At Garnet Valley Sport and Spine, the doctors—led by owner and chiropractor Tim Martin—are as likely to recommend surgery as they are to recommend chronic pain. The multi-disciplinary team here shuns drugs and incisions, instead favoring less invasive healing methods such as chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression, and therapeutic ultrasounds.

These treatments alleviate unpleasant symptoms, whether from sports injuries or car accidents—but that's only the first phase of therapy. Once symptoms have abated, therapists move on to corrective care and maintenance. These later stages target ailments' underlying causes, and prevent future flareups of back pain, knee pain, or the pain that comes form doing too many fad dances at one fad dance party.