Heffner, Steven, DC
Learn More About Steven Heffner, DC
Practice Locations:
Wellsboro Laurel Health Center
7 Water St.
Wellsboro, PA 16901
Phone: 570-724-1010
Elkland Laurel Health Center
103 Forestview Dr.
Elkland, PA 16920
Phone: 814-258-5117
Clinical Specialties & Areas of Focus:
Chiropractor Dr. Steven Heffer has 40 years of experience in chiropractic care and work rehabilitation to address and improve mobility issues, chronic pain, and joint health. He specializes in the McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), an acclaimed assessment and treatment program that addresses a wide range of back, neck, and limb issues.
He also performs electromyography (EMG) testing to evaluate muscle and nerve problems. EMG testing helps assess the health of muscles and nerves to diagnose neuromuscular abnormalities and disorders, including carpal tunnel, muscular dystrophy, conditions affecting the nerve root, and nerve-to-muscle connective disorders.
Our chiropractors treat a wide variety of back, neck, and joint problems, including tingling, numb, or painful extremities; fibromyalgia and other chronic muscle, nerve, or joint pain; inflammation; headaches; carpal tunnel; sports injuries; repetitive motion conditions like tennis / golf elbow; and range of motion, posture, or mobility problems.
About Steven Heffner, DC:
First drawn to chiropractic care after its role in rehabilitating a baseball injury in his youth, Dr. Heffner is passionate about ensuring all patients have access to high-quality chiropractic care. He utilizes the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) to teach patients how to more proactively self-assess and manage their musculoskeletal conditions.
“The goal of the McKenzie Method is not only to resolve pain and correct dysfunction, but to keep patients pain-free through self-assessment, phases of care, and ongoing treatment tools,” Dr. Heffner explains. “Because patients play an active role in their own care through the McKenzie Method, it is able to be used effectively during telemedicine visits as well as at traditional onsite visits to help patients stay on track even when they can’t get to the clinic.”
Prior to joining the Laurel Health Centers, he served as director of a 17-clinic system in Chicago and has spent decades working with local health systems to provide chiropractic care in Tioga, Bradford, and Lycoming Counties. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife of 40 years and their family, fly fishing, golf, jogging, and continuing his education around diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal pain.
Education:
Dr. Heffner received his bachelor’s degree from Mansfield University, completed post-graduate studies at Penn State University in State College, PA, and earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree (DC) from Life Chiropractic College in Marietta, Georgia.