Dr. Nancy Dearinger, DC received the Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the National University of Health Sciences in 1986, having previously studied psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
She opened a chiropractic clinic, originally called North LaSalle Health Care Center, in downtown Chicago in June 1987. The name was changed to Wellness Chicago Chiropractic Center in 1992.
Her areas of postgraduate study include nutrition, with emphasis on ketogenic eating, intermittent and longer term fasting, chronic fatigue management, injury prevention in the workplace, Integrative Manual Therapy ( IMT), and therapeutic taping.
In 2019, Dr. Dearinger completed 200 hours of training and qualified as a certified yoga teacher(RYT200). She is currently enrolled in the advanced yoga teacher training at Prairie Yoga Studio in Lisle, Illinois, where she is working towards RYT500.
Dr. Dearinger has extensive experience treating chronic workstation injuries, scoliosis, neck and upper back pain related to stress, and chronic headaches, as well as lower back pain, athletic injuries, digestive problems, and a host of other health issues. She works successfully with patients of all ages, from newborns to seniors in their eighties and nineties. Management of autonomic nervous system issues–best known as stress!–is a major part of her treatments.
Dr. Dearinger’s work is a hybrid of chiropractic manipulative therapy and other types of very low-force manual therapies with their origins in craniosacral and IMT. In this way, she is able to relax the muscles and other connective tissues, allowing the body to achieve alignment without the use of aggressive adjustments. More recently, her offerings include personalized therapeutic yoga instruction as well as ergonomic evaluation for everything from computer workstations to infant management to efficient use of exercise machines.