Exams before opinions
No one gets a care plan — or a price — until a doctor has taken your history and examined you hands-on. Cookie-cutter care is how people end up in 60-visit contracts they never needed.
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About Central Coast Spine & Chiropractic
An independent, bilingual clinic built for the Salinas Valley — honest exams, clear plans, and care that ends when you're better.
Our Story
Central Coast Spine & Chiropractic opened in 2009 with one adjustment table, a rented suite on Romie Lane, and a conviction: the people who keep the Salinas Valley running deserve spine care that respects their time, their money, and their intelligence.
Dr. Ramón Salazar grew up in a Salinas farmworking family, watching relatives push through back pain for decades because care felt confusing, expensive, or simply unavailable in Spanish. He built this practice as the answer — posted prices, unhurried exams, bilingual everything, and care plans that have a finish line.
Fifteen-plus years later, the team has grown to three doctors of chiropractic and a licensed massage therapist, with spinal decompression and a corrective-exercise program under the same roof. The suite is bigger. The promise is the same.
- Doctors of Chiropractic
- California Board Licensed
- 15+ Years Serving Salinas
- 4.9★ · 173 Patient Reviews
- Se Habla Español
- Most Insurance Accepted
What We Believe
Plans with finish lines
Every plan has a defined goal, a timeline, and re-check dates. As you improve, visits taper and home exercise takes over. Maintenance care afterward is your choice, never a requirement.
Honesty about our limits
Chiropractic care is a powerful tool — for the right cases. When your exam or imaging points somewhere else, we refer you promptly to the right physician or specialist, records organized.
Care in your language
Intake forms, exam explanations, home-exercise sheets, phone calls — everything is available in English and Spanish, because care you can't fully understand isn't really care.
What to expect
Your First Visit, Step by Step
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Start With a Real Exam
Your first visit is a conversation and a hands-on exam — history, movement testing, and orthopedic checks. No treatment happens until we understand what's actually going on.
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Get a Plan With a Goal
You leave with a clear diagnosis in plain language, a care plan with a defined goal and timeline, and exact pricing. If chiropractic isn't the right tool for your case, we say so and refer you.
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Care From a Coordinated Team
Doctors, massage therapy, decompression, and corrective exercise work from one shared plan — so every visit builds on the last instead of starting over.
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Keep the Results
As pain resolves, visits taper and home exercise takes over. Re-checks confirm you're holding your progress, and maintenance care is always your choice — never a requirement.