At Shephard Health, Dr. Jay Shephard has built a team of professionals who have been carefully selected to provide health and wellness services to our NW Calgary chiropractor patients. We especially appreciate the hard work they do so our patients can live, play and work – pain-free!*
Everyone at Shephard Health is fully credentialed and continually works to upgrade their skillset to conform to the latest treatment protocols*.
Shephard Health was opened over 20 years ago by Dr. Jay Shephard to provide Chiropractic Services to NW Calgary Chiropractic patients so they could live, work and play – pain-free!
We have been at the forefront of all the new advanced techniques in chiropractic and wellness care (such as Active Release Therapy, Shockwave Therapy and now Cold Laser Therapy) that have been pioneered. Dr. Jay Shephard has been an active instructor of ART® (Active Release Techniques) since 1998. He was also one of the first practitioners of the Graston Technique in Calgary.
Shephard Health Centre has been providing manual sports therapy and corrective exercise rehabilitation to patients seeking him out from all over. The team at Shephard Health has over 20 years of experience in assessing and treating injuries as well as biomechanical dysfunction.
We are conveniently located in Kensington right on Kensington Road NW across from Original Joe’s Restaurant. We are easily accessible via Calgary Transit buses and a 10-minute walk from the Sunnyside LRT station.
We have convenient weekday and Saturday hours (twice monthly) that start early in the morning to meet your busy schedule. We pride ourselves on being an efficient practice that does not keep you waiting!
Whether you are a weekend warrior or an everyday person like the rest of us, Dr. Shephard and his team want to help you achieve your health and wellness goals*.
Having a chiropractor you know and trust to help you get free from pain is an essential part of a healthy, active life.
Our chiropractic treatments focus on alleviating the cause of your discomfort rather than masking your symptoms with medication that may cause side effects.
We utilize chiropractic adjustments and other forms of safe, non-invasive therapies, including spinal decompression, to facilitate your body's natural healing so that you can live a pain-free life. Are you ready? Let’s get to it.
Chiropractors are trained medical professionals with unique training to manage many common health conditions.
Chiropractors utilize treatments, including joint manipulation, physical therapy modalities, patient education, manual therapy, nutrition, and rehabilitation exercises, to address each patient's unique situation.
As chronic pain continues to rise within the US healthcare system, chiropractors utilize proven methods to reduce pain and disability without the need for medications and surgery in most cases.
We believe the most effective treatment for restricted joints is a chiropractic adjustment (also known as manipulation or mobilization).
Chiropractic adjustments are commonly thought to only be used to treat back pain, however, they may be utilized on any joint in the body. Improper joint movement can reduce the effectiveness of the body's total movement, resulting in pain and/or tissue injury.
Chiropractic adjustments restore motion to restricted joints and normalize overall body movement in a safe and effective manner.
Adjustments also put the body in a comfortable position to enable the necessary movement while simultaneously applying a fast, precise force to the joint. Overall chiropractic adjustments are very successful at relieving pain and improving athletic performance.
Chiropractic care attempts to treat the source and not just the symptoms.
Shots, muscle relaxants, and pain drugs may only cure the symptoms of the issue, but chiropractic care can help by addressing the root of the problem. There is a lesser probability of getting such symptoms later on when pain is treated at the cause.
If you only pay attention to the symptoms, it's like removing the battery from a smoke alarm because you don't like the sound, but the fire is still burning. Chiropractic care has much better solutions than that.
Chiropractors are specially trained in spinal manipulative therapy as well as in exercise/rehab. That way, movement dysfunction is attended to but so is strengthening, stretching, and shoring up the support structures of the frame.
A typical chiropractic examination will include the following:
A chiropractor can help with aches, pains, creaks, and sprains. If you have an issue with your musculoskeletal system, a chiropractor can provide you with non-drug therapy options.
Treatment that a chiropractor may offer includes: