Striving For and Maintaining Healthy Living

“Chiropractic is the second largest healing profession in the world, and the safest,” states Dr. Ben Gifford. He serves his clients through his chiropractic office in South Salem.

“Chiropractic is a drugless healing profession,” explains Dr. Gifford, who has been a practicing doctor of chiropractic for 30 years. “Rather than focusing on the symptoms, chiropractors concentrate on correcting the problem through the integrity of the central and peripheral nervous systems.”

Subluxation Correction Methods

Dr. Gifford loves to help people by providing a service that only chiropractors can provide. The many methods and techniques of manual therapy all involve specifically directed manual force to the body in order to improve range of motion, relieve muscle tension and to reduce musculoskeletal pain. Dr. Gifford strives to implement the safest and most effective subluxation correction methods.

Natural Alternative Healthcare

Dr. Gifford enjoys providing natural alternative healthcare for the following conditions, and more:

• Headaches and migraines
• Neck, shoulder, and arm pain
• Loss of range of motion
• Still necks
• Spasms
• Segmental fixations
• Adhesion fixations of the vertabral body and disk
• Leg pain
• Sciatica
• Numbness
• Painful Joints
• Lower back and leg pain
• Loss of sleep

Knowledge and Experience

Dr. Gifford draws from extensive chiropractic knowledge and experience to meet his clients’ future wellness goals. Before patients see Dr. Gifford, each patient fills out a standard health history form, to ensure that Dr. Gifford is able to factor in all of the outlying causes for a patient’s condition. Knowledge of his patient’s health history and goals enables Dr. Gifford to create tailored solutions to put the patient on the path to recovery.

Dr. Gifford grew up in Salem, attended Morningside Grade School, Judson Junior High and South Salem High School. He served in the Navy for four years as a corpsman. After college, he received his professional training at Western States Chiropractic College, from which he graduated in 1979. Dr. Gifford uses the Gonstead manual adjusting technique.

He started his practice in Port Angeles, Washington, then moved back to Salem three years later, where he has practiced since. His office has been in the present location on 3295 Triangle Dr, SE Suite 230, for six years.

First Time Visitors

Dr. Gifford offers the following to first-time visitors:

• A Free history
• A free orthopedic, neurological and chiropractic examination
• A free chiropractic treatment

Other notable benefits offered by Dr. Gifford's Office are:

• Children (under 18) of patients are treated free
• His office bills insurance companies (but not medicare or workers comp.)
• Dr. Gifford's office does work with message therapists whos services are available by appointment.

Dr. Gifford is in the office Monday, Wednesday, Friday, plus other days (24/7) by calling in at (503-588-3100)

Interests

Dr. Gifford's interests include cars, motorcycles and, in general, things in motion. He enjoys his wife, family, music, movies, camping, his dog and two cats, 20 ducks, and the 100 trout in his fish pond.

Dr. Gifford is committed to providing all Salem chiropractic patients with quality chiropractic care and wellness services.

Who can you refer to Dr. Gifford?

• Anyone who suffers from headaches or migrains

• Persons with neck, shoulder, or arm pain

• Someone who has loss of range of motion or a stiff neck

• A person who has numbness, painful joints or leg pain

• Anyone with loss of sleep, spasms or lower back pain

• Anyone with a spine