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Kristine Edgren alias The Root-Cause Racketeer

moving supplement units at Root Function Health

Website · rootfunctionhealth.com

Practice location

325 E Main Street, Suite C

Gardner, KS 66030

Bottom line

Funnel-first framing that runs on persuasion, light on published evidence.

  • Of 31 health claims, 4 run counter to or conflict with the published evidence, and 26 were not independently checked.
  • Primary persuasion tactic: Chiropractor framed as internal-disease diagnostician.
  • Stated credentials look inflated relative to the advice given.
  • Profits from the products and labs they recommend, with no clear disclosure.
  • Gives advice beyond what their license covers.
Dr. Trust Me Bro says

Dr. Trust Me Bro presents the full boutique-wellness stack: root-cause language, lab mystique, dispensary shelves, and enough 'advanced' jargon to make a chiropractic office feel like a functional-medicine cathedral. The magic trick is always the same — turn ordinary symptoms into a complex mystery, then sell the map, the test, and the supplements to solve it.

86/100

High grift signals

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Score breakdown

40/100
Credentials
The title on the marquee is doing more work than the credential behind it. This doc bro is selling a bigger doctor than they can actually back up.
86/100
Manipulation
The footer disclaimer says 'informational only' while the page simultaneously offers diagnostics, treatment plans, and product recommendations for systemic complaints. That disclaimer-hiding-behind-advice move is textbook grift-adjacent persuasion.
86/100
Sales funnel
The funnel is tight: vague symptoms -> labs -> root-cause narrative -> personalized plan -> in-house DSS supplements and ongoing visits. Add HBOT and dispensary sales, and the revenue stack gets very efficient.
40/100
Grift map
Symptom anxiety is converted into lab ordering, the lab story is converted into a bespoke care plan, and the care plan is converted into dispensary supplement sales plus niche add-on therapies like HBOT.
40/100
Evidence gap
Mainstream medicine does not support chiropractic-root-cause claims for diagnosing and treating chronic fatigue, digestive disease, hormonal imbalance, autoimmune disease, or 'finding the root cause' through broad functional lab panels as a replacement for standard medical evaluation.
74/100
Bro energy
This is peak practitioner-influencer energy: broad health authority, root-cause storytelling, and a productized office ecosystem that turns expertise into upsell opportunities. Not quite a full blown affiliate army, but the sales architecture is doing most of the talking.

Direct answer

Kristine Edgren is licensed in Kansas as a chiropractor (DC), not as an MD or DO, and Kansas's chiropractic scope statute (K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)) limits that license to musculoskeletal care, not the diagnosis or treatment of systemic disease. Even so, they advertise diagnosing or treating chronic fatigue, autoimmune conditions, functional medicine, advanced diagnostic testing, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, conditions that belong with rheumatologists. Those same pages route patients toward supplements, lab panels, and paid programs that Kristine Edgren profits from.

Key findings

  • False Authority: A DC is presented as someone who can diagnose and resolve broad chronic illness through lab interpretation and nutritional analysis, which borrows physician-style authority far beyond chiropractic's usual musculoskeletal remit.see section ↓
  • Claim "functional medicine": mixed in the medical literature.see section ↓
  • Claim "advanced diagnostic testing": not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.see section ↓
  • Kristine Edgren shows credential inflation relative to stated vs likely credentials.see section ↓
  • Dr Kristine Edgren is marketed with a doctor title, but reviewed credentials indicate Chiropractor (DC) rather than an MD/DO physician license.see section ↓
  • Against Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) scope rules (K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)), these advertised activities appear outside Kristine Edgren's license (including conditions they merely list as ones they treat): chronic fatigue, autoimmune conditions, Osteoporosis:…see section ↓
  • 22 of 24 advertised activities fall outside permitted Chiropractor scope in KS.see section ↓
  • Kristine Edgren dispenses specific medical advice while hiding behind a buried fine-print disclaimer to shield advice that is itself outside their licensed scope.see section ↓

Claims & evidence

22 advertised conditions or treatments fall outside their license scope. Each box leads with state-board scope notation; literature cross-check follows when we matched a specific claim. Every card carries its receipts: the quoted wording, a live source link, and an archived copy.

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure chronic fatigue.

chronic fatigue

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

Whether you are dealing with chronic fatigue, digestive issues, joint pain, hormonal imbalances, or you just know something is not right

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure autoimmune conditions.

autoimmune conditions

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

She grew up battling arthritis and autoimmune conditions

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to advertise Osteoporosis: It Is Not Just About Calcium as within their scope of practice.

