Techniques

How Stephanie adjusts

Technique is a decision made after the exam, not a brand Stephanie is loyal to. Two patients with the same complaint can leave with two different adjustments because their joints, ages, injury histories, and tolerances are different.

Here is every method Stephanie is trained in, what each one actually feels like on the table, and the situations that call for it.

The methods

2 techniques, chosen case by case

If any of these sound uncomfortable, say so at your exam. There is almost always another way to get the same joint moving.

Diversified

The most widely taught hands-on adjustment in chiropractic, and the method most people picture when they think of seeing a chiropractor.

What it feels like: A quick, shallow thrust delivered by hand to a specific joint. You often hear a pop — that is gas releasing from the joint capsule, not bones cracking — and the whole contact lasts a fraction of a second.
When Stephanie uses it: Restoring motion to a spinal or extremity joint that has stopped moving through its normal range. It is the default starting point for most low back, mid back, and neck complaints.

Rehabilitation-Based Chiropractic

Pairs every adjustment with corrective exercise so the change holds after you leave.

What it feels like: Table work plus homework — usually two or three specific movements, not a generic printout.
When Stephanie uses it: Recurring problems, deconditioned patients, and anyone who improves in the office but loses it within a few days.

How the technique gets chosen

Your first visit runs 60 to 90 minutes and most of it is not adjusting. Stephanie takes a history, watches how you stand and move, measures range of motion, and tests the joints and soft tissue around the area that hurts. Only then does a technique get picked, because the exam is what rules options in and out.

A young athlete with a locked thoracic joint and a 78-year-old with osteoporosis and the same complaint will not get the same adjustment. Neither will someone six months into a disc herniation and someone who slept wrong on Tuesday.

Nothing is done without explaining it first. You will know what is about to happen, where, and why, and you can stop at any point.

What Stephanie focuses on

Technique is the how. These are the cases these methods get used on most.

Movement
Injury recovery
Long-term wellness

Stephanie practices at Pure Wellness Wilmington, 2106 Silverside Rd #102 in Wilmington. Read more about the conditions these techniques are applied to, or book an exam and find out which one fits your case.

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