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Upper Rogue Independent: Dr. Gala Opens Full Service Chiropractic Clinic in EP
Monday, June 27th, 2011We’re happy to see the great article in the newspaper about the ribbon cutting at Complete Care Chiropractic and Massage! It’s truly a remarkable clinic that was designed and built to be aligned with Dr. Gala’s values on the connection between health and the environment around us.
Upper Rogue Independent: Chiropractic & massage center opening in Eagle Point
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011Chiropractic & massage center opening in Eagle Point
By Margaret Bradburn
For the Independent
Published May 24,2011
Five years ago, Dr. Thaddeus Gala came home to the Upper Rogue after graduating from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Port Orange, Florida. Today, Gala is completing the final details of his Eagle Point health center, Complete Care Chiropractic and Massage, projected to open in mid-June. As the 1999 Eagle Point High School graduate pointed out during a tour, he has gone full circle and is happy to be back in Eagle Point where he spent much of his youth.
While building his practice after college, Gala shared the offices of Dr. Bob Bennett at Shady Cove Chiropractic. In chiropractic college and in Shady Cove, Gala saw the value of taking the whole body approach to health that includes complete physical, social and mental or emotional well-being.
Because of that, Gala’s clinic will include a nurse practitioner, Julie Bogden, a mental health counselor, Ruth Anne Alexander and a massage therapist, Sarah Reynolds-Gordon. The group offers complete care under one roof, a concept reflected in the name thought up by office manager, Megan Jones.
The clinic has the latest in X-ray equipment. DMX, a digital, motion X-ray machine takes pictures of moving body parts to pinpoint causes of motion related injuries. It is a video fluoroscopy that allows the doctor to view the painful or damaged area in real-time motion. The TV series, Bones, recently showed a DMX during an episode, said Gala.
The building has 4,500 sq. ft. with 2,700 sq. ft. for the clinic and 1,800 sq. ft. available for lease. The environmentally conscious Gala used as much green technology as he could to minimize the impact on the environment. The end result is a low R rating of around 42 to 45. “It has been great working with Batzer Construction. We came up with some really neat ideas that neither of us would have come up with entirely on our own,” Gala enthused.
Utilities are a key factor. Walls of 12-in thick SIP (structural insulated panels); extra insulation in the ceiling, solar panels on the roof and triple-paned windows will keep heating and cooling costs down. The thickness of the windows will also keep highway and other noises to a minimum, said Gala.
Daylight sensors on overhead lights will brighten and dim in response to available natural light from the many windows that overlook pretty vistas. Solar tubes over the reception desk, in bathrooms and hallways also lower utility costs. The bathrooms, even on a dark rainy day, have sufficient illumination for minimal use of lighting.
The bathrooms feature low-flow toilets with dual-flush, giving the option of using less water to lower the impact on water and sewer services.

Dr. Gala standing at the new reception desk of Complete Care Chiropractic and Massage. --Photo by Margaret Bradburn
With good health at the heart of his vocation, Gala designed the clinic to be ergonomic. The reception area and Jones’ office have counter tops at standing height. Gala said standing is so much healthier than sitting. “When you are standing during the day there is a much higher tendency to be moving and active and burn more calories. We tried to make the clinic healthy all around,” Gala said. For those times when needed, however, there will be stools to sit on.
The clinic is unique in that there will not only be three closed therapy rooms but open treatment areas, as well, to serve patients desiring privacy or those who prefer a non- medical room approach, said Gala.
An area in the front will feature a large-screened TV for videos, evening health lectures, couples massage classes and more. Education is the big key. “Being healthy takes work,” Gala pointed out. When patients are healthy and pain free they will enjoy life much more. “We are here as their coach, not their critic,” he stressed. “The thing that fills my cup is when a patient has an ‘ah ha’ moment, when the light bulb goes on, during a lecture or when talking with them. To me that’s what it is all about.” Gala also mentioned satisfaction when a patient in pain crawls into the office and after treatment leaves doing jumping jacks (a slight overstatement).
While Gala was explaining clinic features, gardeners were seen outside planting trees and shrubs to give a welcoming ambience. The enticing landscape was designed by EZ’S Landscape & Construction, LLC. Owner Israel Figueroa was also the general contractor of the new Centennial Plaza in Eagle Point. A Red Sunset Maple, a Magnolia tree, a large bank of pink creeping phlox, Stella D’Oro daylilies, holly and many other varieties of ornamental shrubs are sure to offer beauty year-round.
Opening his own clinic with complete care all under one roof is a dream come true for Thaddeus Gala. He gives credit to his patients for necessitating the move to larger quarters. Gala said, “We have been blessed that enough people trusted in us with their health. It is the community that enabled us to open this clinic.” The clinic is at 1296 S. Shasta Avenue. For more information call 541-830-4325.
Reprinted in full, with permission from the Upper Rogue Independent. Thank you!
