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Your Body is a Temple!

How you treat and care for your body will greatly determine how your health and quality of life progress as you age. At Cardinal Family Chiropractic, our Southern Pines NC chiropractor wants to help you discover how your body is truly designed to function and what you can do to ensure that you and your family become the healthiest versions of who you were created to be. The physical, spiritual, and emotional aspects of your body can all be deeply affected by the things you choose to incorporate into your daily life! Let Dr. Kuhns and the team at Cardinal Family Chiropractic help you discover the "real you" with chiropractic care aimed at removing the interference that may be holding you back from your true potential.

Cardinal Family Chiropractic

At Cardinal Family Chiropractic in Southern Pines, we offer comprehensive, safe, effective, and non-invasive chiropractic care for patients of all ages.

Natural pain relief, wellness guidance, and nutritional health are some of the primary areas we focus on, along with providing practical advice you can incorporate at home, at work, and throughout your daily life to help you achieve a more complete sense of health and wellness.

Dr. Kuhns has been a premier, award-winning chiropractor for more than 25 years. His extensive experience and dedication to the science of healing are evident in the many patients who travel from both local communities and surrounding states to receive care from him. He deeply respects every individual who seeks his help and extends genuine compassion to each patient he serves.

We invite you, your family, and loved ones to visit Cardinal Family Chiropractic and Dr. Kuhns for the care you seek and deserve.

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Why Our Approach Is Different

At Cardinal Family Chiropractic, we are different from many other clinics you may have visited in several ways. We extend compassion and care to every patient who walks through our doors, treating each person like family. Here, you are never just a number.

Dr. Kuhns takes the time to listen to your concerns, understand your health goals, and remain focused throughout your care on helping you achieve the results you are seeking. Rather than placing every patient into a pre-set "one-size-fits-all" treatment plan, he utilizes a variety of techniques tailored specifically to your individual needs.

Your body and health journey are unique. You may have special areas that require extra attention, sensitivities that need to be considered, or challenges that deserve a more personalized approach to care. At Cardinal Family Chiropractic, we are committed to helping you receive the care, attention, and results you deserve.

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Mission Statement

At Cardinal Family Chiropractic, our mission is simple: we promise to do our very best each and every day, using our God-given abilities and the safest, most effective techniques available to ensure you receive the highest quality chiropractic care possible! We honour the human body and work comprehensively to first restore, and then maintain, your body's natural function and overall well-being.

We strive to identify and address any removable forms of interference affecting your health by utilizing proven, reliable chiropractic methods while also educating you on the best approaches to overcoming your healthcare challenges. Science continues to show that the body functions exceptionally well unless there is some type of interference present. Because of this, We make it our mission to find and remove that interference, helping restore your body to function the way it was designed and created to.

Why Should I Get Adjusted If I Have No Symptoms

Spinal subluxations, or misalignments and dysfunction within the joints of the spine, can directly affect the nerves that exit the spinal cord at each vertebral level. These joint changes and areas of dysfunction may create interference within the nervous system, impacting the parts of the body connected to those nerves.

The nervous system plays a vital role in the body, helping regulate and coordinate the function of organs such as the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys, while also directing muscle movement and communication throughout the body. Your nerves are responsible for carrying the messages your body relies on in order to function, adapt, and thrive.

Many health issues begin silently, and spinal subluxations can also develop over time without obvious symptoms. As stress and damage increase within the discs, joints, muscles, or surrounding tissues, symptoms may eventually begin to appear. Because of this, the correction and prevention of spinal dysfunction may play an important role in maintaining overall health and wellness before discomfort or symptoms arise.

Regular spinal evaluations and chiropractic adjustments may help support proper spinal function and allow potential issues to be identified earlier. As Benjamin Franklin famously said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

Conditions We Help With

Conditions we see the most are listed below with a brief explanation following. This list is not comprehensive of everything we can and have treated:

Maternity Care

From pre-conception to Delivery Day, the female body undergoes tremendous miraculous changes that will benefit from having a spine and nervous system that is ready to undergo the journey of pregnancy. Dr. Kuhns will focus on gently guiding you through a very important aspect of the maternal journey. With regular checks, Webster Technique, and gentle spinal adjustments you can look forward to feeling your best throughout pregnancy and ensuring you and your unborn are positioned for the best possible birth-day.

