Team Health Care Clinic in Champlin, MN: Timothy Thomas Bertsch's claims, reviewed

Manipulation 84/100, sales funnel 85/100, credential legitimacy 0/100.

Snapshot from Oct 21, 2026. The full report is the living version.

Outside scope of practice

Advertised services that fall outside what Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners rules permit for this license, as we read the published rules. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding.

• [outside scope] Autism
  Autism is a neuropsychiatric developmental disorder outside the scope of chiropractic diagnosis, which is limited to vertebral subluxation, abnormal articulations, and related structural/biomechanical/neurological conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system. (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 1(1) and (4); Subdivision 4)
• [outside scope] Autoimmune
  Autoimmune disorders are systemic medical conditions outside chiropractic scope; chiropractors are not authorized to diagnose or treat systemic diseases. (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 2)
• [outside scope] ADHD
  ADHD is a psychiatric/neuropsychological disorder outside chiropractic diagnostic scope, which is limited to vertebral subluxation and related structural/biomechanical conditions. (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 1(4))
• [outside scope] Thyroid
  Thyroid disease is an endocrine/systemic medical condition outside chiropractic scope; chiropractors cannot diagnose or treat organ system diseases. (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 2)
• [outside scope] Anxiety & Depression
  Anxiety and depression are psychiatric disorders outside chiropractic diagnostic scope; chiropractors are not authorized to diagnose mental health conditions. (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 2)

Contested claims

Public claims whose literature cross-check came back unsupported or mixed. Verdicts reflect the published evidence we could match, not an adjudicated finding.

• [outside licensed scope] [literature: unsupported] Autism
  Permitted Chiropractor scope includes: Spinal adjustment and manipulation, Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care, Headache care within musculoskeletal scope.; Listed service: outside this license's scope (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 1(1) and (4); Subdivision 4); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [outside licensed scope] [literature: unsupported] Autoimmune
  Permitted Chiropractor scope includes: Spinal adjustment and manipulation, Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care, Headache care within musculoskeletal scope.; Listed service: outside this license's scope (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 2); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [outside licensed scope] [literature: unsupported] ADHD
  Permitted Chiropractor scope includes: Spinal adjustment and manipulation, Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care, Headache care within musculoskeletal scope.; Listed service: outside this license's scope (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 1(4)); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [outside licensed scope] [literature: unsupported] Thyroid
  Permitted Chiropractor scope includes: Spinal adjustment and manipulation, Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care, Headache care within musculoskeletal scope.; Listed service: outside this license's scope (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 2); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [outside licensed scope] [literature: unsupported] Anxiety
  Permitted Chiropractor scope includes: Spinal adjustment and manipulation, Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care, Headache care within musculoskeletal scope.; Listed service: outside this license's scope (Minnesota Statutes 148.01, Subdivision 2); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.

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