Osteoporosis: It Is Not Just About Calcium

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

Osteoporosis: It Is Not Just About Calcium

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure advanced diagnostic testing for chronic fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances.

advanced diagnostic testing for chronic fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances

Supports
The phrase advanced diagnostic testing is too vague to be directly supported by the provided index papers, because those papers address hypertension management, nutrition guidelines, obesity and cardiovascular outcomes, and a clinical DNA sequencing study rather than a general claim about diagnostic testing. [1][2][3][4] One relevant high-quality paper is the Mayo Clinic Health Tapestry Study registration on DNA sequencing in clinical practice, which indicates that genomic sequencing is being studied as an advanced diagnostic tool in real-world care .
Contradicts
No provided peer-reviewed index paper directly demonstrates that advanced diagnostic testing, as a general claim, is broadly effective, superior, or necessary across conditions. The guideline papers focus on specific disease-management domains and do not establish a general benefit of advanced diagnostics . [1][3] The evidence base supplied is therefore indirect and insufficient to validate the claim. The clinical trial registry entries are not peer-reviewed outcome evidence and do not by themselves support effectiveness claims . [2]
Mainstream view
Mainstream medical practice supports advanced diagnostic testing only when it is validated, clinically indicated, and shown to improve diagnosis, prognosis, or management for a specific condition; it is not endorsed as a universal benefit in the absence of condition-specific evidence. [1] Current evidence from the supplied sources does not justify a broad, general claim about advanced diagnostic testing, though genomic sequencing and other advanced tests may be appropriate in selected clinical contexts . [2]
In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

advanced diagnostic testing

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Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure functional medicine.

functional medicine

Supports
There is limited peer‑reviewed evidence evaluating functional medicine as a distinct, validated medical model. [6] Some academic reviews describe functional medicine as a systems‑biology, patient‑centered framework that uses evidence‑based modalities such as nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, and certain medications or supplements, all of which individually have supportive evidence in conventional medicine for chronic disease prevention and management. [5] Observational outcome data (e. g. , quality‑of‑life or practice‑based cohorts) have reported patient‑reported improvements after care delivered in a functional‑medicine style clinic, but these are not randomized trials and mainly show associations rather than causation. [7] Lifestyle and nutrition interventions that functional medicine often employs—such as improving diet quality, physical activity, sleep, and stress management—are strongly supported by mainstream RCTs, guidelines, and systematic reviews, but these trials typically evaluate the interventions themselves, not “functional medicine” branding or its broader diagnostic/testing paradigm.
Contradicts
Major mainstream bodies have explicitly judged the overall evidence base for functional medicine to be insufficient. [6] A formal review by the American Academy of Family Physicians concluded there was not enough high‑quality evidence to support teaching functional medicine practice techniques in accredited continuing education, and noted that some claims and treatments promoted under the functional‑medicine banner may be potentially dangerous because they rely on unvalidated tests and supplement regimens rather than guideline‑based care. [5] Independent academic and science‑communication critiques describe functional medicine as a rebranding of complementary and alternative medicine, highlight its frequent use of unproven diagnoses (such as adrenal fatigue) and extensive biochemical testing of unproven clinical value, and emphasize that there are no robust randomized controlled trials or large, high‑quality comparative effectiveness studies demonstrating that the functional‑medicine model, as a package, improves hard outcomes (mortality, major morbidity, health‑care utilization) beyond standard, evidence‑based care. [7] Publications promoting functional medicine approaches to specific conditions (for example, long COVID) acknowledge that underlying pathophysiology and treatments remain poorly defined and that suggested protocols rely on extrapolation, low‑level evidence, and expert opinion rather than rigorous trials, underscoring that the model is largely hypothesis‑driven and not yet validated. Overall, high‑quality systematic reviews, meta‑analyses, and major guidelines do not endorse functional medicine itself as an evidence‑based, superior medical paradigm; instead, they support selected lifestyle or nutrition components that functional‑medicine practitioners also use but which are already part of conventional preventive and chronic‑disease care.
Mainstream view
Mainstream medicine views functional medicine as a loosely defined, alternative or integrative framework that borrows many legitimate, evidence‑based tools (nutrition counseling, exercise prescriptions, risk‑factor modification) but wraps them in a broader practice model that lacks rigorous validation and often incorporates unproven testing, diagnoses, and supplement protocols. [5][6] Leading professional societies do not recognize functional medicine as a formal medical specialty, and large clinical guidelines do not recommend seeking “functional medicine” per se; instead, they emphasize evidence‑based lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions delivered within conventional care. The prevailing position is that while some individual interventions used by functional‑medicine practitioners are strongly evidence‑based, the branded functional‑medicine model—especially its extensive, non‑standard laboratory panels, root‑cause narratives, and supplement‑heavy regimens—does not have sufficient high‑quality RCTs, comparative trials, or guideline support to be considered a validated, superior approach to diagnosis or treatment, and should be approached with caution, using standard evidence‑based medicine as the primary framework. [7] Deterministic PubMed cross-check found no matching indexed studies for these terms (absence of indexed evidence is not evidence against the claim).
In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

