Burcon Chiropractic Research Institute

Burcon Chiropractic Research Institute Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractor The first cervical vertebra is called atlas because it has a difficult job.

With Burcon Chiropractic in Grand Rapids, MI you are choosing to embark on a journey of healing that centers around the central nervous system and the axial skeleton. The head, which weighs as much as a bowling ball, rests on top of atlas, which only weighs a few ounces. Atlas is also called the “yes” bone because your head rocks back and forth on its two articulations when you nod yes. When the s

kull slips partially off from one of these joints, pressure is applied to the brain stem, causing you to be “off your rocker!” We invite you to “get
your head on straight” at Burcon Chiropractic, where we specialize in difficult neurological cases, like Meniere's disease and Trigeminal neuralgia with a 97% success rate.

06/09/2026

So, our office is open by appointment Monday through Saturday. Please leave your full name, phone number and days and times available. Please confirm appointment before you head out to office. If I am not up to giving a great adjustment you may reschedule. I am using a walker due to intermittent back pain or poor balance. My evaluations and treatments continue to improve or I would refer you out. We can work together to find a doc that is good at the type of treatment I feel is most effective to help you when I am not available.

Glad to say I am negotiating with an associate to step in and help.

Thank you for your continued support.

05/29/2026

I had a few concussion/whiplash traumas resulting in a couple of drop attacks. Unfortunately they are not predictable.

I apologize if I missed your appointment. Our policy is that your next appointment is complimentary
Feel free to confirm your visits: Office phone 616-575-9090, or text my personal cell 616-647-7946. Please do not contact Jane. She retired. My email is [email protected]

05/28/2026

Correct

Open Tuesday Noon to Five
05/11/2026

Open Tuesday Noon to Five

05/11/2026

Sunday nap update

Open today Noon to five by appointment- office 616.575.9990, text 616-647-7946
04/28/2026

Open today Noon to five by appointment- office 616.575.9990, text 616-647-7946

04/27/2026

A patient once looked me in the eye and asked, "Would you do this if it were your mom?"

She didn't want data. She didn't want statistics. She wanted me to be a human being for thirty seconds.

That question changed how I practice medicine.

After decades as a physician, I can tell you this. I learned more from my patients than I ever learned from a textbook. The textbook taught me how to read labs. My patients taught me that normal labs never mean "I feel fine." The textbook taught me how to deliver a diagnosis. My patients taught me that people often know the diagnosis before I do. They just need permission to name it.

A man who broke a 30-year smoking habit at 58 taught me that the body is far more forgiving than most people believe. A woman who walked with her husband every night after dinner for forty years taught me that a quiet habit repeated for decades protects better than most pills. A child in a wheelchair who asked me to race him down the hallway taught me that resilience sounds like play.

Patients near death rarely talk about their disease. They talk about unfinished love. They don't ask for more stuff. They ask for more time. They don't fear death as much as they fear being forgotten.

And the strongest medicine I've seen doesn't come in a bottle. It comes in casserole dishes from neighbors. It comes in a dog walking into a hospital room on four legs. It comes in a doctor who sits down instead of standing at the door.

I wrote 50 lessons my patients taught me. Some are funny. Some will break your heart. All of them changed how I see health, healing, and what it means to live well.

Read them below 👇️

Share this with someone who works in healthcare and needs to remember why she started.

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3501 Lake Eastbrook Boulevard SE Ste 252
Grand Rapids, MI
49546

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

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