Balance Atlanta Family Chiropractic

10/19/2025

Fulton County and Clayton County educators recharge at Balance Atlanta! Before heading back to school, we meet for a chiropractic reset to refresh mind and body.

10/08/2025

09/22/2025

💥 Patient Spotlight 💥
For the past four years, this hardworking corporate dynamo has kept his body and mind in peak form with regular chiropractic care at Balance Atlanta. But here’s the twist—he’s not just a powerhouse in the boardroom. He’s also a graduate of advanced improv comedy at Whole World Theatre! 🎭👏

He’s in Philadelphia, and yes… he ran up those famous Rocky steps 🥊🏃‍♂️—because patients who stay aligned are mighty and invincible. 💪✨

Here’s to staying strong, adaptable, and ready for anything—on stage, at work, and in life. 💥

09/16/2025

Yep.

09/15/2025

A famous quote by tennis legend, Arthur Ashe.

09/14/2025

Opposable thumbs. The other morning, I was sipping coffee on the upstairs terrace of our lakeside rental, taking in the peaceful view. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a white, yeti-looking creature strutting down the path below with the confident gait of someone on a mission.

It was Margaret, our dog. She was on a quest to explore and conquer her new turf.

My heart skipped. How on earth did she get out? All the doors were closed (or so I thought). That’s when it hit me: thank goodness dogs don’t have opposable thumbs.
Because if they did…oh boy.

They’d fling open house doors and windows for clandestine adventures.

Raid the fridge for midnight binging.

Pry open shoe closets for a private chew-fest.

Thumbs are small, but they run the world. And that led me to my next thought: we humans underestimate all the little parts of our bodies.
One tiny bone in your neck slips out of place, and suddenly you can’t turn your head to check traffic.

A single irritated nerve in your wrist (hello, carpal tunnel), and even typing or opening a jar becomes an Olympic sport.

Walk on a beach for just thirty minutes, and now your big toe is throbbing like you just ran a marathon wearing high heels.

Break a pinkie, and now you cannot pursue your glass-blowing career for a bit..

Eat popcorn too enthusiastically, and you might not open your jaw without pain.

The moral? Small things matter. Your body is a collection of moving parts that all depend on each other. When even one part is off, it can throw everything out of balance. That’s why I’m here—to help keep those “little things” aligned, functioning, and pain-free with chiropractic care.

So let’s keep you moving (and keep those thumbs—and everything else—happy). Schedule your next chiropractic adjustment before anything goes rogue.

Warmly (and with all doors securely latched),

Dr. Caroline von Fluegge-Chen
Balance Atlanta Family Chiropractic
(404) 261-4848
www.balanceatlanta.com

P.S. Margaret is already plotting her next great escape. I’m fairly sure she’s studying doorknobs in secret—just in case thumbs suddenly become available.

09/13/2025

Discover chiropractic care, spinal decompression, and holistic therapies at Balance Atlanta for natural back and neck pain relief.

09/07/2025

People often assume my family is the poster child for chiropractic, BrainCore, and functional medicine. Truth is… nope. They don’t listen to me either. 😂

Take my husband, David. Back hurts? He decides to hang from the pull-up bar like a bat. Car accident? He strolls into my office to casually tell me about it. I insist on adjusting him. He leaves saying, “Wow, I can move my head again, that feels great!” Then on the ride home: “So… how do you know how to do that so fast?” After 25+ years of practice, I guess he still forgets what I actually do for a living.

And then there was the yard work day. He’s not a complainer, so when I find him stretched out on the couch, I know something’s up. “What’s wrong?” I ask. “My back hurts,” he admits. I wiggle my “chiropractor fingers” in front of his face and say, “I happen to know a chiropractor.” His reply? “Nah, I’m fine. My back hurts because it’s hot outside.” Apparently, heat-induced back pain is a thing now. 🙃

My daughter as a teen? Perfectly fine all day, but at 11 PM—an hour after I’ve gone to bed—she’d knock on my door: “Mom, can you adjust me real quick?” Of course.

And my mother-in-law? I adore her. Hurts her wrist, goes to urgent care for an X-ray. I remind her, “You know I could’ve done that at work… for free.” Her response? “Oh, I forgot.” One day, Connie arrived with her friend, Shirley for her first adjustment. I was a bit hesitant...but...ok, fine. Well, Connie rocked the house, befriended everyone, and thought her adjustment was awesome. Finally!

Meanwhile, other people absolutely recognize what I do. I once took an X-ray of a little girl whose mom thought she’d swallowed a penny. Sure enough, there it was, right in the X-ray. A week later, the mom asked me to re-check—yep, penny gone. See? Patients, parents, even Emmy, Oscar, Grammy, and Super Bowl winners get it. I have had my hands on clients in these categories since the day I opened Balance Atlanta. (You have brushed shoulders with them in the office...but they look "just like us" in regular life...)

But my own family? Not so much. (Apparently, celebrity status doesn’t run in my household when it comes to chiropractic wisdom. 😉)

So, if your family sometimes forgets to take your advice, you’re in good company. Even my crew forgets they live with a chiropractor/functional medicine doctor/BrainCore specialist under the same roof. Families, huh? Gotta love ’em.

See you in the office and Happy Sunday.

Dr. C

Balance Atlanta Family Chiropractic
(Where other families go, but not mine!)

404 261 4848

09/04/2025

Life often feels like a long ride through unpredictable weather. Some days are sunny, easy, and light. Other days feel heavy, stormy, and unrelenting. During those times, it’s perseverance—not perfect conditions—that carries us forward.

When I was 24, I rode my bicycle from Seattle to New York. The trip lasted six and a half weeks, and it rained for about half of them. At first, the rain was just a nuisance—wet gear, damp clothes, the kind of frustration you try to shake off. But as the days wore on and the clouds followed us across the country, we started bargaining with the “rain gods” for a break.

One afternoon, somewhere around Fargo, ND, we were riding through pelting rain. We ducked into a Walmart for a restroom stop, only to end up in the pool and garden aisle. My teammates and I bought swim masks and water wings, strapped them on, and rode out again—laughing at the absurdity of it all. Sometimes humor is the only way to keep going when the struggle won’t let up.

There was no choice but to push forward, to keep riding, one pedal stroke at a time. That trip—3,500 miles on skinny road bike tires over mountains, across plains, and finally to the Atlantic—changed me forever. I realized that when you set your mind to something, when you decide to keep going no matter what, it shapes you in mind, body, and spirit. It sets a benchmark: If I can ride a bicycle across America, what else can I do?

That ride became a catalyst for my life’s work. It gave me the grit to leave a career in corporate branding and become a doctor of chiropractic, functional medicine practitioner, and BrainCore provider. It taught me that perseverance through difficulty often leads to a transformation we could never predict.

It began with experiencing migraine headaches, finding relief only through chiropractic care, cycling across America, and realizing there was a bigger purpose for me in life. I discovered that helping people was what I loved most, and I took a leap of faith to make a 180-degree change in both my profession and purpose.

So when life feels hectic—when the rain won’t stop—remember that moving forward, even imperfectly, builds resilience. Sometimes the struggle itself becomes the gift.

Here at Balance Atlanta, I am honored to walk alongside you in those journeys of perseverance—through health challenges, stress, and all the unexpected detours.
Keep moving forward. The horizon is closer than you think.

With gratitude,

Dr. Caroline von Fluegge-Chen
Balance Atlanta Family Chiropractic
(404) 261-4848