Innate Studio

Innate Studio Nervous system based, family wellness chiropractic care. Prenatal - Pregnancy - Babies - Kids - Families. Sale Vic
Dr. Deanna Dolbel

Holiday Hours 🎄We have limited hours but will be open over the holiday period. To book an appointment, follow the link i...
18/12/2025

Holiday Hours 🎄

We have limited hours but will be open over the holiday period.

To book an appointment, follow the link in the bio or text 0480569665.

🎄

18/12/2025

Every week looks so different! Here’s a little snapshot of what walked through the door this week!

This week the trend has been flare up’s of old injuries and acute pain. And it’s no surprise with increased stress and end of year tasks that need to get done.

During this crazy period, don’t forget to slow down and look after yourself!

You’re no good to anyone if you keep pushing 💥

Also a quick reminder of Christmas hours >> next week we’re open Monday 2-6pm and Tuesday 8am-12pm

There are super limited appointments so make sure you book in if you’re hoping for a pre Christmas adjustment! 💥🎄

7 Signs Your Nervous System Is Stuck in Sympathetic Dominance, that you may not know about. 👇🏻When your body spends too ...
11/12/2025

7 Signs Your Nervous System Is Stuck in Sympathetic Dominance, that you may not know about. 👇🏻

When your body spends too long in fight–flight mode, it stops prioritising healing, digestion, hormones and rest.

Here are seven common signs your nervous system might be asking for support:

1. Chronic Muscle Tension & Pain

Tight shoulders, a stiff neck, jaw clenching or an upper back that never truly relaxes.

Chronic sympathetic activation keeps fascia braced, like your body is preparing for impact.

2. Digestive Ups and Downs

Bloating, nausea, constipation or unpredictable digestion.

When you’re stressed, your body diverts energy away from digestion, leading to discomfort and sluggish gut function.

3. Chronic and Persistent Headaches

Tension headaches, migraines or a heavy, achy feeling at the base of the skull.

These often stem from tight fascia, jaw tension and stress-driven muscle holding.

4. Cold Hands + Feet

Stress shifts blood flow to your core, leaving your extremities feeling cold.

This is a classic sympathetic response, your body thinks it needs to be in protection mode.

5. Irritability + Reactivity

Small things feel big.

Noise, mess, interruptions or decisions can trigger quick frustration.

This isn’t a personality flaw, it’s a dysregulated nervous system running survival physiology.

6. Reproductive or Hormonal Changes

Irregular cycles, heightened PMS, low libido or fertility struggles.

When the body doesn’t feel safe, it down-regulates reproductive function to conserve energy.

7. Avoidance or Overworking

You may swing between “shutting down and avoiding” and “pushing harder than your body wants.”

Both are survival strategies when your system feels overwhelmed.

What you need to know 👇🏻

These signs aren’t random. They’re signals from a body that’s trying to protect you but getting stuck in overdrive.

With the right support (chiropractic care, nervous system work, breath, fascia release, movement and lifestyle shifts), your body can return to a state of ease, balance, and repair.

Of this rings true for you, head to the bio to book an appointment ✨ Or DM if you have any questions ❤️

5 Things I’d Tell You as a Chiropractor (If I Wasn’t Afraid of Hurting Your Feelings)💛 I care about you AND your health…...
08/12/2025

5 Things I’d Tell You as a Chiropractor (If I Wasn’t Afraid of Hurting Your Feelings)

💛 I care about you AND your health… so here are the honest things that matter 👇

🌿 1. I can’t fix you, your body heals itself.

I don’t “crack you back into place.” I help your nervous system work better so your body does the healing. You’re the hero, not me.

🌿 2. Showing up only when you’re in pain isn’t real care.

Pain is the last symptom to appear and the first to leave. If you wait for pain to return before you come back, you’re chasing symptoms, not changing your health.

🌿 3. Stress affects your spine more than lifting heavy stuff.

Your posture, muscles and digestion respond to your nervous system and modern life is overstimulating. We need to calm your system, not just stretch it.

