Onion River Chiropractic
440 Main Street Winooski, Vermont
Phone: 802.655.0354
info@onionriverchiro.com
Our motto: “Function, balance, wellness.”
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Welcome to Onion River Chiropractic
Our comprehensive and unique approach combines muscular therapy including soft tissue massage techniques, with physiotherapies like ultrasound, cold laser, electric muscle stimulation, and acupuncture. We provide spinal stretching and strengthening exercises to help restore normal spinal functioning.
We use specific rehab protocols to help retrain your body for a stronger, supportive outcome. We are also very skilled at treating non-surgical shoulder, knee, wrist, forearm, foot, ankle, hip, and temporomandibular (jaw) problems using a similar approach.
The Onion River Chiropractic website is designed to give you a feel for our practice, our dedication and energy, our treatment approaches; and our philosophy towards health and wellness.
Meet our Doctors:
Dr. Kelly Rybicki, D.C., D.A.B.C.O.
Dr. Rybicki is the founder of Onion River Chiropractic in Winooski Vermont and has been in practice since 1992. She is a 1985 graduate of Purdue University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She graduated from National College of Chiropractic with high honors, Magna Cum Laude, in 1992 and is one of the select few chiropractors in the country with an advanced post graduate degree in Chiropractic Orthopedics, Diplomate in Chiropractic Orthopedics (DABCO). This degree designates her as a specialist in orthopedic and sports conditions and injuries. She founded Onion River Chiropractic in 1993 and has treated thousands of patients. Dr. Rybicki’s coordinated effort to work for the improvement of her patient’s condition with primary care doctors, medical specialists, physical therapists, and naturopaths, has gained great respect in the surrounding Vermont community.
Dr. Rybicki’s hobbies include riding and showing American Paint horses, skiing, hiking, paddleboarding, yoga, travel, and gardening. Due to her deep connection with animals, she also treats dogs with chiropractic manipulation and soft tissue techniques (with a vet referral).
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Acidic and Alkaline Foods
Acidic and Alkaline Food Consumption for Healthy Living All food digested in our bodies metabolizes, or burns down into a residue which can be neutral, acidic, or alkaline, depending on the content of the original food. Scientific research emphasizes the importance of balancing pH levels to maintain good health, proper immune system function and to…
Read more…Benefits of Stretching
Stretching is not just for athletes. The following are some of the reasons why stretching may be beneficial for you: 1. Increase your range of motion. Stretching helps to warm up muscles and joints. Synovial fluid is released from the cartilage within the joints, lubricating them and keeping bones moving freely. Elongation of muscles and tendons becomes even…
Read more…Brain Health Support
How healthy is your brain? People are living longer than any other time in history. Major nutritional and medical advancements have been made to help keep the body physically healthy. The bad news is we are seeing an unprecedented number of mild brain health issues affecting our families and our friends. When life spans were…
Read more…Carbonated Beverages and Bone Health
Does consumption of carbonated beverages affect bone health? Currently, about 30% of the beverages Americans consume are carbonated beverages. This level of consumption surpasses that of all other beverages, including milk, coffee, and water. This percentage has been steadily rising since the 1970’s, and has serious potential to affect our health. It is widely accepted that…
Read more…Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Do you ever wonder why it feels like you got hit by a bus the day or two after a deep tissue massage or workout? This is not necessarily a bad thing, but can confuse a lot of people into thinking that the massage or workout was bad for them. This symptom is actually called…
Read more…Dr. Kelly’s Supplement Recommendations for Every “Body”
Our patients often ask us what we recommend for vitamins and supplements to support their adjustments and treatment for their musculoskeletal conditions. To this we often answer: an overall healthy body will be able to heal its health conditions, whether it may be a low back sprain/strain or lacerated finger much quicker than a toxic,…
Read more…Eating with the Seasons
There are many benefits to eating with the seasons. In the fall and winter, foods that provide warmth and carbohydrates such as carrots, potatoes, pumpkins, cabbages, onions, and winter squash will provide vitamins to boost the body’s germ fighting ability and strengthen the immune system for the cold and flu season. These vegetables store well…
Read more…Effects of Massage
What to expect following soft tissue massage therapy Our goal with therapeutic soft tissue massage is to help release muscular tightness, adhesions and “knots” in the muscles which are either specifically causing your condition or contributing to the chronic patterning of your condition (i.e., muscular tightness which is causing spinal vertebrae to remain out of alignment, restricted or subluxated).…
Read more…Effects of Spinal Manipulation
