Case study · Chiropractic practice
The Spinal Frontier: a chiropractic site with a personality
A walk-in chiropractic practice with a sense of humor, and a website problem most clinics share: sounding like every other clinic. We built a one-page site that keeps the practice's voice and brings in local patients with SEO and Google Ads.
The results for The Spinal Frontier
A chiropractor's office that does not feel like one
The Spinal Frontier is a chiropractic practice in South Minneapolis, founded by Dr. Tracie Fowler. It offers spinal adjustments and nutrition guidance, and it runs on a walk-in basis: after a scheduled first visit, patients come in during open hours without an appointment.
The practice has a personality. The doctors want to know your pets' names, there is music playing, and the running joke on the website is "You Are Not a Robot". Patients who have been coming for years say the same thing in their reviews: friendly, unhurried, and no waiting.
The challenge: stand out, and still be easy to use
Search for a chiropractor in any city and the results look alike: stock photos of spines, the same list of conditions, a form asking for insurance details. A practice built on warmth and humor disappears if its website copies that pattern.
But humor cannot get in the way. A person with a sore back wants four facts quickly: who you are, when you are open, where you are and how a first visit works. The walk-in model and the monthly membership are both unusual, so both needed a clear explanation as well.
What the new site had to do:
- Keep the practice's voice on every part of the page.
- Explain the walk-in model and what a new patient should do first.
- Put hours, location and a call-or-text number where nobody has to hunt.
- Be readable and usable for every visitor, including those using a keyboard or a screen reader.
What we built
A single-page website organized around five questions: who, what, when, where and why. One scroll takes a visitor from the first hello to the front door.
Who, What, When, Where, Why.
The navigation is those five words. Each jumps to its section of the page, so a returning patient checking Friday hours taps "When" and is there. Nothing is more than one tap from the top.
A first step for new patients.
A "First Contact" prompt at the top explains how to begin: call, text or email to set up a discovery call with a doctor, then a scheduled first visit of 45 to 60 minutes. After that, every visit is walk-in.
The doctors, introduced properly.
Dr. Tracie Fowler and Dr. Angie Pufahl each have a short profile with their experience and a "little known fact". People choose a chiropractor as much as a clinic, and this is where they decide.
The membership, in plain words.
The site presents the monthly membership as a way to get ongoing care for one price, and invites patients to call for the details. It frames regular care as something to plan for instead of a surprise bill.
Reviews and a nutrition shop.
Patient reviews sit near the end of the page, where a visitor is close to deciding, followed by a link to the practice's online store for nutrition products.
Found, and usable by everyone.
Page titles and local details are set for Minneapolis chiropractic searches, with Google Ads aimed at nearby patients. Contrast, text size and keyboard access were checked so the page works for every visitor.
How the project ran
Discovery
We talked through how the practice works day to day, what new patients ask on the phone and what the doctors wanted the site to sound like.
Structure and design
The five-question structure was agreed first. The design followed: clear section headings, the practice's blue, a small robot icon for each menu item and room for its humor.
Build and accessibility
We developed the page, set up the tap-to-call number, the email link and a map link, and checked contrast, labels and keyboard use.
Launch and marketing
With the site live, we set up the SEO basics and Google Ads campaigns aimed at people searching for a chiropractor nearby.
The results
The website sounds like the practice. A new patient who reads it and then walks through the door meets the people the page described, which is the point of a healthcare website: no gap between the promise and the visit.
It also answers the practical questions without a phone call. Hours, the address and the first-visit process are each one tap away, and the walk-in model that surprises newcomers is explained before they arrive.
Between the search work and the ads, the practice is in front of people nearby at the moment they go looking for a chiropractor, and the page they land on gives them one simple thing to do next: call or text.
Services on this project
Website Design
Page layouts designed around how this client's customers decide and buy.
Website Development
The build itself: fast, responsive pages and the custom features the project needed.
SEO
Titles, headings, structure and local details set up so the site is found in search.
Google Ads
Paid search campaigns aimed at the searches that turn into calls.
ADA Compliance
Contrast, keyboard access and labels checked so every visitor can use the site.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What other chiropractors and clinic owners ask us about this project.
It can be. The Spinal Frontier offers a focused set of services from one location, so one well-organized page covers it. A practice with several services or locations that each need to rank in search is better served by a page for each.
If the practice is. The Spinal Frontier's humor is real, and patients mention the friendly atmosphere in their reviews, so the site would be misleading without it. The rule we follow is that a joke never stands between a visitor and the hours, the address or the phone number.
Readable text sizes, strong color contrast, images with descriptions, and links and forms that work with a keyboard and a screen reader. We check these during the build and can audit an existing site as well. See our ADA compliance page for what is covered.
Often both, for different jobs. Ads put a practice at the top of local searches right away and can be paused at any time. SEO takes months but keeps bringing patients without a cost per click. For The Spinal Frontier we set up both.
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