Chiropractor comes to Main Street

By Othello St. John | Manor Ink

Livingston Manor, NY – Let’s get a very simple question out of the way: what is a chiropractor?

A chiropractor is a trained medical person who helps people with back or other bodily pain, and works to regulate the central nervous system by helping it communicate with the rest of the body.

When you enter Callicoon Chiropractic of Livingston Manor at 90 Main Street, you find a clean white waiting room before going into the treatment room where you will meet Dr. Kathleen Burns-Burke. She will ask what’s wrong, and then will commence an examination and treatment.

Dr. Burns-Burke was raised in Liberty. She attended King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA, receiving a degree in biology. She then went on to receive her doctorate at the New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, NY.

“It was a lot of hands-on adjusting of other students, and after that we did a year in a clinic,” Dr. Burns-Burke said about her basic training.

The doctor first opened a practice in Callicoon, and has now opened the new office in the Manor in order to serve more people in the area. For now, she sees patients in the hamlet on Mondays and Wednesdays, and patients may call to arrange an appointment on other days. She sees people of all ages, but especially likes to work with women and children, and expectant mothers.

Now, you may ask what it does it feel like to have a treatment? Well, in this reporter’s experience, it is quite nice, as you get all loose and you feel much better afterward. It was a bit strange at first for me, but I quickly got used to it, and it felt really nice. In a one-time departure from the Ink’s usual journalistic neutrality, I very much recommend going and getting a correction because it feels great!

To learn more about Callicoon Chiropractic, or to book an appointment, visit riverfamilywellness.com.