What to expect following spinal manipulation or an adjustment The purpose of spinal manipulation is to realign, misaligned vertebrae, restore proper joint functioning and intersegmental motion and, of course, to reduce joint related pain. Your doctor of chiropractic uses various methods to identify these dysfunctional areas, such as observation and static and motion palpation of the…
Read more…Exercise and Cognitive Function
Your brain is no different than rest of the muscles in your body- you either use it or you lose it. You utilize the gym to stimulate the growth of muscle cells, just as you use a brain fitness program to increase connections in your brain. But you can actually get an additional brain boost…
Read more…Foam Roller Tips and Techniques
Upper Back, Shoulder, and Chest Benefits of using a foam roller is comparable to a deep tissue massage, myofascial release and myofascial trigger point therapy. Myofascial trigger points are taut bands or knots in the muscle tissue that can refer pain to other areas. Trigger points can also limit range-of-motion, inhibit muscle strength and cause…
Read more…Forearm Tendonitis
Tendonitis is the inflammation of a tendon, the bands of strong connective tissue that attach muscle to bone, which are often due to a repetitive strain injury. Repeated straining of a tendon can cause small tears that lead to the inflammation of the tendon. The fibrous tissues of the tendons have a relatively poor blood…
Read more…Frozen Shoulder
“Adhesive Capsulitis aka Frozen Shoulder” by Kevin Andrews D.C. Adhesive Capsulitis, also known as frozen shoulder, and periarthritis is a condition characterized by pain and stiffness in the glenohumeral joint. It is also commonly associated with a decreased range of motion in all directions of the glenohumeral joint. This condition often demonstrates a negative cascade effect…
Read more…Gluteal Amnesia Linked to Chronic Low Back Pain
“Gluteal Amnesia and Other Perils of Posterior Chain De-Activation” by David Quinlan As I write this, I am shortening my hip flexor and hamstring muscles, weakening my spinal ligaments, inhibiting neural function in the muscles that stabilize the spine, putting the entire posterior chain (hamstrings, glutes, perispinals) in effect, to sleep, and heading down the…
Read more…Headaches and Neck Pain
When we experience a headache, the focus tends to be on alleviating symptoms directly within the head but many times the source of the pain may actually originate in the neck. There are 7 vertebrae that make up the neck (cervical spine) and 8 sets of nerves that exit this part of the spine. These nerves…
Read more…Hot and Cold Pack Application
Hot Pack Application (Thermotherapy) **Precautions should be taken to prevent burning of the skin and tissues. Always place heating pad on top of, and not underneath of, the body part you are treating (temperature of the heating pad increases if heat is trapped.) Limit treatment to no more than 30 minutes at a time.** Heat therapy is helpful in reducing pain, muscle…
Read more…How to make a Castor Oil Pack
Many of us are familiar with the grandmother references to taking castor oil for prevention and as a cure all for many health ailments. There is not much documented research on the efficacy of castor oil for health conditions. However, there is much anecdotal evidence to support using castor oil as a innocuous and possibly…
Read more…How to Prepare for Ski Season
Whenever the Green Mountains transform from the beautiful fall foliage to a white blanket of snow, we Vermonters start to count down the days until our favorite ski resorts open. As I start to move my backpacking gear to the back of the garage and start sorting through my ski gear, I’m often reminded that…
Read more…Inflammatory Foods
Inflammation is the new buzz word now being related to many chronic medical conditions such as …allergies, Alzheimer’s, asthma, high cholesterol and narrowing of the arteries, cancer, heart disease, celiac disease, chronic pain of muscles and joints, recurring “tendonitis”, Crohn’s disease, colitis, I.B.S. (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), dementia, diabetes, eczema and psoriasis, high blood pressure, interstitial…
Read more…LaserStim Cold Laser Therapy
LaserStim™ is FDA cleared and the first hybrid emitter that provides both Laser treatment and Electrical stimulation. At Onion River Chiropractic, we use LaserStim™ cold laser therapy with patients who suffer with pain associated with a variety of conditions: Tendonitis (knee, ankle, forearm, shoulder, hip) bursitis, rotator cuff injuries, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, tarsal tunnel…
Read more…Massage Therapy Benefits Those with Chronic Pain
More than 15 percent of the population suffers from chronic pain related to the joints and musculoskeletal system. Lack of exercise combined with obesity, occupation related physical stress, sports and hobby related injuries and other phenomena contribute to this statistic. Many people choose massage therapy, often after suffering for a long time and not finding…
Read more…Metatarsalgia – Pain in the ball of your foot
Pain under the ball of your foot? You may have metatarsalgia. Metatarsalgia is pain of the metatarsal heads, where the toes meet the long foot bones, under the ball of the foot. It is commonly described as burning, sharp pain or aching pain beneath the toes. Some people will describe it as feeling as though their sock is…
