Services

Chiropractic Care

My goal for you is to enhance the natural healing ability of your body by correcting the vertebral subluxation through adjustment.

Kinesiology

Kinesiology primarily uses muscle testing to identify imbalances in your body’s structural, chemical, and emotional energy.

Nutritional Assessment

In combination with muscle testing, I also offer a full nutritional assessment and access to affordable high-quality supplements.

About

Dr. April Kerr

Dr. April Kerr is a clinical kinesiologist and chiropractor at West Family Chiropractic in Sandy Springs. As a local Atlantan, she is dedicated to empowering the community to experience improved health and understanding of the human body. Before receiving her degree in chiropractic medicine, she worked for eight years in various areas of nursing including high-risk perinatal, labor and delivery, outpatient surgery, and spinal surgery. Using her unique perspective, April is committed to helping bridge the gap between allopathic and holistic medicine.

Applied Kinesiology

Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a system that evaluates structural, chemical and mental aspects of health using manual muscle testing combined with other standard methods of diagnosis. AK, a non-invasive system of evaluating body function that is unique in the healing arts, has become a dynamic movement in health care in its relatively short existence.

Nutritional Assessment

Through an advanced dietary history, muscle testing, and laboratory testing I help you identify potential causes of inflammation, abnormal immune response, and deficiencies in your body

Testimonials

Dr. Kerr introduced me to the world of Applied Kinesiology. While I was pretty unsure about it at first because I was not familiar with it, I am now a believer! Dr. Kerr has helped me go from extreme pain, barely able to get on and off her table, to living my life almost completely pain free!

Caroline Yost

I would like to thank Dr. April Kerr for the continued health awakenings and improvements I have been experiencing over the past few years since being her patient. The doubts I had from growing up in a family focused on traditional medicine yet poor health were palpable. I also married an MD and heard stories of people who often showed limited improvement in their health. A recent move to Georgia fortuitously brought me to April. I was blown away! You really have to experience Kinesiology to see the deep benefits for yourself. I believe I have barely scratched the surface of healing from a lifetime of fair health when I thought I was in pretty good shape. Recently, I brought my 72-year-old mother to Dr. Kerr as I had concerns that her physician seemed to be missing. Her findings were right on target and my mom is so grateful for the 3 hours or so that Dr. Kerr patiently spent with her. Thanks again April! You have such a gift.

Deborah Barron

Before I came to see Dr. April Kerr I had been receiving treatment from a well-known physical therapy facility. I saw little improvement to my back injury. In fact, the therapist was causing additional injury and pain due to improper treatment. I was told by my physician that my only options were steroid injections (for temporary relief) or back surgery…neither option was acceptable to me.

A friend suggested that I see Dr. Kerr. My first visit with Dr. April Kerr was life changing. I couldn’t stand up straight or lie on my back without my back muscles spasming. She had to work on me while I was sitting upright. By the end of my session, I was standing up straight without my back going into a spasm. Dr. April Kerr is a very caring, compassionate, and intuitive healer. Through the use of her expertise in kinesiology, she identifies the imbalances in the body’s structural, chemical, and emotional energy. Dr. Kerr continues to help me stay strong and balanced. I highly recommend Dr. April Kerr…she is the BEST!

Nancy Sisk

I can say that without a doubt, Dr. Kerr has been a tremendous help regarding my back pain as well as a very unusual ailment I recently suffered where I awoke to extreme muscle and joint pain and even a little paralysis in my arms and hands. After seeing Dr. Kerr for just three visits she was able to address these areas and recommend an aftercare program to keep the pain away on a permanent basis. I came in to her office very skeptical, but the results do not lie. I am a true believer and will always look to her for future care.

RR

I have been seeing Dr. Kerr for 15 months and she has accelerated my healing post-surgery,  has nearly eliminated all my chronic pain, helped my depression/anxiety,  and has helped me put my Crohn’s Disease in remission . No matter what the problem is, physically or emotionally, she always seems to find the answer.  I continue to be blown away seeing the practice of Kinesiology, it is beyond impressive the skill set she has and how good she is at what she does.  Since seeing Dr.Kerr, I have been able to go from 8 anti-diarrheal pills to 2 a day and have eliminated or decreased seeing my other doctors, which is ultimately saving me time and money. I look forward to my visits with Dr.Kerr because she actually listens and cares so much about her patients. Most importantly, I feel better and my pain is eased after every appointment with her. I am beyond grateful for Dr. Kerr healing me and giving me a chance to live my best life pain free!