functional medicine

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Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure advanced diagnostic testing.

advanced diagnostic testing

Supports
The phrase advanced diagnostic testing is too vague to be directly supported by the provided index papers, because those papers address hypertension management, nutrition guidelines, obesity and cardiovascular outcomes, and a clinical DNA sequencing study rather than a general claim about diagnostic testing. [1][2][3][4] One relevant high-quality paper is the Mayo Clinic Health Tapestry Study registration on DNA sequencing in clinical practice, which indicates that genomic sequencing is being studied as an advanced diagnostic tool in real-world care .
Contradicts
No provided peer-reviewed index paper directly demonstrates that advanced diagnostic testing, as a general claim, is broadly effective, superior, or necessary across conditions. The guideline papers focus on specific disease-management domains and do not establish a general benefit of advanced diagnostics . [1][3] The evidence base supplied is therefore indirect and insufficient to validate the claim. The clinical trial registry entries are not peer-reviewed outcome evidence and do not by themselves support effectiveness claims . [2]
Mainstream view
Mainstream medical practice supports advanced diagnostic testing only when it is validated, clinically indicated, and shown to improve diagnosis, prognosis, or management for a specific condition; it is not endorsed as a universal benefit in the absence of condition-specific evidence. [1] Current evidence from the supplied sources does not justify a broad, general claim about advanced diagnostic testing, though genomic sequencing and other advanced tests may be appropriate in selected clinical contexts . [2]
In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

advanced diagnostic testing

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Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not approved to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy within a Chiropractor scope of practice under Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic).

hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Supports
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is supported by major reviews and guidelines for a limited set of indications, including carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, gas embolism, clostridial myonecrosis/gas gangrene, selected compromised grafts/flaps, radiation injury, and some difficult wound-healing scenarios. [8][9][10][11] The peer-reviewed index paper on Fournier’s gangrene reports a systematic review and meta-analysis supporting HBOT as an adjunct in this necrotizing soft-tissue infection. Broader medical reviews also describe HBOT as an accepted therapy for radiation injury, selected severe infections, and wound-healing indications, and major consensus/guideline documents support its use in conditions such as carbon monoxide poisoning and gas embolism.
Contradicts
The claim is too nonspecific to be directly supported as stated, because hyperbaric oxygen therapy is not a general treatment for all conditions and its evidence base varies sharply by indication. [8][9][10][11] For several proposed uses, evidence is weak, inconsistent, or based on low-quality studies rather than strong randomized evidence; the peer-reviewed index set includes a systematic review for female infertility, but this is a 2025 preprint rather than established peer-reviewed evidence and therefore does not provide robust support for routine clinical use. Similarly, the broader academic literature notes ongoing controversy for many off-label applications, with benefits often limited to specific subgroups and with potential adverse effects that must be weighed against uncertain benefit.
Mainstream view
Mainstream medicine considers hyperbaric oxygen therapy a legitimate adjunctive treatment for a defined list of indications, especially decompression illness, gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene/necrotizing infections, compromised flaps/grafts, and some radiation injuries. [8][9][10][11] It is not considered a general therapy for broad wellness or for many unsupported conditions, and evidence quality is indication-specific rather than uniformly strong.
In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

hyperbaric oxygen therapy

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Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure nutritional support.

