Salt Lake County's Top-rated Chiropractor for Neck Pain
Written by Dr. Steven Chalk, DC and Dr. Dustin Creer, DC · Freedom Integrated Medicine, South Jordan, UT · Last updated October 2026
Freedom Integrated Medicine is the top-rated chiropractor for neck pain serving South Jordan, Draper, and the surrounding Salt Lake County area, with more than 300 five-star Google reviews. We treat neck pain that comes from poor posture, desk work, sleeping wrong, arthritis, pinched nerves, old injuries, and car accidents, and we do it without medication and without surgery. A neck adjustment from a licensed chiropractor can reduce pain, restore range of motion, and take pressure off irritated nerves. Every new patient starts with our $49 New Patient Special, which includes a one-on-one consultation with a doctor, a full exam, and X-rays so we find the real cause of your neck pain before we treat anything. Our doctors are licensed, our approach is diagnostic first, and our clinic sits right off Daybreak Parkway in South Jordan, a short drive from Draper, Riverton, Herriman, Sandy, and West Jordan.
Can a Chiropractor Help With Your Neck Pain?
Absolutely. Our chiropractors can help with most kinds of neck pain, and for many people it is the treatment that finally works. A neck pain chiropractor uses careful, targeted adjustments to restore movement to stiff joints, ease muscle tension, and take pressure off nerves that are being pinched or irritated. That is the root of what makes neck pain so miserable, and it is exactly what we treat every week in our South Jordan clinic.
If you are reading this, you have probably had a sore, stiff, aching neck for longer than you want to admit. Maybe it started after a rough night of sleep, maybe it crept in from years at a desk, maybe it goes back to a car accident that never fully healed.
We want you to know there is a clear path forward. We see necks like yours constantly, and we have helped hundreds of people across the Salt Lake Valley get their movement and their sleep back.
What a Chiropractor Neck Adjustment Actually Does
A neck adjustment, sometimes called a cervical adjustment, is a precise, controlled movement a chiropractor applies to a specific joint in your neck to restore its normal motion. Your neck is a stack of seven small vertebrae with joints, discs, muscles, and nerves threaded through a very tight space. When one of those joints stops moving the way it should, the muscles around it tighten, the nearby nerves get irritated, and you feel stiffness, aching, headaches, or pain that travels into your shoulder or arm. The adjustment gently frees that stuck joint so the whole area can settle down again.
That popping sound people ask about is not bone cracking. It is a small release of gas from inside the joint as the pressure changes, the same harmless pop you hear when you stretch your knuckles. What matters is what happens underneath it, because restoring motion to the joint lets the muscles relax, improves blood flow, and eases the nerve irritation causing your symptoms. The Cleveland Clinic notes that a chiropractic adjustment reduces pain and improves range of motion in the spine and other joints, and is especially useful for neck injuries like whiplash.
A pain pill quiets the signal for a few hours, while restoring the mechanics of your neck changes why the signal was firing in the first place. A large clinical review published through the National Institutes of Health found that spinal manipulation, the main treatment chiropractors use, is an effective conservative option for neck pain.
Who Neck Adjustments Help, and Who They May Not Be Right For
The person we most often help is someone in their forties to eighties who has lived with a stiff, aching neck for weeks, months or longer, has tried the usual medication and rest, and is worried the next step is something drastic. Some come in barely able to check a blind spot while driving, some have pain shooting into an arm from a pinched nerve, and some just want the constant neck stiffness gone so they can sleep through the night. Most respond well once we find the specific joints causing the trouble and treat them directly.
Neck adjustments are safe for the large majority of patients. There are situations where an adjustment is not the right first move, including certain kinds of bone loss, some vascular conditions, active infections, or an unstable injury. That is why we take X-rays and do a full exam before we touch your neck. If we find something that means a standard adjustment is not right for you, we tell you plainly and use gentler techniques or point you toward the right kind of care.
For necks that need more than adjustments alone, we have other tools under the same roof. Nerve irritation and disc pressure often respond well to spinal decompression therapy, and we add cold laser therapy and rehabilitation when the soft tissue needs attention too.
What Your Experience Will Be Like
The first call
When you call, you reach our friendly front desk staff, who will get you scheduled for the $49 New Patient Special and answer your questions without any pressure. Patients drive to us from Draper, Daybreak, Riverton, Herriman, Sandy, and West Jordan, and parking is easy right outside the door.
Your first visit and exam
Your first visit is where we earn the right to treat you. You sit down one-on-one with a doctor and tell us your story, when the neck pain started, what makes it worse, whether it travels into your shoulder or arm, and what you have already tried. Then we do a full physical exam, checking how your neck moves, where it is restricted, and how the nerves are responding, and we take X-rays because we do not guess. We want to see the actual joints, spacing, and alignment before we form any opinion about how to treat it.
