How ViVO Chiropractic’s Owners Use BioCharger to Enhance Their Practice

Dr. April Little and Dr. Chris LaVoie chose BioCharger as the one and only additional wellness modality at ViVO Chiropractic. Since its introduction, BioCharger has improved both patient experience and practice performance in several key areas:

• Expanding the practice’s service offerings
• Aligning recipe offerings with wellness trends
• Adding a new revenue stream that has already paid for itself

This case study examines how ViVO Chiropractic integrated BioCharger into its practice model and why Dr. April considers it indispensable to their approach to whole-person wellness.

About ViVO Chiropractic® 

Dr. Chris LaVoie and Dr. April Little share a single goal for patients at Connecticut-based ViVO Chiropractic: delivering care tailored to each individual’s needs. By recognizing each patient’s unique challenges and fostering collaboration between doctors and patients, they help patients’ nervous systems recover and function as intended. In recent years, ViVO Chiropractic has selectively expanded its offerings to include supplements in partnership with Designs for Health and BioCharger as its exclusive additional wellness modality.

Dr. April—as patients affectionately call her—explains that there are three causes of spinal misalignment: physical, chemical, and mental-emotional stressors. Mental-emotional stressors, she explains, are the leading cause of misalignment in today’s society. “If you’re not getting to the bottom of how mental-emotional stressors affect someone’s life, you don’t know what you can do to help them from that standpoint,” she says. “When you can address the mental-emotional part, it helps their physical well-being too, because it’s all connected: mind, body, spirit.” For Dr. April, BioCharger is an essential part of mental-emotional care at ViVO Chiropractic.

Integrating BioCharger into Patient Care

ViVO Chiropractic considered BioCharger alongside another wellness technology before making a final decision. Dr. April cites several benefits that made BioCharger the preferred choice.

Small physical footprint

“I was initially thrilled that BioCharger could fit our limited space,” Dr. April says. Following an extensive office renovation, she needed a solution that required no further build-out. With a footprint of about four square feet, the BioCharger platform fits easily into a cozy room.

Low time commitment 

Dr. April understands that patients have limited time, so any additional modality must be efficient. BioCharger sessions typically last 12 to 15 minutes (22 to 25 minutes for “custom stacks”), which she considers a significant advantage.

The flexibility to use BioCharger before or after a chiropractic adjustment also helps maximize patients’ time. Dr. April explains, “Sometimes, we get busy, and there’s a bit of a wait for a table. I’ll say, ‘Hey, why don’t you use the BioCharger first?’ Then, when they’re done with that, they get on the table right away.”

An opportunity to disconnect 

While many wellness businesses cite community-building via group sessions as a BioCharger benefit, ViVO Chiropractic takes a different approach. The practice focuses on individual sessions in a dedicated quiet space, intentionally offering a calm alternative to the demands of modern life. “We all have so much coming at us from all directions,” Dr. April says. “We rarely have an opportunity to just sit and be silent.” A BioCharger session offers 15 minutes of quiet, phone-free time for patients to be present.

Dr. April adds that patients may also choose small joint sessions. “It’s nice when a family wants to go in there together,” she says. “We have a mom who goes in with her son.”

Curated recipes for personalized wellness 

With a library of more than 1,500 recipes designed to support various wellness goals, BioCharger enables the ViVO Chiropractic team to offer tailored experiences to patients. Finding the right recipe is simple: the team enters a relevant keyword into the BioCharger’s cloud-based software, which they conveniently access from a screen at the front desk.

While the software provides a list of options, choosing a recipe is a collaborative effort between the ViVO Chiropractic team and the patient. “There’s always one recipe that lights someone up,” Dr. April explains. “That’s when I know it’s the one.” 

Ease of operation

Starting a BioCharger session is straightforward. Personal connection is important to Dr. April and her team, so whenever possible, they accompany patients to the BioCharger room and start the session at the platform after helping them get settled. But on busy days, the option to start sessions remotely from the front desk keeps the team on schedule without compromising the patient experience.

The Business Impact of BioCharger 

BioCharger has proven to be a sound business decision for ViVO Chiropractic.

Expanding the practice’s service offerings 

New patients receive a free BioCharger session and an introduction to the recipe library at the start of their chiropractic care. For $99 per month, patients have unlimited access to BioCharger sessions, which are coordinated alongside regular chiropractic appointments.

Dr. April shares the experience of a budget-conscious patient who chose the monthly plan after using the Fat Buster recipe to support her weight-loss goals. Following her session, the patient reported having no desire to visit the processed-snack aisle at the grocery store. She has since continued with the BioCharger plan and now uses a variety of programs, an outcome that Dr. April says “speaks to the value of the modality.”

Aligning recipes with regional needs and wellness trends

ViVO Chiropractic aligns BioCharger offerings with both regional needs and national wellness trends. In Connecticut, where tick-borne health conditions are a significant concern, patients afflicted with those conditions can access recipes that assist and support their body’s recovery.

Observing the rapid increase in GLP-1 use, Dr. April began offering a supplement to support patients’ weight-loss goals, along with BioCharger recipes that promote healthy digestion and metabolism. “For each vitamin of the month, we identify BioCharger programs that complement it to create a more comprehensive experience,” she says.

Adding a new revenue stream that has already paid for itself 

Both BioCharger units at ViVO Chiropractic have already paid for themselves. Each session now contributes directly to the practice’s revenue, and patient demand continues to increase as more individuals experience the benefits of BioCharger.

While many factors have contributed to this growth, Dr. April points to one critical element: genuine belief in the modality, beginning with leadership. “The business owner has to understand the benefit,” she says. “If you’re not invested and simply view it as another source of revenue, you won’t get as much value from it.” 

BioCharger has earned its place at ViVo Chiropractic, serving as a smart investment that supports the practice’s mission of whole-person, mind-body-spirit care.

Quote Highlight 

“BioCharger is a great addition to our chiropractic business. It doesn’t require much space, it’s easy to use, and it allows us to serve a wide range of people, regardless of the challenges they may be facing.” — Dr. April Little, Co-Owner, ViVO Chiropractic