Care Designed Around You—Not Insurance Limits

Empowering Your Health — On Your Own Terms

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Why Patients Choose Care Without Insurance

At Active Edge Chiropractic & Functional Medicine, our mission is simple:
help you heal fully, function optimally, and live at your highest level.

To do that, we’ve chosen a model of care that puts your needs first—without the restrictions often placed on healthcare by insurance companies.

Why Patients Choose Care Without Insurance

Most healthcare today is designed around managing symptoms.

Insurance companies often determine:

  • What treatments are approved
  • How long you can receive care
  • What your doctor is allowed to recommend

But your body doesn’t heal based on authorizations or timelines.

At Active Edge, we believe your care should be based on:

  • Your goals
  • Your body’s needs
  • The root cause of your condition


That’s why we’ve chosen a different approach—one that allows us to deliver comprehensive, personalized care without limitations.

A Better Approach to Getting Results

Early in our journey, we realized that working within insurance systems limited our ability to truly help our patients.

So in 2019, we made a decision:

To prioritize people over policies.
Results over restrictions.
Health over approvals.

By stepping outside of insurance networks, we’re able to:

  • Treat the root cause—not just symptoms
  • Combine multiple therapies for faster results
  • Spend more time understanding your full story
  • Customize your care without limitations

This allows us to deliver the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our families.

Investing in Your Health

Choosing care outside of insurance isn’t about spending more—it’s about getting more value from your care.

Our focus is to help you:

  • Recover efficiently
  • Avoid unnecessary or prolonged treatment
  • Achieve lasting results—not temporary relief

Many patients find that this approach saves them time, frustration, and repeated cycles of care.

Can You Still Use Your Insurance Benefits?

Yes—just in a different way.

While we do not bill insurance directly, we:

  • Accept HSA and FSA payments
  • Provide documentation for potential reimbursement
  • Ensure all services are coded appropriately

This gives you flexibility while still allowing you to receive the care you actually need.

A Partnership in Your Health

We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all care.

Through our care model and partnership options, you and your family can access consistent, proactive care designed to support your health long-term—not just when something goes wrong.

Our goal is to be your trusted resource for:

  • Recovery
  • Performance
  • Long-term wellness

Not Sure Where to Start?

We’re here to help you make the right decision for your health.

Schedule your complimentary phone consultation and we’ll:

  • Answer your questions
  • Walk you through your options
  • Help you decide if this approach is right for you

What Our Patients Are Saying

Not sure which partnership level is right for you? We’re here to help!

Schedule a complimentary phone consultation below and a member of our team will gladly answer your questions and point you in the right direction.

a group picture of the doctors, therapists and specialists of Active Edge Columbus Ohio
patient asking a chiroproactor a question about the spine

Stage 3: Nourish & Refresh

At this point, you are feeling better than you ever thought you could as you are feeling energized and thriving. You have learned a lot about your body, you are moving more efficiently, you understand your body’s cues, and you have a good idea of what to do with these cues. This means you get to try new things, achieve new goals, and conquer new challenges!  As you do, we will be here as your resource, as needed, to help you nourish, boost, and refresh your health.

an Active Edge chiropractor assessing the lower spine of a patient in Columbus Ohio

Stage 2: Activate Healing

Pain is generally the last symptom to show up and the first to go away. This means that by the time you realize there is a problem, there has been a problem for a long time. Especially for chronic or recurring issues, understanding how you got to where you are is so important for getting to where you want to go. In this stage of your journey, you will resolve underlying dysfunction, remove cheats, and retrain habits. As we aid you in activating your body’s natural healing potential, we will help you regain movement, energy, and body function both inside and outside. Throughout this process, you will start to feel greater ease and inspiration as you restore communication and efficiency in your body. Together, we will constantly assess, observe, and reassess your body’s responses to boost your results.

A doctor in Active Edge explaining functional medicine to a patient in Columbus Ohio

Stage 1: Discover Root Cause

You are your own person, with your own collection of life events which brought you to where you are today. You deserve to be heard, seen, and treated as the individual you are. Your journey begins with your Discovery Evaluation. This first visit includes your exam which works to uncover the root of your issue(s), new patient diagnostics, and, of course, your first treatment. This is how we will help you begin connecting the dots and feeling better. After your first treatment, we will ask you to observe your body’s responses– good, bad, or indifferent. There is no wrong answer as this is just starting point information and direction for moving forward. In your second visit, we will review this feedback and your diagnostics to further identify potential underlying causes and compensations. We will combine everything we have learned about you, consider your goals, and together create a plan to resolve your concerns from the roots up.Â