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Bidwell Chiropractic Providing Individualized Treatment and Being Embraced by Local Physicians

Aug 04, 2016 04:52PM ● By Mica McCullough

Dr. Sylvia Bidwell really loves what she does, and that fact is evident when she speaks about her career.

 

Bidwell grew up in New Jersey, playing sports and enjoying outdoor activities, including playing softball since the age of 5. She was a candy striper at her local hospital while attending high school, which established a love of service, particularly when it comes to people and their health. “I just loved the atmosphere, being around patients and helping people,” she says.  

 

Bidwell expressed that she has always been interested in science and even majored in Biology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. It wasn’t until her junior year when she heard a chiropractor speak at a Pre-Med club meeting that she considered chiropractic as a potential career path. “Chiropractic opened up a new world for me, by adding a holistic component,” she says. “I had always worked out and ate healthy, and I thought, ‘that really sounds great.’” 

 

After deciding to pursue this career path, it almost seemed as though she couldn’t escape it. “I realized my softball coach’s best friend was a chiropractor, so I volunteered in his office to gain a sense of it. Following this, I came in contact with multiple people in my life that were associated with chiropractic. It just seemed like fate.”

 

After her time at Rutgers, she spent four years studying at the National College of Chiropractic in Illinois to earn her Doctorate in Chiropractic, and worked for a chiropractor while in school. She returned to New Jersey, where she worked with another chiropractor for four years before opening her own practice in Moorestown on November 2, 1998.

 

“I was really nervous to be starting out on my own, but the practice had a great first year, which let me know that I had made the right decision.” Since then, Bidwell Chiropractic has won numerous awards, including a Best of Burlington award, selected by readers of the Burlington County Times; a 2015 Outstanding Women of Burlington award from the Burlington County Advisory Council on Women; and a Voices of Business 2016 Business Excellence Award for companies with fewer than 25 employees, from the Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

 

She chose Moorestown for her practice because of the community, stating, “I loved the town, and it has been a wonderful and embracing community. Moorestown is not only a great town to live in but a great place to open a business and raise a family.” Her childhood love of service has translated into a lifelong passion; she has been involved in the Moorestown Rotary for 16 years and served as president from 2014-2015. She is still actively involved in the Rotary Club. She served on the YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties Board for four years and continues to volunteer for the YMCA Marketing Committee.

 

Through utilizing the holistic approach of chiropractic medicine, Bidwell Chiropractic treats the patient as a whole. Her practice has treated patients from newborns to 100-year-olds for many ailments including colicky babies, ear infections, ADHD, osteoarthritis, bulging disks, asthma, pregnancy-related back pains, headaches, and any issue that involves the nervous system. Bidwell has even seen patients scheduled for surgeries, who no longer needed the procedure after chiropractic care.

 

“Not every case will be solved by chiropractic, but everyone should at least try conservative care because we’ve seen success,” she says. “We’ve seen patients go from needing surgery to not needing surgery. “

 

“One of our newest additions is the Neural Flex Decompression table. Decompression therapy effectively reduces the pain associated with herniated and  degenerative disks, stenosis, posterior facet pain, sciatica, headaches and other spinal-related syndromes. The therapy reduces the pressure on spinal disks and facet joints through unloading created by distraction.”

 

This type of conservative care is being embraced by other doctors in the area; Bidwell Chiropractic has a reciprocal relationship with rheumatologists, primary care physicians, neurologists, orthopedic physicians and other medical professionals who recommend patients to her practice—and some seek treatment themselves. “We take the time with each patient to come up with an individualized treatment plan; this can include chiropractic adjustments, nutrition, exercise, home stretching and prevention care. All these pieces are extremely important, and much more beneficial when you treat the body as a whole.”

 

Having a successful practice in a loving and supportive community has had a profound effect on Dr. Bidwell’s life. “I raise my kids the same way I treat patients, teaching them to eat well, exercise, get outdoors, take minimal medication. Respecting your body is key! You’ll just be happier if you feel good. My job is incredibly rewarding, and I love what I do. I have ben in practice for 21 years and I still love it as much as I did on Day One. I’m blessed that that’s still the truth.”

 

“I try to live my life the way I teach,” she claims, including eating well, exercising, getting adjusted and surrounding herself with positive, supportive, happy people. “Our bodies are amazing machines, and it’s important to treat them well, especially when they are not ill through prevention care. When we finally start doing the things that make us healthier, we end up being happier, too.”

 

For more information on how chiropractic care can improve health or to make an appointment, call 856-273-1551 or visit Bidwell-Chiropractic.com.  

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