🌿4. Your habits matter more than my adjustments.

No adjustment can undo endless sitting, poor sleep, dehydration and a nervous system stuck in “go mode.”

Small daily habits make the biggest difference.

🌿 5. Healing takes time, and that’s normal.

You didn’t get tight, tense or overwhelmed in one day, and you won’t unwind in one day either. Your body deserves patience, not pressure.

✨ Chiropractic isn’t about chasing pain…
It’s about supporting your body to function, regulate, and adapt better to life.

If that stings a little, it might be exactly what you needed to hear.

To book an appointment before Christmas, head to the bio and click the link ✨

Better movement, better regulation, better days. ✨Chiropractic care helps your whole family feel and function better ❤️T...
01/12/2025

Better movement, better regulation, better days. ✨

Chiropractic care helps your whole family feel and function better ❤️

To book an appointment, head to the bio 🌿

Pregnancy isn’t just “growing a baby.” It’s a complete rewiring of your body, hormones, posture, and nervous system. And...
26/11/2025

Pregnancy isn’t just “growing a baby.” It’s a complete rewiring of your body, hormones, posture, and nervous system.

And while society normalises pushing through discomfort, more women are choosing chiropractic care because they want to feel supported, aligned, and connected throughout the process.

Here’s why you might get chiropractic care during pregnancy👇

✨ 1. Your Body Is Shifting Faster Than You Realise

As relaxin softens ligaments and your centre of gravity changes, joints can become unstable. Chiropractic care helps create balance so your body can adapt without the unnecessary strain.

✨ 2. Your Nervous System Is the “Master Communicator”

The nervous system coordinates every change in pregnancy, digestion, sleep, pelvic opening, baby’s position, and hormonal shifts. Adjustments support better nervous system regulation so you feel calmer, safer, and more resilient.

✨ 3. It Helps Create More Space for Baby to Move

Balanced pelvic and sacral alignment can reduce tension in the uterine ligaments and surrounding tissues, supporting optimal baby positioning and more comfortable movement for both of you.

✨ 4. Comfort Matters (No, you don’t have to be uncomfortable)

Back pain, rib tension, round ligament pain, and pelvic pressure aren’t “just pregnancy things.” They’re signs your body is doing its best to adapt. Chiropractic helps restore balance so you can move, breathe, and sleep with less restriction.

✨ 5. Birth Is a Physiological Marathon

A well-aligned pelvis, regulated nervous system, and calm body can support a more efficient labour. It’s not about guaranteeing outcomes, it’s about preparing your foundation.

✨ 6. It Helps You Feel Connected to Your Body Again

So many women say chiropractic becomes the one place they can tune into their body, feel heard, and walk out lighter, both physically and emotionally.

Women don’t seek chiropractic care in pregnancy because they know their body deserves support during the most transformative season of their life.

🌿Your body is always trying to heal, you just need to give it the conditions.If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, ...
24/11/2025

🌿Your body is always trying to heal, you just need to give it the conditions.

If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, tense, dysregulated or disconnected… this is your sign.

You don’t have to do it alone.

It’s time to book your initial consultation. 🌿 Link in bio 🌿

🌿 Raising Kids Naturally Isn’t a Competition 🌿Somewhere along the way, “natural parenting” started to feel like a contes...
22/11/2025

🌿 Raising Kids Naturally Isn’t a Competition 🌿

Somewhere along the way, “natural parenting” started to feel like a contest, who can be the cleanest, most low-tox, calmest parent.

But that’s not what raising kids naturally is about. 🌿

It’s about raising nourished, resilient, well-adjusted, happy humans.

Kids who feel safe in their bodies, connected to their parents and supported by regulated nervous systems.

Natural parenting isn’t perfection.
🌿 Its presence.
🌿 Simple, real food.
🌿 Unstructured play.
🌿 Rhythms that ground the day.
🌿 Space for big feelings and co-regulation.
🌿 And space and time to simply be, to explore, imagine, rest and grow without constant hurry or pressure.

When our nervous system is regulated, our kids feel it.

