Chiropractor in Girard, Ohio

Back 2 Health Chiropractic is on Niles Cortland Road NE in Howland Township, on the east side of Warren, and Girard is a drive from there, not a neighbor. The two places have been connected since 1836, when a Howland doctor helped found the town.

About Girard

Girard is a city in the southern part of Trumbull County, on the Mahoning River, with 9,603 residents at the 2020 census, and 44420 is a Girard ZIP code. It covers a little over six square miles. The city grew up on the southwest corner of Liberty Township and today also reaches into Vienna and Weathersfield townships, which is why a Girard mailing address can sit inside any of three townships. Its population peaked at 14,119 in 1970 and stands at about two-thirds of that now.

How Girard Came to Be

In 1798 the Connecticut Western Reserve was sold to land speculators for about fifty cents an acre and divided up by lottery. Liberty Township went to four men who never lived here, among them Moses Cleaveland, who founded Cleveland, and Samuel Huntington Jr., who became Ohio's third governor. The corner that became Girard was Great Lot 10, worth having because both the Mahoning River and the State Road, now Route 422 and State Street, ran through it. A grist mill went up in 1832 with a dam across the river to power it.

The town itself dates from 1836, when four men bought 42 acres of Solomon Kline's land between the river and the State Road for $3,539, sixty dollars an acre. They were betting on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, planned to run up the Mahoning to Akron, and on the pool above the dam as a place to load canal boats. One of the four was John W. Seeley, who had settled in Howland and was among the first doctors in Trumbull County; another was David Tod, later governor of Ohio. The canal reached Girard in 1839. On the inaugural boat trip to Akron in 1840, Seeley became so excited that he fell ill and died. The name is generally taken to honor Stephen Girard, the Philadelphia philanthropist.

Iron and Grit

The canal made Girard a market town; iron made it a mill town. The Girard Iron Company went up on the south side of the river in 1866, David Tod among its founders, and grew into a furnace 66 feet high that could turn out 20,000 tons a month. It later became part of U.S. Steel. The Girard Rolling Mill followed in 1872 with fourteen puddling furnaces. The fire and smoke on that bank reminded people so much of Pittsburgh that the district was called Allegheny. Welsh miners dug coal from the hillside on the west side of the valley, and Welsh hands were the first in the mills, followed by Italians in the 1880s. When the town got a newspaper that lasted, in 1887, it was named the Girard Grit, which the local history says reflected the quality of the air.

Girard was incorporated as a village in the 1890s and became a city in 1921. The viaduct that carries State Street across the whole valley, river and railroads together, opened in 1928. By the 1920s and 1930s the automobile had begun turning Girard into a bedroom community for the larger cities around it.

Where the Office Is Relative to Girard

Back 2 Health Chiropractic is at 260 Niles Cortland Rd NE, Suite B, Warren, Ohio 44484, in Howland Township. Girard does not border Howland, so this is a drive rather than a trip to the next township.

Why Dr. John Does This

When Dr. John Mistretta was 12 years old he suffered a bad fall. It left him with a back injury, a lot of pain, and several other health problems he thought were unrelated. For months his parents took him from doctor to doctor, and no matter what any of them tried, he got no results. As a last resort they tried chiropractic. It did not just help the back pain, it got rid of it, and the other conditions cleared up too. He decided right then that this was what he wanted to do for other people. After 39 years in practice, that is still what drives him: seeing someone who tried everything else, got no results, maybe suffered for years, finally try chiropractic and find out that it was the answer.

What We See Most

Low back pain and sciatica bring in more new patients than anything else. Dr. John describes it the same way every time: people who can barely get out of bed or barely get dressed, who have great difficulty getting up from sitting or lying down, or who find even walking or riding in the car hard work. Once the cause is found and care begins, most experience significant pain relief and are able to move better within just a few adjustments. In time, their pain is gone and they are able to do more than they could before the problem started.

