What does alternative medicine mean at this office?
Drug-free, non-surgical chiropractic care, plus the habit and nutrition conversations Dr. Levitt already uses. It does not mean untested remedies, and it does not mean you should avoid physicians.
Alternative Medicine
Non-surgical, non-opioid chiropractic care first, when the exam says that is safe. Not a rejection of medicine.
The label
Alternative, in this building, is a sequence
The word is doing too much work on the internet. Here it means Dr. Alan Levitt starts with hands-on chiropractic care and with habits, and he does not lead with drugs or an operation when the problem is mechanical. He has practiced since 1987. The Saint Louis Park office, 6200 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 201, Saint Louis Park, MN 55416, has been his location since 1999.
It does not mean secret cures, detox kits, or a request that you distrust your physician. The functional-medicine notes say the same thing in the other direction: complementary, not a replacement. If you want the sleep-and-nutrition interview spelled out, use functional medicine. Ask here if you want to know whether a non-operative start is even appropriate.
What you actually get
Four parts, all ordinary
Nothing on this list is a product line.
Hands-on structural care
Adjustments and soft-tissue work when the exam finds a joint or muscle problem. “Alternative” does not skip the exam.
Non-drug first, not anti-drug
The office prefers to start without opioids or surgery when the problem is mechanical. It does not ask you to abandon medicine or a prescription.
Habits you can actually keep
Sleep, walking, and the short exercise list. The unglamorous part is the part that changes a month, if anything does.
A referral when the story is medical
Infection, cancer treatment, a psychiatric crisis, and chest pain are not alternative-medicine cases. We collaborate with the clinician who owns those.
A reasonable fit
Mechanical pain, examined, then a non-operative option if it fits
Neck pain, back pain, joint pain, and headaches that start in the neck are the complaints that belong in a conversation about starting here. More detail is under neck, back, adjustments. Soft-tissue work and exercise are part of that world. So is laser or ice when the tissue is the issue. Those are services with their own explanations, not synonyms for “alternative.”
Digestion, allergies, and a long list of other symptoms are sometimes grouped with “natural” care as if adjustments, nutrition, and habits were one method for all of them. That is broader than we will claim. Digestion, allergies, and similar medical problems need the clinician who manages them. We can still look at the spine if you also have mechanical pain. We will not tell you the spine visit treated the other disease.
Stress-related muscle guarding is fair game because it shows up in the exam as muscle and joint stiffness. A mental-health crisis is not. Please use emergency or psychiatric care for that, and do not wait on a chiropractic opening.
The visit
Same clinical bar as the rest of the practice
Paperwork, history, exam, and a plan you can repeat. X-rays only if they would change the plan. You hear what we think is mechanical, what we are not willing to call mechanical, and which tool is actually on the table. If the answer is “see your physician first,” that is a complete visit.
Bring a medication list. We will not edit it. Bring prior records if the story is long. Wear clothes you can move in. Call 952-920-7535 or request a new-patient visit. There is no package and no price listed in advance.
Expectations stay modest. Some mechanical problems become more comfortable. Some do not, and the useful response is to change the plan or the clinician. “Natural” is a description of the tools. It is not evidence, and it is not a timeline. The first visit is still an exam, and the plan is only the care that exam supports.
A line we keep
Collaborate. Do not compete with your internist.
Most people who come here keep a primary clinician. That is the intended setup. If two offices are giving you opposite instructions about a drug or a surgery, ask them to talk, or pick the clinician whose license covers that decision. We will not quietly overrule a surgeon or a prescriber.
What a month of this approach can look like
Week one is the exam and, if it is safe, the first structural visit. You leave with one or two changes, not a new identity. Week two asks whether those changes were possible in a real schedule. If the exercise did not happen because it required a gym you do not have, the exercise was wrong. If the neck is worse, we do not congratulate you for “detoxing.” We retest.
Later weeks are allowed to get boring. Boring is a sign the plan fits. A plan that needs a new supplement, a new device, and a new explanation every visit is not more alternative. It is less accountable. We would rather repeat a small set that is changing the exam than refresh the menu.
Your physician’s month continues in parallel. Labs they ordered, drugs they manage, and referrals they made are not paused because you like the way a visit feels here. If our advice would collide with theirs, we stop and we sort it. Collision is a reason to talk, not a reason for you to pick the advice you prefer.
People sometimes ask for this kind of care because they are tired of being told to take something. Tired is understandable. It is not a diagnosis. If the exam is mechanical, we proceed. If the exam is not, we will disappoint you on purpose rather than invent a natural explanation for a medical problem.
Friends will offer remedies with more confidence than we will. A tea, a magnet, a cleanse, or a spine “reset” you saw in a video is not automatically part of care here because it is natural. If we do not use it, we will say we do not use it. You can still choose it on your own. You should not expect us to build the chart around it or to defend it to your physician. The work we will defend is the exam, the joint contact when it is indicated, and the small habit changes you agreed to try.
If you are comparing offices, compare the limits they will say out loud. An office that will not name a red flag, a referral, or a problem it does not treat is not more open-minded. It is less specific. Specific is the standard on the rest of these service pages, and it is the standard here too. Bring the name of any approach you want us to react to. A clear “we don’t do that” is more useful than a vague nod. You will still get the exam. The exam is the part that does not depend on the label you arrived with.
Questions
Questions about alternative medicine here
Definitions and limits. The tone is the same as the rest of the service pages.
How is this different from functional medicine?
Functional medicine is the wider history: sleep, food, and what you already take. Alternative medicine is the stance: try the non-operative, non-opioid options first when the exam supports them. Many visits use both ideas. They are not the same conversation twice.
Can this replace my medical treatment?
No. It can sit beside it. Do not stop a prescribed drug because you booked here. Emergency symptoms, cancer care, and mental-health crises stay with those clinicians.
Which complaints are a reasonable fit?
Mechanical pain in the neck, back, and joints, and people who want that pain approached without leading with medication or surgery. Headaches that the exam ties to the neck can be discussed. We do not promise results, and we do not treat the word “natural” as evidence.
Where do I book?
Call 952-920-7535 or use the new-patient form. The office is at 6200 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 201, Saint Louis Park, MN 55416. The first visit is an exam, the same standard as every other service.
The actual services
“Alternative” points at these pages
Book the service that matches the problem once you know which one it is.
- Functional medicineSleep, food, and medications you already take.
- AdjustmentsThe hands-on structural visit.
- ExerciseThe habit that is specific enough to repeat.
- Cold laserA non-drug option for some soft-tissue pain.
- Other conditionsA guide if you are not sure which pain you have.
- Meet Dr. LevittTraining and how he frames chemical, nutritional, and structural care.
Address
6200 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 201
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone
952-920-7535Hours
- Mon / Thu:8:30–11:30am · 2:30–5:30pm
- Tue / Fri:8:30am – 11:30am
- Wed:10:00am – 12:00pm
- Sat:By Appointment
- Sun:Closed