
Welcome to San Diego Integrative Spine Center!
Integrative Chiropractic Care
Living with constant discomfort affects everything you do, from your job to time with family. When back pain or neck pain prevents you from living fully, you need a chiropractor in Escondido, CA who focuses on lasting pain relief, not quick fixes. San Diego Integrative Spine Center, led by Dr. Dan Spinato and Dr. Chloé Lightner, has been the trusted choice for Escondido families seeking effective chiropractic care since 1984. This experienced father-daughter team develops personalized treatment plans based on your complete health history, using gentle spinal adjustments that restore balance to your nervous system and musculoskeletal system without harsh twisting or popping.
Whether you’re healing from auto injuries, addressing chronic conditions, or working toward specific health goals, these dedicated chiropractors combine advanced diagnostic technology with targeted nutritional strategies to support your spine health. Their comprehensive approach to patient care has helped more than 10,000 people throughout North County achieve lasting results, making them a trusted choice for people who want thorough assessments, straight talk, and care built around their needs.
Celebrating 40+ Years of Care! San Diego Integrative Spine Center has been your trusted choice since 1984!
Our Mission
San Diego Integrative Spine Center transforms lives through compassionate, skilled chiropractic care that respects your unique healing process. Dr. Dan Spinato founded this practice in 1984 on a foundational principle: you achieve optimal health when we support your body’s natural ability to heal. After graduating from Cleveland Chiropractic College and working as an Associate Doctor in Los Angeles, he established our practice, emphasizing the natural medicine principles from his upbringing. As your chiropractors, Dr. Spinato and Dr. Chloé Lightner look beyond surface-level complaints, taking time to understand your complete health history and find out what’s really causing your discomfort. Their integrative mission means considering how structural misalignments, nutritional imbalances, and stress patterns affect your spine health and well-being. Through precise diagnostic assessments, targeted spinal adjustments, and strategic nutritional support, they help your nervous system communicate effectively throughout your body, treating the whole person rather than isolated symptoms.
Together Dr. Spinato and Dr. Lightner have been serving patients for over forty years
Our chiropractor clinic has successfully worked with patients with a variety of conditions.
Our chiropractor patients, no matter their age, feel comfortable and respected while receiving care here.
Chiropractic Services
We focus on finding and correcting the underlying cause(s) of your condition not just the symptoms. If our chiropractor can help you, we’ll tell you. If we can’t, we’ll refer you to someone who can.
- Chiropractic Care
- NUCCA Chiropractic
- Pediatrics
- Pregnancy
- Nutritional Testing
- Sports Performance
- Personal Injury
Chiropractic Care
Experience precise and gentle chiropractor adjustments using the Drop Table, Koren Specific Technique (KST), and Instrument Adjusting with Arthrostim and Vibracussor.
Schedule AppointmentNUCCA Chiropractic
Benefit from our non-invasive NUCCA Chiropractor technique, focusing on gentle, upper cervical adjustments without twisting or cracking.
Schedule AppointmentPediatrics
Ensure your infant/child’s healthy development with safe and effective chiropractor care.
Schedule AppointmentPregnancy
Receive specialized care during pregnancy with our Webster Certified chiropractor techniques.
Schedule AppointmentNutritional Testing
Optimize your health with our comprehensive nutritional testing using Standard Process supplements tailored to your needs.
Schedule AppointmentSports Performance
Enhance your athletic performance and recovery with our specialized chiropractor care designed for athletes of all levels.
Schedule AppointmentPersonal Injury
Recover from personal injuries with our targeted chiropractor treatments aimed at relieving pain and restoring function.
Schedule AppointmentWhy Choose Us
Every chiropractor can adjust your spine, but comprehensive care requires more. It requires diagnostic precision, multiple gentle techniques matching your comfort level, nutritional knowledge supporting healing, and doctors who stay current with research. Most importantly, it requires practitioners who view you as a partner in your health. San Diego Integrative Spine Center brings these elements together through advanced training, decades of experience, and genuine commitment to your health goals.
