Articles
Reading from Rebecca
These are the Pure Wellness articles that cover what comes through this clinic most often.
Worth reading first
Written by Pure Wellness doctors across Delaware and reviewed before publication.
2026-08-20 · Dr. Joelle Renaud
Pregnant in Delaware: What Webster Care Actually Is — and What It Is Not
Pelvic pain, Webster, and which Pure Wellness office to book — Newark for most New Castle families, Camden/Dover when Kent County is home.
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2026-07-28 · Dr. Ken Decker
Saturday Morning in Smyrna: Kent County Backs That Cannot Come at 2:30
Plant shifts, Route 13, and the only Pure Wellness office with published Saturday hours — plus when Dover is the better desk.
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2026-02-21 · Dr. Joelle Renaud
When Your Spine Is Stuck in Fight-or-Flight, Your Gut Keeps the Score
Bloating and slow motility are not always a food problem. Sometimes the nervous system never got the memo that lunch is safe.
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2025-12-17 · Dr. Michael Giambertone
HRV Is Not a Flex. It Is a Recovery Score Your Spine Can Influence
Wearables already track heart rate variability. Here is how chiropractic and lifestyle work use that number without worshipping it.
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How to read them
What an article can and cannot do for you
Everything published here is written to help you understand a problem, not to diagnose one. An article can tell you what typically causes low back pain, what the research says about spinal manipulation for headaches, and which symptoms mean you should stop reading and call someone. It cannot tell you which of those applies to your spine, because that requires putting hands on it.
That distinction matters more in this field than most. “My back hurts” is a description, not a diagnosis — the same sentence covers a facet joint that has stopped gliding, a disc pressing on a nerve root, a sacroiliac joint carrying uneven load, and a muscle guarding an injury from years ago. All four respond to different treatment, and two of them get worse under the wrong one. No amount of reading sorts that out; a 60-to-90 minute examination does.
So use these the way you would use a good pamphlet in a waiting room. They will make your first visit better, because you will arrive with sharper questions and a clearer account of your own history. They will not replace it.
There is also a short list of symptoms that belong in an emergency department rather than a chiropractic office, no matter what any article says: loss of bowel or bladder control, numbness through the saddle area, progressive weakness in a limb, the worst headache of your life, or any severe pain that follows a significant crash or fall. If you are reading about back pain and you recognise yourself in that list, stop and get seen today.
How to read these
Each article is written once, credited to the doctor who wrote it, and reviewed by a licensed chiropractor before it goes up. The full piece is the same wherever you open it.
Rebecca’s techniques, clinic, exam, and the conditions seen most are here.
Have a question none of these answer? Ask it at your exam, or call and one of the doctors will get back to you. Questions patients keep asking tend to become the next article.