699 South Carter Road, Suite 5
Doctors at Smyrna
3 chiropractors work out of 699 South Carter Road, Suite 5. They share an approach but not a specialty, so it is worth two minutes to pick the right one.
Kent County families, Route 13 commuters, workers’ compensation patients with Dr. Mauragas, and people who have been with Dr. Decker for decades. This is Suite 5 off Route 13 — the Saturday-morning Pure Wellness office — not Dupont Highway in Dover and not Ash Boulevard in Middletown.
Smyrna team
All 3 doctors at this office
Full bio, credentials, and technique detail for each doctor on this bench.
Dr. Ken Decker, D.C.
Partner in Smyrna with two decades of chiropractic practice, a UD background, and a reputation for treating families for decades — not visits.
Dr. Mark Mauragas, D.C.
Newark native practicing in Smyrna. Nutritional science background and certified workers’ compensation doctor.
Dr. Shane Hierlmaier, D.C.
UD exercise science, Life University, eight years as a U.S. Air Force aircraft mechanic, then chiropractic in Smyrna.
Which one should you ask for?
For ordinary low back or neck pain, whoever has the next opening. All 3 run the same 60-to-90-minute first exam and all of them will tell you if your case belongs with a colleague.
Car crash or work injury? Dr. Mark Mauragas has injury-documentation training, which matters because these cases need range of motion measured and findings recorded in the format adjusters and attorneys accept. Around here that usually means workers’ compensation with Dr. Mark Mauragas and long-term spinal files with Dr. Ken Decker.
Do not want to be “cracked”? Every doctor here can use a low-force instrument instead of a manual thrust. Say so when you book. If you specifically want Activator Methods, Dr. Becky Leary specializes in that at the Camden/Dover office.
If you are not sure, say what is wrong when you call (302) 389-8915 and the desk will book you with the right person rather than the next available slot.
What this team can do in Smyrna
On site at 699 South Carter Road, Suite 5: chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, spinal decompression, and shockwave, with three doctors rotating so you are not stuck if one is in treatment.
Between them the Smyrna doctors are trained in Diversified, Gonstead, Cox Flexion-Distraction, Activator Methods, Nutritional Support, Personal Injury Protocols, Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT), Myofascial Release. That breadth is the point — technique is chosen from what the exam finds, so having more than one option in the building means fewer patients get sent away or given an adjustment that does not suit them.
The people who come through this office most are shaped by where it sits: Route 13 / South Carter Road between Dover and Wilmington. That means Kent County plant, farm, warehouse, and highway-corridor work, plus state and plant admin desks that sit the Route 13 stretch all week. Hours are Monday–Thursday 8:00am–12:30pm and 2:30pm–6:00pm, Friday 8:00am–12:30pm, Saturday 8:00am–11:30am.