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Dr. Joseph Gulyas takes a holistic approach to care at Northeast Spine and Wellness.
Copyright Marisa Wiedl Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Susan Elise Campbell<\/p>\n

Because he takes a non-surgical, non-drug, holistic approach to wellness, Dr. Joseph Gulyas of Northeast Spine and Wellness said he dismisses the one-pill-fits-all approach of traditional medicine. Rather, he looks at each patient as they truly are: a unique individual with any combination of physiological, nutritional, lifestyle, and other issues that bear on health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t just follow the old fashioned way of going to the doctor, prescribing a pill, and being told to come back in six months,\u201d said the New York licensed doctor of chiropractic who has served the Capital District for more than 35 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While some pains and complaints may be easy to diagnose, such as spinal misalignment due to a fall, Dr. Joe, as he is known by patients, said \u201cthe stuff underneath the iceberg can sink the boat.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Joe was born in New Jersey but his professional training and career was \u201ceverything Saratoga,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Summers he worked at SPAC and at the race track. He was an aide in the ER, worked at a massage school, and was an EMT. He got his undergraduate education at Skidmore College and is a 1987 graduate of New York Chiropractic College.<\/p>\n

His diverse experience and training informed the process Dr. Joe built for examining those icy layers below the patient\u2019s surface and customizing a plan to help get ship-shape.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe follow a doctrine of doing a thorough case history and examination, as every practitioner should do, and a structural evaluation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike a car, if you hit a pothole it may shimmy to the left or to the right,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we look at\u00a0 <\/span>alignment first and then metabolic factors, such as a rash, that may be present.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>Everything is related to the spine, he said, so in his role as chiropractor with a holistic point of view, Dr. Joe takes the time to examine the connections between the structure and the chemistry of the body.<\/p>\n

Next he digs into diet and supplementation, plus lifestyle factors such as exercise and sleep habits that can manifest in different ways. Dr. Joe said health care today is beset by environmental complications, such as the quality of food, the air, and water.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople die daily from malnutrition and the CDC has admitted is has to get a handle on the problem,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople are eating but the food isn\u2019t real. It has little nutritional content.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the CDC estimates at least 60 percent of chronic illness could be solved with good nutrition.<\/p>\n

Dietary counseling has been part of his practice from the beginning, and Dr. Joe conducts free nutrition seminars on average six times a year. He has an account with the supplement manufacturer Standard Process, which is a family owned company that relies on practitioners like Dr. Joe to pair the right nutritional supplements with the patient\u2019s health needs.<\/p>\n

And then there is stress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe body is always talking to you, but we just don\u2019t listen,\u201d he said. \u201cThen someday we may be forced to deal with an illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Joe said he encourages patients to pay attention to their lifestyle choices and visit him on a regular basis, not once a year like a typical medical appointment. But many people resist that, thinking that if they go to their chiropractor once they will be cured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be a miracle,\u201d said Dr. Joe. \u201cIf you don\u2019t take the time, you\u2019ll never know when you get your health to the top, so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

A wellness plan may include chiropractic adjustment, acupressure, massage, laser therapy, decompression traction, and other techniques that address the whole patient, not just the symptoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatients get better because we adjust the spine and feed the body with the correct nutrition through supplementation and diet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The main goal at Northeast Spine and Wellness is avoiding drugs of any kind. Dr. Joe said back pain is a five billion dollar industry and pain medications are readily available. With many people on multiple prescriptions, they are more likely to suffer serious side effects like liver disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedical physicians are not experts on longevity,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir average lifespan is about 63 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The challenge of a wellness business is running the back office, \u201csomething you don\u2019t learn in chiropractic college or medical school,\u201d he said. All but a small percentage of chiropractors are in business for themselves with a small staff to schedule patients and do the accounting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTo be in this field you have to be willing to serve people and get good people to help you,\u201d Dr. Joe said. \u201cYou are making an investment in yourself, not to get rich.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northeast Spine and Wellness is located at 306b Grooms Road in Clifton Park. Visit welladjustedforlife.com for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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