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About Dr. Hoeft
In 1997, Dr. Hoeft graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. He then attended Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, Iowa where he graduated with his Doctorate of Chiropractic.
Dr. Hoeft has been practicing in Indianapolis, Indiana since 2000. Dr. Hoeft worked with some of Indianapolis’s most successful chiropractors before beginning his own practice in 2006. He has gained valuable experience and insight allowing him to open his practice with the goal of optimizing his patients’ health.
Dr. Hoeft donates much of his time to various sports teams. He is the official chiropractor of the Indiana Speed and has worked with the Indianapolis Vipers in previous years.
Dr. Hoeft was recently appointed this year (2024) to the board of directors of the ICA Sports Council. He is sharing his knowledge and passion of treating sports injuries to a greater audience of fellow chiropractors and athletes moving forward.
ABOUT CHIROPRACTIC:
What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic (ki”ro-prak”tik) – Chiropractic is a philosophy, science and art of things natural; a system of adjusting the segments of the spinal column by hand only, for the correction of the cause of disease.
What is subluxation?
Subluxation (sub”luk-sa’shun) – Any vertebrae which has lost its proper juxta-position with the bone above, below, or both, which impinges on a nerve and interferes with mental impulses. That is, a spinal misalignment or malfunction that doesn’t allow your body’s communication system to work properly.
Chiropractic Philosophy
Chiropractic is based on the understanding that our bodies are in a continuous state of healing. Healing takes place in all living people. This healing is directed by the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). This is the focus of the chiropractor; to make sure the communication is open from the brain to the body and from the body back to the brain.
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Since its early beginnings, chiropractic has stressed that viruses and microbes don’t threaten us all equally and that a healthy immune system easily repels most invaders. The immune system protects us from the flu, as well as any other infectious disease, and strives to get us well again when we do fall ill. Our immune system, like every other system in the body, is coordinated and controlled by the nervous system. For example, nerve cell endings in the skin and white blood cells of the immune system are in intimate contact, and chemicals secreted by the nerves can shut down immune system cells nearby.
Chiropractic corrects spinal abnormalities called vertebral subluxations that result in interference of the nervous system by placing pressure on nerves. Since the nervous system controls all functions of the body, including the immune system, chiropractic care can have a positive effect on immune function.
During an immune response, the brain and the immune system “talk to each other” and this process is essential for maintaining homeostasis, or balance in the body. If the nervous system is not functioning properly, then the immune system cannot function at 100%, thus the body becomes fertile ground for bacteria, viruses and illness.
CHILDREN’S IMMUNE SYSTEMS:
Children who have regular chiropractic adjustments have fewer colds, ear infections, and flu. “People who receive regular chiropractic adjustments have immune system competency that is 200% greater than those who don’t” (Dr. Ron Pero, New York Preventative Medicine Institute and Environmental Health at NYU).