Talks about prevention within a chiropractic office don’t occur as often as the normative lower back and neck pain talks typically will. Many times, patients will come to a chiropractor’s office with what’s called a “chief complaint,” something that has suddenly happened (or has been bugging them for some time) that has made life much more difficult than necessary. What about a patient who doesn’t necessarily have a major complaint? What about a patient who doesn’t have lower back pain, headaches that ruin their day, or bursitis that prevents them from raising their arm above their head? These are the patients who really don’t feel awful, but still believe that there’s some room for improvement in their overall well-being—what many chiropractors will refer to as wellness-based patients. Wellness-based patients or wellness-based care is structured chiropractic care revolving around improving, facilitating, and optimizing the health of an individual so they can live life without …