Business Details
38 Years
experience
Your Trusted Chiropractic Care in the Bay Area
Kaname Chiropractic is a heart-centered family wellness practice dedicated to holistic, results-based healing. Since 1988, our team has provided personalized chiropractic care focused on spinal alignment, nutritional counseling, and emotional trauma release. We combine advanced diagnostic tools like full-spine X-rays with gentle adjustment techniques to address pain, improve mobility, and enhance overall vitality. Our doctors bring decades of combined experience in spinal curve correction, pediatric care, and animal chiropractic, serving generations of families across the Bay Area.We emphasize patient education through complimentary spinal care classes and ergonomic assessments, empowering individuals to maintain their health beyond the clinic. With four licensed practitioners and two convenient locations, we continue expanding our legacy of compassionate, evidence-based care while upholding the highest standards of professional integrity.
Services
Chiropractic Care
Pediatric Adjustments
Animal Chiropractic
Nutritional Counseling
Emotional Trauma Release
Spinal X-Rays
Ergonomic Assessments
Prenatal Care
Soft Tissue Therapy
Rehabilitation Programs
Details
- Year established: 1988
Highlights and features
- We offer personalized spinal alignment plans tailored to individual health needs
- Our team includes AVCA-certified animal chiropractors and birth doulas
- We provide complimentary spinal care classes for long-term wellness education
- Our doctors have over 34 years of combined experience in spinal curve correction
- We use advanced diagnostic tools including full-spine X-rays and NET therapy
What people say
Excellent care
Life-changing results
Compassionate staff
Family-friendly services
Pain relief
Services
Chiropractic Care
Our comprehensive chiropractic care focuses on spinal alignment and nervous system health. Using techniques like Gonstead and Diversified manual adjusting, we correct spinal curvatures and joint misalignments to relieve pain and improve mobility. Patients benefit from improved nerve function, reduced inflammation, and enhanced overall wellness through personalized treatment plans that include postural correction and rehabilitative exercises.
Pediatric Adjustments
Gentle pediatric adjustments address developmental needs from infancy through adolescence. Our low-force techniques correct birth trauma, improve sleep quality, and support proper growth patterns. We help with colic, nursing difficulties, and behavioral issues while educating parents on maintaining spinal health during childhood development through age-appropriate exercises and posture guidance.
Animal Chiropractic
Certified animal chiropractic services address musculoskeletal issues in pets and performance animals. Our AVCA-certified practitioners use gentle adjustments to treat mobility issues, behavioral problems, and digestive concerns. This specialized care improves joint function, reduces pain, and enhances overall wellness for dogs, cats, and horses through non-invasive, drug-free treatment protocols.
Nutritional Counseling
Personalized nutritional counseling focuses on anti-inflammatory diets and lifestyle modifications. We develop customized meal plans to support spinal health, reduce systemic inflammation, and enhance treatment outcomes. Our approach combines clinical nutrition expertise with practical guidance on supplement selection and dietary adjustments to optimize overall wellness and recovery.
Emotional Trauma Release
Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) addresses stored emotional trauma affecting physical health. This mind-body approach identifies and resolves stress patterns impacting spinal alignment and nervous system function. Through muscle response testing and targeted interventions, we help patients release emotional blockages that contribute to chronic pain and physiological imbalances, promoting holistic healing.
People
Dr. Marisa Sum
Owner, Doctor of Chiropractic
A Bay Area native with a Doctorate in Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West, Dr. Sum specializes in spinal curve correction and prenatal care. She is a certified birth doula and radiography supervisor who has helped countless patients achieve pain relief and improved mobility through personalized treatment plans.
Dr. Cassie Stansberry
Doctor of Chiropractic
An AVCA-certified animal chiropractor with expertise in Quantum Spinal Mechanics and Neuro Emotional Technique. Dr. Stansberry combines her background in kinesiology with advanced chiropractic training to provide comprehensive care for human and animal patients across the Bay Area.
Dr. Stephen Sum
Founder, Doctor of Chiropractic
With over 34 years of experience since founding Eden Valley Chiropractic in 1988, Dr. Sum continues practicing as a Qualified Medical Examiner and radiography supervisor. His expertise in full-spine adjustments has benefited generations of Bay Area families through evidence-based chiropractic care.
Dr. Justin Mariano
Doctor of Chiropractic
A UC Berkeley public health graduate specializing in animal chiropractic care. Dr. Mariano travels throughout the Bay Area providing equine adjustments to improve performance and mobility, combining his expertise in human and animal spinal health for comprehensive wellness solutions.
Questions
What makes Kaname Chiropractic different from other clinics?
We combine advanced diagnostic tools with personalized treatment plans, offering specialized services like animal chiropractic and prenatal care. Our focus on long-term wellness education through complimentary classes sets us apart.
Do you treat pregnant women?
Yes, we specialize in prenatal chiropractic care to support pelvic alignment and nervous system function during pregnancy, helping reduce discomfort and potentially improve labor outcomes.
Can children receive treatment?
Absolutely. We provide gentle pediatric adjustments starting from infancy to address developmental needs, improve sleep quality, and support proper growth patterns through non-invasive techniques.
What conditions do you treat?
We address back pain, neck pain, headaches, pregnancy discomfort, and pediatric issues. Our holistic approach also helps with digestive problems, emotional trauma, and animal mobility concerns.
Is chiropractic care safe?
Yes, our low-force techniques and thorough patient screening ensure safe treatment. We use gentle adjustments tailored to each patient's needs, with minimal risk and proven effectiveness for various conditions.
