Nutrition is not covered by insurance but is very affordable. When you call the office ask for the $90.00 coupon and then your first visit is only $35.00. 

Dr. Mel Derickson uses the most powerful tools for nutritional support of the body available today; NRT which stands for Nutritional Response Testing.

Nutritional Response Testing is a highly effective technique for finding the cause of your problem and not just treating symptoms. It is a wholelistic approach to health. Most problems today can be traced to the body needing good nutrition. Since the mid 1950's food has less nutrients because of the way it is grown. It has more toxins and causes more and more problems with the human body. Many times patients that have chronic back problems, such as low back or headaches, are in fact having those problems because of a nutritional deficiency. 

Dr. Derickson can determine if you are a nutritional case. If he determines you are then there is no better place for you to be to support your body and start the healing process. Nutrition cases may sometimes still need a few Chiropractic adjustments. In cases of toxicity of lymphatic drainage a therapeutic massage will be required. 

The first visit will determine if nutrition is the correct treatment for you and a complete report of findings will be given a few days later. At that time you will be given a written report explaining what had been found, approximate length of time to get through the healing phrase, the cost involved and what whole food supplements you may need. There is no charge for the Report of Findings if you are not a nutritional case, however if we find that nutritional would benefit you then we can start treatment after everything has been explained to you. These follow up visits are $35.00. The goal is to get you on whole food supplements which have the proper nutrients to help you body heal itself.

The first visit will take approximately 30 minutes with follow up visits about 15 minutes. I value your time and I am almost always on time.

Nutrition is much more than taking your morning vitamin. It is one of the more complex and confusing areas that a person can study. New, old, rediscovered and in some instances "just plain made up' theories are written about each day in a wide variety of magazines, newspapers, newsletters, info commercials, radio talk shows and good ol' gossip.

I have attended seminars for the last 20 years plus I have read volumes on the subject. What that all boils down to is this. What I use at the office I use for myself and my wife. There are many many vitamins, minerals & supplements out there that aren't worth taking and do you no good at all. There is a wide range of misleading advertisement that unfortunately is legal and is meant to further confuse you into thinking that "such & such" is a wonderful product. I probably don't even have to tell you that, you may have already tried some of them yourself and wasted your hard earned money.

The law states I must tell you that the supplements I may prescribe to you do not heal a certain condition. That would be considered "Medicine". Laws have even been proposed that you cannot buy any vitamins to try to treat yourself, translated into "the public does not have enough sense to know what is good for them". By law what I can tell you is this: The Supplements I may prescribe are given to support the body only. They do not treat or heal a certain condition. 

I promise you this. The supplements I use are absolutely the best of the best available today. Many cannot be sold in health food stores, only a licensed health care provider can buy and sell them. The way a vitamin is made is just as important as what it can do. Again there is a wide variety of false advertisement that is unfortunately legal that can mislead a person. I prescribe only those vitamins, supplements, herbs, and minerals from companies that I use for myself and my wife.