The Y-Strap Adjustment at Huntington Beach Chiropractic
The Y-Strap, clinically called Long Axis Distraction, is a decompressive adjustment along the long axis of the spine. Huntington Beach Chiropractic, founded in 2019 by Dr. Michael VanDerschelden, DC, California Chiropractic License #32929, performs it only after digital X-rays and posture analysis, and holds 437 five-star Google reviews and 252 five-star Yelp reviews.
You’ve Been Twisted and Popped. Nothing Loosened Up.
You’ve had your neck turned. You’ve heard it crack. You walked out and felt the same pressure by Thursday.
That’s because most adjustments move a joint sideways or front to back. Your spine is being squeezed from the top down. Gravity does that all day, every day.
A sideways move doesn’t answer a downward problem. The Y-Strap does.
Dr. Michael VanDerschelden Will Not Y-Strap You on Day One
Here’s what Huntington Beach Chiropractic rejects: adjusting from hands and a pain scale.
Most practices feel your neck, ask how you’re doing today, and adjust. There’s no image. There’s no measurement. “How do you feel?” is a customer service question. It is not a clinical finding.
The Y-Strap is a real adjustment, not a video clip. So it doesn’t happen until Dr. Michael VanDerschelden has your digital X-rays and your posture analysis in front of him. He looks at your spine before he moves it. Every time. No exceptions.
A practice that will strap your head and pull without ever looking at your spine is not doing clinical care. It’s doing a stunt.
What the Y-Strap Actually Does
Gravity compresses your spine all day long. The Y-Strap gives it a brief, precise moment of decompression along that same vertical line.
It’s delivered with a strap fitted around your head and a specialized handle. The force is quick and controlled. Multiple releases during one adjustment are common.
Patients describe it the same way: taller, lighter, less compressed, easier to move.
It pairs with the Magic Hug, clinically called the Occipital Lift — Dr. Michael VanDerschelden’s signature adjustment at the base of the skull. Different line of force, same standard.
The Y-Strap Is One Tool. It Is Not Your Care Plan.
Huntington Beach Chiropractic has one service: chiropractic adjustments. The Y-Strap sits inside that, alongside full-body adjusting and extremity adjusting.
Your care plan gets built from your objective findings — not from a menu. The Y-Strap is never automatic. Your X-rays decide whether it belongs in your plan, not a request at the front desk.
Then re-examinations show whether your spine actually changed. Not whether you felt good on a Tuesday.
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Who the Y-Strap Is Not For
Be honest with yourself before you book.
- The walk-in patient. If you want to drop in, get pulled, and leave, this isn’t it. The workup comes first, always.
- The one-visit fixer. One adjustment will not undo years of compression. If you expect that, you’ll be disappointed here.
- The evidence-averse patient. If you don’t want X-rays and you don’t want to look at your own findings, the model doesn’t work. The care plan is built from that data.
- The price shopper. If your first question is the per-adjustment rate, this practice isn’t the fit.
Dr. Michael VanDerschelden would rather tell you that now than take your money and disappoint you later.
The Credentials Behind the Pull
- Dr. Michael VanDerschelden, DC — California Chiropractic License #32929, valid through June 30, 2027.
- Doctor of Chiropractic (Honors) — Southern California University of Health Sciences / Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, December 2013. Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List.
- 13 years in practice. Huntington Beach Chiropractic opened in 2019.
- Current active member of the California Chiropractic Association.
- Clinical experience with complex cases: scoliosis, post-surgical spinal fusion.
- 437 Google reviews at 5.0 stars and 252 Yelp reviews at 5.0 stars. Individual results vary.
A quick, controlled force along your spine deserves a doctor who measured it first.