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Chandler Family Chiropractic Near Tyler

January 31st, 2010

Chandler Family Chiropractic

323 Hwy 31 E (PO Box 1894)
Chandler, TX 75758
Office: (903) 849-2200
Fax: (903) 849-2600

Chandler Family Chiropractic, Acupuncture & Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression is located in Chandler, TX directly off of Highway 31 E. It is only ten miles from Loop 323 in Tyler. It is easy to miss, as the town is very small and their sign is not very pronounced. Several times we have driven right by it. A good tip: It’s right across from the Mexican restaurant and within the main section of town. If you find that you’ve passed all of the gas stations and fast food restaurants, you’ve gone too far.

Dr. Charles R. Dixon has been serving the Tyler-area community since February 2001. His services include spinal decompression therapy, acupuncture (with or without needles), massage therapy, heat and ice therapy, electric stimulus therapy and more. His staff includes his wife and niece who run the front office and massage therapist Mindy Terrell.

Dr. Dixon runs his family practice with skill and enthusiasm. As a patient, I have been shown genuine kindness from all the staff and I have only good things to say about the quality of treatment. I am one of the many patients who used to be in chronic back pain, but that pain is now history. My husband has also been pain-free for months. He had horrible low back pain to the point where he would fall over.

I am always greeted at the door with warm and welcoming smiles. More than once Dr. Dixon has met me at my car and carried my daughter’s infant car seat for me to the office to save me from heavy lifting. He has repeatedly worked late or into his lunch break for us. Once on a Friday evening he even came back to the office after hours to adjust me because he didn’t want my weekend to be miserable.

I first came to know of Chandler Family Chiropractic through a friend of mine. I had been in pain for a year and had never gone to see a chiropractor because at the time I was in school, uninsured and could not afford it. This friend of mine gave me Dr. Dixon’s phone number, which I assumed was the number to his office. It was actually his cell phone number, and Dr. Dixon himself answered and discussed treatment for my back pain. He assured me that he would do his very best to make me pain-free, payment or not, and set up an appointment right then and there.

When I went into the office I was pleasantly surprised by how charming the little office was. The patients all seemed content and relaxed. The staff was more than simply welcoming. They made us feel like family by the time our visit was over, and they sent me home pain-free to boot! My husband and I have been his patients and friends ever since.

I am so thankful for the good care Dr. Dixon has afforded us over the years. He and his wife are good people who have a heartfelt compassion for the needs of others. They go above and beyond what is required or expected of chiropractic care in their hospitality and even in their very thorough and comprehensive medical care. It seems that they would give their services away if there was another way to support their family. They are some of the most giving people I know. I highly recommend his office to anyone who is in need of chiropractic care.

Curves Fitness For Women

January 5th, 2010

Curves

As the New Year begins everyone is thinking about their new year goals. Women work out hard for a few weeks, but then they weigh in to see that they did not get the results that they wanted and then they grab a pint of ice cream and sit on the couch. Working out can be stressful and confusing.

When you walk into a gym the machines seem intimidating. You feel like the people are looking judgmentally as you look frustrated at how much weight that you should put on the leg thing, arm thing, and stomach thing. Curves is a large fitness center that stretches over 70 countries of the world.

Curves workout is only thirty minutes that burns up to 500 calories in one workout. The workout machines are each made for women. Curves has machines that workout each part of the body.

These workouts are much more than a diet or weight loss system. They are a life style; you can do it during your lunch break, like many women do. Each machine is set up in a circle and as you work each machine you will get help by one of the trainers that are there. Between working each machine you will run in place on a mat or stretch or rest. The trainers will assist you in any way that you need. You will get measured and weighed, which can be intimidating, but it will help you set goals and meet them.

There are amazing stories of women who have had great success while working out a Curves in Tyler Texas. Curves changes women’s lives and will make you feel so much better about yourself inside and out.

The workers are very helpful and polite. They are understanding to the struggles that come with weight loss and the temptations to stop your workouts. They are encouraging and they really want you to meet your goals and will help you.

Confession of a fast food hypocrite

November 7th, 2009

                The following article is something of a confession, or a coming out column for me. For years I’ve been vocal about the fact that I hate the fast food restaurant chain “Jack in the Box” due largely to the store’s advertising campaign. I have openly declared my unwillingness to eat at any of the store’s Tyler locations regardless of the quality of the food they serve because I so detest their commercials… that is until recently.

            When my workplace moved to a new building, I found that “Jack in the Box” was the closest available eatery. One day, while on my lunch break, and without the time to visit one of my regular favs. I reluctantly swallowed my dislike for the franchise and made that infamous right turn into the small parking lot. I rationalized the decision by telling myself it would be a one time thing. Besides, I didn’t have to tell anyone, right? Except that the food was great! I had a problem, or rather I still do. As fast food goes I like “The Box” (not as much as Whataburger by the way), but it’s close to my work, the prices are reasonable and they serve breakfast all day, on the other hand, those commercials are just more than I can take, a sentiment shared by my whole family by the way.  

            So why make this confession now? Because I can live the lie no longer! I like Jack in the Box’s food! There I said it. The menu is unique, and the quality good. I still make no excuses for the company’s ads however. In fact, they are the ones who should be ashamed, not me or those like me. We are just the victims, the users if you will. I call on the corporation to do the right thing and fire the current ad agency and find another. Please, make it easier for those of us who enjoy the product, but whose consciences object to the mindless temptation they use to appeal to the masses. A step like this can only bring in those stronger than I who would ordinarily never set foot in a Jack in the Box restaurant.

            So please don’t judge me! Pity me, and remember you may be one sausage egg and cheese biscuit away from becoming a “Box” fan as well. Tyler Locations can be found on Broadway next to Burgfield Park, and on the west loop next to CIci’s.