“There is a vast difference between treating effects and adjusting the cause.” - D.D. Palmer During high school she participated in volleyball and also in 4-H.
Dr. Josh Young is originally from Kimberton, Pennsylvania and he attended Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology. While there, he was a collegiate athlete on the lacrosse and rugby teams. He spent a semester in Scotland where he continued his study of the health sciences, as well as play lacrosse for the Scottish University team. He received his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2013 with a focus on physical therapy and sports rehabilitation. His continued education has earned him certificates in physiotherapy and spinal correction procedures. Dr. Josh has been board certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and is a Licensed Chiropractic Physician in the state of Illinois. He has also been extremely active in the community as well as a clinic abroad program servicing people in Bahia, Brazil. Dr. Josh is passionate about educating his community and helping people achieve true health and wellness naturally. In his free time Dr. Josh enjoys snowboarding, CrossFit, being outdoors, spending time with family, and his dogs. A native of Salem, Wisconsin, Dr. Emily Schultz graduated from Westosha Central High School. She went on to play four years of collegiate volleyball and received All Conference Honors in the NE-10. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. She completed her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA. While at Palmer, she took part in the clinic abroad program in Bahia, Brazil. Dr. Emily has been board certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners and is a Licensed Chiropractic Physician in the state of Illinois. She is dedicated to Chiropractic wellness care and strives to help adults and children achieve health naturally. Dr. Emily is also dedicated to her family. Other than being a chiropractor, she enjoys CrossFit, playing volleyball, being outdoors, traveling, and spending time with friends, family and her pets.
12/15/2025
“You’ve been holding it together all year. The schedules. The expectations. The care for everyone else. 💪
Finishing strong doesn’t mean dragging yourself across the line on fumes. It means choosing habits that refill your tank, not just patch the leaks.
Your nervous system isn’t just along for the ride. It drives how you show up: mentally, physically, emotionally. And when it’s stuck in survival mode, even rest doesn’t feel restful.
Chiropractic care helps reset your system, not just recover from burnout. It reconnects brain and body, restores clarity, and brings ease back into your days 🧠✨
You don’t need to wait for a breakdown to reset.
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit www.clfamilywellness.com
12/12/2025
I didn’t become a prenatal chiropractor because it was a specialty.
I became one because of my own birth experiences.
My first birth was planned as a home birth.
But I didn’t yet understand the power of my body—or how important the right support truly is. I didn’t have a team rooted in confidence and physiology. I ended up in the hospital, feeling watched instead of supported.
My second birth was different.
Just me and my husband. A free birth.
No monitors. No direction. No fear.
I delivered a nearly 11-pound baby in complete peace.
For my third birth, I had the same trusted, knowledgeable team. Another nearly 11-pound baby. Again, my body did exactly what it was designed to do.
Three births.
Three environments.
One clear truth:
Women are powerful when they’re supported.
Birth changes when the nervous system is clear.
This is why Webster Technique matters.
Not because it’s “a pregnancy adjustment,” but because it restores balance, ease, and communication through the spine and pelvis—so the nervous system can guide pregnancy and birth the way it was designed to.
There’s a saying in chiropractic:
“The power that made the body heals the body.”
I believe this, too:
The power that made the body powers the body.
Your body isn’t guessing.
It’s intelligent.
It knows how to grow and deliver life.
My mission is to help women experience pregnancy and birth with clarity instead of fear, confidence instead of control, and trust instead of doubt.
I’ve lived three very different birth stories.
And because of that, I’m deeply committed to serving women with nervous-system–focused chiropractic care that empowers their bodies—not overrides them.
Every woman deserves to feel powerful in pregnancy.
Every birth deserves support rooted in trust and knowledge.
— Dr. Emily
12/12/2025
The truth is, we were never meant to power through modern life. Your daily stressors, sedentary life, posture, and chemical load can become more than your nervous system can take.
Your body doesn't hate you. It’s trying to protect you.
But when you're overwhelmed by stress, it creates interference in the signals between your brain and body.
This can show up as vertigo, frequent sick days, poor mental health, digestive issues, headaches, sciatica, discomfort and more.
Chiropractic care gently restores that connection, calming the static so your body can regulate, reset, and perform at a higher level again. 💆♀️
You don’t have to muscle through it. You can feel improve your adaptability and function!
Share this with a friend who could use a reminder.
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit www.clfamilywellness.com
12/10/2025
When your nervous system is able to regulate, ebbing and flowing with your actions, it impacts your mind and spirit too!
But if you find yourself constantly frustrated, chronically ill or in pain, or flat-out exhausted…that’s your body waving a white flag. 🏳️
Your nervous system may be stuck in survival mode: guarded, tense, overstimulated.
Through consistent chiropractic care, we support the body in shifting out of defense and into connection.
With every adjustment, we’re creating space for joy to return and for you to feel safe in your own body again. 💛
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit www.clfamilywellness.com
12/08/2025
Feeling maxed out? 😵💫
💪 Even strong people hit a wall, especially when the world keeps handing out stress like candy canes and calling it normal.
If your nervous system feels fried, if you’re quick to snap, foggy, tense, or in daily pain, it’s time to get to the root cause.
When your body is stuck in fight-or-flight, it’s hard to rest, heal, or feel present.
Chiropractic care helps shift you out of survival mode by bringing ease back into the nervous system. Because you don’t have to white-knuckle your way through wellness. ✨
Let’s help your body say “enough” and mean it.
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit www.clfamilywellness.com
12/05/2025
Calling everyone who does life a little outside of the mainstream. Because a regulated nervous system feels a lot better than running on fumes. 😅
Chiropractic care gives your nervous system the input it needs to stay adaptable. It helps you feel more connected, calmer, and more able to show up the way you want to. 🕊️
You don’t need perfection. You just need support. And you deserve that.
