Chiropractor specializes in innovative technique

Fox uses kinder, gentler approach to spinal adjustments

Susan Schell

of the Gateway

A poster in Dr. Greg Fox’s chiropractic office shows an underwater view of a gigantic iceberg with the usual tiny portion sticking above water, the only part visible to the human eye. The poster reads: “Symptoms are misleading. We find the hidden cause.”

That’s Fox’s general philosophy.

“Chiropractic is not just about backaches and headaches, although it’s good at resolving those issues at a low cost,” Fox said. “It gets to the core of the problem and helps the body to function better so you have less doctor visits. Dis-ease leads to disease. We find the hidden causes of health problems.”

Fox said most medications help ease pain, but they don’t cure an illness.

“What we’re working with is the nervous system, which is the body’s communication center,” he said. “You raise the body’s functioning and stay focused on improving that function and let the body take care of itself.”

Fox specializes in the Koren Specific Technique, a method that involves gentle yet powerful adjustments that don’t use twisting, turning, cracking or popping of joints. The method can correct subluxation, a distortion in the spine and body structure that can cause serious nerve stress.

Fox has been practicing for 32 years. His wife, Pam Fox, is the office manager.

“I’ve seen so many miracles here,” she said. “You can do a scan (on a patient) and see all the nerves lit up. There’s that specialty of being able to connect the nerves that feed the vital organs. It’s a science predicated on the vertebrae being misaligned. When that happens, it’s like a dimmer switch, and the body’s communication gets interrupted on all different levels.”

Pam Fox said patients come from all over to see her husband. She recalled when a baby came in and couldn’t move his head.

“As soon as he was adjusted, he could move his head and he started breathing a lot easier,” she said.

“Babies are fun because they respond so quickly,” Greg Fox said. “They don’t come in with a lot of baggage.”

Fox said chiropractors often see patients who have tried everything else and come to them as a last resort.

“They’ve tried all the conventional methods, like drugs and surgery, and that’s upside down,” he said. “The vast majority don’t try a natural approach. It makes sense that people should try the least invasive forms of therapy first.”

“I’ve seen people who’ve had back surgery that can’t walk right,” Pam Fox said. “When you have surgery, it’s about 50 percent successful. But what about the other 50 percent?”

Sharon Browning has been seeing Fox since 1994, and she swears that chiropractic treatment has greatly improved her life, as well as her husband’s.

“He’s a miracle worker,” Browning said. “I felt 85 percent better that first time I was here.”

Browning said her husband had slowed down and was always grouchy — a factor he contributed to old age. After prodding from his wife, he finally saw Fox.

“He completely changed after his treatments,” Browning said. “This guy’s happy again.”

“When someone is in chronic pain, it changes their personality,” Pam Fox said. “We’re living longer than ever before. We need to ask, ‘How do we live those extra years full of vitality and not be a burden?’ In this economy, we can’t afford to be sick. We want people to be able to continue to do what they love.”

Fox Chiropractic Wellness Center

Dr. Greg Fox’s office is located at 3715 56th Ave. NW in Gig Harbor. For more information, call 253-851-5138.

Reach reporter Susan Schell at 253-853-9240 or by e-mail at susan.schell@gateline.com.