Welcome to Mattern Chiropractic
Your West Lafayette Chiropractor
For more information or if you would like to schedule an appointment with Dr. Mattern, call (765) 463-7337 today!
Welcome to Mattern Chiropractic!
We have been serving Lafayette, West Lafayette, and the surrounding area out of our small, friendly office for almost 30 years. Dr. James Mattern is dedicated to providing safe, effective solutions modified to fit your unique needs and pain symptoms.
What We Do:
Our goal at Mattern Chiropractic is to provide the best possible care for you, as well as quickly relieve any pain or discomfort that you may be experiencing. While Dr. Mattern will not prescribe drugs, he may suggest supplements, nutritional protocols, or orthopedic stabilization in an effort to increase your level of health naturally.
What is Chiropractic:
“Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. Chiropractic services are used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches.”
-American Chiropractic Association
Conditions Commonly Helped by Chiropractic:
This is a very generalized summary, evaluation always required. We have excellent results with symptoms and issues that stem from muscles, joints and connective tissue, about 65% of all complaints people experience stem from such maladies. We are often able to help.
Headache:
Tension type
Post-concussive residuals
Migraine
Generalized Stress response cephalgia
Myofascial referred pain syndromes
Temporomandibular joint compromise
Neck Pain:
Injury-acute, and chronic residuals
Disc, facet, joint capsule referred pain
Myofascial pain
Postural pain syndromes- upper-cross, forward head posture
Degenerative disc compromise
Loss of normal cervical lordosis
Systemic inflammatory concurrents
Spondylosis
Segmental joint dysfunction
Referred pain pending differential
Torticollis
Range of motion limitations
Shoulder:
Range of motion limitations
Joint dysfunction- AC joint, sternoclavicular, glenohumeral
Nonsurgical cuff tears-(Partial thickness)
Bursitis, fasciitis, tendonitis, tendinosis
Postural stress
Overuse, repetitive injury
Degenerative osteoarthritis
Systemic inflammatory concurrents
Work and sport injury/compromise
Referred pain pending differentials
Back Pain:
Postural stress
Injury
Ergonomic strain
Disc, rib joints, facet joint injury
Connective tissue strains
Fibromyalgia
Referred pain differentials
Low Back Pain:
DJD-disc degenerative disease
Disc injury
Herniated disc
Facet joint injury, altered movement
Osteoarthritis
Core Weakness
Postural faults driving pain syndromes
Sub-failure Ligamentous injury
Kinetic chain dysfunction
Lower cross syndrome (muscle imbalance)
Referred pain differentials
Myofascial pain syndromes
Diet induced pro-inflammatory pain syndromes
Hip:
Lumbago
Sacro tuberous ligament sprain
Iliolumbar ligament sprain
Hip muscle strain
Groin/Hamstring pulls
Altered movement pattern
Kinetic chain dysfunctions
Myofascial pain syndromes
Bursitis/tendonitis/tendinosis
Lower-cross syndrome
Knee:
Osgood-Schlatter’s
Pes Anserine bursitis
Collateral ligament sprain
Pre-patellar bursitis
Patellar tracking anomalies
Joint dysfunction
Traction injuries of Sharpies fibers (enthesis)
Tendonitis/ tendinosis
Knee laxity/chronic non-surgical instabilities
Osteoarthritis
Leg/ankle/foot:
Myofascial pain syndromes
Shin splints
Joint dysfunction
Osteoarthritis
Altered joint kinetics
Long term fibrotic soft tissue residuals
Flat feet/pes planus
Plantar fasciitis
Turf toe
Morton’s neuroma
Achilles tendonitis/osis
Gastrocnemius strain
Enthesis, insertional tendinopathies
Leg length inequalities
Gait dysfunction
Kinetic chain joint dysfunction
Joint hypomobilities and fibrosis
Dr. James Mattern
West Lafayette Chiropractor | Mattern Chiropractic
1231 Cumberland Ave West Lafayette, IN 47906 (765) 463-7337
