Dr. Vivian Giannakakis, D.C.

Dr. Vivian Giannakakis brought more than a decade of experience to Pure Wellness after owning a private practice in New York City. She is a Life University graduate.

She uses Diversified, Thompson drop, Activator, and Webster. Her own results as a chiropractic patient still shape how she listens and plans.

Originally from Queens, she lives the “walk the talk” line — physically, mentally, and emotionally. Wilmington reviews regularly mention that she hears the full story before she adjusts.

Your first appointment runs 60 to 90 minutes, and the adjustment is the last thing that happens, not the first. Vivian starts with your history — what happened, when, what makes it worse, what you have already tried — then screens your posture, measures range of motion rather than estimating it, and examines the joints and soft tissue around the area you are pointing at.

You get told what was found before anything is treated. If you are a chiropractic case and you want to be adjusted the same day, that happens at the first visit. A full verbal report of findings comes at the follow-up, when there has been time to look at everything properly.

Vivian adjusts using Diversified, Thompson Drop-Table, Activator Methods, Webster Technique, and the choice is made from the exam rather than from habit. Lower-force options exist for every region of the spine, so if a manual adjustment is not right for you — or you simply do not want one — there is another way to get the joint moving. Each technique is described here.

Not every problem is a chiropractic problem. If yours is not, you will be told at the exam and pointed toward the right kind of care.

Vivian sees patients at Pure Wellness Wilmington, 2106 Silverside Rd #102 in Wilmington. Mon–Fri with a lunch break; closed weekends. Pure Wellness Chiropractic runs five clinics across the state, so if a colleague is a better fit for your case or a different office is an easier drive, the desk will say so.