Begin Your Journey to Well-Being at Atlas Spine & Wellness!
A revolutionary approach that is gentle and painless
Mount Pleasant Chiropractors Offering Upper Cervical Care
Dr. Felix Periard and Dr. Erica Periard specialize in orthogonal upper cervical work, a unique method of chiropractic care addressing the Atlas, the first vertebra of the spine, in a highly precise and extremely gentle way to help relieve nervous system interference and allow the body to heal itself.
About Us
Boutique Care
We don’t rush patients in and out of our office. We take a lot of time with our patients and are committed to building long-term health and long-term relationships. Our new patient visit can take from one to four hours, depending on your specific situation. Ongoing visits are 15-20 minutes. Your care is tailored to your unique needs and goals.
Our practice is built on honesty and integrity, which begins the moment you walk through our doors. The first thing we communicate is that we can’t help everyone—we will go over your health history and conduct postural exams to determine whether your spine is misaligned or not, and if we can help you. If we believe we can help you, we’ll let you know. If we can’t, we’ll help point you in the right direction.
The Difference
Structural vs Traditional Chiropractic
Traditional Chiropractic
- With this approach, the focus is on improving range of motion using high velocity thrusts into the spine. Handheld adjusting tools, therapies and other modalities may be used.
- Conventional chiropractic temporarily alleviates tension and increases joint motion.
- While this approach relieves pain, it's considered symptom management because of the need for continuous return visits.
- Although traditional chiropractic improves the motion of the spine, the structure hasn't been corrected to its normal position.
- Gravity causes fixations of the spine and symptoms to return when the spine is in an abnormal structural position.
Atlas Spine & Wellness Care
- With gentle NUCCA or Atlas Orthogonal care, we use specific adjustments as determined from digital imaging. There is no cracking, popping or twisting of the body—our adjustments are painless.
- We also take measurements before and after the adjustment to ensure the spine has been corrected.
- A significant benefit of this type of adjustment is that there's an immediate correction of muscle tone from left to right, which naturally allows normal motion and decreases pain.
- Patients also like this approach, as they get long-term results due to structural position being corrected toward the direction of gravity's force.
- Once the spine is in a normal structural position, damaged tissue normalizes and symptoms begin to diminish permanently.
Our Services
Get Started With Care
Our specialty is NUCCA chiropractic, extremely gentle and painless. There’s no twisting, cracking or popping.
As an alternative to surgery, patients may elect non-invasive spinal decompression therapy to gently relieve pressure.
Laser therapy is considered a highly effective tool to increase healing potential and decrease pain and inflammation.
Thermography let’s us know if there’s anything happening in your body that might indicate potential disease.
An Invitation to Health!
Our new patient special, An Invitation to Health, is a free consultation with Dr. Felix to determine if upper cervical work is a good fit for you.
The consultation and posture tests are free of charge, and there is no obligation to continue with care, regardless of our findings.
Why Choose Us
Meet Your Compassionate Chiropractors
Dr. Felix and Dr. Erica
are a team specializing in orthogonal upper cervical adjustments. Both graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic and are thrilled to be able to offer this unique type of care in the Charleston/Mount Pleasant area.
Our doctors focus on patient education, helping them understand the causes of pain and that our chiropractic care is not simply treatment for symptoms. Rather, we work to identify underlying conditions interfering with the nervous system and strive to relieve the system of that interference by unlocking patients’ inborn healing potential.
We want our patients to understand that health is a journey and a lifestyle. It doesn’t happen overnight—but it can happen. Our goal is to help you get back to the life you want to live, with no limits.
Testimonials
What Our Clients Say
