MOVE Chiropractic Green Bay

02/16/2026

Meet Emily!
When she first walked into the office, she'd been dealing with deep, tight pain between her shoulder blades and the base of her neck for years. The kind of pain that doesn't just ache — it drains you.

Emily's a nurse practitioner. Long shifts. High-stress environment. Demands at work, demands at home. She was handling all of it — but her body wasn't keeping up anymore.

The pain was getting worse. The migraines were frequent. Her anxiety felt harder to manage. She finally hit a point where she was tired of dealing with it and knew something had to change.

When we assessed her, the picture was clear: her head had been carried forward for so long, her shoulders had rounded to compensate. Her upper back had locked down, and all that tension was concentrating in her neck. Years of stress and posture had built into a system that was stuck.

We didn't go after the migraines or try to "manage" the anxiety. We focused on restoring movement to the areas that had stopped moving. Decompressed her neck. Mobilized her upper back. Built a plan that gave her body time to actually adapt instead of just reacting to flare-ups.

Over time, things shifted.

The migraines decreased — significantly. The anxiety is still there (her job didn't get less stressful), but the spikes aren't as sharp. More manageable. The pain that used to steal her focus at work and her presence at home? It's not running the show anymore.

Here's what she said:
"Dr. Scott has truly changed my life! I have less anxiety, stress, pain and insomnia. He cares about helping your overall health and wellbeing. I'm a better mother, wife and provider because of Dr. Scott. I'm so grateful and thankful to have found him and have him on my team!!!"

That's not about a miracle adjustment. That's what happens when you give the body a real plan and the time to rebuild.

02/13/2026

Winter in Wisconsin means you either move with it or you spend four months wishing it was over.

I'd rather ski, skate with my kids, and get outside — even when it's cold.

Your body doesn't recover by sitting still. It recovers by moving well and often. That's how you stay ready for whatever life throws at you — whether that's keeping up with your kids, training hard without setbacks, or just making it through a long week without your body holding you back.

Most people think rest means stopping. But real recovery is movement that keeps you strong, stable, and ready for more.

If your body doesn't move the way it should — or if getting outside sounds great but something's holding you back — that's what we help with.

Movement is how you keep doing the things that matter.

02/12/2026

Most people wait too long to address recurring low back pain.

Why?

Because it gets better.

You rest. You back off for a bit. The pain goes away. So you think you're good.

But what actually happened is the flare-up went away. The dysfunction didn't.

The joints still aren't moving right. The compensation pattern is still there. The pressure is still building — you just can't feel it yet.

By the time most people come in, we're not just dealing with a stuck joint. We're dealing with structural compensation that's been patterning in for a long time.

And that takes longer to unwind.

Waiting doesn't keep things the same. It usually lets patterns settle in deeper.

02/11/2026

You sit at your desk for 8 hours. Your shoulders round forward. Your head drifts forward with them.

Over time, your body adapts to that position — because that's what bodies do. They get better at whatever you're doing most often.

But here's what happens when your body adapts around restricted movement:

Your digestion slows. Your sleep suffers. You can't turn your brain off at night. You feel wired but exhausted.

It's not in your head. It's a pattern your body is stuck in.

And patterns can be changed when movement is restored.

02/10/2026

Relief and correction are not the same thing.

Relief is when the symptom quiets down.

Correction is when the underlying movement pattern actually changes.

You can rest, stretch, and ice your way to relief. And that helps — temporarily.

But if the joints still aren't moving right, if the compensation pattern is still there, the pressure is still building. You just can't feel it yet.

To actually change the pattern, you have to restore function first. Then support that change long enough for the body to adapt and hold it.

That's the difference between "I feel better for a few days" and "the flare-ups stop happening."

02/09/2026

When movement is restored, your body can finally recover the way it's supposed to

"Since starting my chiropractic care my acid reflux has been pretty much gone. I don't get much sleep
during the week due to my work schedule but the sleep quality I get when I do is the best I've had in a long time." — Nichole L."

02/06/2026

It’s hard to live fully when your body doesn’t move well.

When spinal movement is limited, everything else has to work harder — posture, recovery, even simple daily tasks.

That’s why we focus on restoring motion first.

Better movement creates better options.

Everything else tends to follow.

02/05/2026

Most people don't have a "bad back."

They have joints that don't move well — and a body that's been compensating for it.

Your body is incredibly adaptive. It'll shift load, tighten muscles, change how you bend and stand. Compensation works… for a while.

But here's the thing: compensation has a shelf life.

Eventually, the areas picking up the slack start breaking down. That's when you get the flare-ups.

So when you "throw your back out" picking up a sock, you didn't do anything wrong in that moment. Your body just ran out of options to keep compensating for something that's been building for months — or years.

That's why it keeps coming back. The underlying pattern never got addressed.

02/02/2026

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today... and apparently so did your posture. 🦫

Six more weeks of hunching over your desk? Six more weeks of that "why does my neck hate me" feeling every morning?

Look, I can't control what a groundhog predicts about winter.

But I can tell you this: if you're waking up feeling like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day—same stiff neck, same tight shoulders, same "I definitely slept wrong" excuse—your body's trying to tell you something.
It's stuck in a loop.

And unlike Phil, your spine doesn't get to pop out of a hole once a year, make a prediction, and disappear. It's carrying you through every single day.

Here's the good news: Breaking the cycle doesn't require a magic groundhog or six more weeks of suffering. It requires understanding why your movement got stuck in the first place.

Your body wasn't designed to live the same painful day on repeat.

So here's my Groundhog Day prediction: Fix the foundation, and you won't be forecasting your pain six weeks from now. You'll be too busy moving freely to care what some rodent in Pennsylvania thinks about shadows.

Happy Groundhog Day! May your only repetitive pattern be your morning coffee routine. ☕

P.S. - If Phil's right and we get six more weeks of winter... at least make sure your body can actually enjoy the sledding, snowball fights, and hot cocoa season. Just saying. ❄️

01/28/2026

You've tried massage. Meds. Cracking your own neck.
Still getting headaches?
There's a reason for that.
Here's what's actually going on 👇

Your headaches aren't from stress. They're from movement dysfunction. Here's why massage, meds, and neck cracking won't fix the real problem.

01/23/2026

The office is closed today due the extreme cold. Stay warm this weekend!

If you boil water and throw it in the air, it instantly crystallizes and you get this awesome cloud!

11/05/2025

We didn’t just change our name - we evolved it.

MOVE represents everything we stand for: helping you move, feel and live better every day.

This is more than a rebrand — it’s a movement.

💥 Same doctor. Same care. Stronger mission.