About Dr Joan Schultze, RN, DC, CBP

Dr Joan Schultze received her BS in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts and her doctorate in Chiropractic from Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon. She is certified as a BodyTalk Practitioner by the International BodyTalk Association.

Dr Schultze has been providing quality chiropractic health care since 1983. Using a wholistic approach to treat people, she forms a partnership with her patients, encouraging them to actively participate in their health care. Becoming healthy and maintaining good health should be a joyous and cooperative team effort.

Dr Schultze continuously expands and sharpens her skills by regularly attending seminars and conferences on the latest methods of creating optimal health for those in her care.

About Wellness Chiropractic Center

Since 1990, it has been located in downtown Lake Oswego, Oregon on a quiet street within walking distance of Lake Oswego's famous shopping centers.

Chiropractic visits are designed to bring optimal balance and harmony to each person seeking care. Since our bodies operate on many different levels, healing is approached considering physical, mental, energetic, and biochemical needs.

Physically, non-force adjustments are accomplished using Vector Point Cranial Therapy™. The covering of the spinal cord (dura mater) protects this delicate structure. When a bone moves out of alignment, it twists the dura in the area overlying the bone. That twist reflexes up to its unique reflex point in the dura that lines the bones of the skull. By contacting these specific reflex points and tractioning the spinal cord with breathing, the twists are released and allow the bones to move back into alignment.

Energetically, muscles, organs and the spine are all interconnected sending and receiving reflexes indicating areas that are out of balance. Muscles relate to organs and to the spine. For example, the muscles around the neck accept reflexes from the stomach and from a vertebra between the shoulder blades. If there is an injury to the neck, the muscles will spasm and send a reflex to the stomach as well as to the vertebra between the shoulder blades leading to a subluxation (mal-position) with accompanying pain and perhaps gastric distress or reflux. Now the neck hurts, there is stomach discomfort as well as pain between the shoulder blades. Balancing the energy through acupressure, visceral manipulation, and soft tissue massage, brings strength into the muscles, and helps release the spasm.

Biochemically we literally are what we eat and frequently the foods we crave are those for which allergies exist. Allergy testing is available as well as nutritional suggestions from supplements to food choices.

Mental and emotional balancing are included in the complete visit. Each organ has it's own unique consciousness and needs. These may be addressed through other avenues such as BodyTalk.

Dr Schultze with Dr John Veltheim (founder of BodyTalk)

About BodyTalk

The BodyTalk System™ is a natural and non-invasive technique that addresses many health issues ranging from fatigue and chronic pain to viral infections and dyslexia. The BodyTalk System™ brings together Eastern and Western approaches to healthcare to create a system that is wholistic, going well beyond symptoms.

This system corrects imbalances within the body by reestablishing good communication links between the various parts. The body can heal itself very rapidly.

Dr Schultze works through the detailed BodyTalk Protocol using gentle muscle testing to gather information about the body’s priorities. Once they have been identified, gentle tapping is used to bring about balance and harmony within the body. This process results in each visit being unique.