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Dr. Francoise Martin, a female Chicago Chiropractor with over 27 years of experience, specializes in healthcare without drugs or surgery. She is an Illinois & Guam board-licensed Chiropractic Physician, having studied medicine at The Faculties Propedeutique de Paris, a medical school in Paris, France, and received her Doctorate in Chiropractic from the National University of Health Sciences. Dr. Martin has pursued post-graduate studies in alternative medicine in the United States and China and has completed post-doctoral studies at St John Medical school's Montserrat facility/campus.

Her expertise includes the treatment of sports injuries, disc herniations, sciatica including post surgical disc injuries, spinal stenosis, rotator cuff injury, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, headaches, and any musculoskeletal disorders from daily activities to auto or work-related. In addition, she enjoys treating pregnant mothers and children. Dr. Martin is a certified acupuncturist and a member of the American Nutraceutical (Nutrition) Association.

Throughout her years as a practicing chiropractic physician, Dr. Martin has been affiliated with neurosurgeons at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN) and St Joseph Hospital, as well as with Physicians at Glenwood Medical Imaging and private practices. She was the team physician for a semi-pro football team, the Eagles, and has served as a consultant on injury prevention, ergonomic training, occupational medicine, and rehabilitation for Future Industrial Technologies Corporation and United Airlines.

Dr. Martin has taught Anatomy (dissection) to her French colleagues and has taught injury prevention in Singapore. She offers a breakthrough treatment called Manipulation Under Anesthesia/sedation, which she has privileges at the Chicago Water Surgical Center and other surgery centers in the Chicagoland area. Dr. Martin is also a certified injury prevention specialist since 1996, tailoring occupational medical health programs to large corporations and small businesses. Her on-going education is directed toward Functional Medicine and Nutrition.