Please be aware that I am closely monitoring updates from the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control, and the Oregon Health Authority and Office of the Governor for the most recent reputable information regarding the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
I will continue to care for patients as scheduled unless the Governor's Office orders me to close.
Please pay close attention to your own state of health:
If you develop a cough or fever please stay at home and notify me.
If you are having difficulty breathing, call 911.
If you are unsure whether to keep your scheduled appointment, please don't hesitate to call me so we can discuss.
If you decide to reschedule your appointment out of caution, please give me 24-hours notice.
Thank you. -Dr. Pleau.
Gentle pain relief solutions.
Do have have migraines that don't respond well to medication? Are you interested in a natural alternative to medication?
Do you have neck pain or back pain that only improves temporarily with chiropractic or massage?
Do you feel that you need chiropractic but you don't want to be "cracked?"
Do you have knee pain that is not improving with physical therapy?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, I may be able to help you.
I specialize in finding pain relief solutions where other approaches have failed.
My method works by finding the root cause of the problem and working there to restore normal function so the tissues can heal.
If you are struggling and you've tried just about everything...
If chiropractic and massage give you only temporary relief...
If you are sick and tired of being in pain...
Please contact me.
503-673-6500
manual therapy
My approach to adjustment and manual therapy may be somewhat different than other chiropractors you may have seen. I consider my greatest influence to be the work of the modern French osteopaths.
functional medicine
Medicine should work to support the body's natural processes. To be effective, our interventions must be accurately targeted to the metabolic processes most in need of support. Advanced clinical laboratory testing facilitates targeted nutritional...
chiropractic as primary care
One of the most important functions of the primary care physician is to support and facilitate relationships between the patient and the specialists. To serve effectively in this manner, the physician must practice his or her listening skills.
Tissue Mobility and Function
The cells live within a structural framework of protein fibers called the matrix which they spend their lives building and maintaining. You can think of it as a scaffold around the cells that holds them all together, provides some degree of structural continuity, and is in a constant state of modification - being broken down and rebuilt in response to the mechanical forces the matrix is subject to. The matrix is made of a few different types of structural proteins, the most abundant of which is collagen.
Toxicity and Nutritional Status
What are nutrients? Nutrients are molecules required by our cells in order to carry out their normal day-to-day operations. Macronutrients are large complex molecules acquired in the diet. The 3 main categories of macronutrients are proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Our body needs a constant supply of macronutrients to generate energy and to provide the raw materials for building new cellular structures and tissues. Micronutrients are small molecules required by cells to facilitate chemical reactions. Vitamins and minerals are micronutrients.