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, 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 that rivals many traditional routes.
And we don’t just memorize the body—we learn how to evaluate and treat it in motion. That’s a big deal when you’re dealing with real humans who don’t live in textbooks.
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. Spoiler: it might.
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 (like poor posture or movement patterns), chemical (like blood sugar imbalance, food sensitivities, or toxins), or emotional (yep, stress can destroy your body from the inside out). We don’t just ask where it hurts—we ask why. Then we do something about 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? They recommend chiropractic, physical therapy, and acupuncture before cutting you open.
Why? Because failed back surgery syndrome is a real thing. And pain meds and injections might give you temporary relief, but they don’t change the game. They’re like mopping the floor while the faucet’s still running. 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 out of whack, when your gut’s a mess, when your joints are screaming, and your energy’s in the tank—we don’t hand you a symptom label. We dig. We test. We listen. We rebuild the foundation.
That includes nutrition, sleep, mindset, detox pathways, movement, inflammation, and yes—your spine and nervous system. Because if your brain can’t talk to your body, nothing works properly.
We’re not waiting around for a diagnosis to slap on a code and get reimbursed. We’re working on why you got here in the first place—and how to keep you from ever going back.
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. We’ve got you. And we’ll treat your whole body like it actually matters.