MEET DOCTOR
Alaina Gelineau

What that taught me applies to far more than scoliosis. The body is built to adapt, and when its structure shifts, whether that is a head drifting forward of the shoulders, a pelvis sitting unlevel, or a neck curve that has flattened out, it redistributes load to keep everything functioning. That adaptation is not a malfunction. It is the body doing exactly what it is designed to do. The cost is that adaptation is quiet, so a structure can change a great deal before anything actually hurts. Symptoms tend to arrive late, and they tend to arrive wherever the body has been absorbing the compensation.

Corrective care works in the other direction, by changing the structure itself so that there is less for the body to adapt around in the first place.

Watching my son, and watching patients keep returning because nothing had addressed what was actually driving their symptoms, is what sent me looking for something better. That search led me to Chiropractic BioPhysics, and I pursued certification in it. CBP is built on biomechanics and structural load, and rather than chasing symptoms it looks for what creates them, in a way that is measurable and reproducible. Because scoliosis is one of the hardest versions of that same problem, I went on to certify in ScoliBrace and ScoliBalance.

I came to chiropractic from bodywork, having trained at the Atlanta School of Massage and worked as a licensed massage therapist before earning a bachelor’s in clinical nutrition and my doctorate of chiropractic at Life University, which adds up to more than twenty years of hands-on experience. I started my own practice in Black Mountain as a traditional chiropractor, and I later moved it to Asheville so that I could focus entirely on corrective work and be more accessible to people across Western North Carolina.

Most of the people who find me have already tried a long list of things, whether that is massage, stretching, adjustments that helped for a while, injections, or physical therapy. I spent years on the other side of that list, so I know how much genuine relief that work can give, and none of it is wrong. But it was not aimed at the structure, so the relief did not hold, and nobody had yet looked at the whole picture and the way every part of the body adapts to every other part. That missing link is what my work is built around.

Whether someone comes to me with a decade of neck pain, a child whose shoulders look uneven, or a curve that has been quietly progressing for thirty years, the question I am asking is the same one every time. What is the structure doing, and can we change it?

What I want for every person who walks through the door is stronger posture, better function, and a body that holds up over the long run.

Education and Certifications

• Doctor of Chiropractic, Life University, Marietta, Georgia
• Bachelor of Science in Clinical Nutrition, Life University
• Licensed Massage Therapist, Atlanta School of Massage
• Chiropractic BioPhysics (CBP) certified
• ScoliCare and ScoliBrace certified
• ScoliBalance certified
• Cox Flexion Distraction certified