By Dr. Kelly Blundy, The Spine & Health Center of NJ
Let’s get one thing straight: Chiropractors are not just the “crack your back and send you on your way” crew. At least, not here.
At The Spine & Health Center of New Jersey, we’re trained, licensed, and obsessed with treating the whole person—not just pain, not just posture, not just your spine. We’re in the business of uncovering the why behind your symptoms—whether it’s chronic fatigue, hormone imbalances, autoimmune flare-ups, digestion issues, or that back pain you’ve been dragging around for a decade.
We’re root-cause doctors. And it’s time people knew it.
Chiropractors Are Trained—Extensively
Contrary to what TikTok trolls and misinformed skeptics might believe, becoming a chiropractor isn’t a weekend certification. It’s 4 years of undergrad (usually in the sciences) followed by another 4–5 years of doctoral-level training.
That includes over 4,000 hours of classroom, clinical, and hands-on instruction in anatomy, physiology, neurology, pathology, radiology, nutrition, diagnostics, biomechanics, rehab, and more. It’s not fluff—it’s serious, medically intensive training.
And we don’t just memorize the body—we learn how to evaluate and treat it in motion. That’s why chiropractic care is often combined with movement-based rehab when appropriate.
Pain Is a Symptom—Not a Diagnosis
Let’s get brutally honest: If your plan for chronic pain is ibuprofen and hoping it goes away, that’s not a plan—it’s procrastination.
Pain is your body’s check engine light. Covering it up with a pill is like throwing duct tape over your dashboard warning signals and hoping your car doesn’t explode on the highway.
Whether your pain is in your low back, your head, your gut, or your knees, it didn’t come out of nowhere. Your body is reacting to stressors—some obvious, some hidden.
Those stressors can be:
- Structural (posture, movement patterns, joint dysfunction)
- Chemical (blood sugar imbalance, inflammation, food sensitivities)
- Emotional (stress absolutely wrecks your nervous system)
We don’t just ask where it hurts—we ask why. Then we do something about it, often alongside physical therapy or acupuncture when the case calls for it.
The Microtraumas Are What Break You
Forget major injuries—what breaks most people down are the tiny hits they take every single day:
- Sitting for 8 hours with your shoulders in your ears
- Living on caffeine and skipping real meals
- Sleeping like a pretzel on a pillow from 1997
- Scrolling your phone until your eyeballs ache
- Pushing through workouts with zero recovery
- Numbing discomfort with meds instead of fixing the cause
All of this adds up—and eventually, your body taps out. That’s where we come in.
Meds & Injections Have a Place—But Not as a Lifestyle
We’re not anti-medicine. We’re anti-over-medicine.
A good neurosurgeon will be the first to tell you: surgery is a last resort. The best ones recommend conservative care like chiropractic, physical therapy, and acupuncture before cutting you open.
Why? Because failed back surgery syndrome is real. And while pain meds and injections may give short-term relief, they don’t change the system that caused the problem in the first place.
That’s not healthcare. That’s maintenance.
We don’t do maintenance. We do transformation.
Whole Body, Whole Life
Here’s what most people get wrong: chiropractors don’t just work on spines. We treat people.
That means when your hormones are off, your gut is a mess, your joints are screaming, and your energy is gone—we don’t hand you a symptom label. We dig. We assess. We listen.
That often means coordinating care across disciplines, including occupational therapy when daily function, repetitive strain, or nervous system overload is part of the picture.
Because if your brain can’t talk to your body, nothing works properly.
Bottom Line
Chiropractors like us don’t “crack backs.”
We optimize humans.
We don’t wait for things to break. We find the weak links, strengthen them, and rebuild resilience from the inside out.
So if you’re tired of quick fixes, insurance-driven runarounds, and feeling like a number on a chart—it’s time for a new strategy.
We’re here.
And we treat your whole body like it actually matters.