About Us
For more than thirty years Chiropractic & Wellness Center, the office of Dr. Mary Jo Johnson, has been assisting people to realize a greater experience of healing, health, and well-being through a wholistic treatment model – Activator chiropractic, functional medicine, physical therapies, therapeutic massage, state of the art approaches to nutrition, low level laser therapy and more.
We’ve now added medical professionals to our staff who are knowledgeable in regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine helps patients live without pain without relying on pain medication. Regenerative medicine also helps retain joint mobility and function without the risks and limitations of surgery.
Indianapolis Pain & Wellness Center is more than a name change… it is a transition to an acknowledgement that, according to the US Centers for Disease Control, more than 50 million Americans experience chronic pain, and for 17 million the chronic pain seriously impacts their life.
Chiropractic has long been acknowledged as the most successful treatment for acute and chronic low back pain but it is not as widely acknowledged how wholistic chiropractic care successfully treats neck and upper back pain, headaches, joint and muscular pain, and more.
Indianapolis Pain and Wellness Center is now positioned to do even more to help people address acute and chronic pain using non-surgical, non-narcotic and regenerative medicine treatments to help patients return to pain-free, healthy function.
Meet the Team
Our Doctors & Staffs
Dr. Mary Jo Johnson, DC
It wasn’t until Dr. Johnson resolved a health issue of her own with chiropractic care that she changed her major from journalism to pre-med and began the journey of chiropractic studies. She graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1985. Dr. Johnson has been practicing in Indianapolis since 1993. Dr. Johnson enjoys providing whole-person health care to people of all ages, the very young to the elderly. She observes that structural, nutritional, and emotional stress causes a person to become ‘sick’ or in pain. She views it her challenge to diagnose which of the sources of stress are causing a person to be ‘out of balance’ and provide appropriate care, information, and instruction in order to assist the individual to return to a state of balanced well-being. In addition to being advanced certified in Activator Technique, Dr. Johnson is certified as a Digestive Health Specialist.
Dr. Steve Avitabile, DC
Dr. Steve Avitabile (Dr. Steve) graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in 2003. After graduating, he owned Morrisville Chiropractic outside of Raleigh NC for 15 years before relocating to Carmel IN with his wife and 2 young boys. In addition to treating patients, Dr. Steve has also spent the last 10 years working with Chiropractors to help modernize their practices with the implementation of electronic health records and Medicare compliance programs. Dr. Steve is an Advanced Proficient Activator Chiropractor. His passion for the Activator technique began in college where he helped other students to learn the Activator technique. That experience eventually led him to working for Activator Methods as a Regional Director and Associate Clinical Instructor. In addition to providing chiropractic care and spending time with his family, Dr. Steve is interested in Star Wars and football.
Dr. Antonio Carrelli
Dr. Carrelli received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Science and then his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1984 from Case Western University. He worked as an anesthesiologist at Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie from 1987 – 1991. From 1991 to 2019 he practiced anesthesiology at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. Currently he serves as the Medical Director for Volunteers of America of Ohio and Indiana and is a founding member of the Medication Assisted Treatment Program for Substance Use at Volunteers of America. Dr. Carelli is married with grown children and enjoys the great outdoors, pickleball and billiards.
Alexis Brumfield, NP
Alexis has been in the healthcare field for over 12 years, 7 of which have been as a Nurse Practitioner. She is passionate in regenerative and holistic medicine and forming relationships with patients to focus on their health needs. She focuses on the therapeutic specific treatments for each patient. Outside of work, she enjoys being outdoors and traveling with her husband and three children.