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit www.clfamilywellness.com
12/04/2025
These were all “angel tag” wish lists from — and every single one was picked up by someone in this community.
Because of that, your generosity will land in living rooms and little hands on Christmas morning, and it will mean more than you know.
Thank you for standing up for what is good and right.
Thank you for showing up for kids and families who needed it.
“You never know how far reaching something you say, think, or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.” -B.J. Palmer
12/03/2025
We see this pattern every year! It’s colder, there’s more sugar, and more stress.
It’s like having too many tabs open on your computer. Eventually, it uses up too much memory, your screen freezes, and the program crashes.
Similarly, when your nervous system is overloaded, the immune system takes a hit. But it’s not inevitable that you catch every bug, virus, and germ.
Start supporting the system that supports everything else, and see how your winter goes differently.
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit our website at www.clfamilywellness.com
12/01/2025
By the time symptoms show up, your body has already been adapting, compensating, and protecting you for months or years.
It’s a blind spot for many people, thinking, “If I feel fine, I must be fine.”
This is EXACTLY why we don’t guess. We look at the nervous system and structure to see how it is adapting and compensating. Our goal is to restore you to full capacity so you can fully enjoy LIFE!
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit our website at www.clfamilywellness.com
11/28/2025
That post-adjustment giggle! ✨
You can see it in their smiles and feel it in the calm as they head out the door.
When the nervous system is regulated, sleep isn’t a struggle—it just happens.
Less wired-but-tired meltdowns.
Deep, peaceful, much-needed rest. 😴
Because when their little spines are moving well, their brains can finally downshift.
And that changes everything—bedtime included.
(And let’s be honest… parents sleep better too 😉)
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit our website at www.clfamilywellness.com
11/26/2025
We’re thankful for this community, for the families we serve, and for every nervous system that finds more peace, rest, and resilience.
This season, we’re holding deep gratitude in our hearts—for the families who trust us, the little ones we get to care for, and the beautiful community we’re honored to serve. 🧡
Thank you for letting us be part of your story.
It’s a privilege we never take for granted.
Wishing you and your family a peaceful, joy-filled Thanksgiving.
Come experience the effect of a well-functioning spine and nervous system 📞 Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit our website at www.clfamilywellness.com
11/24/2025
But here’s what most parents don’t realize: If your baby skips crawling, favors one side, or struggles with balance while learning to walk, it’s not just a quirky phase—it could be a sign of neurological stress or unintegrated primitive reflexes.
And those early movement patterns?
They literally shape how your child’s brain, posture, balance, and coordination develop long-term.💡
When the nervous system isn’t fully regulated, babies might:
🎈Scoot or crawl asymmetrically
🎈Topple easily when standing or cruising
🎈Struggle to balance or bear weight evenly
🎈Seem frustrated with movement
We support little ones in these stages by gently checking for subluxations—tiny misalignments that can interfere with how their brain and body are connecting and communicating.
Our goal? Help them move confidently, build better proprioception, and create the strong neurological foundation they’ll use for everything from walking to writing to regulating emotions later on.
✨ Early movement matters.
✨ Early function matters.
✨ Early care can make a big difference.
If your baby is crawling, cruising, or just finding their footing—this is the time to get checked.
💬 DM us with questions or to schedule a visit. Call us at 815-788-7504 for an appointment or visit our website at www.clfamilywellness.com We love being part of your family’s wellness journey.
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Two biology majors met one rainy fall morning in Rindge, New Hampshire in Physics class. Emily Schultz, now commonly known as Dr. Emily, had dreams of being a Chiropractor since 12 years old. She had been a competitive volleyball player, and now was still playing at a collegiate level. At 12 she had suffered from sciatica and migraine headaches, and her Chiropractor had helped her with these immensely.
Josh Young had aspirations to become a medical doctor. His father is a medical doctor, and his father’s father was a medical doctor, as well as two uncles, a grandmother, an aunt, and a mother as a nurse midwife. That all changed when he met Emily, and ended up on graduation from undergrad going to Palmer College of Chiropractic with Emily.
Josh and Emily were paired as lab partners that rainy fall morning. Flash forward to 2014: husband and wife, Dr. Josh and Dr. Emily opened a Chiropractic clinic in the beautiful Crystal Lake community. They opened the clinic with a desire and purpose to help others and to provide hope and answers to those in need. The mission statement of Crystal Lake Family Wellness is to adjust, educate, and empower as many as possible, to reveal, express, and support their vitality from within: A chiropractic lifestyle.
Why:
· We want to instill hope from the moment you walk in our door.
· We believe in addressing the root cause.
· We believe in trusting the human body and having faith in its healing capacities.
· We believe our health is our most valuable asset, that cannot be measured by feel, appearance, or symptoms, but rather function of the body. This must be assessed in a number of ways, including, if possible, x-ray. X-rays reveal where there is stress and alignment changes in the spine.
o Our very own Dr. Emily still suffered with migraine headaches until a different specialized approach was taken. We learned first-hand by watching her health transform as her spine changed. Her before and after x-rays taught us this and to this day she has not had a migraine headache since that change has occurred. This showed us that this specialty can often be a solution when many other approaches may have failed, as was the case with us. Because of our experience, this is how we practice, not just to help with headaches, but with health and quality of life for all. Our body must have a clear channel through the spine because that is where the communication must occur between our brain and body.
How:
· The nervous system is what the body depends on to communicate and coordinate all functions together; the conductor in the symphony that is called health.
· The spine is the gateway to the nervous system, and that is precisely why we focus our efforts on locating exactly which area or areas are under stress.
· When we restore specific motion to joints that are designed to move, the body’s nervous system is able to communicate freely. It clears the static from damage and stress, and the body expresses vitality and heals.
