Our approach.
Chiropractic care, functional medicine and coaching with Dr. Nick Deliberato in Lake Forest, built around understanding what is contributing to how you feel and function.
Who we work best with
You don’t have to be perfectly healthy. You don’t have to know exactly what’s wrong.
This approach may suit you if you are busy and often running in survival mode, already doing some things for your health (training, supplements, bodywork), and want someone to help you put it all together and keep you moving forward.
Our best-fit patients are curious, engaged, and committed to understanding their health. They want to know why something is happening, what they can do about it, and how to build a body that functions better, not just today but for decades to come.
If you simply have neck pain or a sports injury, we are glad to help with that too.

We provide the framework, clinical expertise, testing, treatment, and guidance. You bring the willingness to participate.
How Dr. Nick works
Care starts with understanding you. Before a first chiropractic visit, new patients complete assessment forms through the patient portal and can upload recent labs or imaging so Dr. Nick can review them in advance.
Every patient is different, so your treatment should be too. Our foundational approach remains consistent, while the testing, priorities, therapies, and pace are tailored to your physiology, goals, and response.
Dr. Nick looks at movement, nutrition, physiology and daily habits together, because they affect one another. He explains what he recommends and why, and the decision about what to take on is yours.
Ways to work together
Chiropractic
Gonstead chiropractic care at Spine & Joint Clinic of Orange County. Plan for at least 60 minutes for your first visit: a detailed evaluation of the spine, orthopedic and neurological checks, then adjustments and hands-on work. Follow-up visits are 30 minutes.
About chiropractic careFunctional medicine
Dr. Nick reviews your history, recommends the testing that makes sense for you, and walks you through the findings. You can start with a 30-minute functional medicine consultation, and you can choose to work with him for 90 days on a plan covering food, supplements and exercise.
About functional medicinePrograms
Aligned Field is a six-month program that combines chiropractic, functional medicine and one-on-one coaching for people ready for a longer-term commitment.
About Aligned FieldCoaching is part of our care
Whichever path you choose, Dr. Nick teaches as he treats. In chiropractic care that means understanding how your body recovers and where strength training fits in. In functional medicine it means knowing what your labs show and how to navigate your own care. In a program it goes further, into the habits and patterns that shape your health day to day.
You don't need to arrive in the best shape of your life. You just need to be headed in that direction.