Pediatric Care

From day one and on, children are faced with having to adapt and grow to a world that has many challenges. In order to ensure kids are growing and maturing in the best physiological way, chiropractic care stands ready to guide your little ones into the stellar, happy, and healthy humans we all want them to be. Whether it is an injury or wellness care, Dr. Kuhns will focus on the short and long term aspects of gaining and maintaining great health for your children and your entire family.

Headaches

A significant majority of headaches are classified as "cervico-genic" meaning they originate in the cervical spine, (aka the neck). Headaches are an enormous problem in our society and they can be devastatingly life changing. Dr. Kuhns uses various soft tissue and adjusting techniques to help asses, alleviate and hopefully eliminate your headaches. Many headache sufferers are so grateful to have their headaches diminished even a little bit, let alone to have them disappear for good. Try giving Dr. Kuhns a chance to help you with your headaches.

Disc and Sciatica Care

The human spine normally has 24 moveable vertebrae (spinal column) with a disc (soft cushion) in between, with a nerve on each side and at each level branching from the spinal cord. The change in a joint position by 1 millimetre can trigger a spasm, pain and severe dysfunction and can affect your ability to simply function Dr. Kuhns may use Flexion & Distraction (F&D) to Decompress the spinal joints and disc area to reduce pain such as sciatica, increase range of motion, and improve overall stability in the damaged area, getting you back to normal as quickly as possible. Disc injuries will heal. How they heal usually depends on what you do for them. Leaving sciatica or disc injuries alone, or simply masking the symptoms with chemicals is usually a recipe for bigger and more destructive conditions down the road. For over 26 year Dr. Kuhns has been helping people get their lives back after disc injuiries. Please give yourself the care you deserve, now and for your future health!

Back and Neck pain

Back and Neck pain are enormous health concerns in our world. Seeking relief for low back and neck pain account for a large portion of the opiod epidemic.

Using substances to reduce pain and inflammation usually just "mask" the symptoms and often allow the damaged tissue to get progressively worse because the chemicals prevent you from feeling the problem at it's fullest and thereby allowing you to continue to perform damaging activities. These common pains can present as mild to severe symptoms but that is not to be taken lightly because even mild low back or neck pain can signal something is very wrong. Obviously if it is an emergency, seek emergency care! After that Dr. Kuhns will address the cause of the symptoms to help stabilize the condition, restore normal function and discuss your wellness options moving forward to keep you more resilient and more pain free.

Military body

The Military body (active duty, former, or retired) is anything but average. Military injuries run a similar course in reality to that of a pro athlete and beyond! Depending on the chosen jobs in the military, our patriots enter our office with various challenges related to the job at hand or what they performed for years. Whether it be jumping out of an airplane, rucking for miles on end, or a multitude of other critical jobs in the armed forces, Dr. Kuhns has spent a majority of his career examining, treating and maintaining our nations elite forces for service. Mission ready is also his focus for you no matter what your career field is.

Sports Injuries

Sports Injuries can mirror the injuries we see in the military community to a certain degree. Depending on the sport, the associated movement patterns, and likely mechanism of injury a thorough exam and assessment will help Dr. Kuhns decide on the appropriate types of care to use for sports injuries of all ages. from children to adult weekend warriors, Dr. Kuhns is here to guide you back to health and peak physical performance!

Repetitive Use injuries

As the name implies, repetitive use injuries can be very challenging to overcome. Dr. Kuhns has extensive experience intervening in these stubborn conditions. Doing any repetitive motion for years at a time can lead to sometimes permanent changes in the body. We try to intervene before the negative, permanent changes take place and, when possible, correct the offending mechanical problems that have resulted from the repetitive motion injury. These injuries usually require specified attention, detailed home care and behavior modification to bring about change in the prognosis of the condition and pain relief.

Subluxations

Subluxations can develop from a variety of causes, including trauma, stress, and toxins in our environment. Commonly, these misaligned vertebrae can cause stress and damage to its surrounding structures, including nerves. As a result, pain and dysfunction of the end organ intended to receive the message begin.

The correction of these bones is termed an adjustment and when they are returned to their proper position, the body is allowed to function properly. So in reality, chiropractors are not doing the healing, they are simply facilitating the body's ability to heal itself. It was once said, that the body doesn't need any assistance, it just needs no interference.

