When she began seeing more patients and her home office space became too small, Ann Forte knew it was time to move.
A Mineola resident since 1989, Forte made the decision to move Total Health Chiropractic, a chiropractic practice she had been running out of her home for 20 years, from Mineola to its new location in Albertson in April.
“[The new office] fit all [our] needs [and it was] only 2 miles away from [my] home office,” Forte said. “The fact that it was so close made it easier to [move to the new office].”
Total Health Chiropractic’s new office is located at 1176 Willis Ave., and Forte said her patients are having an easy time adjusting to the new location.
The addition of a parking lot, coupled with the office’s proximity to the parkways, Forte said, have made her patients very happy.
“Patients find it easier to come to the new office,” she said.
On Nov. 4 Forte, along with Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar, Justice Scott Fairgrieve, family, friends and other business owners from along Willis Ave. celebrated the office’s grand re-opening.
The celebration included a DJ, food and wine and cheese, Forte said.
“[We] had different community members mingle and meet each other,” Forte said. “[It was] a meet-and-greet.”
Forte said she also received a proclamation from Nassau County Legislator Richard Nicolello, despite Nicolello not being able to attend the re-opening.
The office had been open since July 20, but Forte said she wanted to make sure that everything was running correctly before she had the grand re-opening ceremony.
“[The] ease of patients moving through the office has been smooth,” Forte said. “[I] felt that everything was working well enough to have the grand opening.”
Forte said the new office is “elegant and modern.”
It features improved lighting, a natural stone and granite front desk, 10-12 foot ceilings and skylight.
“[It] is [very] open and spacious,” Forte said.
Forte said the office also has an “open spinal adjustment room.”
The open room contains three tables where patients can undergo spinal adjustments, and, as Forte said “understand the conversation around chiropractic health and how long their bodies are healing.”
In addition to the “open spinal adjustment room,” there are two other exam rooms, Forte said.
Different quotes cover the walls of the office including “Wake up and be awesome,” and “Live well, laugh often, love much.”
These quotes, Forte said, fit into the relaxed and laid-back atmosphere of the office.
Forte said she and the two other chiropractic assistants who work in the office are already very comfortable in their new workplace.
“We feel like we’ve been here forever,” Forte said.
Even though Forte is no longer in Mienola, she said that she is still seeing “99 percent, if not 100 percent” of the same patients.
“Our primary concern is to teach people how to live a happy lifestyle, maximizing their potential and allowing them to experience true health from the inside out,” she said.
