1800 E 3rd Ave #108, Durango Colorado 81301
We recently moved to the area. One of the worst parts of moving was losing my chiropractor. He kept me functioning and able to get through work and the responsibilities of life. While I still dealt with significant pain and loss of sleep, it was manageable as long as I went in regularly for an adjustment. I’ve had neck, mid-back, and lower-back pain most of my life. As the pain progressed, I resorted to a pain injection last summer in order to simply walk, move, or sleep. The pain specialist had already laid out a plan for future escalation of treatment. Pain, as well as lack of flexibility and mobility had taken a toll on many areas of my life and health, and it was wearing on me in a profound way. I figured it was just the trajectory of my future, and that I’d have to make the best of it. Still, I mourned for the active future I had hoped to have.
In January, 2026, I walked into Atlas Specific for the first time. Dr. Tim has a very different approach to care, and I wasn’t certain that it was right for me. But after a long conversation with him, I decided to take a chance. Wow, am I glad I did! Dr. Tim asked me to hold off going back into pain management for just a short time in order to give his treatment a chance. After the first adjustment, which involved only one painless “movement” on my neck, I felt more relief than I’ve ever experienced. Within minutes, the ever-present tension in the muscles of my neck and shoulders began to release and a sense of hope entered! After only a short few months, I can now walk without pain and have become active again, hiking several days a week. My left SI joint and right-side sciatica no longer hinder me. My mid-back is strengthening now, and my neck is rarely tense from an old whiplash that has plagued me since childhood. My experience has been nothing short of amazing. It is not an exaggeration to say that Dr. Tim has given me my life back! After having been to multiple chiropractors over the past decades, I can honestly say that Dr. Tim is different, and in the best possible way. Dr. Danielle is also fantastic! She helped me with a rather debilitating problem with my TMJ. I've not had a problem since she worked on it, and it's so nice to know she has expertise in that, as well as so many other areas of chiropractic care. I would not hesitate to recommend Atlas Specific, as it's been life-changing for me!