Dr. Louis Cofrancesco said he is sorry he didn’t use the new name for his chiropractic and healing arts center when he first opened his practice over 20 years ago.

Three years after he opened it, he moved the Bethany Chiropractic Center to 270 Amity Road in Woodbridge, and he admitted that has resulted in a certain amount of confusion over the years.

Cofrancesco just moved to a new, much larger location three buildings south, at 260 Amity Road, above a Wells Fargo Bank branch, and he said he intends to expand to an "integrated healing arts center," offering a number of alternative health therapies at one place, now known as Cofrancesco Chiropractic & Healing Arts.

"We’ve doubled our size," he said. "We now have eight treatment rooms." There were only four at the old location.

But what he has in mind is more than just more floor space. He already practices along with chiropractor Dr. Benjamin H. Szczypek, and includes Christine "Bo" Connor-Hall, a massage therapist and yoga teacher, Michelle Ives for Bowenwork, and Carol Budzinski for Reiki.

Bowenwork and Reiki are healing arts that employ touch therapy. Ives and Budzinski double as the office manager and receptionist. Cofrancesco noted that Ives is one of just two Bowenwork practitioners in Connecticut.

He also plans to add naturopathy, osteopathy, acupuncture, homeopathy, craniosacral therapy, tai chi and qigong to the practice, and will host monthly workshops, lectures and shows by local craftsmen like Timothy Fagan, who builds ergonomic furniture.

And if that weren’t all, he also offers all his healing art services to corporations on a consulting basis.

"We’re working on expanding this in Connecticut. Our motto is to create a happier and healthier work environment," Cofrancesco said.

Cofrancesco, 56, began working in his family’s woodworking business, United Millwork, as a cabinetmaker. In his 20s he attended the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy and then pre-med studies at Southern Connecticut State University. Finally, he graduated in 1989 from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic and returned to Connecticut where he opened his practice in his parent’s home.

"We know that the human body is the most complex organism that we’ve ever studied," he said. That’s why he takes an "integrative" approach, combining different healing arts that integrate the structural, chemical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the patient.

"We have a tendency in this country to ignore the mind-body connection," he said. That leads to an over-reliance on pharmaceutical drugs, which Cofrancesco said are often unnecessary and even harmful for achieving health.

Cofrancesco is also working on another project, a specially designed chair he said might greatly reduce the amount of stress caused by prolonged sitting. He said it could be used at computer workstations, vehicle driver seats and even wheelchairs.