Founder of Standwell, Chiropractor, Posture Specialist
Dr. Roy
My chiropractic journey started as a teenager. I played American football throughout secondary school. Although endless head collisions and gruelling training habits were expected, I didn't seem to recover as quickly as my teammates. Chiropractic seemed like a logical first step.
I liked the heat packs, ice, electrical stimulation and various traction machines that a lot of chiropractors in the United States use. The spinal adjustments also felt fine, but the symptoms I'd come in with usually returned before the end of the ride home. I tempered my expectations with the understanding that I did things to my body that nobody should be doing and decided that chiropractic was worthwhile for the sake of maintenance.
Playing at university was an entirely different experience. The intensity and frequency of training doubled. It's weird being 140 kg and surrounded by people bigger and stronger. The increased quality of my competition was instantly apparent with every crushing impact. I started sleeping through both classes and practice. Not having the time or the energy to participate in life was simply unsustainable, and would have been much more terrifying were I capable of thinking clearly.
I expected to feel much better after quitting sports. I wasn't covered in bruises anymore and I could make it to class, but couldn't sit in a chair or stay on my feet for more than ten minutes at a time. I remember how impossible it was to find a comfortable position, always shifting between sitting and standing. So I just laid in bed most of the semester until my mother (in a different state) picked up the phone book and called a local chiropractor on my behalf.
I said "Mom, where the hell did you get an Ithaca phone book?"
"I took it from the police station when I paid that parking ticket."
I agreed to try it out. I talked with him about my previous underwhelming experiences and he assured me that his methods were unlike anything I'd ever seen. I noted his apparent lack of traction tables and electrical stimulation machines. He just laughed at me and started working. This was my first experience with Advanced Biostructural Correction.
Six months in, my asthma disappeared and I lost eighty pounds (36 kg). For years I had used a fast acting Albuterol inhaler, Pulmicort, Seravent, and Zyrtec for allergies, never again and gone forever.A couple of months after that, my vision was suddenly blurry, so I got an eye exam, as I was due for some new contacts. The new prescription was weaker. My eyes were an entire point better than before.
Six months after that, I signed up for chiropractor school because all I could conclude was that there's an algorithm that turns almost any human body into a fully-solvable Rubik's cube. Who wants to be an economist, anyway?
Any chiropractor will correctly tell you that the human body is truly magnificent once you get it out of its own way. I look forward to demonstrating it on every visit.
Yours in Health,
Roy Hammond, DC
I liked the heat packs, ice, electrical stimulation and various traction machines that a lot of chiropractors in the United States use. The spinal adjustments also felt fine, but the symptoms I'd come in with usually returned before the end of the ride home. I tempered my expectations with the understanding that I did things to my body that nobody should be doing and decided that chiropractic was worthwhile for the sake of maintenance.
Playing at university was an entirely different experience. The intensity and frequency of training doubled. It's weird being 140 kg and surrounded by people bigger and stronger. The increased quality of my competition was instantly apparent with every crushing impact. I started sleeping through both classes and practice. Not having the time or the energy to participate in life was simply unsustainable, and would have been much more terrifying were I capable of thinking clearly.
I expected to feel much better after quitting sports. I wasn't covered in bruises anymore and I could make it to class, but couldn't sit in a chair or stay on my feet for more than ten minutes at a time. I remember how impossible it was to find a comfortable position, always shifting between sitting and standing. So I just laid in bed most of the semester until my mother (in a different state) picked up the phone book and called a local chiropractor on my behalf.
I said "Mom, where the hell did you get an Ithaca phone book?"
"I took it from the police station when I paid that parking ticket."
I agreed to try it out. I talked with him about my previous underwhelming experiences and he assured me that his methods were unlike anything I'd ever seen. I noted his apparent lack of traction tables and electrical stimulation machines. He just laughed at me and started working. This was my first experience with Advanced Biostructural Correction.
Six months in, my asthma disappeared and I lost eighty pounds (36 kg). For years I had used a fast acting Albuterol inhaler, Pulmicort, Seravent, and Zyrtec for allergies, never again and gone forever.A couple of months after that, my vision was suddenly blurry, so I got an eye exam, as I was due for some new contacts. The new prescription was weaker. My eyes were an entire point better than before.
Six months after that, I signed up for chiropractor school because all I could conclude was that there's an algorithm that turns almost any human body into a fully-solvable Rubik's cube. Who wants to be an economist, anyway?
Any chiropractor will correctly tell you that the human body is truly magnificent once you get it out of its own way. I look forward to demonstrating it on every visit.
Yours in Health,
Roy Hammond, DC
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Worden behandelingen door de verzekering gedekt?
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Moet ik pijn hebben om baat te hebben bij Standwell-behandelingen?
Absoluut niet. Hoewel veel mensen ons bezoeken vanwege pijn of ongemak, komen anderen naar ons toe om hun houding te verbeteren, vermoeidheid te verminderen, beter te ademen of fysiek beter te presteren. Standwell staat voor proactieve zorg: wij helpen je om optimaal te functioneren en te bewegen, ongeacht je uitgangssituatie.
Is Standwell uitsluitend voor volwassenen, of behandelt u ook kinderen?
Wij verwelkomen personen van alle leeftijden: volwassenen, kleine kinderen en studenten. Vroegtijdige houdingscorrectie kan een aanzienlijke invloed hebben op de ontwikkeling van een kind, terwijl volwassenen vaak bij ons terechtkomen om jarenlange structurele compensatie te corrigeren. Onze prijzen weerspiegelen deze verschillende levensfasen, maar de methode blijft hetzelfde.
Hoe kan ik een afspraak maken en wat kan ik verwachten?
Je kunt eenvoudig online een afspraak maken via onze boekingspagina of contact met ons opnemen indien je hulp nodig heeft. Tijdens je eerste bezoek wordt je houding volledig beoordeeld en krijgt je je eerste behandeling. Op basis daarvan stellen we een plan op maat op dat je helpt om goed te staan, niet alleen vandaag, maar ook op de lange termijn.
Ik heb onlangs een blessure opgelopen of een ernstig ongeval gehad. Moet ik direct een afspraak maken?
Er dient eerst een volledig medisch onderzoek te worden uitgevoerd. Indien er ernstige contra-indicaties voor zorg worden vermoed, zullen wij je onmiddellijk doorverwijzen naar je huisarts.
Ik ben slechts tijdelijk in Amsterdam. Is het toch de moeite waard om een afspraak te maken?
Ja, absoluut. Zelfs een enkele sessie kan al een merkbaar effect hebben. Veel van onze klanten, waaronder reizigers, digitale nomaden en gasten van Republica, boeken kortlopende pakketten of eenmalige sessies om hun houding te corrigeren en opgebouwde spanning te verlichten. Je hoeft zich niet voor langere tijd te committeren om te profiteren van houdingscorrectie.