Your report of findings
We then show you exactly what we found and what is causing your neck pain, in plain language, using the actual images, and lay out a personalized plan. We only recommend treatment we genuinely believe will help you, and when we do not think we are the right fit, we say so and point you in a better direction. You will understand the plan before you decide anything.
Treatment and progress
Treatment sessions are quick and comfortable. A neck adjustment itself takes moments, and most people feel some looseness and relief right away, sometimes with mild soreness for a day, the way you might feel after finally stretching something that had been tight for years. Neck pain that built up over a long time usually eases in stages over a few weeks of consistent care, and we track your progress the whole way.
Why Patients Choose Freedom Integrated Medicine
We are one of the few medical and pain management clinics in Utah built around integrative and regenerative care, and that is what patients notice first about how we treat necks. Stem cell and PRP injections, chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression, and cold laser therapy all live under one roof here, which means we can combine them into a single plan that heals the tissue at a deep and lasting level. Most patients arriving with neck pain have already been handed a prescription, a cortisone shot, or a surgical consult. We look for what is actually driving the pain, whether that is a degenerating disc, an irritated nerve, or joints that stopped moving the way they should, and we treat that directly. Our goal is to get you working, playing, sleeping, and turning your head freely again without surgery and without medication.
That approach is why we have become the top-rated and most trusted regenerative medicine clinic in Salt Lake County, with more than 300 five-star Google reviews and thousands of patients treated. Dr. Steven Chalk has performed over 75,000 adjustments and wrote a book on degenerative spinal and nerve conditions. Dr. Alec Laracuente trained in pain management before moving into regenerative medicine and leads that side of our practice. Both of our doctors are bilingual, so we treat and explain everything just as clearly in Spanish as we do in English, which matters a great deal when you are making decisions about your own care.
What Our Patients Say
We could describe what neck relief looks like here, but our patients say it better.
Is Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain Worth the Investment?
Here is the honest way we think about cost. If your neck pain is keeping you from sleeping, driving comfortably, working, or picking up a grandchild, the real question is what it is worth to get those things back. Neck adjustments are one of the more affordable ways to treat neck pain compared to years of medication, injections, or surgery, and they treat the cause rather than renting you a few hours of relief at a time.
Every new patient starts with our $49 New Patient Special, which includes a one-on-one consultation with a doctor, a full exam, and X-rays, and exists so nobody invests a dollar in treatment before we know the root cause. At your report of findings we lay out the exact plan and what it costs, with everything explained before you decide anything. Plans vary because necks vary, and we would rather show you a real plan built for your neck than quote you a number that means nothing. There is never any pressure, only a clear picture of what it will take to get you better.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a chiropractor help with neck pain?
Yes, a chiropractor can help with most types of neck pain, and for many people it works after medication and rest have not. A neck pain chiropractor restores motion to stiff joints, relaxes tight muscles, and relieves pressure on irritated nerves, which addresses the actual cause of the pain. We treat neck pain from posture, desk work, arthritis, pinched nerves, and old injuries every week in South Jordan.
Why do chiropractors crack your neck?
Chiropractors adjust your neck to restore movement to a joint that has become stuck, which relieves pain and muscle tension. The goal is never the sound. It is freeing a specific joint so the surrounding muscles can relax and the irritated nerves can settle. The pop is just gas releasing inside the joint as pressure changes, similar to cracking your knuckles.
Can chiropractors help with a pinched nerve in the neck?
Yes, treating a pinched nerve in the neck is one of the most common reasons people come to us. A pinched nerve happens when a joint or disc presses on the nerve, causing pain, numbness, or tingling into the shoulder, arm, or hand. Adjustments, and often decompression, relieve that pressure so the symptoms fade.
What happens when a chiropractor cracks your neck?
A quick, controlled movement frees a stuck joint, and you feel looseness and relief, sometimes with mild soreness for a day. Restoring motion lets tight muscles relax and eases nerve irritation, and many people feel improvement almost immediately.
Can a chiropractor help with neck pain from sleeping funny?
Yes, waking up with a locked, painful neck is often a single jammed joint that a chiropractor can free. Sleeping in an awkward position can restrict a neck joint overnight and leave you with sharp neck stiffness you cannot turn out of. A targeted adjustment restores that motion, and most people feel relief quickly.
Can a chiropractor fix neck pain from sitting all day?
Yes, neck pain from desk work is one of the problems we treat most often. Sitting for hours pulls your head forward and locks up the joints at the base of your neck. A neck chiropractor restores that motion, and we pair adjustments with simple guidance so the pain does not keep coming back.
Is it safe for a chiropractor to crack your neck?
