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DaVinci Laboratories | Thorne® Research | Other Pharmaceutical Products | Spinal Products

Most of us work and live a very hectic life. Besides developing poor postural patterns due to a lack of proper exercise and long work hours, we also many times are unable to eat the proper amounts of macro and micronutrients necessary to maintain optimal health. Luckily, there are nutritional supplements to help make sure we get what we need. It is important to remember however, that 'nutritional supplements' are just those...additions to our diet. This means that nothing supplants the importance of a proper diet. However, due to the fact that few of us eat properly on a daily basis, we are fortunate to have products that can 'supplement' our diet so that we can help maintain our health.

Many times supplements are geared toward treating particular conditions. Most of us have seen on TV or heard on the radio about certain 'supplements' that will treat certain disease processes or conditions. Although some of the claims make a certain amount of sense, it is important to realize that any product you ingest should be discussed with your doctor.

Dr. Manison is a firm believer in eating a proper diet. However, when this is not the case, (as it unfortunately most of the time is) he is a proponent of supplementation. Dr. Manison sells products for general health and nutrition as well as supplements for joint and soft tissue health. As a chiropractor, it is of utmost importance to help be certain that the body has what it needs to maximize healing. Unfortunately, most people do not have an optimal diet for tissue healing.

Dr. Manison provides products from a few high quality companies. The companies he feels produce the best quality nutrients are Thorne® Research (www.thorne.com) and DaVinci Laboratories (www.davincilabs.com). Dr. Manison has many products from Thorne® and DaVinci in inventory in the office, and if interested, he can obtain any product you so wish.

It is important at this time to discuss the difference between 'store' brands and the products Dr. Manison provides. Dr. Manison provides pharmaceutical quality products. This means that the manufacturers have a high level of internal quality control and tend to only sell to physicians. These products, although they tend to be a bit more expensive, will offer the highest quality ingredients with claims met for what is posted on the bottle. Being there is limited FDA regulation in the supplement business, it is very difficult to be certain if the supplement you are taking actually has what it says is in the bottle. In fact, studies have shown that a majority of 'store' brand products fall short on their claims of what is in their nutrients and tend to use other unwanted ingredients to 'fill' the space. Pharmaceutical products, such as DaVinci Labs and Thorne® Research, are pure and contain what they print on the bottle. In fact, Thorne® Research is one of the only nutrient companies in the country that is allowed to print 'hypo-allergenic' on their bottles. This signifies that their products are truly pure and contain nothing that adversely affect the person taking the product. This is especially important for those who have allergies or inflammatory arthritides as these people will tend to adversely react to other ingredients commonly found in inferior quality product lines. Please feel free to browse our Nutritional Section for the products Dr. Manison stocks.

We also provide an order form online that you can use to order products directly from Columbia Advanced Chiropractic, LLC. Simply print the form, fill it out, and fax it back to us. We ship all our products via UPS. If you would like to obtain a Davinci product that Dr. Manison does not carry, please 'click' the Davinci link and you will be able to order directly from Davinci Labs. If you would like a Thorne® Research product that you do not see on this website, please feel free to contact Dr. Manison so that he can order the product for you.  Please be aware that supplement prices are subject to change based on many factors.  There are occasions when the online form will NOT match the current price of the item in the office.  When this occurs, please be aware that the price we sell the product for in the office is the most current price.  We make every attempt to keep the online order form up to date, but sometimes it takes time to update.  If you order using the online form, please remember that there might be slight changes in the cost of some of the items you order.   We invite you to call the office at 410-964-3229 to verify item costs before you fill out the online form.  Again, we try to keep the online order form up to date and we apologize for any inconvenience.