BUSINESS

Crozet Healthcare Providers are
Offering New Alternatives
by Kathy Johnson:
special to CROSSROADS BUSINESS
Changes in healthcare come
slowly—testing—more testing,
then approval from various
government agencies are just
a part of that slow-moving
cycle. Healthcare is a profession
not prone to quick decisions or acceptance.
Hand washing—now recognized by the Center
for Disease Control, hospitals and physicians
as “one of the most important steps we can
take to avoid … spreading germs” took more
than 100 years to reach that level of acceptance.
That same slow and careful change has resulted
in the average life expectancy increasing by 25
years between 1900 and 2000. Innovation in
healthcare can certainly be positive.
Anyone over 40 can easily see the healthcare
differences between their first visits to their
doctors or optometrists—even in little ways.
And, some big ways can be quite dramatic.
Pacemakers, eye care for infants, homeopathic
alternatives, non-invasive surgery, and nondrug
options for young children to improve
ADD, Dyslexia, and Autism are among some
of the evolving technologies.
BELOW: Doctors Brice and Meghan Jackson of Connections Chiropractic, Crozet
Two new members of The Greater Augusta
Regional Chamber of Commerce are located
at the Shoppes of Clover Lawn in Crozet.
Connections Chiropractic Center and Crozet
Eye Care are among those delivering what
some describe as new and alternative options.
Doctors Brice and Megan Jackson with
Connections Chiropractic Center are working
with new technology to provide “fitness for
the developing brain” in children. “The
specialization that I have is Chiropractic
Neurology… the procedures that we use to
take care of the disorders or improve them is
not just say a chiropractic adjustment, though
we incorporate that, but … we have different
types of therapies, activities, eye movement,
time and coordination activities … so, what
we find in a child’s exam, determines which
therapies they need.”
These treatments are designed for children
(and adults) with neurological disorders such
as ADD/ADHA, Autism Spectrum disorders,
OCD/ODD, Dyslexia, learning disabilities,
Tourette’s/Tics or Bi-Polar disorder.
In traditional medicine, Jackson explains,
“There are, for the most part, protocols that
every child gets regardless of their diagnosis.
The problem, as I see it, is that the diagnosis
rarely reflects the deficits the child displays.
Ten kids with ADHD might have attention
deficit and hyperactivity for very different
reasons. We attempt to treat the cause not the
result. We try to make our therapeutic choices
as individualized as possible based on a
comprehensive functional evaluation.”
Continues on page 21
BELOW: Brice Jackson with patient
...new technology to provide “fitness for
the developing brain” in children.
“...so, what we find in a child’s exam,
determines what therapies they need.”
8 • GARCC/CROSSROADS BUSINESS • MARCH/APRIL 2010