Hey everybody, Dr. Fedich here at Village Family Clinic. Coming at you with one of the most frequently asked questions we'll get here online and in the clinic. People like to ask me, "Why can't I just crack my own back?" So a lot of you don't love that term....

Yes! It’s perfectly fine to get adjusted 2 or 3 days in a row, especially in the beginning of your treatment. As long as you aren’t getting adjusted 5 days a week for multiple weeks, it won’t have any negative effects on you. Over-adjusting can lead to overstretching of your...

How's everyone doing out there? This is Dr. Carlock, Village Family Clinic with another short little video. So another addressing some of the questions we get in this series. I'm going to stick to the headache topic, because that's what I've been talking about for the past couple weeks now....

Yes! Chiropractic care is good at keeping joints moving as normally as possible. When someone has a scoliosis, their joints are not lined up the way they are supposed to be, which causes them to move abnormally. This can cause the joints to wear out faster than normal. With Chiropractic...

Hey, everybody. Dr. Fedich here, at Village Family Clinic, Clinic Director. Here to talk to you today about frozen shoulder and medical terminology for that is actually adhesive capsulitis. Really fancy word. We got our little skeleton buddy here to show you a little bit what's going on. So, the...

Of course! We can treat people during all stages of pregnancy. It’s a great way to reduce the back and hip pain commonly associated with pregnancy without any medications. There are actually studies that show regular chiropractic care during pregnancy reduces the amount of time spent in labor by a...

How's everybody doing out there? This is Dr. Carlock. We're going to start this new video series where we're going to talk about a different little condition each week. Since I just did actually a talk this past week on headaches, we're going to talk about specific type of headache...

No two people are going to agree on the best pillow, but there are some basic rules you can follow if you want to minimize neck and upper back pain while sleeping. If you are a side sleeper, you want a pillow that is on the ticker side that offers...

Our patients and regular readers of our blog know that we are Hackettstown’s most celebrated chiropractic and multi-specialty medical facility. Part of that reason is our commitment to patient and community education regarding painful health conditions that can be addressed via an assortment of chiropractic care services.   Lower back...

"Hi, my name is Jim Burns. I would recommend Village Chiropractic to anybody who's looking for back relief. The techs, the doctors are all great. So anybody who requires some back relief, this is the place to go."

You don’t HAVE to keep going once you feel better, but maintenance care helps you feel better for longer. Think of it like going to the Dentist. Once you go to the Dentist do you have to keep going forever? No, but going for cleanings and maintenance for your teeth...

Yes! When a person cracks their own back/neck, they are just moving the joints that are already moving. When you continue to do that over and over, the joints become hypermobile (move too much) and make you more prone to joint pain, ligament injuries, and joint degeneration. When a chiropractor...

Here's another testimonial video from one of our clients: "Hi, my name is Aiza. I’m here at the doctor’s office and I really like to be at this place. These people are the best."

Hi,  I'm Jeff and I swear by the staff here and the doctors, I feel so much better since I've been coming here. So, only four weeks of treatment and I'm already feeling so much better.  I can sit in the car for longer. I can move a lot more...

Greetings from all of us here at Hackettstown’s Village Family Clinic! As most of you know, we are a multi-specialty medical facility providing chiropractic care, physical therapy, spinal decompression, and a number of other pain management disciplines. Last week in our Auto Accident-Related blog post, we briefly covered how your...

Yes! No matter how minor the car accident may seem, they are all traumatic on your body. The forces of the accident are enough to pull joints out of position and cause tight muscles to keep them out of position. By receiving an adjustment, we can get the joints moving...

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Hi, my name is Jim. I’ve been a patient here at Village Family Clinic for six or seven months. I came here because my wife, Alice, raved about this place and I had been coming to chiropractors for 20 years on and off, and because of my wife. I decided to...

Hello dear fans of our Hackettstown’s Village Family Clinic blog. If you are suffering auto-accident related pain, our multi-specialty medical facility and team of professionals are highly trained and ready to treat you today! Whether we treat your auto-accident pain via chiropractic, treat your auto accident pain via physical therapy,...

Lower back pain is by far the #1 complaint we see in our office on a daily basis. Pain in the lower back can be coming from a few different areas: lumbar spine, nerves in the lower back, disc pain, muscle pain, hip pain, referral pain from thoracic spine, or...

In any treatment sessions, a patient’s motivation is one of the most important factors that influences the speed and extent of their recovery. It is understood that staying motivated throughout the rehabilitation journey will be a challenging task. With physical therapy, it offers compassionate and comprehensive care to make patients...

Hello dear fans of our Hackettstown’s Village Family Clinic blog. Although we are a multi-specialty medical facility, today we are going to focus on educating you about the multitude of health benefits you can enjoy by engaging in chiropractic care services here in Hackettstown. You are going to be amazed...

Greetings All! Dr. Fedich, DC, here with you today. I am the Clinical Director here at Hackettstown’s Village Family Chiropractic and Multi-Specialty Medical Facility. I recently served as a featured speaker at Rutherfurd Hall the other day and it went great! The house was packed, It went Great! Out of...

Greetings again from your friends and neighbors here at Hackettstown’s Village Family Clinic, a multi-specialty medical facility. Since a significant percentage of our patient inquiries involves interest in learning about this thing called “spinal decompression for back pain”, we thought we’d spend a few moments here today to address the...

Chiropractic care is a natural healing method that can help alleviate pain and retrain your body to take care of itself. There are various chiropractic services that are most often used to treat complaints of back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs and headaches....

So, what do deep tissue laser therapy and 4th of July have in common? Well, Village Family Clinic, of course! What is the difference? One gives independence from pain and swelling while the other gave independence from tyrannical rule. Happy 4th of July week! We will be closed Monday July...

