to address the many individual needs of patients. I am skilled in the treatment of injuries or movement dysfunction not only with high-level professional athletes, but also the average local sport enthusiasts-both the weekend warriors and the beginners. Though I treat a wide variety of conditions, my specialization lies in treating the low back and lower extremity injuries especially the feet.
My treatments use a hands-on approach, through specific therapies, assessment processes, and work with many other aspects of the patient's lifestyle and exercise training. More time is spent with the patient in assessing, treating and educating. Sometimes another specialist is needed and that is why I have developed a network of physicians, naturopaths, physical therapists, nutritionists, yoga teachers and trainers to work concurrently with me. My focus is at least as much on the functional aspect and movement of patients as on their specific injury or condition of ill health. I frequently adopt new information from clinical research and work done by professionals in various fields to explore new areas of treatment when working with a patient.
Our whole body is a kinematic chain that acts as one complex functional unit. When working with a runner who has chronic low back pain many factors beyond the low back are considered in evaluation and treatment. Whether this pain is due to a muscle imbalance, ligament sprain or strain, or subluxation, the back pain itself may be an end result of a variety of imbalances that could have developed over a long period of time.
- Certified Systems Health Care Practitioner (2020)
- Skilled in variety of adjusting techniques including Diversified, Thompson Drop, Cox-Flexion, Activator, extremity and cranial-sacral adjusting
- Rocktape certified for injuries and movement dysfunction
- Certified in myofascial cupping - FMT RockPods (2020)
- Certified in IASTM - FMT Blades (2020)
- Certified and skilled in Graston Technique
- Adept with Active Isolated Stretching
- Proficient with the use of myofascial release technique and trigger point therapy for a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions
- Skilled with Golgi tendon organ, muscle spindle therapy and strain/counterstrain technique
