veterans
Our veterans are our heroes.
You served. At Lazar Upper Cervical Chiropractic in Ann Arbor, we serve you the way we serve everyone who comes to us: we listen, we measure first, and we tell you honestly what we find.
Request a consultation → Call (734) 274-5107
Veterans Day, November 11. A voucher for a consultation, PostureIQ™ and an INSiGHT nerve scan, $0 for veterans. Request your voucher.
the patriot project
A past membership
We stood with the Patriot Project.
Our practice was a member of the Patriot Project, a nonprofit network of volunteer chiropractors founded in Ohio by Dr. Tim Novelli, D.C. Its members offered chiropractic care at no charge to active-duty service members, veterans and their families.
We are no longer a member. What we took from it has stayed with us: the people who served deserve to be heard, measured carefully and told the truth about what we find.
heart rate variability
A measure of your nervous system's state.
Your heart does not beat like a metronome. The time between beats changes slightly, beat to beat. That change is heart rate variability, or HRV. It reflects the balance of your autonomic nervous system, the part that runs without your thinking about it: the fight-or-flight side and the calming, rest-and-digest side.
Research links lower HRV with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and with chronic stress. A 2020 review of the published studies found lower resting HRV in people with PTSD than in people without it, a pattern consistent with less activity on the calming side. A 2018 review found that HRV shifts under stress, most often toward lower calming-side activity.
- What our scan measuresThe INSiGHT neuroPULSE scan is a heart rate variability scan. It reads your nervous system's adaptive reserve, meaning how much room it has to respond to demands, and vagal tone, the calming side. It also shows whether your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight.
- Why it is usefulIt gives you a number you can see today and measure again later, so changes in your autonomic state are tracked, not guessed at. Dr. Lazar or someone personally trained by him will go over your scan with you, in plain words.
What it is not. The scan is not a diagnosis of PTSD or of any condition, and it is not a mental health assessment. Our care is not a substitute for care from your VA or mental health team, and we make no promise about PTSD or any other outcome.
If you are in crisis, contact the Veterans Crisis Line: call 988 and press 1, or text 838255.
- Schneider M, Schwerdtfeger A. Autonomic dysfunction in posttraumatic stress disorder indexed by heart rate variability: a meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine. 2020;50(12):1937-1948. doi:10.1017/S003329172000207X
- Kim HG, Cheon EJ, Bai DS, Lee YH, Koo BH. Stress and heart rate variability: a meta-analysis and review of the literature. Psychiatry Investigation. 2018;15(3):235-245. doi:10.30773/pi.2017.08.17
thank you
Our veterans are our heroes.
Many of the veterans we meet carry more than they talk about. Some have been told their tests are normal and still don't feel like themselves. You don't have to explain it all at once. Start with a conversation and a measurement, and decide from there.
Your first visit is a consultation with Dr. Jonathan Lazar, D.C., or someone personally trained by him. If Dr. Lazar finds you need a plan of care, you see the plan and its cost in writing before you decide anything.
If we can help, we'll tell you. If we can't, we'll help you find someone who can.
Request a consultation → Call (734) 274-5107
203 S. Zeeb Rd, Suite 106, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. We're an out-of-network, self-pay practice.
Clarity before change.