Read more…Osteoarthritis
Living with Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis (OA), or degenerative joint disease, affects more than 20 million Americans. The disease affects the cartilage on the ends of the bones. With osteoarthritis, the cartilage is broken down and eventually wears away. As a result, instead of gliding, bones rub against each other causing pain, swelling, and loss of motion. …
Read more…Pesticides and Our Health
A recent New York Times article gave us another reason to purchase more organic over conventional foods. The title, “Pesticide exposure in womb affects I.Q.”, says it all- recent studies funded by the national Institute of Environmental Health Science and the Environmental Protection Agency have shown that pregnant women who had higher exposures to pesticides…
Read more…Piriformis Syndrome
What is Piriformis Syndrome? Ever have a literal pain in the buttock? A gnawing, throbbing, aching pain in the buttock? This could well describe a condition called “piriformis syndrome” Piriformis syndrome occurs when a the sciatic nerve is affected in the area of the piriformis muscle, resulting in neurologic symproms of pain down the leg and…
Read more…Plantar Fascitis
Sore feet? Painful arches? Plantar Fascitis! Are you waking up in the morning hobbling out of bed? Finding walking, running and doing stairs painful? Are you trying to stay healthier, lose weight and get fit only to be frustrated by not being able to because of pain on the bottom of your feet? You may have plantar fascitits or fasciosis. Plantar fascitis (PF)…
Read more…Rotator Cuff Syndromes
“The World on Your Shoulders (AKA Rotator Cuff Syndromes)” The old saying “the weight of the world on your shoulders” well picturizes what it is like for someone with a shoulder issue. The precise incidence of symptomatic rotator cuff injuries is not known. Cadaver studies of elderly persons have estimated full-thickness tears as high as…
Read more…Sit or Stand? Strategies to Improve Workplace Health
Many people sit at work these days. There has been a large amount of interest in designing the seated workstation with the application of ergonomic principles to reduce the likelihood of injuries. With the changes to a more sedentary lifestyle, we are encountering an increase in chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Current…
Read more…Sitting is the New Smoking
Take a Stand for Health By now you may have heard the phrase “sitting is the new smoking.” Beyond being clever, the catchphrase, coined by Mayo Clinic-Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative director Dr. James Levine, underscores a disturbing fact. According to Levine, we lose two hours of our lives for every hour we spend sitting.…
Read more…Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
What is the Temporomandibular joint? We can locate the TMJ by putting a finger on the triangular structure in front of the ear. The finger is moved just slightly forward and pressed firmly while opening the jaw. The motion felt is from the TMJ. We can also feel the joint motion if we put a…
Read more…The Incredible Vitamin D
Many of us know vitamin D as “the sunshine vitamin”. It plays an important role in bone health, helping to absorb and use calcium. It also helps to maintain normal blood levels of phosphorus, another key to bone-building. The ideal way to get vitamin D is when our body converts it to the activated form…
Read more…The Magic of Kinesio® Tape
More and more people are noticing Olympic, professional, and amateur athletes as well as coworkers in the office with colorful strips of tape all over their bodies. This wonderful and recently recognized material is called Kinesio® Tape. Health care professionals around the world use this modality for its “grasping and elevating” effect on the skin…
Read more…Tips to Maintain Good Posture
What is posture? Posture is the position in which we hold our bodies while standing, sitting, or lying down. Good posture is the correct alignment of body parts supported by the right amount of muscle tension against gravity. Without posture and the muscles that control it, we would simply fall to the ground. Normally, we…
Read more…Truncal Obesity and Health
Now that America’s most passionate day of food consumption has passed, it is time to get smart about food choices and how it affects our body. “Apple shape” is a popular term used for truncal obesity – fat that has accumulated around one’s middle. It is defined as a body-mass index (BMI) 30 and above,…
Read more…Understanding Cholesterol
Cardiovascular disease (heart disease) is the number one killer in the U.S. and high cholesterol is a huge risk factor for heart attack, strokes, and other vascular diseases. What is Cholesterol? Cholesterol is a fatty, waxy substance which is found in high fat meat (such as non grass fed beef and pork), egg yolks, organ…
Read more…Understanding High Blood Pressure
For most people one of the most stress inducing things that happens in any doctor’s office is the taking of blood pressure. You can tell yourself to relax, breathe easy and envision yourself on a beach, but the truth of the matter is you are at a doctor’s appointment for one reason or another having…
Read more…REGULAR OFFICE HOURS:
| Monday: | 9 am – 6 pm |
| Tuesday: | Closed |
| Wednesday: | 9 am – 6 pm |
| Thursday: | 8 am – 1 pm |
| Friday: | 8 am – 1 pm |