Sport and Wellness Chiropractic

01/27/2025

On-time appointments

No ridiculous contracts

The vast majority of my patients are at 85% or better after 2 visits

05/08/2024

https://www.sportandwellnesschiropractic.com/i-asked-my.../

I had an idea....ask an MBA group to see how my office is doing. Do my patients like me? Are they happy with my service? What can I do better?

60% of my new patients are referred by current or previous patients of mine. 50% of new patients had needlessly been in pain for over 6 months

04/18/2024

Chiropractors get a bad reputation for wanting to see patients for days, weeks, and months on end. In my opinion this is what keeps people from even trying it. Many of us do NOT do this, and a patient's reaction can sometimes be funny when I tell them I don't want to see them -- they expected to hear the opposite.

The vast majority of my patients experience significant relief on the first visit. 75% of my new patients are from referrals -- come see why!

04/03/2024

As a sponsor of this event, I encourage any women interested to click the link and sign up for the class this Sunday, April 7th. Class space is limited so don't wait. The cost is only $25 and is from 9-5.

The goal of this class is to offer affordable, comprehensive education and self-defense training to the women of the greater Knoxville area, empowering them This class will include: - Insights from local law enforcement - Hands-on self-defense training with female and male instructors - Educati...

02/15/2024

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One of the biggest issues I see in my office is lack of flexibility. “Fitness” can be broken down into just a few attributes: cardio, strength, and flexibility are biggies! Without getting in to the nutrition side of the equation, most Americans focus on strength and cardio and completely forego a stretching regime. Additionally, for most, stretching will mean throwing a leg up on a bench and stretching for about 10 seconds, which is completely inadequate….it does nothing that lasts. Click on the link above to read more about this.

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02/09/2024

Can you spot the new addition to The Wall?

02/06/2024

Why don’t I accept insurance?

Let me boil it down.

1. Insurance companies pay the provider less for the privilege of doing business with them. The assumption is the doctor will get more patients who are “in-network.”
2. Because insurance pays less, the provider needs to see more patients in the same amount of time.
3. With more patients to see you spend less and less time with the doctor.
4. This results in patients waiting to see the doctor because 3 or 4 other people were scheduled the same time as you. So you wait in the big room, then wait in the little room, then get treated as fast as possible.
5. Many chiropractors have this model and will have a huge room with multiple treatment tables, with no privacy, where they go from table to table doing quick adjustments.
6. Because of the need to work fast they rely on “therapies,” which are generally done by assistants and the interaction with the chiropractor is brief.
7. This model requires a larger staff who have to be paid….and therefore require a lot of patients….and the cycle continues.

By NOT taking insurance, here is my model.

I see my patients ON TIME because I don’t have to overload my schedule to make up for lower payments from the insurance companies.

I spend more time with them, in private treatment rooms, and they get better, faster than in offices that require 3-5 visits per week. My prices are about what most co-pays are for insurance (sometimes even less).

The vast majority of my patients have insurance they could use elsewhere, but those who have tried that realized they actually ended up spending more money because those offices wanted to see them more.

I’m a smaller office but I get results. See an ad for discounted services? Ask yourself why they’re doing that…

Dr. John is a chiropractic physician in Knoxville, TN who specializes in family practice, sports injuries, and rehabilitation.

01/30/2024

Last week a new patient came in after she went to another area chiropractor. She was skeptical, annoyed, and was "trying one last time." She had been to an area chiropractic office that claimed she needed to start with a $7,000 care plan that would treat her neck and low back pain. BUT, if she signed up that day they'd reduce it to $5,000 and put her on a payment plan of $500/month. Their treatments actually made her pains worse and a friend told her about me.

I saw her twice and don't expect to see her again for at least a month. She left with no pain and her faith (mostly) restored in chiropractic care.

I've heard this story WAY too often and apologize for the bad actors far too much. 90% of neck and low back pain can be treated safely and easily, especially if it is relatively new.

The vast majority of my patients experience significant decrease in pain and increase in function with just one treatment. Think twice if you are talking about care plans and expense before you even get treated.

Dr. John is a chiropractic physician in Knoxville, TN who specializes in family practice, sports injuries, and rehabilitation.

11/01/2023

Well, the cat is now out of the bag and I can say, I won CityView's "Best Chiropractor 2023" this year! I actually told patients not to bother voting for me as I only see less than 100 patients/week. So to say I was stunned but proud to win this award is an understatement.

To all those who voted for me, I don't take this honor lightly and will continue to treat all patients like family, doing my best to help fix them in as few visits as possible. Thank you SO much!

This is also testament to what patient-centric care is about rather than insurance-driven. I don't take insurance, which allows me to spend more time with patients, do what needs to be done, free from insurance companies dictating what care I can and can't do.

Thank you, Knoxville!

John Dandelski

10/20/2022

If you are thinking about going to a chiropractor you'll see a lot of ads out there advertising FREE or highly discounted first visits. It might seem like a deal, but ask yourself, why are they doing that? Here is the answer. They hope that by drawing you in for free or by "offering a limited number of discounted visits" they will make their money by getting you to come in as much as your insurance will allow.

I don't do that. I don't plan on seeing you 30-60 times this year. I don't make you sign some type of contract! I DON'T WANT to see you 4 times a week for a month.

My goal is to fix you in as few visits as possible and give control back to you. My first visit is only $79 everyday and you should be significantly better in one or two visits. The vast majority of my patients feel we made significant progress in just one visit.