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Optimize Chiropractic

At Optimize Chiropractic we make sure every visit you leave, moving, feeling and healing better. A Data Driven Chiropractic office in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

We pride ourselves on our friendly service, clear communication, and our result oriented and data-driven care.

06/02/2025

Life moves fast.
Between work deadlines, family commitments, and daily responsibilities, it’s easy to push your health to “someday.”⁠
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We get it.

That’s exactly why we’ve structured Optimize Chiropractic around your life, not the other way around.⁠
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Your Schedule, Your Choice:⁠

Early Bird? Start your day with 6AM appointments⁠

Lunch Break? Slip away for midday alignment⁠

After Work?
We’re here 6am - 6PM⁠
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturdays 7am-2pm
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Your Health Shouldn’t Wait Because:⁠
Small issues can become bigger problems⁠
Prevention is easier than recovery⁠
Your body deserves consistent care⁠
You deserve to feel good and move confidently⁠
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Conveniently located:⁠
12 minutes from Downtown Columbus⁠
12 minutes from Downtown Dublin⁠
5 minutes from Grandview Heights⁠
Easy access on Riverside Drive in Upper Arlington⁠
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At Optimize Chiropractic, we believe that taking care of your health shouldn’t require rearranging your entire life. We’ve created a schedule that works with yours, in a location that’s easily accessible from wherever your day takes you.⁠
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Experience the difference of Data-Driven Chiropractic care:⁠
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Call: 614-769-7831⁠
Visit: DataDrivenChiropractic.com⁠
Schedule: Your complimentary consultation today⁠
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Your health deserves to be a priority. We make it possible to make it one.

05/31/2025

During my second year of chiropractic school, we learned how to take lumbar X-rays.

I volunteered to be the guinea pig because I had been dealing with some lower back pain.

When the X-rays came back, I saw something unexpected: degeneration in my lower back (at just 25 years old) and a grade 1-2 anterolisthesis of my L5 vertebra on the sacrum.

In simple terms, one of my vertebrae had “slipped” forward.

One of my instructors reviewed the X-ray and told me to stop lifting weights completely—no more squats, no more deadlifts.

As someone who had been lifting weights since I was 13, not just for fitness but also for mental health, I felt terrified. What was I going to do?

Thankfully, I sought a second opinion from another professor. After showing him the X-ray, he asked me some key questions:
• “How long have you been in pain?”
• “How long do you think it took for that vertebra to move forward?”
• “What can you do lifting-wise that doesn’t cause pain?”

My pain had only started recently—just a few weeks—and since there had been no traumatic event, it was likely that the anterolisthesis had been there for years.

He explained something that changed my perspective:
Stopping squats wasn’t going to “fix” my back, but avoiding them entirely would likely lead to weakness and deconditioning, making future pain and injury more likely.

Instead, he recommended a different approach:
• Adjust my squat stance.
• Incorporate alternative leg and spinal loading patterns.
• Monitor pain and adjust training volume as needed.

This allowed me to keep moving, build strength, and manage pain effectively.

Two professors, decades of experience, but vastly different approaches. I’m grateful I chose the latter. Because of it, I still:
• Squat heavy.
• Lunge heavy.
• Run 2-3 times per week.

Finding out you have degeneration, spondylolisthesis, compression fractures, or other “scary” imaging findings can be disheartening, but it doesn’t have to be the end of your favorite activity.

With the right guidance and adjustments, you can stay active, build strength, and thrive.

05/24/2025

The week can be busy.

Saturdays we’re open 7am-2pm.

Less pain, better movement, more confidence - back to the activities you love.

That’s what we do.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

-Dr. Jake

05/22/2025

“I just don’t move like I used to. Going up stairs is harder, playing with the kids is exhausting. I’m just always tired.”

Sound familiar? This isn’t just “getting older” - it’s a cycle many adults fall into:

1. We experience pain or discomfort during activity
2. We reduce movement to avoid pain
3. Our body loses function from inactivity
4. When we try again, it feels harder and often causes more pain
5. We move even less, and the cycle continues

The result? A steady decline in function and increasing difficulty with daily activities.

Breaking this cycle starts with finding relief and identifying movements that feel good without triggering pain.

This creates a foundation for progress.

Next, establish what activities you want to return to and the time commitment you can realistically make. Setting meaningful, achievable goals creates your roadmap.

The key principle is consistency over intensity. Regular, movement improves function better than occasional intense workouts.

At Optimize Chiropractic, we guide you through this process with expert assessment, hands-on care, and personalized rehabilitation based on YOU and YOUR goals.

There’s no need to stop enjoying your favorite activities due to pain - you just need the right process to get you back to moving, feeling, and healing better.

That’s what we do.

05/09/2025

What are you doing after you feel better?

What are you doing once the pain has calmed down?

Once the movements that you used to be fearful of are no longer holding you back from: going on long walks, from golfing, from carrying your kid around and getting on and off the floor.

What are you going to do with this regained capacity to move?

Will you finally take that hiking trip you’ve been postponing?

Perhaps you’ll join your friends for a game of tennis or play a full 18 holes without wincing? Maybe you’ll simply enjoy the freedom of bending down to tie your shoes without planning the movement.

