Health Optimization Programs by Telehealth in New Jersey

What is available in New Jersey — and what is not

Available to New Jersey residents:

• All twelve Health Optimization Programs, by secure video, starting with a 90-minute telehealth visit and continuing on a 6- or 12-month pathway.
• Functional medicine telehealth (Personalized Clinical Care) with Dr. Chris, described on the New Jersey functional medicine page linked above.
• In-person chiropractic care at Merchantville. Hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern. The Merchantville phone number is (856) 532-2063. Consults for the programs and for functional medicine are also booked at (609) 651-7436.

Not available on a New Jersey telehealth visit:

• A chiropractic adjustment or a physical exam over video. Those happen only in the clinic.
• A prediction about how your own case will turn out. Program details are covered in the consult.
• A claim, on this page, that a particular license covers every service in New Jersey. Telehealth licensing rules vary by state and by provider type. The team confirms licensing and scope of practice before a first visit.

How care works from New Jersey

New Jersey and both Your Health Now clinics are on Eastern time, so a time on the booking calendar is the same time on your clock. You do not convert.

You do not have to live in Camden County, and you do not have to come in for the program itself. Someone in Bergen, Essex, or Hudson County can do the complimentary consult, the 90-minute visit, and later check-ins by video and never walk into Merchantville. If you want both a program (or functional medicine) and hands-on chiropractic care, they are scheduled as separate visits: the clinical conversation on video or, if you prefer, in a context the team confirms with you, and the adjustment as its own clinic appointment.

The Chalfont, Pennsylvania clinic at 350 N Main St #201 is the other in-person office, just across the river in Bucks County. It is there if a Pennsylvania appointment is more convenient; it is not required for New Jersey residents on a video program.

If additional work beyond a Health Optimization Program seems to be in order — for example a more complex, chronic, or multi-system case — Dr. Chris will say so on the consult and point you to Personalized Clinical Care. That conversation belongs in New Jersey because the clinical pathway is actually open here.

New Jersey health picture, and which programs are most relevant here

These figures are public statistics, not claims about our patients, and they are not a diagnosis.

The CDC’s 2024 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System maps, based on self-reported height and weight, put adult obesity in New Jersey at 27.7%. That is lower than several neighboring states, including Pennsylvania at 34.2% on the same map, but it is still more than one in four adults. For residents whose goals involve weight change, cravings, or a sense that metabolism has slowed, the Healthy Weight & Metabolism Program is the pathway designed for that work.

New Jersey is also a high-incidence state for Lyme disease. CDC’s 2023 National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables report 7,224 Lyme disease cases in New Jersey. A Health Optimization Program is not a Lyme clinic, and this page will not treat it as one. If tick-borne illness, lingering symptoms after a tick bite, or a complex overlap of fatigue and inflammation is the reason you are calling, start with functional medicine telehealth in New Jersey and the site’s chronic Lyme and functional medicine article, or ask on the consult whether Personalized Clinical Care is the better fit.

A third, more everyday pattern in this state is the long commute and the stacked workday — people who feel worn down, foggy, or “not themselves” without a single dramatic diagnosis. Two programs are built for that picture: the Energy Restoration Program, for ongoing fatigue, burnout, poor recovery, or brain fog, and the Hormone Balance & Vitality Program, for symptoms that may be related to hormone imbalance such as fatigue, poor sleep, mood changes, or low energy. Our article on why fatigue persists is a useful companion if that is the situation you recognize.

Those three program families are the ones this page emphasizes for New Jersey. The other nine programs remain open to New Jersey residents; they are described on the main programs page rather than restated here.

Who you see, and what his training actually is

Telehealth visits are with Dr. Chris Chianese. He is not an MD, and this page will not imply that he is. He is a Doctor of Chiropractic (Sherman College, summa cum laude) with a Master of Science in Applied Nutrition from Canisius College, the Certification in Patient-Specific Chiropractic (CPSC) program he founded, and the Functional Medicine Certified Professional (FMCP) credential through the Institute for Functional Medicine, where he is a member and listed provider. His full biography, including additional training in IASTM, Active Release Technique, and functional neurology, is on Meet the Doctor.

People often ask, in general searches about functional medicine, whether these clinicians “go to medical school.” The honest answer for this practice is the credential list above. Scope of practice — including what can and cannot be done on a telehealth visit in New Jersey — is confirmed with you before a first visit, not guessed in marketing copy.

How to start

Book a complimentary 30-minute consult through Jane App, or call (609) 651-7436. If you already know you want to be seen in the Merchantville office for chiropractic care, use Locations, the family chiropractic care page, or call (856) 532-2063. You can also contact us by email or through the contact form. If you live in Pennsylvania or New York and want the matching state page, those are here: Health Optimization in Pennsylvania and Health Optimization in New York. All published states are listed on the states hub.

Educational information on this website is not a diagnosis or a substitute for an in-person exam. See the medical disclaimer.