Dr. Carmel-Ann Mania, DC

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Get to know Chiropractor Dr. Carmel-Ann Mania, who serves patients in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Dr. Mania has been an active family chiropractor for more than 30 years in Bergen County, seeing patients at her private practice in Hackensack, New Jersey. She has been providing gentle, personalized care for patients ranging in age from infancy to near 100 years. 

In practice as well as on the line, she strives for excellence through superior patient treatment, education, and satisfaction. Service offerings focus on providing relief from acute and chronic pain, increased mobility and function, as well as long-term wellness care to individuals and families of all ages.

Growing up in the Passaic county area of New Jersey, Dr. Mania attended local schools and William Paterson University. After graduating in 1978 from Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport campus, she returned home to New Jersey and established herself in Garfield. As someone who has always been involved in wellness and community, she was thrilled to raise her family with chiropractic as a foundation for a healthy lifestyle and to help other families to do the same.

After moving her family wellness practice to Hackensack, she completed the postdoctoral course and received Certification in Chiropractic Primary Care for the Family (C.C.P.C.P.1998) offered at the School of Chiropractic at University of Bridgeport. 

A respected speaker on health-related topics to public, private, and patient groups, Dr. Mania has represented Palmer Chiropractic University as the local representative of the Alumni Student Recruitment Program. She is a member of the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors, The National Association of Women Business Owners, St. Mary’s Church, Dumont, the Academy for the General Practice of Chiropractic, the Palmer Alumni Association, and Don Bosco Mothers’ Guild Alumni.

Additionally, she is Co-Founder with Loren Gelberg-Goff, LCSW of Being Well Within, an organization dedicated to offering practical, down to earth and integrated seminars and workshops in private, public, and corporate venues on stress management, coping with change, finding balance in your life, and many other topics! The team published their first book “Being Well Within: From Distressed to De-Stressed” in 2011 (Balboa Press).

Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine that mainly deals with the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine. A chiropractor uses spinal adjustments, manipulation, and other techniques to manage patients’ health concerns, including neck pain, back pain, headaches, vertigo and a long list of other ailments and conditions. They aim to improve patients’ functionality and quality of life by properly aligning the body’s musculoskeletal structure and enabling the body to heal itself naturally, without the use of medication or surgery. 

In 2002, Dr. Mania, along with 23 other New Jersey chiropractors, received the “Mayor John I. Crecco Medal of Honor” for services rendered to first responders in the aftermath of the September 11th tragedy. She was recognized by the Don Bosco Prep High School community for Outstanding Service with its “Mamma Margaret Award” in 2004 and the Hackensack D.A.R.E. in 2003. 

In 2013, she was awarded the “Teal Heart” Award from the Northeast Region of NJAWBO for outstanding service to the organization. That same year, she was honored to be awarded the prestigious Nancy C. Righter Award for her contributions to her community, her profession and the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners. 

Among Dr. Mania’s other most notable achievements include the recipient of “201 Magazine” Bergen’s TOP Chiropractors Award in 2015, 2016, and 2017. 

Her spare time is often spent with family; reading a good book on history, mystery or health; walking or dancing. She is married to John Montero and they raised two wonderful children together.

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