Decades of Experience Serving Escondido and Beyond
Forty years of continuous service say a lot about the quality of care provided. Since establishing his practice in 1984, Dr. Spinato has developed deep connections throughout Escondido, San Marcos, Rancho Bernardo, and surrounding communities. Unlike practices where you see a different provider each visit, here you build ongoing relationships with chiropractors who know your story, remember your goals, and celebrate your progress. This continuity means your treatment plan can adapt as your needs change.
The practice has lasted this long because of patient satisfaction and results that keep families coming back across generations. When Dr. Chloe joined in 2022, she brought advanced training in pregnancy and pediatric techniques, expanding the practice’s ability to serve Escondido residents from infancy through senior years. This multigenerational approach, both in the doctors’ relationship and in patient demographics, creates a warm environment where expertise meets genuine caring. Selecting a chiropractor with four decades of success means choosing stability, experience, and proven methods over untested approaches.
Complete Assessment Leading to Targeted Solutions
Before treatment can be effective, understanding must come first. What’s causing your pain? Why has it persisted? What structural issues exist that previous providers may have missed? Each consultation begins with a thorough evaluation to understand your body’s past and current state, which gives us a roadmap for how to tailor our care. Our chiropractor will perform an exam to determine where there are interferences in your nervous system, conducting a series of orthopedic and chiropractic tests to provide an accurate diagnosis.
Depending on your condition and the specific technique the doctor needs to address your condition, x-rays may be required to help us create the best treatment plan for you. The doctor may also recommend a ZYTO scan (in-office) as a bio-survey for your body to gather more objective data. Our chiropractor bases treatment decisions on objective information specific to your body, not generic protocols. We create personalized treatment plans unique to you, tailored to your individualized needs. Many patients express relief at finally understanding their condition after receiving a comprehensive evaluation that looks at the body holistically, from head to toe.
Diverse Gentle Methods Matching Your Comfort Level
No single technique works perfectly for every person, which is why this practice offers multiple gentle approaches. NUCCA (National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association) represents one of the most precise, gentle systems available, and is practiced by our chiropractors. This method uses mathematical analysis of your upper neck alignment. These tiny, specific corrections can influence your entire spine. For those preferring an even lighter touch, instrument adjusting with Arthrostim and Vibracussor tools provides comfortable, controlled corrections without any twisting or popping.
Drop table techniques employ specialized equipment that assists adjustments through gravity and body weight, while the Koren Specific Technique offers another ultra-gentle option. Bio-cranial therapy addresses the skull’s 22 bones through soft tissue work, and extremity adjustments extend care beyond your spine to shoulders, hips, knees, and feet. Physiotherapy exercises complement these methods. This variety means your chiropractor can match techniques to what you prefer. Whether you’re recovering from auto injuries, managing age-related issues, or simply uncomfortable with traditional methods, you’ll find an approach that works. Comfort and effectiveness aren’t opposing goals. Here, they work together.
Nutritional Strategies Supporting Your Recovery
What you eat can make a big difference in how you heal. Because of this connection, our chiropractors include nutritional guidance as part of comprehensive care. We optimize your health with our comprehensive nutritional testing using Standard Process supplements tailored to your needs. Standard Process whole food-based supplements provide targeted nutrition to support your overall wellness and healing. The doctor may also recommend a ZYTO scan (in-office) as a bio-survey for your body to gather more objective data.
Our chiropractor will work with you to understand how nutrition plays a role in your health and recovery. We create personalized treatment plans unique to you, tailored to your individualized needs. Many patients find that combining chiropractic adjustments with good nutritional support gives better results than either approach alone. Proper nutrition fuels healing and helps support your body’s natural ability to restore balance and function, helping you achieve an active, pain-free lifestyle.
Specialized Care Across All Life Stages
From pregnancy through childhood and into your senior years, your health needs change a lot. This practice provides age-appropriate care for every stage. Dr. Chloe’s Webster certification means she can safely work with pregnant women using techniques specifically designed for safety and comfort during pregnancy. These gentle methods help maintain pelvic alignment, reduce pregnancy-related discomfort, and support optimal fetal positioning. Pediatric chiropractors use extremely light pressure suitable for newborns and children, addressing post-birth stress, promoting healthy development, and helping with sleep difficulties or behavioral concerns.
