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Dr. Jenny Talbert

The Fat Chiropractor

09/02/2025

If you saw my last post about the problems with weight-focused healthcare, you’re probably wondering: “So what’s the alternative?”

Enter: weight-neutral care. 🌟

This isn’t about giving up on health - it’s about focusing on what actually works long-term.

Weight-neutral healthcare doesn’t try to shrink bodies. Instead, it helps people build sustainable, joyful relationships with food, movement, and self-care.

And here’s the plot twist: when we stop obsessing over weight loss, health outcomes actually get BETTER. Mental health improves. Disordered eating decreases. People stick with healthy behaviors longer.

Wild concept, right?

This carousel walks you through what weight-neutral care actually looks like and addresses the biggest fear people have: “But won’t people just eat terribly without restrictions?”

The research might surprise you.

Ready to learn about healthcare that actually works? Swipe through 👆

What questions do you have about weight-neutral approaches? Let’s chat in the comments 💬

08/25/2025

Here’s something that might surprise you: 95% of weight loss attempts fail long-term.
Yet we keep prescribing the same “solution” over and over. 🔄

What if I told you that the problem isn’t patients lacking willpower or commitment? What if the problem is the approach itself?

This carousel breaks down why our weight-focused healthcare system is failing patients - and how a $72 BILLION industry profits from that failure.

Healthcare should heal, not harm. It’s time we started addressing what actually helps instead of what what we’ve tried for decades.

What surprised you most in this carousel? Drop a comment below 👇

08/13/2025

When I was deep in diet culture, personally and professionally, I believed things I now know weren’t true.

💡 Here’s what I wish I knew sooner:

1️⃣ Being smaller doesn’t automatically make you healthier

2️⃣ You can care for your body without trying to shrink it

3️⃣ You are allowed to listen to your body over external “rules”

I wish I didn’t have to suffer through years of trying to shrink my body and relying on more and more food “rules”

But I’m thankful to know there’s a way out and glad to be able to help others find it too.

💬 Which one of these truths do you wish you had learned earlier?

08/01/2025

When we lead with curiosity and consent, we build real trust.

That’s how inclusive care starts. 💛💬
Want support creating a safer space for all bodies?

Comment WAITLIST to get on the list for the upcoming Weight-Neutral Practice Toolkit.

07/01/2025

✨ In case you’re new here ✨

I’m Dr. Jenny Talbert, a fat* chiropractor who spent years judging, shaming and blaming my patients’ body size for their health conditions like I was taught in school.

I’ve always lived in a fat body and I was constantly trying to shrink and fit into the mold of the doctor I thought my patients wanted to see.

8 years ago, I woke up and realized I couldn’t diet anymore. I couldn’t try to shrink and be something that I wasn’t. So I started reading the research on the flaws in the weight-centric paradigm of health.

I started to live a more authentic life, and when I showed up authentically in my practice—stopped using stigmatizing language, actually treated their bodies with respect—everything changed. I created a safe and comfortable place for my patients.

You know what happened?

➡️ They trusted me more. They came back. They brought their friends.

Turns out, shame is terrible for business AND terrible for healing.

So now I do things differently:

I create spaces where fat bodies are welcomed, not judged. Where patients don’t have to brace themselves for weight loss lectures. Where the focus is on what their body needs, not what it weighs.

And you know what? My practice has never been better.

I’ve learned that:

➡️ Medical equipment that actually fits everyone isn’t optional

➡️ Your language can heal or harm in seconds

➡️ Most providers want to do better but don’t know how

➡️ Weight bias isn’t just mean - it’s dangerous

I’m here to share what works.

The real, practical stuff they don’t teach you in school. How to modify your space, what to say (and what not to say), and why some of your training might actually be harming patients.

Because every fat person deserves healthcare without shame. And every provider deserves to know how to give it.

Stick around if you want to learn:

➡️ How to create truly inclusive treatment spaces

➡️ Why weight-neutral care gets better outcomes

➡️ What your fat patients wish you knew

➡️ Real solutions that work in real practices

* I use “fat” as a neutral descriptor as used by the fat activist community

Comment below if you’re interested in learning more.

06/02/2025

Happy Pride everyone!!

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05/23/2025

When we meet up with someone we know, we have the habitual reflex to compliment their appearance. The ol’ “Hey there, you look {fill in the blank]!’

Of course, most of us are just trying to make this person feel welcome and seen but have you ever wondered how these types of comments can make people feel?

Why is this the first thing we do when meeting someone?

Well, our culture holds an unrealistic value on appearance, and when we positively compliment someone’s body we are upholding their cultural worth by more closely looking like the “ideal.”

I have been there when I lost a lot of weight, EVERYONE commented on my body and wondered “what I was doing.”

Even though I enjoyed the attention, I inadvertently started to associate my personal value with my looks. When my looks started to change (aka, gained weight) and I didn’t receive compliments anymore, it was a strange feeling.

On one hand, it was nice to not constantly be explaining my disordered eating but on the other, I wondered what people thought of me.

I’ve worked through these feelings and am doing really well now but lets all work on changing what we say when we meet up with friends and family.

➡️ You will never know if you are complimenting someone’s eating disorder, a medication change, grief, or a cancer diagnosis.

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04/29/2025

I see it every day in my office: people between 45–55 who are suddenly dealing with shoulder pain for the first time.

Most of them had no idea this was coming — and they definitely didn’t feel ready for it.

They wonder if they did something wrong. They think they’re alone.

But you’re not alone.

This is incredibly common. It’s part of how our bodies adapt and change over time.

The good news?

With the right care, strengthening, and movement, most people can feel *so much* better — and stay active and strong for years to come.

If you’re hitting that 50-year shoulder moment — you’re not broken.

04/27/2025

The pressure to shrink yourself is real, especially when everything else feels out of control.

I’ve been there.

Leaving diet and wellness culture almost 8 years ago wasn’t easy — there was grief, and there were so many moments of doubt.

But the peace I have now? The trust I have with my body? It’s worth everything.

You are allowed to take up space in the body you have *right now.*

You don’t have to earn belonging by changing yourself.

You already deserve care, joy, and connection.

If you’re feeling the pressure to shrink right now, you’re not alone.

And you don’t have to go back. 🌈

04/18/2025

Today is the start of ’s Sleep Apnea awareness week. We are getting together to show ALL the different faces of people living with sleep apnea, including myself!

I am going to be sharing a lot more about sleep apnea in the coming week! Including all about how I deal with everything.

Sleep apnea is a type of sleep-disordered breathing that affects *20%* of adults in the U.S, about 54 million Americans.

People with sleep apnea repeatedly have issues with their breathing during sleep, 5-15 times per hour in mild cases or up to hundreds of times per night in severe cases. The loss of airflow lowers the blood oxygen, triggering the brain to wake up. People with sleep apnea might not notice, or they might wake up gasping.

The difficulty breathing during sleep could be caused by the airway falling closed and blocking air from flowing (obstructive sleep apnea) or, less commonly, by the brain not sending the signal to breathe (central sleep apnea).

Both types keep people from falling into the deep sleep that their body needs, and put a strain on their long-term health.

04/09/2025

What if you focused on health-promoting behaviors——
and didn’t worry so much about how they might change your body?

02/20/2025

Between October and now has been some of the most stressful and painful parts of my recent life. I feel like I want to get back to sharing more of my specialties with the Internet world.

I have been very grateful the past two months to have been helping out at additional practice and it is so wonderful to see all these new patients get better and hear how much my care has helped them.

I am currently taking new patients at my Portland office so if you have been wanting to get in or to refer someone now is the time.

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