nutritional support

Supports
The only directly relevant evidence in the provided index is broad clinical nutrition literature rather than a specific influencer claim. ESPEN guidance supports nutritional support as part of clinical nutrition care in inflammatory bowel disease, and ASPEN-FELANPE clinical guidelines support nutritional support in appropriate hospitalized or disease-specific patients . [18][2] The chemo(radio)therapy systematic review and meta-analysis found oral nutritional interventions can improve some nutritional and clinical outcomes during cancer treatment, which supports nutritional support in that setting . [17]
Contradicts
The claim is too vague to evaluate as written, and there is no evidence here that nutritional support is universally beneficial for all people or all conditions. The indexed papers are condition-specific guidelines and reviews, so they do not justify a broad, unconditional claim. [2] The hypertension guideline is not evidence for general nutritional support and addresses blood pressure management rather than a general nutrition intervention . [1][17][18] Evidence also varies by population, intervention type, and outcome, so benefits cannot be generalized from these sources alone .
Mainstream view
Mainstream medical practice supports nutritional support when there is a clinical indication such as malnutrition, inadequate intake, cancer therapy, inflammatory bowel disease, or other high-risk medical conditions, ideally guided by established nutrition guidelines . [17][18][2] It does not treat nutritional support as a single universal intervention with proven benefit for every person or every outcome .
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nutritional support

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Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not approved to offer dry needling within a Chiropractor scope of practice under Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic).

dry needling

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

dry needling

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure prenatal care.

prenatal care

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

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prenatal care

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure pediatric care.

pediatric care

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

pediatric care

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure functional nutrition.

functional nutrition

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

functional nutrition

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scopeListed service

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure genetic nutritional analysis.

genetic nutritional analysis

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

Genetic nutritional analysis is available to any patient at Root Function Health.

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to advertise We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns. as within their scope of practice.

We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns.

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns.

Archived screenshot of this wording on the source page
Their wording, preserved on the Internet Archive

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to advertise We do not guess. We analyze your test results alongside your health history to identify what is actually driving your symptoms. as within their scope of practice.

We do not guess. We analyze your test results alongside your health history to identify what is actually driving your symptoms.

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

We do not guess. We analyze your test results alongside your health history to identify what is actually driving your symptoms.

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to advertise find out why they are happening as within their scope of practice.

find out why they are happening

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

We are not here to manage your symptoms. We are here to find out why they are happening.

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure root cause health care.

root cause health care

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

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Root-cause health care

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to advertise get to the root of what is keeping you from feeling your best as within their scope of practice.

get to the root of what is keeping you from feeling your best

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

get to the root of what is keeping you from feeling your best

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure reduce inflammation.

reduce inflammation

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

Reduce inflammation, support recovery, and boost clarity.

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure support recovery.

support recovery

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

Reduce inflammation, support recovery, and boost clarity.

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure boost clarity.

boost clarity

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

Reduce inflammation, support recovery, and boost clarity.

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Outside scope

Kristine Edgren is not licensed or approved by Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) to diagnose, treat, or cure repair the gut from dysbiosis.

repair the gut from dysbiosis

No specific health claims of theirs were cross-checked against the literature.

In their own wordsView sourceArchived copy

How Long Does It Take to Heal the Gut from Dysbiosis?

Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Manipulation

Critical

False Authority

transcript · cited

A DC is presented as someone who can diagnose and resolve broad chronic illness through lab interpretation and nutritional analysis, which borrows physician-style authority far beyond chiropractic's usual musculoskeletal remit. Likely motive: Expand perceived scope to attract medically complex patients and high-margin testing/supplement revenue.

specializes in uncovering the root causes behind chronic health concerns through lab testing, nutritional analysis, and personalized care

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Critical

Lab Test Upsell

transcript · cited

The page makes lab testing the central mechanism for explaining symptoms, which is a classic funnel into paid panels and follow-up visits even when standard care would start elsewhere. Likely motive: Sell diagnostic testing and downstream follow-up care.

We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns.

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Critical

False Authority

transcript · cited

This is credential theater: 'advanced diagnostic expertise' sounds like a broad medical specialty even though the underlying license is chiropractic, not general medicine. Likely motive: Make a narrow-license practitioner seem like a comprehensive medical authority.

Dr. Jeurink brings 20+ years of advanced diagnostic expertise.

High

Sales Funnel Motive

transcript · cited

The copy sets up a worry gap: vague symptoms, 'root cause' uncertainty, then a bespoke plan after testing. That structure nudges readers from anxiety into paid consultations and product purchases. Likely motive: Move visitors from concern to booking to recurring spend.

Your Search for Answers Ends Here

Commerce & grift map

This is the familiar root-cause funnel: vague chronic symptoms, then 'advanced diagnostic testing,' then a personalized plan, then supplements from the in-house DSS dispensary. The money flow is obvious even without an explicit affiliate program: testing creates concern, concern creates follow-up, and follow-up creates supplement sales and recurring visits.

