Primitive Health Chiropractic and Wellness Center, LLC

10/25/2025

✨I Want the Same for My Patients as I Do for My Kids✨

When it comes to chiropractic care, my heart and my hands work the same way for every person and child who walks (or is carried ☺️) through my door as they do for my own kiddos. 💛

I want my patients to experience the same calm, connected, thriving nervous system that I want for my children. I want their bodies to adapt with ease, to grow strong, to sleep well, and to feel good from the inside out. ✨

Whether it’s a newborn finding balance after birth, a child hitting new milestones, or a parent trying to show up fully for their family—my goal is always the same: help the body function the way it was designed to. 🧠

Because in my practice, I don’t just see patients… I see families, futures, and the potential for lifelong health. 🌿

10/24/2025

🌿 Breastfeeding + The Nervous System 🌿

Breastfeeding is beautiful, but it’s not always easy. Sometimes it’s more than just a latch issue — it can be a nervous system issue.

Your baby’s ability to nurse comfortably depends on how well their nervous system is communicating with their body.
Tension or imbalance in the spine (especially around the neck, jaw, and upper back) can affect things like:
✨ Latch and suck coordination
✨ Head turning preference
✨ Gassiness or reflux
✨ Comfort and calmness during feeds

Gentle, nervous system–focused chiropractic adjustments help release areas of tension and improve communication between your baby’s brain and body — supporting better feeding, digestion, and overall comfort.

When the nervous system is calm and connected, feeding becomes easier for both baby and mama. 💕

10/21/2025

✨✨ Meet Melissa!! ✨✨

Melissa Reilly is the welcoming smile that greets every patient at Primitive Health Chiropractic. As the office manager, she helps ensure the practice runs smoothly while creating a calm, inviting atmosphere for all who visit.

Melissa’s passion for holistic wellness runs deep. With over 15 years of experience in the health and wellness field, she integrates her training as a Craniosacral Therapist, Reflexologist, and Integrative Health Practitioner to help clients find balance and healing from the inside out. Her gentle craniosacral sessions support the nervous system, encouraging the body’s natural ability to release tension and restore harmony. Through reflexology, she promotes relaxation, improved circulation, and whole-body rejuvenation. As an integrative health practitioner, Melissa also helps clients uncover the root causes of imbalance, empowering them with personalized lifestyle and nutrition strategies to support long-term wellness.

Born and raised in Wauconda, Illinois, Melissa has called Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin home for over 20 years. Outside of the office, she enjoys spending time outdoors, relaxing with friends and family, and cherishing time with her two grown children and her grandchild.

For Melissa, wellness is more than a profession—it’s a way of life. Her mission is to help others discover their body’s innate ability to heal, live with more vitality, and feel their absolute best through a natural, holistic approach.

10/18/2025

This is pediatric chiropractic…not what you think or have been shown by others. It’s becoming popular for social media influencers to try and score likes, comments, or shares by rage-baiting about chiropractic. They’ll find a random chiropractor with no pediatric training posting inflammatory videos to incite the same type of engagement for their own wannabe social media presence, and use it to denounce all of chiropractic. We’re tired of the bad faith discussions around this profession. Chiropractic is not about cracking a spine, and it’s not about pain relief, either. Chiropractic is about the relationship between the spine and nervous system. If the trauma we experience from the pushing/pulling on our neck during birth, to the accumulation of physical/chemical/emotional stress throughout life causes misalignment/restrictions in the spine it will create adverse tension within the nervous system and interfere with how our body can regulate and coordinate function, making our body less capable of adapting to the changes we experience every day. Does this contribute to pain? Sure. Does it contribute to the most common issues we see in children like breastfeeding, colic, torticollis, reflux, etc? Absolutely. But it also make it harder for us to go about life expressing health at our fullest potential. This week a mom shared with us that since starting care for her 4 year old she noticed she’s sleeping better, less emotionally volatile, and overall happier. Of course she is! Our bodies work better well-adjusted…and it’s gentle, safe, and effective for all ages!
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10/17/2025

For those of you that are new to this page:

✨ Meet Dr. Megan Kussmaul, DC, RYT 200✨

Dr. Megan is a family, prenatal, and pediatric focused Chiropractor with a passion for helping families thrive from bump to baby and beyond. At Primitive Health Chiropractic, she focuses on nervous system-centered care—supporting the body’s natural ability to adapt, heal, and develop optimally. 👏

Whether she’s helping a mama find balance and comfort during pregnancy, checking a newborn after birth, or keeping busy kids aligned through all of life’s adventures, Dr. Megan’s gentle and specific approach helps each human (big or small) function and perform at their best. 🤗

Her care combines chiropractic adjustments, ligament and soft tissue work (like the Webster technique), and movement-based education to support better balance, mobility, and nervous system regulation. 🏃‍♀️

When she’s not in the office, you can usually find her spending time with her family, cheering on her 2 kiddos at their sporting or school events, or soaking up all the sunshine she can get on the river or in the garden! 🌿💛

If you’d like to find out more about what it is that Dr. Megan has to offer you or your family, give us a call at 563-873-5422 or visit our website at https://www.primitivehealthchiro.com! ♥️

10/16/2025

Perfect Fall day for a 🔥 sauna session!!

Visit https://primitivehealthchiro.janeapp.com to book yours!! 🤗

10/15/2025

The leaves are really turning on the bluffs in Marquette!! 🍁

If you are coming over for an appointment, make sure to take in all of the beauty! 🧡❤️💛

10/10/2025

Did you know that protein is so vital for fertility and fetal development? If you are depleted in protein when you conceive, it is almost impossible to build it up to the appropriate levels that you need in the prenatal period! This may also be a contributing factor to preeclampsia and why healthy nutrition matters so much in the family planning stage! 🥩🤔

10/10/2025

🌿 The Webster Technique — More Than Just the Pelvis 🌿

When people hear about the Webster Technique and chiropractic, they often think it’s just about “aligning the pelvis” during pregnancy — but it’s so much more than that! 👏

This specialized chiropractic analysis and adjustment focuses on balancing the pelvis and the surrounding soft tissues, including key ligaments that support your uterus and growing baby. 🤍

One of the ligaments we often work with is the sacrotuberous ligament — it connects your sacrum (tailbone area) to your pelvis and plays a big role in pelvic stability and motion.✨

When this ligament is tense or restricted, it can create imbalance or tension in the surrounding structures, potentially impacting how the baby and pelvis work together. 🤔

Through gentle, specific adjustments and soft tissue work, the Webster Technique helps create more space, balance, and ease — supporting your comfort, mobility, and your baby’s best possible position. 🙏

Your body is brilliantly designed — sometimes it just needs a little help finding balance again. 💛

10/05/2025

If you know me even a little bit, you know about the love and admiration that I have for this woman! ♥️♥️

So grateful to her, not only for the care of myself and my kiddos, but for her support and trust to refer to me for so many children and women in the motherhood transition! 🙏

Thank you for all you do, Terri Payne!! This community is SO very lucky and blessed to have you!! I know that I sure am!✨

It’s National Midwifery Week! Please join us in honoring our Certified Nurse Midwife - Terri Payne. Terri believes that pregnancy and birth are natural life events that should take the woman’s preferences into consideration. In addition to pre- and post-natal care, she provides a safe, woman-centered, empowering approach to care delivery to women.
Our team is passionate about women's health and shared decision-making during the most important moments in life. This week and every week, we are thankful for everything they do for our patients.

Learn more about Obstetrics and Midwifery Care at https://www.crossingrivers.org/ob/

10/03/2025

“The chiropractic adjustment is a gift from your soul to theirs!” ♥️
Tim Young, DC