Wheaton Family Chiropractic

I have scoliosis with a severe «S» curve and pain daily for as long as I can remember. I have visited other chiro’s in the past who gave me very generalized treatment with minimal to no relief of pain. A friend of mine mentioned that Dr. Myers has extensive training & experience with scoliosis patients so I decided to try him out. The initial intake was very detailed which made him able to create an individualized plan just for me. I continued to see Dr. Myers the entire time I lived in the area (1.5 years) and couldn’t believe the difference it made in my life. My pain decreased to minimal and I didn’t have pain every day anymore! My quality of life improved GREATLY! Not only was the treatment effective, he worked with my budget to ensure that I received the treatment I needed. I recommend his care to anyone who is thinking about seeing a chiropractor, it’s worth it!

I started seeing Dr. Myers in 2008 and do not regret it one bit. His knowledge and passion for the practice is one like I have not seen before. He truly cares about his patients. It shows in his compassion and how he treats each person. I moved out of state for 2 years and was so upset I could not find someone nearly half as good as Dr. Myers. When I moved back to Illinois I was so excited to join part of the family again. I highly recommend Dr Myer for individual and/​or family chiropractic care.

Dr. Myers discounts the education of Harvard medical school and holds onto the disproven theory of subluxations being the root of cause of a myriad of health issues including those hormone and immune related. He’s antivaccine and anti-​GMO despite what science indicates. It’s too bad that this chiropractor seeks to expand his treatment focus beyond the muscoskeletal conditions in which chiropracty does have benefit.
He lured me in with a $ 25 for initial exam but then charged $ 200 for xrays and $ 115 for the first treatment and then wanted $ 3000 for 40 treatments with payment up front. All this while knowingly not disclosing that he is considered as out-​of-​network by my insurance and does not bill insurance directly.
NAS on GMOs (
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«To date, no adverse health effects attributed to genetic engineering have been documented in the human population.»

Dr. Myers really helped me when I «threw out my back» and I was in extreme pain. I think his billing practices are unethical, however, and thus have stopped seeing him.
I went for several visits and each time I was told I had to pay $ 50 for the adjustment, which I paid in full at each visit. At what turned out to be my last visit, I asked to pay my balance (because I knew I had received X-​Rays during my first visit which I had never paid for). I paid a a total of $ 315 at that visit.
After I stopped scheduling appointments, however, I received my first written invoice, claiming I owed $ 112 for each visit, including a $ 27 fee for «group therapy» which consisted (I’m assuming – I was never told) of the warm up exercises I would do for a few minutes on my own while waiting for my number to be called for my adjustment. When I asked the billing coordinator why the additional fees were not disclosed at the time of each visit, she said she really didn’t have an answer for me. All in, I was billed a total of over $ 800 – more than double what I thought I would be paying.
I also was put off by the «mandatory» group session I was required to attend before he would go over my diagnosis or treatment plan, which he also required that my spouse attend. This consisted of probably 40 minutes of a lecture format with other people where he explained the science behind, and benefits of, chiropractic care and about 5 minutes of actually going over my X-​Rays with me and telling me what was wrong with my spine. I’ve never had a physician require that my husband attend a visit with me, and this was not only inconvenient (middle of day – husband had to take time off work and we had to hire babysitter) but seemed like an invasion of my privacy. This was all a preface to his staff then explaining that care would require 48 consecutive office visits costing several thousands of dollars (not covered by insurance for me). I’ve never been able to reconcile the fees I was told I would be charged for in this visit (the only ones where I was given anything in writing) with the fees that ultimately showed up on my invoice.
It’s too bad he practices this way. I have no doubt he helped me. I would have liked to continue to see him, but I don’t trust his billing practices and, therefore, would not trust him to continue to treat me.

Due to repeated administrative mix ups, our family left this practice a year ago, and chose a new chiropractor. We still have a high opinion of Dr. Meyers, but feel the pre-​pay system doesn’t work for us. The friendly staff probably either needs a new insurance billing method, or better training on the one they have.