Heaton's Chiropractic Center offers residents of the North Alabama area an alternative to traditional medical treatments, one that focuses on an holistic, non-inasive approach to helping the body heal itself. Chiropractic is based on the scientific fact that you nervous system controls the function of every cell, tissue, organ and system of your body. Your nervous system consists of your brain, spinal chord and millions of nerves. Your brain is protected by the skull and your spinal chord by the 24 moving bones of the spine. Many everyday activities can cause these spinal bones to lose their normal position or motion. This can result in nervous system dysfunction and ultimately, ill health.

The chiropractic approach to better health is to detect. reduce and help prevent nervous system dysfunction. Dr. Larry Heaton has completed four years of post graduate college studies in chiropractic medicine, and has passed a rigorous National Board Examination to earn his Doctor of Chiropractic.

Unlike traditional medicine, chiropractic uses carefully directed and controlled pressure to restore better position and motion to "stuck" or fixated spinal joints. Dr. Heaton combines this process with nutritional advice, exercise and other procedures to restore his patients to a health, pain-free lifestyle.

Heaton's Chiropractic Center also distributes herbs that have been proven to help restore good health, including St. John Wort, a natural alternative to prescription anti-depressants.