Optimal Spine & Mobility

What the first $100 buys

Optimal Spine & Mobility is Kevin Dewey's office at 930 Thomasville Road, Suite 100. It offers one of the clearest entry prices among the central Tallahassee practices reviewed here: $100 for an initial chiropractic examination with a first adjustment included. A later single adjustment is listed at $65. The separate acupuncture entry is $85 for a new patient and $50 for one session afterward. Those amounts let a reader make a preliminary budget without confusing chiropractic with a second service. The practice says it accepts cash or cards, is not in network with major medical insurers and can supply an itemized receipt for a patient to pursue reimbursement independently. That possibility is different from the clinic billing an insurer directly.

How the examination is described

Dewey's new-patient account begins with health-history forms and a consultation, then describes tests of movement, reflexes, posture and other orthopedic or neurological findings. It says X-rays may be referred to an outside provider depending on the case, so imaging is not necessarily included in the visit or performed at this address. After explaining his findings, Dewey says a patient may choose a first treatment. The description includes adjustments and possibly soft-tissue work, cupping or acupuncture. The published $100 heading specifically says first adjustment; it should not be read as an open-ended price for every optional procedure mentioned in the visit narrative.

The real cost of coming back

The practice also markets a $225.50 monthly relief plan for up to six sessions, with other therapies at the doctor's recommendation, and a $93.50 wellness plan for up to three sessions of traction and adjustments. These are ceilings for use under a subscription, not an instruction that everyone needs that many visits. The website speaks of a goal of 8 to 12 visits; it does not establish what another person's examination will show. For someone coming from work or school, the schedule matters: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday run from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a 12:30–3:30 p.m. closure, Wednesday from noon to 3:30 and Friday from 9 to 12:30. Weekends are closed. Recent comments describe careful listening, responsive staff and a relaxed room, observations about the visit rather than proof of a clinical result.