Megan L

Dr. Kerr is fantastic. I’m not certain what kind of mojo she actually does in there but it works… if the schooling didn’t take so long, I’d wanna learn it myself. Kinesiology seems to get to the nitty gritty I never even considered… like the root of the problem, from my childhood even. I know she had me tearing up the first visit when she touched an emotional cord i had no idea still existed. And then she works to clear that block and ‘bam’ i’m physically strong again when pushing against her with my arms or legs where i was TOTALLY weak before. Crazy. Anyway, my whole quality of life got better after each visit. The adjusting of the back and neck was great too but seemed secondary compared to everything else i got out of it

Suzette G

Dr. April Kerr is fantastic.  I’ve only been a handful of times, but I can already feel the difference.  She is really patient and gets to the root of the problem every time.

Annisa C

Dr. Kerr is wonderful. She takes time to know her patients and genuinely cares about their wellness. I would recommend her highly. I have seen her for over a year as a part of my wellness plan and my 9 year old son sees her as well.

Lauren Hilsen

Uhm……WOW is what I feel like saying. Extremely Extraordinarily Knowledgeable staff. I wanted to try something different, with a different doctor with more exotic skills if you will. I got there and the conversation started off small but took a sharp turn fast. I did not expect the doctor to practice that different of a style. After all I have visited a chiropractor before. But this was different, very different. It was so revealing and left me humbled in awe but with reverence. I learned so much about my body. The doctors practice other means of communicating with the body. A means of which seem to give a perfect answer, no grayness at all. Clear, cut and dry to the point. They dont emphasize trials or experiments in their facility. After a pull hear and a push there, We got right to the root of the problem. The body is alive, conscious and has brain of it’s own. Once you become aware of this , it changes things and you too in the process. Positive vibes because I had a great time. Looking forward to my next visit

Taylor Tucker

Very professional and gets to the root of the problem! I definitely recommend anyone to see Dr Kerr and don’t delay!

Michelle Eaves

I have been seeing Dr. Kerr for 14 months and she has accelerated my healing post-surgery, has nearly eliminated all my chronic pain, helped my depression/anxiety, and has helped me put my Crohn’s Disease in remission . No matter what the problem is, physically or emotionally, she always seems to find the answer. I continue to be blown away seeing the practice of Kinesiology, it is beyond impressive the skill set she has and how good she is at what she does. Since seeing Dr . Kerr, I have been able to go from 8 anti-diarrheal pills to 2 a day and have eliminated or decreased seeing my other doctors, which is ultimately saving me time and money. I look forward to my visits with Dr . Kerr because she actually listens and cares so much about her patients. Most importantly, I feel better and my pain is eased after every appointment with her. I am beyond grateful for Dr. Kerr healing me and giving me a chance to live my best life pain free!

Megan Lodestro

I have been under Dr. Kerr’s care since June of 2018. In that period of time, I have made marked improvements in a range of difficulties that resulted from a near-fatal accident that occurred to me on December 27, 2011. I was struck by a 40-60 foot-tall pine tree that fell on me suddenly while I was unloading food items from the trunk of my car at a park where my family and I were together for an after-Christmas trip. I was air-lifted to a hospital in my hometown fifty miles away where I lay in Neuro-Intensive Care, unconscious for thirteen days and on life-support. I survived this devastating accident and traumatic head injury and for a period of three months had to live away from home in the hospital, then in a rehab facility and then back in the hospital and then in residential care at a neurological restorative center in Augusta. I suffered a wide range of cognitive difficulties and physical pain and limitations. I have undergone regular physical and massage therapy ever since, slowly increasing my range of motion and making other gains. I began my work with Dr. Kerr through the recommendation and guidance of my acupuncturist, who also has been under the care of Dr. Kerr and Dr. West. Dr. Kerr has helped me to moderate my Type 2 diabetes, which I had been managing for thirteen years by diet and exercise alone, but my AIC numbers had risen to a higher reading that necessitated my taking Metformin for a period of time within recent months. Following Dr. Kerr’s dietary directives, my blood sugar readings have fallen to a normal range, and my AIC numbers are now in a normal range. I no longer have to take Metformin. Dr. Kerr has relieved numerous muscle spasms. Her kinesthetic work has strengthened the range of motion in my shoulders. Muscle cramps in my legs have dissipated, hip pain that had often come in the night while I was in bed has now ceased, virtually, and her adjustments to my vertebrae have reduced pain in my back and neck and shoulders. My husband and I are extremely grateful to Dr. Kerr for the many ways she has helped me.

Jackie Fry