Dr. Nicholas A Peterson, DC

Dr. Peterson has been practicing chiropractic and acupuncture in Ridgefield for the past 20 years providing alternative healthcare for families in the area. By combining Eastern and Western medicine his patients get a broad spectrum of care. Dr. Peterson offers traditional chiropractic adjustments (taken from both his father who has practiced for 45 years and Life University in Atlanta Georgia) and acupuncture (both electric acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine) He also offers the latest in chiropractic techniques with active release technique and red light laser therapy and computerized spinal decompression. His belief the body’s ability to heal itself helps keep the least invasive techniques at hand. Why use an adjustment when a patient really needs a myofascial treatment? This is the new chiropractic era when we know that not everyone who visits a chiropractor needs and adjustment; people need the best care possible and it should be available. This is why Dr Peterson’s office has every device possible from a Chattanooga decompression table to electric acupuncture to an Ulta class 4 red light laser.

Dr. Peterson makes it a point to help people with nutrition because he knows you would be surprised how much you can help people by understanding their nutritional needs. For example, many people are taking probiotics when what they really need is pre-biotic soluble fiber. Just because probiotics can be expensive and soluble plant fiber is not expensive does not mean the latter is less important. Also, by overcoming chronic Lymes Disease with both antibiotics and Chinese herbs Dr Peterson appreciates the power of using both Eastern and Western philosophy. And, being an athlete in his earlier life before becoming a chiropractor, he now uses the treatments from those injuries on the weekend warriors and young athletes that come here; because all people should be treated with the same care as a professional athlete get in the healing of athletic injuries … with the latest and best care.