For adults, we treat an impressive range of conditions. These include headaches, migraines, sciatica, TMJ discomfort, vertigo, fibromyalgia, shoulder problems, knee issues, foot pain, chronic fatigue, posture problems, and stress-related tension. In 40 years, Dr. Spinato has treated virtually every musculoskeletal condition, meaning complex cases receive expert attention. Athletes benefit from performance analysis that identifies weaknesses before they cause injury. Seniors appreciate gentle approaches that respect age-related changes while still delivering effective pain relief. When your entire family can receive appropriate care from our trusted chiropractors, managing everyone’s health becomes simpler and more coordinated.

Meet the Doctors
When you visit San Diego Integrative Spine Center, you’re working with a father-daughter team who approach chiropractic care as both science and calling. Dr. Dan Spinato’s journey began at Cleveland Chiropractic College, continued through work as an Associate Doctor in Los Angeles, and led to founding this practice in 1984. Board-certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners with memberships in the California Chiropractic Association and NUCCA, his approach stems from growing up where natural medicine and proper nutrition were fundamental values. Dr. Chloe grew up watching her father help thousands and pursued the same path, earning her Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies degree in Phoenix before graduating magna cum laude from Life Chiropractic College West in 2021. Her Webster certification and memberships in ICPA, NUCCA, California Chiropractic Association, and Christian Chiropractic Association reflect thorough preparation. As a North County native who’s completed ten half marathons, one full marathon, and multiple triathlons, including Half Ironman distances, she brings an athletic perspective. Our chiropractors partner with you for lasting health.
Schedule Your Complimentary Chiropractor Consultation
We Help You Reach Your Desirable Lifestyle
Schedule a free initial phone chiropractor consultation with a doctor so we can discuss your condition and review the options we provide to help you get back to your best health. We’ll review what you are suffering from and how that is treated in our office.
We integrate specific adjustments to your spine, extremities and cranial bones to restore stability. With greater stability, comes less treatment. Our goal is to help you achieve an active, pain-free lifestyle.
Welcome
When you step into our office, our staff will greet you with a warm hello. We know there are lots of healthcare options to choose from, and we are happy you are here! We will have you check into the front desk and ensure all of your paperwork was filled out successfully.
Consultation
First, you will consult with the chiropractor and discuss your primary condition. We will go through your health history to learn more about your past and present challenges. This gives us an opportunity to understand the context of your condition and your health from a holistic point-of-view.
Exam
Next, the doctor will perform an exam to determine where there are interferences in your nervous system. They will do a series of orthopedic and chiropractic tests to provide an accurate diagnosis.
X-rays and Other Scans
Depending on your condition and the specific technique the doctor needs to address your condition, x-rays may be required. This helps us to create the best treatment plan for you. The doctor may also recommend a ZYTO scan (in-office) as a bio-survey for your body to gather more objective data.
First Adjustment
Once finished with the consultation, examination, and X-rays (if indicated), the doctor will review all the information they gathered. We will create a specific care plan unique to you. We will review your health goals and how chiropractic can help. Patients may either be treated at the first visit, or at the second visit depending on the recommended care plan. This may include spinal adjustments, physical therapies and/or nutritional support. Your first visit is comprehensive, but we will complete it within 45 minutes – 1 hour.

10-15 Minute Visits of Chiropractic Care
We understand that life gets busy, which is why San Diego Integrative Spine Center offers efficient follow-up care. Our 10-15 minute visits are designed for patients who need quick, effective adjustments to maintain their progress. These focused sessions allow us to keep you on track with your wellness goals without disrupting your day.
During these visits, we use gentle instrument adjusting techniques and the Drop Table to provide precise corrections. This streamlined approach works perfectly for maintenance care after your initial comprehensive treatment plan. Our chiropractors make ongoing spinal health convenient and accessible.
Nutritional Testing
We believe optimal health goes beyond spinal alignment, which is why San Diego Integrative Spine Center offers comprehensive nutritional testing. Our approach uses Standard Process supplements tailored specifically to your unique needs. This holistic service helps identify nutritional deficiencies that may be affecting your overall wellness and energy levels.