That sense of safety is what builds resilience, confidence and emotional wellbeing.

Raising kids naturally isn’t about getting it “right.”
It’s about connection and that’s where the real magic is. ✨

15/11/2025

This came up in practice this week and I think it’s something so many parents will relate to… even if they don’t realise it.

A patient had been struggling with chronic headaches for months. They thought they were just “stressed,” “burnt out,” or “not coping well.” But as we started to actually address the underlying issue in their body, something unexpected happened:

They noticed they felt calmer. More patient. Less reactive.
They were interacting with their kids and their husband in a way they were proud of.
And only then did they realise something huge…

Their crankiness, short temper, and emotional overwhelm weren’t personality flaws.
They were symptoms of a body stuck in dysfunction and pain.

When your body is hurting, whether it’s headaches, neck tension, low back pain, hormonal stress, or a nervous system running in survival mode, it changes how you show up. Not because you’re a bad parent or a rude partner, but because your brain is prioritising coping, not connection.

Pain takes energy.
Stress takes bandwidth.
A nervous system under pressure reacts before it reflects.

Once we started relieving the physical stress, their emotional world shifted too. They had more capacity. More patience. More presence. They felt like themselves again.

So if you’ve been short, snappy, overwhelmed, or “not yourself,” please know this:

❤️ It might not be your fault.
❤️ It might be your body asking for help.
❤️ And you absolutely deserve to feel regulated, supported, and connected again.

This is one of the reasons I love working with people, not just to help them feel better physically, but to help them reclaim the way they show up in their lives and their relationships.

If you’re feeling this way and your body has been whispering (or shouting) at you…
You don’t have to keep pushing through it.

Your calm is closer than you think.
And your family feels the difference, too.

To book an appointment head to the link in bio ❤️

✨“Wait… do you adjust adults too?”✨You’d be surprised how often I get asked this question, and every time, it makes me s...
12/11/2025

✨“Wait… do you adjust adults too?”✨

You’d be surprised how often I get asked this question, and every time, it makes me smile (and laugh just a little)!

Yes, absolutely! I see adults in practice every single day.

While I love caring for kids and supporting pregnancy (it’s such a beautiful part of what I do), my work extends far beyond that. Many of the parents who bring their little ones in eventually hop on the table themselves, because they realise their bodies deserve that same level of care, too.

Adults come to see me for a whole range of reasons, including:
🌿 Neck and shoulder pain
🌿 Headaches or migraines
🌿 Low back discomfort
🌿 Fertility and hormonal health support
🌿 General wellness and nervous system balance

Chiropractic care isn’t just about pain, it’s about helping your body function better, adapt to stress, and feel more connected and at ease.

So yes, babies, kids, pregnancy, and adults are all part of the beautiful mix of people I get to serve every week.

Your whole family deserves to feel their best. đź’«

🌿 Have you ever noticed how your child’s body and emotions are so closely linked?How when they’re overtired, overwhelmed...
04/11/2025

🌿 Have you ever noticed how your child’s body and emotions are so closely linked?

How when they’re overtired, overwhelmed, or have had a big day, their little bodies just can’t seem to “switch off”?

That’s the nervous system at work.

Your child’s nervous system is the master communication network, it’s how their brain and body stay connected, grow, and adapt to the world around them. Every movement, milestone, emotion, and even immune response is coordinated through it.

But sometimes, this system becomes overwhelmed.

Birth stress, falls, illness, emotional tension, or overstimulation can shift your child’s body into a constant fight-or-flight state.

When that happens, you might see signs like:
⚡ Trouble winding down or sleeping
⚡ Sensory sensitivities or emotional outbursts
⚡ Constipation or tummy troubles
⚡ Poor coordination or clumsiness
⚡ Recurring ear infections or immune challenges

Chiropractic care gently supports your child’s nervous system to return to balance, helping the body feel safe, connected, and ready to grow and thrive.

When the nervous system is calm and connected, kids can too. 🥳

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Sale, VIC
3850

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Tuesday 8am - 12am
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