About Us

Specialties
Center City Philadelphia's premier provider of Activator Methods Chiropractic. This highly specific, low-force and gentle method of chiropractic allows our patients to relax and enjoy their return to health. We love caring for our patients. Our patients range from babies with colic and two year olds with ear infections to 95 year olds who leave our office standing taller and straighter. Pregnant moms-to-be are sent to us by their midwives and OB's (many of whom are also our patients) or just by caring friends. Chiropractic care is one of the only ways pregnant moms can gain relief without taking dangerous medicines. Our pregnancy table is a favorite; moms get to lay face down for the first time in months allowing them to totally relax and enjoy their adjustment.

History
Established in 1994
By husband and wife Dr. Zach Weiser and Dr. Yana Shenkman. When the kids came along, Dr. Zach stepped forward and Dr. Yana stepped into the role of mom and business manager for Washington Square Chiro. Dr. Shenkman still sees some of her long time patients and additionally works as a home care physical therapist for some of Philadelphia's local hospitals. Early in 2010 the practice evolved to an Activator Methods specialty practice which allows us to treat patients with greater accuracy and comfort than traditional chiropractic methods offer. Our focus on patient care and patient care alone has always been our hallmark and this has not, and will not ever change.

Meet the Business Owner: Dr. Zach W.
Dr. Zach's passion for growing plants led him to a degree in botany which is something he continues to enjoy. Post graduate studies led him to medical research in neurophysiology - how the brain works. This fascinating work led to great frustration as Dr. Zach only rarely had the chance to see any practical, healing application of his work. This, along with exposure to the world of complementary healing, ultimately led to his career in chiropractic. The Activator Methods of chiropractic most attracted Dr. Zach because of the tremendous research that organization has done into the neurological basis of chiropractic. Chiropractic has been for Dr. Zach the perfect marriage of hard neurological science and the more vitalistic healing methods which allow for life-force to be increased in the body and for the body, mind and

Products & Services
Chiropractic in the Traditional Fashion by Washington Square Chiropractic Center, LLC
Using the gentle and exact Activator Method to perform adjustments with one goal in mind. To unleash your body's Innate Healer.
Recommendations Given (5)
"Being a fellow chiropractor, I met Dr. Tad at a seminar we both attended. After the seminar I was..." Read more "Being a fellow chiropractor, I met Dr. Tad at a seminar we both attended. After the seminar I was not looking forward to my 8 hour drive back to Philly (from Columbus, OH) especially after sitting for 16 hours over two days of classes. As we were leaving I asked Dr. Tad if he could check me and treat me. Over my career I've been adjusted by many chiropractors. His adjustment was truly one of the most (actually the most) confident and thorough adjustments I've ever had and I felt better on that drive home (and after arriving home as well) than I had in years. Seriously, and I absolutely promise that I'm not just saying this because I know him, if I lived in Ohio (near wherever Chardon is) Dr. Tad would, without a doubt be this chiropractor's chiropractor."
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Zachary from Washington Square Chiropractic Center, LLC Answered this on September 27, 2017
Be Your Self. Do what you say you will do, when you say you will do it, in the amount of time you say you'll do it (that does not mean to predict how they will respond to care, it means don't waste your patient's time) and exactly how you said you will do it. Make realistic recommendations for... (more) Be Your Self. Do what you say you will do, when you say you will do it, in the amount of time you say you'll do it (that does not mean to predict how they will respond to care, it means don't waste your patient's time) and exactly how you said you will do it. Make realistic recommendations for care. Under recommending is not serving. Their response to your recommendation is not your concern, it is theirs. If you under recommend because they might not like it or they might noy follow through then you are not keeping your commitment to do everything you can to help them. Last - master what you do. Master one technique and perform the best analysis and adjustments you know how every time.

Zachary from Washington Square Chiropractic Center, LLC Answered this on July 20, 2017
Incredible service experience, high efficiency, don't waste patients' time, express joy and genuine happiness to each patient, love and be passionate about what you do. Just saying "word of mouth" is meaningless until the patient has THE experience they'll want to rave about. (more) Incredible service experience, high efficiency, don't waste patients' time, express joy and genuine happiness to each patient, love and be passionate about what you do. Just saying "word of mouth" is meaningless until the patient has THE experience they'll want to rave about.

Zachary from Washington Square Chiropractic Center, LLC Answered this on December 27, 2016
Talk to everyone you meet about what you do and why. How you describe your business model in the question above expresses a lot of heart and belief in your mission. Meet people everywhere you go. Listen to their stories with true interest and when they ask, "so what do you do"? answer with the... (more) Talk to everyone you meet about what you do and why. How you describe your business model in the question above expresses a lot of heart and belief in your mission. Meet people everywhere you go. Listen to their stories with true interest and when they ask, "so what do you do"? answer with the same "sound" as what you wrote in this question.