About Dr. Adam Bletsoe
I help people make sense of pain and get back to their lives.
I’m a chiropractor, but the way I work has changed over time.
I still care deeply about the body, movement, hands-on care and physical function. But after more than twenty years in practice, and through my own experiences with persistent pain, I’ve learned to look wider.
Pain is rarely just one thing. So when we work together, we pay attention to your body, your nervous system, your confidence, your recovery, your beliefs, your stress, and the life you’re trying to get back to.
The story behind the work
My work started with the body. It still does.
Like many practitioners, my early understanding of pain was shaped by structure, movement, joints, tissues, posture, strength and mechanics.
Those things still matter. I still love hands-on care. I still love movement. And I still love helping someone experience their body differently.
But clinical experience has taught me that persistent pain often asks us to look beyond one body part, one scan, one diagnosis, or one simple explanation.
Sometimes the body needs treatment. Sometimes the system needs confidence. Often, people need both.
What changed
Persistent pain changed the way I practise.
My own experiences with symptoms and pain gave me a deeper appreciation for what patients live with every day.
Pain can affect how you move, how you think, how much you trust your body, what you say yes to, and what you slowly stop doing.
That changed the way I listen. It changed the questions I ask. And it changed how I help people decide what to do next.
Body-mind chiropractic
That’s why I describe myself as a body-mind chiropractor.
It doesn’t mean pain is “all in your head.” It means your body and your life are connected, and both deserve to be understood.
When we work together, I want to understand what hurts, what it means to you, what you’ve already tried, what you’re worried about, and what you want to get back to.
From there, we can decide what’s most useful. That might include hands-on chiropractic care, movement, strength, education, nervous system regulation, mind-body approaches, or gradually returning to something you’ve stopped trusting your body to do.
There isn’t one treatment everybody needs. We figure out what makes sense for you.
How I work
Fewer, longer, deeper visits.
I prefer having enough time to listen, assess, explain, work with your body, and help you leave with something useful.
Listen first
I don’t want to assume I know why you hurt before I’ve met you.
Assess the pattern
We look at your body, symptoms, history, confidence, stress and goals.
Choose what helps
Care may include hands-on work, movement, education, regulation or practical steps forward.
Build from there
Each step should help your body experience more capability, trust and life.
The goal
The goal isn’t simply less pain.
Of course pain relief matters. But most people don’t only want a better pain score.
They want to drive, walk, travel, exercise, work, sleep, play with their kids, sit through dinner, go to yoga, take the trip, or stop planning their life around what their body might do.
The goal is more life.
Start where you are
You don’t need to have yourself figured out before we meet.
Come as you are. We’ll listen, assess, understand what’s happening, and decide together what to do next.