Dr. Jessica Cortellino, D.C.

Dr. Jessica Cortellino has served Pure Wellness patients since 2018 after chiropractic training at Palmer College in Florida and a preceptorship with the practice. She holds a B.S. in Health Behavior Science from the University of Delaware.

She uses Diversified, Gonstead, SOT, and Activator at the Newark clinic.

Patients describe a doctor who explains the plan and treats kids and adults with the same exam-driven model as the rest of the group.

Your first appointment runs 60 to 90 minutes, and the adjustment is the last thing that happens, not the first. Jessica starts with your history — what happened, when, what makes it worse, what you have already tried — then screens your posture, measures range of motion rather than estimating it, and examines the joints and soft tissue around the area you are pointing at.

You get told what was found before anything is treated. If you are a chiropractic case and you want to be adjusted the same day, that happens at the first visit. A full verbal report of findings comes at the follow-up, when there has been time to look at everything properly.

Jessica adjusts using Diversified, Gonstead, Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT), Activator Methods, and the choice is made from the exam rather than from habit. Lower-force options exist for every region of the spine, so if a manual adjustment is not right for you — or you simply do not want one — there is another way to get the joint moving. Each technique is described here.

Not every problem is a chiropractic problem. If yours is not, you will be told at the exam and pointed toward the right kind of care.

Jessica sees patients at Pure Wellness Newark, 550 Stanton Christiana Rd Ste 302 in Newark. Mon–Fri with a lunch break; Saturday by appointment. Pure Wellness Chiropractic runs five clinics across the state, so if a colleague is a better fit for your case or a different office is an easier drive, the desk will say so.