From the Client’s Blog- Complete Care Chiropractic
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011The internet age is amazing, and one of the most enjoyable things is seeing clients sooooo excited about their projects, and being able to follow the construction progress from their point of view on their blogs and websites.
Dr. Thaddeus Gala in Eagle Point has been blogging away about his new clinic and all it’s green features. You should definitely check out their great photos of the construction progress.
You can catch up on the project from their point of view by clicking HERE to navigate to Complete Care Chiropractic’s most recent blog post.
Mail Tribune: Batzer Construction Lands Hillside Elementary
Saturday, January 15th, 2011Medford’s Batzer Construction Inc. has been awarded a $227,420 contract to do the groundwork for Eagle Point’s future Hillside Elementary School.
Batzer was selected out of 11 bidders and was awarded the contract after the lowest bidder, Medford’s Big J Construction Inc., withdrew its bid because of a mathematical error, said David McKay, director of the Project Solutions group at the Willamette Education Service District in Salem.
Groundwork construction is scheduled to begin in the next two weeks and includes removing unsuitable soil, hauling in crushed rock, constructing a rock pad for the building and creating a staging area for a contractor that will be chosen later to construct the school building.
Final design of the 54,000-square-foot building by Bend’s BBT Architects is expected to wrap up in about a month. Construction could begin as early as late March.
The district has about $12 million to finish the project.
The money comes from an insurance settlement over a fire at the old Eagle Point Junior High School. The district hopes to save some of that amount to use for other repair projects throughout the district, said Scott Whitman, the district’s business manager.
The school will be built next to and replace the 80-year-old Little Butte School, 12 N. Shasta Ave., which is over capacity and lacks modern conveniences such as centralized heat and air-conditioning.
The new school is slated to open its doors in January 2012.
Mail Tribune: Batzer picked to do groundwork for new Eagle Point school
Thursday, January 13th, 2011January 13, 2011
Medford’s Batzer Construction Inc. has been awarded a $227,420 contract to prepare the site for Eagle Point’s future Hillside Elementary School.
Batzer was selected out of 11 bidders and was awarded the contract after the lowest bidder — Medford’s Big J Construction Inc. — withdrew its bid due to a mathematical error, said David McKay, director of the Project Solutions group at the Willamette Education Service District in Salem.
Groundwork is scheduled to begin in the next two weeks and includes removing unsuitable soil, hauling in crushed rock, constructing a rock pad for the building and creating a staging area for a contractor that will be chosen later to construct the school building.
Final design of the 54,000-square-foot building by Bend’s BBT Architects is expected to wrap up in about a month. Building construction could begin as early as late March. The school district has about $12 million to complete the project. The money comes from an insurance settlement over a fire at the old Eagle Point Junior High School. The district hopes to save some of that amount for other repair projects throughout the district, said Scott Whitman, the district’s business manager.
The school will be built next to and replace the 80-year-old Little Butte School, 12 N. Shasta Ave., which is over capacity and lacks modern conveniences such as centralized heat and air-conditioning.
The new school is slated to open its doors next January.
— Paris Achen
Project Update: Complete Care Chiropractic
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010The trusses are being set on the new walls! What had been a two dimensional idea on the plans is now actually 3-dimensional on the site.
To see all posts about this project, click HERE
SIPS Construction- Complete Care Chiropractic
Thursday, December 16th, 2010So, these are SIPS panels. We send our designs off to the factory, where they manufacture the panels with all the window and door openings precut into panel. Yes, they look like a stack of sandwich cookies on a trailer. But this sandwich is fully a structural wall (no traditional stud framing) that actually supports the roof.
At the factory, everything is labeled with a number to explain where it should be used in the building, and then it’s shipped to the jobsite. These panels came from R-Control in Montana. (Unfortunately, there are no SIPS manufacturers in Oregon yet. Hint, Hint… )
The panels are unloaded off the truck by forklift.
Allen Iverson, the panel representative from Eco Panels, is on site to help the crew check the load and arrange the panels on the decking according to where they should be located for the walls.
You can all of the “W- ” of each panel is indicated on the plans. Each piece has a perfectly engineered location.
The framing crew is dropping each piece into place.
After they get the hang of it, the walls actually go up very quickly. Here’s the end of day 1.
They’re Coming!!!!! The SIPS are coming!
Monday, December 13th, 2010The SIPS panels are on their way and will be at the Complete Care Chiropractic in Eagle Point this week!

Complete Care Chiropractic- Architecturall Rendering by Gary Caperna, staff architect at Batzer Construction Inc.
What are SIPS? They are Structurally Insulated Panels. It’s a type of wall and roof framing that uses two sheets of strand board sandwiching a foam core. That’s it. That’s the wall!
No studs, no air leaks, no thermal breaks. They provide incredible insulation and sound proofing.
Video supplied by R-Control Structurally Insulated Panels and Eco Panels LLC of Medford, OR.
Eagle Rock Elementary School | Eagle Point, OR
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Eagle Point Middle School | Eagle Point, OR
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