Accepting new patients in Petaluma

You're hurt. You're overwhelmed.
Your recovery starts here.

Chiropractic care that helps you get moving again after a car accident. Precise diagnosis, active recovery, and straight answers about cost.

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I was in an accident

Learn what to do after a car accident, what to expect at your first visit, and how we help you recover.

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I'm a referring attorney

How to refer a patient, plus the reports and impairment ratings we provide.

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Clinic Tour

Walk through the office before you arrive

Explore an interactive map of our Petaluma office. Tap the front desk, an exam room or any piece of treatment equipment to see what it is and how it feels. You can also follow a new patient's first visit from check-in to checkout.

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1,000+

Patients Treated

QME

Qualified Medical Evaluator

Since 2002

In Practice

Lien or MedPay

Ways to Pay

Conditions We Treat

Focused care for accident injuries

Each condition requires a specific diagnostic and treatment approach. Click to learn how we handle yours.

Whiplash Injury → Concussion / Mild TBI → Neck Pain → Back Pain → Shoulder Pain → Radiculopathy → TMJ Disorders → Headaches & Dizziness → Chest & Rib Injuries →

Your Doctor

Dr. Ryan Todd Lloyd

Doctor of Chiropractic and Qualified Medical Evaluator with a special emphasis on personal injury rehabilitation. In practice since 2002 and with over 1,000 patients treated, Dr. Lloyd brings both clinical experience and medicolegal understanding to every case.

His approach combines precise diagnosis — including cranial nerve and neurological examinations — with progressive, movement-based rehabilitation.

D.C. Q.M.E. 1,000+ PI Patients Petaluma, CA

Cost

How care gets paid for

We'll go over your options before you start, so you know where you stand.

MedPay

If your auto policy includes Medical Payments coverage, you can use it for care here. No attorney needed, and we handle the billing with your insurer.

How MedPay works →

Lien

If you have a personal injury attorney, care can go on a lien that you and your attorney sign. You pay nothing while your case is open. Our fees come out of your settlement, and you stay responsible for the bill, even if you don't win.

How a lien works →

Not sure yet?

No attorney, or not sure what your policy covers? Call us and we'll help you sort out your options.

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Our Framework

Five steps of care after an accident

A clear, step-by-step plan to figure out what's wrong, treat it properly, and document every finding.

Initial Evaluation

Orthopedic, neurological, and functional examination including cranial nerve assessment.

Precise Diagnosis

We review your imaging and work out what's behind your symptoms. We look for injuries such as radiculopathy, ligament instability and signs of mild brain injury, and record what we find.

Movement-Based Rehabilitation

Progressive resistance, vibration therapy, and hands-on care, including adjustments when they suit you. The aim is to restore what you can do as well as ease pain, and we measure your progress as you go.

Clear Records

We record what we find, what we do and how you respond, so your care is easy to follow. When a report or impairment rating is needed, we can provide one.

Maximum Medical Improvement

Care winds down when you've recovered, or when you've stopped improving and more treatment isn't expected to help. That point is called maximum medical improvement. A final report can include permanent impairment ratings and future care recommendations when warranted.

Treatment Methods

Care built around movement

The main treatments we use, each with a different job in your recovery.

Progressive Resistance Training

Exercises that start where you are and build up as you improve, to restore strength, coordination and endurance.

Exercise-Based Rehab

Chiropractic Adjustments

A quick, short push by hand to a sore, stiff spinal joint, used alongside exercise. Early after a crash, or when that doesn't suit you, we use gentle, low-force techniques.

Used With Exercise

Vibration Therapy

Short, supervised sessions on a whole-body vibration platform, used alongside exercise-based rehab. Your legs absorb much of the vibration, and your muscles respond to it by reflex.

Short, Supervised Sessions

Shockwave Therapy

Short pressure pulses from an applicator on the skin, for some long-lasting tendon and muscle pain. Trial support is strongest for calcium deposits in a shoulder tendon and long-lasting heel pain; no trial has studied it after a car crash.

For Lasting Tendon Pain

A neck adjustment lasts about a tenth of a second. Guidelines for neck pain after a crash start with staying active and exercise, and an adjustment can be added to that. Early on, we use gentle, low-force techniques instead. Inside one neck adjustment, in slow motion.

Our Philosophy

Movement is medicine

Most injuries from a crash recover better with guided movement than with long rest. We build up your activity step by step and measure how you respond.

Tissue Healing

Gradual, controlled loading helps injured tissue repair and get stronger.
Deep Muscle Retraining

Targeted exercise can retrain how your deep muscles switch on after back pain.
Measurable Progress

We track measures such as range of motion, strength and how you're doing day to day, so we can see what's changing and adjust your plan.
Honest About the Evidence

We use current guidelines to plan your care, and we'll tell you what the research does and doesn't show.

"My job is to find out what's wrong, get you moving again, and tell you straight how it's going."

— Dr. Ryan Todd Lloyd, D.C., Q.M.E.

Ready to start your recovery?

Book your initial evaluation or call us directly. Same-week appointments available.