Founder and President
Dr. Eric Marks, D.C.
Delaware native, Parker graduate, and founder of Pure Wellness. Dr. Marks built a five-clinic group so families across the state can get the same exam-driven chiropractic care.
Dr. Eric Marks is the founder and President of Pure Wellness. A graduate of Parker College of Chiropractic and the University of Delaware, he is licensed in Delaware and certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
He practices in Newark using Diversified, Gonstead, SOT, and myofascial release. Before leading Pure Wellness he held associate and leadership roles in Newark and Austin, and he still treats patients while running the group.
Outside the clinic he serves on the board of the Greater Newark Boys and Girls Club, stays active, follows sports, and spends time with his family. Patients who want the person who built this model of care start with Dr. Marks in Newark.
“Chiropractic is a way of looking at total body health, not a trick for a tight back.”
Where Eric practises
Eric practises out of a single Pure Wellness office, which keeps your file, your imaging, and your treating doctor in one building rather than spread across the state.
What Eric treats
The complaints with the most reps on this schedule are spinal health; family wellness; practice leadership. Alongside those, Eric handles the everyday spinal and extremity work any general chiropractic practice sees — the stiff neck that will not turn, the low back that seized lifting something ordinary, the shoulder that has quietly stopped reaching overhead. Each link below opens the statewide write-up for that condition: what actually causes it, what an exam looks for, and when chiropractic is the wrong answer.
How Eric adjusts
“Chiropractic” is not one procedure. The methods below are the ones Eric is trained in, and the exam decides which of them you get. If a forceful adjustment is wrong for your age, your bone density, or an acutely inflamed joint, there is a low-force option that reaches the same joint a different way — you should be told which one you are getting and why before anyone touches you.
Diversified
The most widely taught hands-on adjustment in chiropractic, and the method most people picture when they think of seeing a chiropractor.
What it feels like: A quick, shallow thrust delivered by hand to a specific joint. You often hear a pop — that is gas releasing from the joint capsule, not bones cracking — and the whole contact lasts a fraction of a second.
Used for: Restoring motion to a spinal or extremity joint that has stopped moving through its normal range. It is the default starting point for most low back, mid back, and neck complaints.
Gonstead
A precision system that spends far more time on analysis than on the adjustment itself.
What it feels like: Before anything is adjusted, the doctor reads your posture, palpates the spine, checks skin temperature along the spinal nerves, and reviews films. The adjustment that follows is a single specific contact, usually with you seated or lying on your side.
Used for: Patients who want to know exactly which segment is being treated and why, and cases where a general adjustment has not held.
Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT)
A low-force system that treats the pelvis and the base of the skull as two ends of one mechanical chain.
What it feels like: Padded wedges are placed under the pelvis and your own body weight does the work over several minutes. There is little or no thrusting.
Used for: Pelvic torsion, sacroiliac pain, headaches that trace back to pelvic mechanics, and patients who do not tolerate a forceful adjustment.
Myofascial Release
Sustained hands-on pressure into the fascia — the sheet of connective tissue wrapping every muscle.
What it feels like: Slow, deep, and held. Unlike a massage stroke, the contact stays in one place until the tissue softens, which can take 90 seconds or more. It is often described as a good kind of uncomfortable.
Used for: Chronic tightness that returns between adjustments, scar tissue from old injuries, and cases where the joint moves fine but the surrounding tissue keeps pulling it back.
Education
- Parker College of Chiropractic — Doctor of Chiropractic
- University of Delaware
Honors
- 2008 – President of Pure Wellness
- 2003 – Vice President of True Wellness Centers
- 2000 – Associate doctor, Newark, DE
- 1999 – Started a multi-doctor clinic in Austin, TX
Associations
- Licensed by the State of Delaware
- National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- Delaware Chiropractic Services Network
- Board member, Greater Newark Boys and Girls Club
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Booking with Dr. Eric Marks, D.C.
Where does Dr. Eric Marks practise?
Eric sees patients at Pure Wellness Newark, 550 Stanton Christiana Rd Ste 302, Newark ((302) 365-5470). Appointments are booked through the clinic, not through a personal line.
What techniques does Dr. Eric Marks use?
Diversified, Gonstead, SOT, Myofascial Release. Which one you get is decided by the exam — age, bone density, whether a disc is involved, and how much force you can comfortably tolerate all change the answer.
What does Eric treat most often?
Spinal health; Family wellness; Practice leadership. Beyond those, Eric sees the full range of spinal and extremity complaints that come into a general chiropractic practice.
How long is a first visit with Dr. Eric Marks?
Plan on 60 to 90 minutes. That covers history, orthopedic and neurological testing, measured range of motion, and a conversation about what the findings mean before any treatment starts. Follow-up visits are considerably shorter.
Does Eric take my insurance?
Pure Wellness works with most major plans and will verify your specific benefits before your first appointment so there are no surprises. Send your details through the insurance verification form or call (302) 365-5470 and the front desk will check it for you.
Can I see Eric for an auto accident or work injury?
Yes. Injury cases are documented to the standard that insurers and attorneys require, which means measured findings and scheduled re-examinations rather than a generic treatment note. Mention the crash or the incident when you book so the first visit is scheduled with enough time.