TMJ or Temporomandibular Joint pain

This is the "jaw" pain nobody wants but has become very common in our society. These joints are the "jaw" joints we have on each side of our cheeks that connect our bottom jaw to our skull. They allow us to move our mouth/jaw to talk, chew, etc. Dysfunction on this joint can have very serious effects on your overall health, including headaches, decreased appetite, pain, dizziness, etc. Dr. Kuhns has been using gentle effective techniques to reduce TMJ dysfunction very successfully for decades. The cause of the TMJ problem has to be identified first, and then a gentle treatment plan enacted to get you back to the pain free lifestyle you had before the TMJ became an issue.

Whiplash

Whiplash is a common problem that may be present in any kind of injury involving a rapid and forceful acceleration and/or deceleration motion, especially of the spinal joints. Most people think of a car accident when they hear the term whiplash. Also pictured a kid playing with friends and someone shoves them when they weren't expecting it. Or a football player running down the field and get's hit from the side without being able to prepare for the impact. Any impact that forces you into an unexpected position quickly and back again can be diagnosed as a whiplash. These are usually injuries with many layers of trauma. There may be joint damage from the rapid compression of joint surfaces, or it may be the quick stretching or tearing of soft tissues like muscles, tendons, and ligaments. These injuries need special attention to diagnose and treat and Dr. Kuhns has seen thousands of cases of various forms of whiplash with great success in pain reduction, restoration of proper function and resumption of activities of daily living.

Plantar Fasciitis (PF)

If you don't know what this is or have never had it, you are fortunate. If you have had it, so sorry to hear it. If your PF is still bothering you check out what Dr. Kuhns can do to help. He has helped many avoid surgery for PF. He has helped many with failed PF surgery get back to pain free and normal foot function again. This is a painful condition and because it alters how you walk and move, it usually causes bigger problems up into your hip and spinal column! Don't hesitate to seek care for PF, you will be happy when the pain is finally gone and you can start moving normally again!

Arthritic Pain

DJD or Degenerative Joint Disease (aka Degenerative Arthritis) can be a major problem in our bodies as we accumulate trauma in our joints and don't seek help. There is usually some discussion points about arthritis that need to be pointed out. Most references to arthritis and age are referring to DJD not RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) RA is usually found via a blood test and is considered an autoimmune problem. RA also results in joint destruction like DJD but in a different way. Dr. Kuhns can help you get pain relief from either one of these conditions, in different ways. From gentle in-office techniques to a variety of at-home care strategies, you should be able to minimize your symptoms and manage the pain effectively.

Sleep Dysfunction

There are a large number of studies on how your nervous system is in need of balancing and how chiropractic care can assist you in getting deeper and better sleep. One of the common things we hear from our patients who have sleep dysfunction is how they noticed dramatic improvement in the quality and amount of great sleep they get after they incorporated Chiropractic care into their lives.

Dietary Challenges

With decades of dietary and nutritional counselling in his practice, Dr. Kuhns is always ready to talk nutrition and help guide you towards your goals. Nutrition is a must-do for anyone seeking good health, and longevity in life! Any hopes of skipping good nutrition by relying on your "family history" and "good genetics" is playing with fire and risking your health in a big way! Don't risk your health and how great you could be feeling, functioning, and excelling! Get serious about what you put into your body, including food, supplements and water! We offer one-on-one nutritional plans specifically designed for your specific needs.

Soft tissue injuries

Soft tissue injuries can be a major setback in ones health care journey. Soft tissues (anything other than bone) are critical at every level of health. Dr. Kuhns has been utilising many "soft tissue techniques" in his care for the human body since his first day in practice. He is focused on doing what is necessary to bring about the desired changes the patient is seeking. Soft tissue treatment may include: Dry Needling, release techniques, ischemic compression, Nimmo, PIR/PNF, stretching, electric muscle stimulation, to name a few.

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Sleep Dysfunction

There are a large number of studies on how your nervous system is in need of balancing and how chiropractic care can assist you in getting a deeper and better sleep. One of the common things we hear from our patients who have sleep dysfunction is how they noticed dramatic improvement in the quality and amount of great sleep they get after they incorporated Chiropractic care into their lives.

Medicine is the study of disease and what causes man to die. Chiropractic is the study of health and what causes man to live.

~ BJ Palmer