Kramer joins Fuller at Yellowstone Chiropractic

There’s a new chiropractor in town. Melissa Kramer, DC has joined the practice of Dr. Ross Fuller as an associate of Yellowstone Chiropractic at 223 East Main in Lovell.

She started work February 2.

Kramer said Dr. Fuller needed some help at his office due to his growing practice.

“He just wanted some extra help in the office to help bring in some more patients and be able to see more patients for call-ins and everything like that, because he’s already super popular in town,” Kramer said.

Yellowstone Chiropractic is open Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon and 2 to 6 p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Kramer said her father was in the Marine Corps, so she moved around a lot growing up. She graduated from high school in Lewistown, Montana, and earned a degree in kinesiology at Montana State University in Bozeman. She met her husband, James, at MSU, where he earned a degree in rangeland ecology. A native of Dillon, Montana, he’s currently working on a sheep shearing crew in Montana.

She then earned a Doctor of Chiropractic degree at Cleveland University-Kansas City in December of 2025.

Kramer found Dr. Fuller’s opening on Indeed and said it sounded like a good fit. She first got in contact with Dr. Fuller’s son Seth, then spoke with Ross and Wendy Fuller.

“It seemed like a good opportunity for me to come work here,” she said. “I have a Webster Certification, which is specific for pregnant moms. And then I also am level one certified in dry needling. It’s the western medicine (version) of dry acupuncture.

“What we do is we look for trigger points in the muscle, and then I use a needle that’s one-third the size of a sewing needle, and I stick it into the trigger point or the muscle knot to help bring in extra blood flow and oxygen and all the healing factors to help relax the muscle and not be so tight. And it is supposed to help with better mobility and relief of pain.”

Dr. Kramer said she’s had a positive experience in Lovell so far.

“It’s going great,” she said. “I’ve been seeing quite a number of patients, and everyone is super nice here, so everyone’s been pretty welcoming, which I appreciate.”

Asked what she enjoys the most about her new profession, Kramer noted, “I enjoy the holistic care of it, trying to get to the root of the problem rather than just treating a patient’s symptoms. It’s more trying to stay away from medications and surgeries, if it’s not necessary.

“Like if we can procrastinate someone not having to get back or neck surgery, or if it just is changing someone’s diet, or with the opioid crisis and everything, just trying to keep people off of pain meds and that kind of stuff, if it’s not necessary, because of how addictive they are and everything. Some people still need it (surgery). I’m not going to hate on surgeons or anything like that, but I do like to think that sometimes we can procrastinate it just a little bit.”