Critical

No FTC-style compensation disclosure

compensationDisclosures · scan

High

In-office and online dispensary sales of practitioner-grade supplements through a named dispensary partner.

proprietary_product

Supplements pitched

  • Practitioner-grade supplements / DSS dispensary stack

    Supplements and Dispensary Practitioner-grade products selected by our doctors — available in-office and online through our DSS dispensary.

Labs pitched

  • advanced diagnostic testing

    advanced diagnostic testing

How the money flows

  • Proprietary productUndisclosed In-office and online dispensary sales of practitioner-grade supplements through a named dispensary partner.available in-office and online through our DSS dispensary
    Kickback quoteView source

    available in-office and online through our DSS dispensary

  • Lab testing referralUndisclosed Paid lab testing is used as a core service and likely feeds downstream supplement and follow-up sales.We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns.
    Kickback quoteView source

    We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns.

  • Other financial tieUndisclosed General functional-medicine consults and care plans around testing and nutrition.personalized care plans
    Kickback quoteView source

    personalized care plans

Sponsors and advertisers

Brands, advertisers, and agencies connected to this content, based on what it promotes and discloses.

  • DSS DispensaryBrand

    Promoted commerce partner

  • Practitioner-grade supplements / DSS dispensary stackBrand

    Named on a surface without a compensation disclosure

  • advanced diagnostic testingBrand

    Named on a surface without a compensation disclosure

Credentials & scope

Glossary: Chiropractor (“Dr.”)

Stated: DR, Chiropractor

Tobi Jeurink and Kristine Edgren appear to hold real chiropractic credentials, but the site leans hard on 'Dr.' plus specialty-sounding designations to market broad internal-medicine-style expertise. The problem is not the letters after the name; it is the use of those letters to imply competence in diagnosing and managing systemic illness well beyond chiropractic scope.

  • DC, Doctor of Chiropractic

    A licensed chiropractic doctorate, not an MD/DO physician license.

    State chiropractic boards generally allow musculoskeletal evaluation and adjustment-based care, not general internal medicine, prescription management, or systemic disease diagnosis/treatment.

    Dr. Kristine EdgrenDC · Webster Certified

  • DABCI, Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists

    A postgraduate chiropractic certification in internal-diagnosis style concepts and lab interpretation.

    This is still a chiropractic credential; it does not convert the holder into a medical internist or expand state-board scope to full-spectrum medicine.

    Dr. Kristine EdgrenDC · Webster Certified

  • FICPA, Fellow, International Chiropractic Pediatric Association

    A chiropractic pediatric-related fellowship credential.

    Typically supports chiropractic care with pediatric focus, but not independent pediatric medical management of systemic disease.

    Dr. Kristine EdgrenDC · Webster Certified

Permitted scope vs advertised

Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic) · Confidence: medium

Kansas chiropractors are licensed as practitioners of the healing arts and are authorized to diagnose and treat the human condition and all of its diseases, except they may not prescribe medication or perform surgery or obstetrics.[2] Within those limits, they may use chiropractic methods, diagnostic evaluations, and non-pharmacologic supportive measures such as nutrition.

What this license permits

  • Spinal adjustment and manipulation
  • Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment
  • Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care
  • Headache care within musculoskeletal scope

22 of 24 advertised activities fall outside permitted scope.

AdvertisedVerdict
chronic fatigue
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Outside scope
autoimmune conditions
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Outside scope
Listed service Osteoporosis: It Is Not Just About Calcium
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Outside scope
advanced diagnostic testing for chronic fatigue, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Outside scope
Listed service functional medicine
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service advanced diagnostic testing
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service nutritional support
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service dry needling
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service prenatal care
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service pediatric care
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service functional nutrition
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
Listed service genetic nutritional analysis
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
We run the labs, review the history, and find out what is actually driving your health concerns.
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
We do not guess. We analyze your test results alongside your health history to identify what is actually driving your symptoms.
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
find out why they are happening
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
root cause health care
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
get to the root of what is keeping you from feeling your best
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
reduce inflammation
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
support recovery
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
boost clarity
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope
repair the gut from dysbiosis
Rule: K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)
Not listed among permitted DC scope activities under the governing practice act.
Outside scope

Sources: Kansas State Board of Healing Arts – Home (official), Kansas Chiropractic Association – About Chiropractic (scope description referencing Kansas law) (official), Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

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