Lead Practitioner
Dr. Maya Chen, DC
12 years · 4,200+ patients adjusted
Your spine has a story. Let's read it together.
Whether you're a desk-bound developer whose shoulders live near your ears, a soccer parent whose SI joint announces Monday every week, or a retiree who got a hopeful shrug from their GP — you deserve a practitioner who actually listens.
4.9 · 312 patient reviews
Why your neck decides how your whole day feels
The seven vertebrae of your cervical spine carry the weight of a bowling ball — every single day. When even one of those joints loses its full range, the muscles above and below compensate. That compensation is what you feel as a dull ache behind the eyes or the tightness that sets in by 3pm.
Restoring 10° of lost rotation can reduce tension headache frequency by up to 60% in desk workers.
Dr. Maya Chen, DC
Cervical Specialist · 12 years
Anatomical illustrations animate in sync with the practitioner's explanation above.
Anatomical illustrations animate in sync with the practitioner's explanation above.
Your discs are sponges. They need to be wrung and refilled.
Intervertebral discs have no direct blood supply. They absorb nutrients and water through movement — specifically through the pressure changes created by loading and unloading. Prolonged sitting compresses discs for hours without the rhythmic movement they need to stay hydrated and resilient.
A well-hydrated disc is 88% water. After 8 hours of sitting, that can drop to 70% — the threshold where micro-tears begin.
Dr. James Okafor, DC
Structural Rehabilitation · 9 years
The spine is the highway. Alignment is the traffic control.
Every signal your brain sends to your body — and every signal your body sends back — travels through the spinal cord. When vertebrae shift from their optimal position, they can create mechanical pressure on nerve roots. The result is not always pain. Sometimes it's fatigue, brain fog, or a digestive system that doesn't quite work right.
Subluxation-related nerve interference can reduce nerve conduction velocity by 40–60% without producing acute pain.
Dr. Priya Nair, DC
Neurological Chiropractic · 7 years
Anatomical illustrations animate in sync with the practitioner's explanation above.
Real people, specific results.
Not “I feel better.” Specific outcomes — which vertebra, which nerve, which movement returned. Because vague testimonials are as useful as a shrug.
“I spent two years assuming my thoracic pain was just "part of being a programmer." After four sessions with Dr. Chen, I can take a full breath again — something I didn't realize I'd stopped doing.”
Marcus Webb
Senior Software Engineer
“My SI joint had been "Monday pain" for three years. Every weekend soccer game cost me a week. Dr. Okafor found a pelvic rotation I didn't know I had. Six weeks later, I played a full tournament.”
Sarah Kowalski
Soccer parent · Marketing Director
“My GP's shrug sent me here. Dr. Nair explained in fifteen minutes what three doctors hadn't in three years. The nerve root was impinged at T5. Now I sleep through the night.”
Robert Tanaka
Retired civil engineer
4.9
Average rating
across 312 reviews
94%
Reported improvement
within 6 sessions
87%
Return patients
choose ongoing care
What actually happens at your first visit.
Anxiety about the unknown is the biggest barrier to care. Here is exactly what 60 minutes at Align looks like — minute by minute, no mystery.
Intake & Story
15 minWe read the chart, then we read you. Your practitioner reviews your intake form and listens — not to find the diagnosis, but to understand the context.
When did it start? What makes it worse? What have you already tried? Your history is the first layer of the map.
Structural Assessment
20 minPostural analysis, range-of-motion testing, and orthopedic screening. We find where your spine has stopped moving the way it should.
First Adjustment
15 minIf clinically appropriate on your first visit, your practitioner will perform targeted adjustments. You will hear the sound. That's nitrogen gas releasing from the joint — normal, not alarming.
Your Care Plan
10 minWe don't sell packages. We present findings, explain what we found, and recommend a realistic number of visits based on your specific presentation.
Step 01
Intake & Story
15 min