Doctor of Chiropractic, focused on educating the public about the importance of chiropractic care in
At Balanced Life Chiropractic in Manassas, VA, Dr. Jacqueline Merced provides safe, effective chiropractic care for newborns, kids, and adults. Specializing in pediatric, prenatal, and family wellness, we use gentle techniques to address colic, ear infections, pregnancy discomfort, and more. Our holistic approach promotes natural healing and optimal health.
04/20/2026
We are continuing our series of Bloom with Balanced Life Chiro, this week our easy tip is to stayed well nourished. An easy way to help with this is to add more nutrient dense foods into your diet, that means, leafy greens, vegetables and fruits into your diet every day and don't forget the water. Let me know below if this series is helping you on your wellness habits.
04/13/2026
🌞This week self care tip is to go outside and enjoy the sun. You can also set a goal of walking at least 15 min a day for 4 days a week, not only it will help get more Vitamin D, it will help your mood, your energy and your focus.
Try it this week and let me know how it goes.
Follow along each week for simple, feel‑good self‑care tips your whole family can use.
Join us all month long as we help Manassas families bloom into better health.
04/10/2026
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04/08/2026
A lot of times chiropractic care for kids is misunderstood. Chiropractic care for all the family is to help prevent any further conditions in the future by restoring the communication of your nervous system. Is as simple and the same time as complex as that.
Below are the most common conditions some parents seek chiropractic care for kids.
04/06/2026
Easy to follow self care tips - A good thing to do is start with something small you think you would achieve easy. Increase and measure water intake every day for the next 30 days and try to reach your daily goal consistently.
Follow along each week for simple, feel‑good self‑care tips your whole family can use.
Join us all month long as we help Manassas families bloom into better health.
04/05/2026
🌸Happy Easter from our little chiropractic family to yours. Wishing you a beautiful Sunday full of hope, healing, and fresh beginnings close to your loved ones. Remember that health is not only physical, is emotional and spiritual as well.
🌸 ¡Felices Pascuas! De nuestra pequeña familia quiropráctica a la suya. Les deseamos un hermoso domingo lleno de esperanza, sanación y nuevos comienzos, junto a sus seres queridos. Recuerden que la salud no es solo física, sino también emocional y espiritual.
This April, we’re celebrating growth—inside and out.
🌼Just like flowers need sunlight, water, and good soil… your body needs chiropractic care, movement, and mindful care to truly thrive.
Follow along each week for simple, feel‑good self‑care tips your whole family can use.
Join us all month long as we help Manassas families bloom into better health.
03/30/2026
We all need our bodies to be functioning to the best and that includes children as well. Signs that your baby or child needs to be evaluated for nerve interference can be, irritability, gets sick often, frequent ear infections, constipation, toe walking.
You can always message us if you have any questions.
03/25/2026
Chiropractic improves the function of your nervous system and when this happens your body starts healing we have better energy, less fatigue, can cope with stress better, immune system is better, and better digestion.
Always remember that your body has the ability to heal itself we just have to put it in the right conditions.
03/23/2026
Chiropractic care is easy to understand, basically when you get adjusted your nervous system starts reconnecting itself and it turns your body starts to heal, your body is functioning at its best and you feel at ease. When we haven't had chiropractic care or get adjusted, your body is disconnected, there is miscommunication, is not
functioning at its best and is on Dis-ease.
03/16/2026
Due to the potential threat from the storm today, we will be closed in the afternoon. We will be back tomorrow at normal hours. Feel free to contact us or call us tomorrow at 703-334-8597 for new Patients appointments.
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Dr. Jacqueline Merced is a family chiropractor in the North Virginia area. She cares for children, adults and pregnant women. Her mission is that the families achieve a better quality of life by maximizing the body’s natural ability to heal itself.
Dr. Jacqueline Merced graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in human biology. She acquired her degree of Doctor of Chiropractic from Life University in Marietta, Georgia in 2014. She is currently a member of the ICPA; an organization dedicated to educate the benefits of chiropractic care for pregnant women and children. Dr. Merced’s passion is to serve and educate the community about the importance of chiropractic care.
Dr. Merced has an additional certification in Pediatric Chiropractic and believes that chiropractic care should begin with infancy. Chiropractic adjustments for children are very gentle, safe and effective. Some of the benefits in chiropractic care for children include: improvement in colic, reflux, bed wetting, asthma, ADHA, ear ache, constipation and other common ailments.
Dr. Merced practices Webster’s Technique for pregnant women. This technique is safe and gentle and focuses on analyzing and correcting sacral subluxation for the purpose of restoring pelvic balance and nerve system function. This allows the mother’s body to perform optimally during the birthing process.
The chiropractic doctor emphasizes that the body has the capacity to heal itself and we do this by maximizing the body's function and well-being through the chiropractic adjustment. We understand that the relief of your symptoms is as important as your overall well-being. We help patients with low back pain, neck pain, migraines, constipation, asthma and more. We also take care of children and pregnant women. Chiropractic care has helped children with colic, ear infection, ADHD, asthma, reflux, constipation, and others. In pregnant women chiropractic care has been demonstrated to help with decrease labor time, decrease low back pain and neck pain. Chiropractic care focuses on improving your health without the use of medicine, drugs, or surgeries.
Dr. Jacqueline Merced has worked in North Virginia since 2014, working on Woodbridge, Gainesville and Old Town Manassas. Balanced Life Chiropractic was founded on November 2018 and is now currently accepting new patients.
Dr. Jacqueline Merced lives in Manassas with her son and husband.