What Sets Integrative Chiropractic Apart

How Trauma-Informed Chiropractic in Minneapolis Can Support Your Whole Health

If you've been living with chronic pain, tightness that won’t release, or a body that just doesn’t feel like it used to, you're not alone. For many of our patients, the frustration doesn’t come from lack of trying. It's the feeling of being passed from provider to provider, trying quick fixes that never seem to last.

And if you’ve ever felt dismissed and told it’s just stress, that your pain “doesn’t look that bad,” you’re not imagining it.

At Stockheart Whole Health in Uptown Minneapolis, we offer a different path forward. One that starts with listening. One that treats you as a whole person—not just a spine or symptom.

Stretching keeps us flexible for life and lifing.

Chiropractic That Honors the Whole You

Traditional chiropractic care often focuses on one thing: the adjustment. And while there’s real value in restoring alignment, many patients find that it only provides short-term relief or doesn’t fully address what’s happening in their bodies.

We take a different approach.

At Stockheart, integrative chiropractic is just that - integrative. It means we consider the body’s full landscape: physical structure, nervous system state, emotional load, digestion, sleep, trauma history, and even how you move through your daily life.

Pain physical and it’s layered. It may reflect old injuries, stress responses that never turned off, or years of the body holding it all together.

We treat pain as a signal, not a failure.
And our job is to decode that signal with you compassionately and collaboratively.

Healing happens when we stop trying to force the body to behave and start learning how to help it feel safe.

What Does Integrative Chiropractic Look Like?

This is not a “crack and go” clinic. It’s not a one-size-fits-all adjustment plan.

At Stockheart, integrative chiropractic is personalized, collaborative, and deeply attuned to your nervous system. We draw from a diverse toolkit to meet your body’s unique needs—whether you're in an acute flare, recovering from chronic stress, or seeking long-term structural support.

Each visit is built around what your body can safely integrate. Here’s what that can include:

• 👐 Gentle, non-force chiropractic (DNFT)
  Using Directional Non-Force Technique, we apply subtle, specific corrections without any cracking or forceful twisting. DNFT is ideal for sensitive systems, recent trauma, or long-standing tension that hasn’t responded to traditional adjustments. It helps restore function while keeping your body in a parasympathetic, healing state.

• 🛠️ Instrument-assisted and movement-based adjustments
  When appropriate, we also use tools like the Activator or JTECH system for light-force adjustments that provide precision without pressure. These are helpful for targeting alignment and rebalancing areas that need more structural input especially in cases of joint fixation, muscle guarding, or compensatory movement patterns.

• 🌀 Nervous system regulation
  We incorporate breathwork, craniosacral therapy, vagal nerve toning, and other trauma-informed modalities to shift your body out of fight-or-flight. This is often where the real healing begins.

• 🧠 Postural retraining and movement therapy
  We look at how your body moves through the world—how you sit, sleep, work, and walk. Simple changes in movement habits can create profound ripple effects in pain reduction and nervous system calm.

• 🌱 Functional medicine and lifestyle testing
  For chronic or complex conditions, we may recommend targeted lab work (gut health, hormones, inflammation markers) to uncover the hidden drivers behind persistent symptoms.

• 🌿 Acupuncture, bodywork, and nutrition
  When your care calls for it, we seamlessly integrate other healing systems into your plan. You won’t be bounced between providers—we collaborate as one connected team.