Frequently Asked Questions:


What is a chiropractor?

Chiropractors are one of the three major health care provider groups (the other two are medical doctors and osteopaths). Chiropractors receive a state license to practice after years of study at chiropractic colleges, and after successfully passing state and national tests.


What is chiropractic care?

It is conservative treatment (meaning no reliance on prescription drugs or surgery) which helps the body rediscover a more natural, stress-free way to live. Chiropractic care in muscle, skeletal and nerve Function areas includes diagnosing:

  • Restrictions (sometimes referred to as “subluxations”),
  • Dysfunctions and
  • Unhealthy Tendencies,

that diminish the patient’s quality of life. The patient and doctor then work as a team to improve function and move toward healthy living habits.


What is a chiropractic adjustment?

A chiropractic adjustment will often restore normal range of motion to a joint that has been restricted in motion. The adjustment quickly takes a “stuck” joint through its normal range. Nearby joints that have been working too hard to offset this restriction will become less inflamed and painful.


What else do chiropractors do?

At Wellspring, we believe that “everything affects everything.” We work to restore flexibility to muscles, ligaments, and other connective tissue, and ease to compromised nerves. We look to improving a patient’s posture, stress handling and nutrition. We look at the whole person and his or her individual history.


What is Adlerian counseling?


Alfred Adler was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud. He was one of many psychiatrists that came to disagree with Freud. Adler believed that people could examine their underlying, core beliefs and “re-educate” themselves towards more useful, productive behaviors. These initial beliefs usually date back to a person’s childhood, and reflect the unformed, incomplete “wisdom” of a child. The counselor and client work together to expose and examine beliefs that no longer serve the client well, and then devise strategies so that the client can act in other, more useful ways. Adlerian counselors do not try to “treat” sick, neurotic patients; they work to “teach” confused and hurting clients.


How long does Adlerian counseling take?

For many, 8 to 10 sessions is sufficient.