Physical & Manual Therapies
Chiropractic Care in Medical Lake & Spokane
Chiropractic care is based on an absolute fact — the body is self-sustaining and self-healing. The brain controls everything through the spinal cord and its vast network of nerves. When that system is misaligned or under stress, the whole body suffers. Our Medical Lake chiropractic care restores alignment, removes interference, and allows your body to perform exactly as it was designed to.
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Conditions we treat
✓ Back & Neck Pain
✓ Joint Pain & Sciatica
✓ Headaches & Migraines
✓ Fibromyalgia
✓ Allergies & Insomnia
✓ Sports Injuries
✓ Post-Accident Recovery
✓ Chronic Pain & Inflammation
✓ Hormonal & Neurological Issues
✓ Joint Pain & Sciatica
✓ Headaches & Migraines
✓ Fibromyalgia
✓ Allergies & Insomnia
✓ Sports Injuries
✓ Post-Accident Recovery
✓ Chronic Pain & Inflammation
✓ Hormonal & Neurological Issues
What is chiropractic care
More Than Back Pain — A Whole-Body Approach to Health
While chiropractic is often associated with back and neck pain, that is only a small part of what it can do. Chiropractors treat soft and hard tissue problems — sciatica, joint pain, fibromyalgia, allergies, insomnia, headaches, and much more. Drugs and prescriptions treat symptoms. Chiropractic looks to find and treat the real problem at its source by restoring the body’s own natural healing processes through spinal adjustment, supplementation, and lifestyle modifications.
Chiropractic Adjustments
An adjustment is a precise, controlled movement of a vertebra back into its correct position — applied by hand or instrument. It happens quickly and is typically comfortable. The sound you may hear is simply joint cavitation — the release of oxygen and nitrogen gases from the joint, much like cracking your knuckles. Adjustments restore alignment, reduce nerve interference, and help the whole body function better.
Neuro-Hormonal Chiropractic
Dr. Wellwood is a Board Eligible Chiropractic Internist with advanced training in pain management, internal medicine, diagnostics, and neurology. His specific approach — neuro-hormonal chiropractic — recognises that the nervous system controls hormones and immune responses. Pain is ultimately about controlling inflammation, and controlling inflammation is a neuro-hormonal treatment. This is why our care goes far beyond a simple adjustment.
How It Works
Chiropractic works by removing structural and postural imbalances so the body can heal itself. Scientifically, this involves reduction of allostatic loading, induction of norepinephrine, regulation of neurogenic inflammation, and downregulation of group IV afferent nerve endings — all within milliseconds of an adjustment. In plain terms: it regulates your central and peripheral nervous system back to its normal, stress-free state, creating a sense of wellness and allowing the body to heal.
Dr. Chris Wellwood
Your Medical Lake Chiropractic Physician
Dr. Wellwood is not your typical chiropractor. As a Board Eligible Chiropractic Internist and Nurse Practitioner-Chiropractic Physician, he brings a rare combination of disciplines to his practice. He has advanced training in pain management, internal medicine, diagnostics, and neurology — and his neuro-hormonal approach to chiropractic means he looks at the full picture of your health, not just the site of your pain.
Just like the medical profession has specialists — internal medicine, rheumatology, neurology — so does chiropractic. Dr. Wellwood’s speciality sits at the intersection of physical medicine, pain management, and hormonal health.
Chiropractic specialist areas include
✓ Internal Medicine & Family Practice
✓ Sports Medicine
✓ Rehabilitation & Physiotherapeutics
✓ Neurology
✓ Orthopedics
✓ Occupational Medicine
✓ Dermatology & Family Practice
✓ Radiology
✓ Pediatrics & Midwifery
✓ Sports Medicine
✓ Rehabilitation & Physiotherapeutics
✓ Neurology
✓ Orthopedics
✓ Occupational Medicine
✓ Dermatology & Family Practice
✓ Radiology
✓ Pediatrics & Midwifery
The science
A Profession Backed by Growing Science
The basic idea behind chiropractic has always been that the nervous system controls everything, and the chiropractor helps the nervous system function better. The science behind that idea has rapidly evolved. Study after study now shows that regular chiropractic adjustments reduce stress, improve body function, improve overall health, and — critically — reduce average annual healthcare costs. What was once dismissed is now flourishing as a mainstream healthcare profession, and we are proud to be at the forefront of that progress here in Medical Lake.
Why Not Try It for Yourself?
Our Medical Lake chiropractic care has fantastic results in both reducing pain and preventing it. When the body is in alignment, it responds and performs as it was designed to. Call us today to schedule an appointment and find out what chiropractic can do for you.
Medical Lake, WA · (509) 299-6900 · Drug-Free Pain Relief