Those of you suffering auto accident pain, you realize that resultant pain can be immediate as well as delayed. Believe it or not, the former is less threatening than the latter and today we’re going to tell you why. Sometimes spinal injury is not immediately noticeable after the accident. Some...

So, we have been running a little advertising on Facebook about our Class 4 Deep Tissue laser for Knee Pain! Well, needless to say, we really struck a cord with people! We have been getting lots of calls and texts for this amazing technology! Even a few long time patients...

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Spinal trauma resultant of an auto accident is a major source of both pain and confusion regarding what to do about it. The most common way this plays out for auto accident victims is to first try to gut it out. The common theory is the pain will be transitory...

If you suffer systemic pain from a car accident, chiropractic treatment for auto accident pain is a drug and surgery-free approach to pain management to strongly consider. Here at our multi-specialty medical facility here in Hackettstown, we offer a team of pain management specialists that do wonders for people like...

Hello, I’m Dr. James Fedich, DC (Chiropractor) and Clinical Director here at Hackettstown’s Village Family Clinic, a multi-specialty medical facility. We love giving people back an important part of their lives that they were missing. It’s a rewarding experience for us. I may not always spend a lot of time...

If you suffer systemic pain associated with an auto accident, there is real pain relief awaiting you here at Hackettstown’s Village Family Chiropractic and Multi-Specialty Medical Facility. Chances are that the accident has misaligned your neck and or back, pinching nerves, and other painful results of spinal misalignment. We can...

One of the common causes of back pain is Scoliosis. A condition in which the spine abnormally curves to the side. It can displace the rib cage from its normal position and put pressure on the muscles and nerves on the back, resulting in pain and discomfort. The spine abnormality...

Hello everyone, once again from your friends at Village Family Clinic. We love to educate and provide comprehensive chiropractic care and we do this in part by managing our chiropractic care blog. As so many of you are actively working your outdoor spring cleaning and yard work, there are a...

Shoulder pain is one of the most common and persistent (yet treatable) body pain. General pain and in the shoulder can be attributed to what is commonly known as “frozen shoulder”. Pain associated with frozen shoulder can start as something rather tolerable but gradually worsens over time. A recurring complaint...

There is a non-surgical and drug-free approach to addressing your sciatic nerve pain. Chiropractic treatment is a highly celebrated treatment option that has provided measurable pain relief to those suffering from sciatica. One treatment employed by Chiropractors to treat sciatica is via Cold Laser Therapy. The main goal of Cold...

People who suffer long lasting back pain know the dramatic negative effect upon quality of life. So maybe you’ve been recommended for surgery but have strong reservations against surgery. Maybe you are reconsidering the numbing (and potentially addicting) effects of opioid medication. Chiropractis and spinal decompression therapy just might be...

One of our most rewarding service offerings is to provide chiropractic treatment to auto accident victims here at our Hackettstown multi-specialty medical facility. The word is out about the difference we’re making in peoples’ lives here at The Village Family Clinic. If you are suffering any form of pain resulting...

Unlike many large clinics, The Village Family Clinic here in Hackettstown offers one on one physical therapy. You will spend 30 minutes with one provider and will see the same provider each session. One to one manual therapy with one provider for 30 minutes in a private room. Active people...

Frozen Shoulder or otherwise known as adhesive capsulitis is a condition of the right or left shoulder that we have been seeing in the office for years. It mostly is an “idiopathic” condition – meaning that generally there is no known cause or happens randomly (unfortunately). Sometimes the condition can...

Sciatic! What is Sciatica? Simply put, sciatica is nerve pain from irritation of the sciatic nerve, located in the lower back that runs down the back of each leg. The biggest tell of sciatica is radiating pain starting in your lower back that works its way down the back of...

Welcome back dear patients, friends, family, neighbors, blog followers, and all of you moving forward toward pain-free living via chiropractic care here at Hackettstown’s Village Family Clinic. Today we want to introduce you to a painful condition that we treat on an increasing basis here at our Hackettstown multi-specialty medical...

Most of your daily activities require your hands. Wrist pain is a very common ailment that most people falsely believe is something that they have to live with. Not true! Chiropractic treatment for your wrist pain can deliver measurable relief to you in as little as one chiropractic treatment session!...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), together with the Department of Transportation (DOT), mandates all persons that require a commercial driver's license (CDL) to undergo drug and alcohol testing. As an employer, it is your responsibility to ensure your drivers have subjected themselves for DOT Testing and have followed...

By: Dr Tyler Carlock, DC Many of you have probably heard the term arthritis and may have even been told that you have it! There are many different forms of arthritis, some are inflammatory and others are non-inflammatory. The most common form is “Osteoarthritis.” This is a non-inflammatory condition and...

Here in 2022, who does not know someone who has had knee replacement, hip replacement, or one of the countless other forms of joint surgery? Their stories are harrowing regarding post-surgery pain and highly painful rehabilitation processes. Talk to someone who first entertained chiropractic treatment for hip pain and you...

Shoulder pain is a very common ailment. We treat countless patients with chiropractic care for shoulder pain and are proud to say the pain relief is real and measurable. The shoulder is one of the most complex joints in the body. It has a wide range of motion that is...

Greetings friends, neighbors, blog followers, and all of you moving forward toward pain-free living chiropractic care here at Village Family Clinic. Today, let’s talk about stress. Stress is an unavoidable part of life. We can limit it, we can manage it, and we can ignore it. But, there will always...

What’s that peeking itself around the corner? It looks like, yes, warming spring air it is. Visions of going the game with the spouse and children. Walks down at the beach or park. And yes, GOLF! People across Hackettstown are gearing up for their golf season in the back yard...