Realign Spine — Dr. Michael Shaub

Michael Shaub's office above 82nd Street

Realign Spine occupies Suite 310 at 37-06 82nd Street in Jackson Heights. Michael Shaub is the chiropractor identified by the practice. His biography lists a doctorate from New York Chiropractic College, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners certification and training in the Cox technique used in disc-related care. The office presents itself around spinal and extremity complaints, with sports injuries and posture work among its stated interests.

A treatment menu extending beyond an adjustment

The named methods include manual adjustments, instrument-assisted techniques, myofascial release, Graston soft-tissue work, kinesiology tape and orthotics. Home exercise programs appear alongside spinal decompression, infrared light and cold laser. The range gives the appointment a broader remit than a brief adjustment alone: an assessment may lead to hands-on work, movement tasks to continue at home or a recommendation for another component. The practice does not publish a standard visit length.

Three different introductory prices remain visible

The public material contains an important unresolved pricing conflict. A prominent banner offers consultation, examination and first treatment for $150, while the services page still advertises an introductory special at $99 and another introductory plan at $250. These are not interchangeable quotations. None should be treated as the guaranteed charge for a specific booking until the office identifies the applicable package and its contents. A separate medical-massage item is listed at $87, rather than being described as automatically included in the chiropractic appointment.

The Jackson Heights calendar and insurance wording

The contact page assigns this neighborhood office Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 7 p.m. A separate line assigns “NYC” Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.–6 p.m., without giving a second address there. That schedule is not evidence that Suite 310 also opens on those two days. The official telephone is 888-269-7246, and the published email is 888anypain@gmail.com. The insurance section names Aetna as in-network; Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Oxford and UnitedHealthcare are grouped under “soon to be in-network.” That future-tense category does not establish current participation, even though a broader services paragraph says insurance is accepted.

The afternoon schedule and home-exercise component make this an option to consider for care continued outside the office. The booking discussion needs to identify which introductory package applies and the payment arrangement for the selected services.

Recent comments describe respectful staff and organized appointments, but the feedback also includes a dispute over the components of an introductory offer. The practice acknowledged that a massage might have been missed and invited the visitor back. That exchange reinforces why the package contents matter, without establishing what happened in anyone else's visit.