Migraines are the second pattern. Many of those patients have suffered for years, have tried many different medications, and have dealt with unwanted side effects. Many have missed work and missed out on quality family time. Once the cause is determined and care begins, some of these patients never get another migraine again. Everyone responds differently, but most see their migraines completely resolved or greatly improved, and most get relief from neck pain, sleep issues, and fatigue as well.

How a First Visit Works

Dr. John's starting point is simple: when you are in pain, the most important thing is to get you relief as quickly as possible. He looks at your spine, your nervous system, and your joints to see how they are working together, and at your health history, your symptoms, and your health goals, before recommending a care plan that is tailored to you. X-ray imaging is available on site when the examination calls for it.

Health care is not one size fits all, so the care plan is tailored to the individual. He explains everything in a way you can understand, so you know what is causing your problem and exactly what it takes to correct it. He uses evidence-based care and specific, scientific, gentle adjusting techniques to get the best results in the shortest time. He is trained in Diversified technique, Chiropractic BioPhysics, Webster Technique, and pediatric care, and which of those applies depends on your examination.

The goal is not to keep you coming in forever, but to get you feeling better and to provide tools to manage your health in the future. Visits usually start closer together while a problem is active, then spread out as things improve. In his words: we are thorough, we communicate, and we have the experience to know what works. We not only get results, we exceed your expectations.

About Your Medication

Keep taking whatever your prescriber has you on, exactly as directed. Dr. John does not prescribe medication and does not tell patients to reduce or stop it; any change to a prescription is a conversation between you and the doctor who wrote it. Chiropractic care here is not a replacement for medical care, and your physician stays in the picture throughout. If your medication is managing things and you want to move better, that is a good reason to come in. If it is not managing things, that deserves an examination rather than a decision made on your own.

When a Problem Needs a Physician First

Some problems are not chiropractic problems, and hearing that on the phone saves you an appointment you did not need.

Seek emergency care rather than booking if you have a sudden severe headache unlike anything you have had before, loss of bowel or bladder control, weakness in an arm or leg that is getting worse, numbness through the groin or inner thighs, chest pain, or symptoms that began after a serious accident. Call 911 or go to an emergency department.

A suspected fracture, an infection, or an inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis belongs with a physician, an orthopedist, or a rheumatologist. Jaw pain with a dental cause belongs with a dentist. Complications in pregnancy belong with your obstetrician. Dr. John's position is simple: if your problem is something we can't help you with, we will get you to someone who can.

The Practice Beyond the Office

Dr. John works with youth athletes, high school athletes, and college athletes, and he has volunteered his time coaching local baseball, basketball, and softball teams. The practice also delivers health education at schools, businesses, and workplace lunch-and-learn sessions, which is often how a family first hears the name.

Services and Getting Started

Chiropractic adjustments, wellness care, X-ray imaging on site, soft tissue therapy, rehabilitation and exercise therapy, Chiropractic BioPhysics, Webster Technique for pregnancy, pediatric chiropractic care, a weight loss program, and employer wellness programs for local businesses are all part of the practice, and each has its own page on this site.

We do not publish drive times, because they depend on where you start. Put the address below into your phone and you will have an accurate figure.

To book, call (330) 856-3236. You do not need a referral and you do not need a diagnosis. Describe the problem in ordinary language and say what you have already tried.

Back 2 Health Chiropractic in Warren, Serving Girard

Dr. John Mistretta has practiced chiropractic for 39 years and has been part of the Howland area for the last 20 of them. Back 2 Health Chiropractic is at 260 Niles Cortland Rd NE, Suite B, Warren, Ohio 44484, and sees patients from Warren, Howland, Niles, Cortland, Champion, Newton Falls, and across Trumbull County.

Office hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 6:00, with Tuesday and Friday appointments available by arrangement. The practice is rated 5.0 on Google across more than 300 reviews.

If you are in Girard and you have been working around something long enough that it has started to shape your days, call (330) 856-3236. We are thorough, we communicate, and we have the experience to know what works.