Your care isn’t just about eliminating pain—it’s about reclaiming possibilities. It’s about transforming “I can’t” into “I can’t wait to.”

So today I want you to envision that future self. The one who moves confidently, who doesn’t hesitate before picking up a grandchild, who dances at weddings without counting the cost in pain tomorrow.

This is where you’re heading.

So what are you going to do after you feel better?

Leave a comment below on what you’d start doing today if you had more confidence and less pain moving through life.

05/01/2025

Ten Things You Should Know About Pain.

Join Us in the Friends Theatre at the on May 20th from 5-6pm to learn about Pain & the Brain

Leaning about pain helps us have less fear around pain, allows us to achieve more confidence in our movements, and helps our recovery when combined with Physical Therapy, Chiropractic or other rehab modalities.

04/16/2025

Awesome time having out at the practice today for an episode on the Brandon Goodyear Show!

We covered a wide range of topics including: how to prevent injuries, how to stay consistent with movements, how to help those stiff and achy joint after sitting for long periods of time and ALOT more.

Can’t wait to share this episode with you all when it comes out next week!

Huge thank you to for coming out to the practice and having me on the show!

03/24/2025

🌺The Science of Avoiding Spring Injuries

Spring injuries aren’t bad luck or aging—they’re the predictable result of doing too much, too soon after winter inactivity.

Sports scientists measure this using the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR): your current activity level divided by your average activity over the past month.

This simple ratio helps to predict injury risk with remarkable accuracy.

Research shows that maintaining an ACWR between 0.8-1.3 minimizes injury risk, while exceeding 1.5 doubles your risk, and exceeding 2.0 increases it by 3-5 times.

Interestingly, extremely low activity levels also increase injury risk, creating a “U-shaped” risk curve. This explains why completely sedentary winters make spring injuries even more likely.

The solution is straightforward: increase your spring activities by no more than 10-20% each week.

Start at about 50% of your pre-winter capacity (half-day gardening sessions, 9 holes of golf instead of 18, 30-minute pickleball practices), then add approximately 10-20% weekly.

This gradual progression keeps your ACWR in the safe range.

Monitor your body’s response—mild soreness that resolves within 48 hours is normal, but pain that persists or worsens is a signal to scale back.

By respecting your body’s adaptation timeline, you’re not limiting what you can do; you’re ensuring you’ll enjoy your favorite activities pain-free throughout the entire season.

This isn’t about being overly cautious—it’s about working with your body’s natural adaptation process.

03/19/2025

Pain is your brain’s way of protecting you - it’s like your body’s alarm system. Your body has sensors that pick up on things like heat or pressure, and they send messages to your brain. But these aren’t “pain signals” themselves.

Your brain considers everything - these messages, your thoughts, past experiences, even your surroundings - and decides if you need protection. If it thinks you do, it creates the feeling of pain to get you to act.

The interesting thing is that pain doesn’t always mean there’s actual damage. Just like a sensitive home alarm that goes off when there’s no real intruder, your brain can create pain even without injury, or long after tissues have healed. It all depends on whether your brain perceives danger or safety in a situation. That’s why the same injury might hurt more in different circumstances.

Here’s the good news though - your brain is adaptable! This is called bioplasticity. Your nervous system can learn to be less reactive to perceived threats and produce less pain over time. Active treatment approaches where you participate in your own recovery are key - understanding your pain, gradually increasing movement, facing activities you’ve been avoiding, and finding ways to feel safer.

While these aren’t usually quick fixes, chronic pain can definitely improve with the right approach and some consistent effort.

03/13/2025

You’ve been told you have
arthritis - disc degeneration - bulging disc - spondylolisthesis - and to no longer: run, lift, pick up heavy objects, play soccer, skate, golf - do the activities you love.

But we see -
Disc Degeneration in 68% of 40 year olds with no pain.

Disc Bulges in 40% of 30 year olds with no pain.

Disc Protrusion in 37% of 50 year olds with no pain.

Spondylolisthesis in 23% of 60 year olds with no pain.

Your imaging is just a small part of what plays a role when it comes to your pain - and it might not be playing a role at all.

Don’t let an imaging finding hold you back from enjoying life.

You deserve an approach that focuses on getting you back to the activities you enjoy - not one that scares you out of enjoying life.

Personalized rehab focused on you and your goals.

That’s what we do at Optimize Chiropractic.

03/11/2025

Age isn’t what’s causing your joint pain—it’s how you’ve been moving (or not moving).

If aging was truly the culprit, both knees would hurt equally, not just one.

The real issue is disuse and deconditioning that leads to poor movement control and improper joint loading, creating specific patterns of stress and weakness.

Don’t accept “feeling old” as inevitable; instead, stay consistently active with activities you enjoy, pay attention to pain patterns without surrendering to them, adapt movements rather than abandoning them completely, and seek qualified guidance when needed.

Your body has remarkable capacity to improve at any age when given the right stimuli, so don’t settle for less movement as you age—learn to move better and reclaim the active lifestyle you deserve.

Address

Columbus, OH

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 6pm
Tuesday	10am - 2pm
Wednesday	6am - 6pm
Thursday	6am - 6pm
Saturday	8am - 12pm

Telephone

+16147697831

Website

https://datadrivenchiropractic.com/

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