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 Aug 13, 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] ADHD Friendly Mode
  Not among permitted DC scope activities; addresses systemic, endocrine, prescribing, or non-specialty medical care outside this license. (Minnesota Chiropractic Practice Act (scope limited to musculoskeletal/spine care))
• [outside scope] Epilepsy Safe Mode
  Not among permitted DC scope activities; addresses systemic, endocrine, prescribing, or non-specialty medical care outside this license. (Minnesota Chiropractic Practice Act (scope limited to musculoskeletal/spine care))
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  Not among permitted DC scope activities; addresses systemic, endocrine, prescribing, or non-specialty medical care outside this license. (Minnesota Chiropractic Practice Act (scope limited to musculoskeletal/spine care))
• [outside scope] Next PostThe Nervous System And Autism
  Not among permitted DC scope activities; addresses systemic, endocrine, prescribing, or non-specialty medical care outside this license. (Minnesota Chiropractic Practice Act (scope limited to musculoskeletal/spine care))
• [outside scope] Treating autism as a clinic service list item
  Not among permitted DC scope activities; addresses systemic, endocrine, prescribing, or non-specialty medical care outside this license. (Minnesota Chiropractic Practice Act (scope limited to musculoskeletal/spine care))

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.

• [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 (Minn. Stat. §148.01, subds. 1–4; §148.01 ("The practice of chiropractic is not the practice of medicine")); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [literature: mixed] 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 (Minn. Stat. §148.01, subds. 1–4); literature: mixed in the medical literature.
• [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 (Minn. Stat. §148.01; §148.01 (practice of chiropractic not medicine)); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [literature: unsupported] struggling with depression, anxiety, bipolar 2, BPD, and insomnia
  Permitted Chiropractor scope includes: Spinal adjustment and manipulation, Musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, Soft-tissue and rehabilitative care, Headache care within musculoskeletal scope.; Advertised activity: outside this license's scope (Minn. Stat. §148.01; §148.01 (practice of chiropractic not medicine)); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.
• [literature: unsupported] Anxiety & Depression
  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 (Minn. Stat. §148.01); literature: not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.

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