Gentle and Effective NUCCA Chiropractic Care

Des Moines ChiropractorWelcome to Balance First Chiropractic Center in Des Moines, Iowa. These are some of the reasons that our patients love our approach to chiropractic and their health and well-being:

  • Our goal is natural body pain relief and better whole body health without the use of drugs or surgery
  • Our approach is gentle, without popping, twisting, or cracking
  • We want you to have a better quality of life with as few chiropractic adjustments as possible

As providers of NUCCA Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care, we focus on the vital balance between the head and the neck, an area that controls many body systems, and influences the stress across the whole spine.

What Are the Benefits of NUCCA Chiropractic Care?

There are many! The majority of our patients report having improvements in one or more of the following the areas:

  • decreased painChiropractic Patients Jumping
  • improved motion
  • less tension
  • more energy
  • better quality of sleep
  • improved focus
  • and better coordination and balance

Learn more about NUCCA upper cervical chiropractic care, or what common symptoms we see in the office.

Balance First Chiropractic Center in Des Moines, Iowa

Established in 1999, Balance First is one of a few offices in Iowa to offer the gentle chiropractic procedure known as NUCCA.The office is conveniently located just north of Interstate 235, in the Windsor Heights area of Des Moines.

Balance First is owned and operated by Dr. Deb Sesker. Originally from Arkansas, Dr. Deb graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, where she went to study the NUCCA chiropractic system of healing. Dr. Sesker is Board Certified in the NUCCA procedures.

In addition to the life-changing benefits of upper cervical chiropractic care, Dr. Sesker also offers weight loss and nutrition coaching as a compliment to her chiropractic practice. Based on a personal experience with the same coaching process, Dr. Sesker is responding to the weight and nutrition problems of so many Iowans.

Read more about the services of Balance First.

Latest Chiropractic News

Research: Patient satisfaction with upper cervical chiropractic care.

05/09/12 10:14 pm

"Chiropractic care using UCT may have a fairly common occurrence of mild intensity SRs short in duration (<24 hours), and rarely severe in intensity; however, outcome assessments were significantly improved with less than 3 weeks of care with a high level of patient satisfaction. Although our findings need to be confirmed in subsequent randomized studies for definitive risk-benefit assessment, the preliminary data shows that the benefits of UC chiropractic care may outweigh the potential risks."

As presented on Chiro.org.

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Relief for dystonia symptoms found in the neck?

03/13/12 9:30 pm

Can upper cervical chiropractic help the movements and shaking of dystonia? Bentonville, AR upper cervical chiropractor Dr. Jason Blackketter documents the response of one dystonia patient via YouTube. Watch this man's story about dystonia and upper cervical chiropractic care here.

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Why am I dizzy?

02/14/12 7:19 pm

There are a number of reasons why a person can feel dizzy or lightheaded. Alcohol, sinus infections, head trauma, dehydration, malnourishment, spinning/rocking, and medications are common reasons for this symptom.

But I’d like to discuss with you another possibility…

Dr. Adam Tanase discusses the role of the upper cervical spine in vertigo on his blog "Check the Neck."

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Help with dizziness, headaches, and muscle spasms after car accident

01/02/12 7:37 pm

Upper cervical care is often the health care of choice after a motor vehicle accident.

My son Daniel was experiencing severe dizziness shortly after a car accident. With this dizziness he had muscle spasms, back pain and headaches. We had taken our son to see our family Dr. and was given some pain meds and muscle relaxers. With this medication my son still was not feeling any relief...

Keep reading one woman's experience with her upper cervical chiropractor in Omaha.

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Is Upper Cervical Chiropractic really based on science?

12/06/11 9:14 pm

Looking for a more detailed discussion of the science behind upper cervical care?

There is a logical chain of arguments that support specific upper cervical work. This chain is supported by some evidence at each link, with the evidence for some aspects being stronger than others. Given the anatomical, biomechanical and neurological complexity of the upper cervical spine, specific upper cervical work is an appropriate approach to adjust the upper cervical subluxation

Dr. Kirk Eriksen,Upper Cervical Researcher, taken from notes from his position paper, as featured on the The Upper Cervical Blog.

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