We may recommend a ZYTO scan as an in-office bio-survey to gather objective data about your body’s nutritional needs. Based on these results, we create a personalized supplement plan to support your health goals. Our chiropractor integrates nutritional support into your complete care plan.
Pregnancy and Pediatrics
San Diego Integrative Spine Center welcomes patients of all ages and stages of life with specialized care for expecting mothers and children. We use Webster Certified techniques to support healthy pregnancies through gentle, safe adjustments. Our pediatric chiropractic care ensures your infant or child’s healthy development with effective, age-appropriate treatment.
Dr. Chloe is especially passionate about caring for pregnant women and provides individualized consultations tailored to each patient’s needs. Our gentle methods do not require twisting or cracking, making them perfect for sensitive patients. Our chiropractors create a comfortable environment where families feel respected and cared for.
Our Patients Say the Nicest Things
With a combined 40 years of chiropractor experience we have treated over 10,000 patients.
FAQs
What sets your practice apart from other Escondido chiropractors?
We combine 40 years of clinical experience with ongoing investment in advanced techniques and diagnostic technology. We’re one of the few practices in the region offering NUCCA upper cervical work, which less than 1% of chiropractors practice. Our father-daughter team provides continuity you won’t find at corporate chains, and we take time to understand your complete health history before creating treatment plans. We also integrate nutritional support and offer family care from pregnancy through senior years, all in one convenient location.
How do you determine which techniques to use for my condition?
Your treatment plan starts with a thorough assessment: health history review, physical exam, and imaging if needed. Our chiropractors consider your comfort preferences, specific condition, treatment goals, and your body’s response to initial care. Some patients need precise NUCCA upper cervical work, while others benefit more from instrument adjusting, drop table techniques, or a combination of methods. We explain options clearly and adjust our approach based on your feedback and progress, making sure you get the most effective care for your situation.
Can you help with conditions beyond typical back and neck problems?
Absolutely. While back pain and neck pain represent our most common cases, we successfully help patients with headaches, migraines, sciatica, TMJ discomfort, vertigo, fibromyalgia, shoulder pain, knee problems, foot issues, auto injuries, poor posture, chronic fatigue, and stress-related tension. Our chiropractors look at how your nervous system and musculoskeletal system work together, which often helps with conditions that seem unrelated to spine health. We’ll evaluate your specific situation and provide honest feedback about whether chiropractic care can help. While chiropractic care supports recovery and wellness, it’s designed to complement, not replace, medical care for serious health conditions.
Do you accept walk-in appointments or only scheduled visits?
Our chiropractors encourage scheduling appointments to ensure we can give you our full attention without rushing. However, we accommodate walk-ins whenever possible based on availability. For your first visit, which lasts 45 minutes to an hour, scheduling ahead works best. Regular adjustment appointments typically take 15-20 minutes, and we try to be flexible for established patients needing urgent care. We also offer free initial phone consultations if you’d like to discuss your situation before deciding whether to schedule an in-person visit. You can book appointments by phone, text, or through our convenient scheduling app.
What should I bring to my first appointment?
Bring any relevant medical records, imaging studies, or reports from other healthcare providers you’ve seen for your current condition. Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing that allows easy movement—athletic wear works perfectly. If you have a list of current medications or supplements, bring that along. Write down any questions you have about chiropractic care or your specific condition. Most importantly, bring your complete health history information. Knowing your full medical background helps our chiropractors create treatment plans that fit your needs and health goals.
Transform Your Health With Our Trusted Chiropractor in Escondido, CA
Better health starts with one simple step. Dr. Dan Spinato and Dr. Chloé Lightner welcome Escondido residents to experience chiropractic care that helps deliver real, lasting pain relief and improved function. Whether you’re struggling with back pain or neck pain, recovering from auto injuries, or seeking family wellness care, their gentle, proven methods deliver results you can feel. Located at 9320 Carmel Mountain Road, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92129, serving Escondido and all of North County. Open Monday and Wednesday 8:30 am-12:30 pm and 2:30 pm-5:30 pm, Thursday 7:30 am12:30 pm. Call 858-484-0444 to book your complimentary consultation and discover why thousands of families trust our chiropractors in San Diego Integrative Spine Center with their health goals. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for wellness tips, patient success stories, and updates from our practice.