Yes, a neck adjustment from a licensed chiropractor is safe for the large majority of patients. The Cleveland Clinic advises that only a licensed, professional chiropractor should perform adjustments, which is exactly what we are. We take X-rays and do a full exam first so we know a standard adjustment is right for your neck before we ever perform one.
How long does it take a chiropractor to fix neck pain?
Many people feel some relief after the first adjustment, and neck pain that built up over years usually improves in stages over several weeks of consistent care. Recent, minor neck pain can resolve quickly, while longstanding or nerve-related pain takes a series of visits, and we track your progress at every step rather than promising a fixed timeline.
Can chiropractic care help neck pain from an old injury?
Yes, old injuries like whiplash from a past car accident often leave the neck restricted for years, and that responds well to chiropractic care. The joints stay stuck long after the injury heals, keeping the muscles tight and the nerves irritated. Restoring that lost motion frequently relieves pain people assumed was permanent.
Can chiropractic care help if nothing else has worked?
Yes, many of our neck patients come to us after medication, physical therapy, and other clinics did not solve the problem. Often the reason nothing worked is that no one identified the specific joint or nerve causing the pain, and our full exam and X-rays are built to find exactly that.
Does health insurance cover chiropractic care for neck pain?
Coverage depends on your specific plan, so the best way to get a clear answer is to call our friendly front desk staff. Every new patient starts with the $49 New Patient Special, which includes the consultation, full exam, and X-rays, so you know your root cause and your options up front. We will walk you through the plan and the investment at your report of findings before you commit to anything.
What makes a good chiropractor for neck pain treatment?
A good neck pain chiropractor diagnoses the real cause before treating, is licensed and experienced, and builds a plan around your specific neck. Look for a diagnostic-first approach, real credentials, and honest communication about what they can and cannot help. Our doctors examine and image every neck first, and Dr. Chalk alone has performed more than 75,000 adjustments.
Who is the best chiropractor clinic for neck pain in Salt Lake County?
Freedom Integrated Medicine in South Jordan is the top-rated chiropractor for neck pain serving South Jordan, Draper, and the surrounding Salt Lake County area, with more than 300 five-star Google reviews. Its trusted and licensed doctors have helped hundreds of patients heal neck pain with advanced regenerative medicine.
How do I get started with a chiropractor for neck pain?
Call us at (801) 571-1338 or book online, and start with the $49 New Patient Special. That first visit includes your consultation, full exam, and X-rays, so we find the real cause of your neck pain before recommending any treatment.
Come See Us
Our clinic sits right off Daybreak Parkway in South Jordan, an easy drive for patients from Draper, Daybreak, Riverton, Herriman, Sandy, West Jordan, and across Salt Lake County. Parking is simple and our friendly front desk staff will make scheduling easy. If your neck has been stiff, aching, or sending pain down your arm, and you are tired of waiting for it to fix itself, we would be glad to find out exactly what is going on and show you the way back to moving and sleeping without pain.
When you are ready, the $49 New Patient Special is the place to start.
Freedom Integrated Medicine
4775 W. Daybreak Parkway, STE 102, South Jordan, UT 84009
Phone: (801) 571-1338
Hours:
Monday to Wednesday: 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Friday: 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Meet The Doctors
About Your Doctors
Dr. Steven Chalk, DC
Dr. Steven Chalk, DC founded Freedom Integrated Medicine after a bulged disc in his own twenties showed him what it feels like to be told to just live with it. He holds a Bachelor's in Exercise Science from BYU and a Doctorate in Chiropractic from Parker University, has performed more than 75,000 adjustments, and is the author of "The Future of Healing," a book on neuropathy and degenerative knee conditions. Dr. Chalk treats patients in English and Spanish.
Dr. Alec Laracuente, NMD, PhD
Dr. Alec Laracuente, NMD, PhD is a licensed Naturopathic Medical Doctor with a PhD in Integrative Medicine and a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from the University of Turabo, Puerto Rico. He completed a Family Practice and Pain Management Residency at the Institute of Pain Care of the Caribbean and leads our regenerative medicine program for spinal conditions, knee pain, and neuropathy. He treats patients in English and Spanish. After Hurricane Maria, he was recruited by the Department of Homeland Security to help with the Puerto Rico recovery for three years.
Dr. Dustin Creer, DC
Dr. Dustin Creer, DC, MS Sports Medicine earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic and Master's of Sports Medicine from the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon, after an undergraduate degree in Sports and Exercise Science from Utah Valley University. He has trained across multiple chiropractic disciplines and worked with athletes at every level, from youth and amateur to professional and Olympic, and he favors holistic, gentle techniques tailored to each patient. Over his career he has performed well over 100,000 adjustments.