Chiropractor
Brief info
I grew up in Lubbock, TX and lived there for about half of my life. I grew up playing sports, but was drawn toward music in my teenage years. After graduating high school, I tried my hand at becoming a rock star with my band I had started in school. A few humbling years later, which at the very least allowed me to travel all over the country and meet new people, I buckled down and got to work on my first college degree, which was an Associate’s in advertising.
With job opportunities in that field looking bleak at the beginning of the 2008 recession, I decided to go back to school to get my teaching degree. In order to pay for it, I joined the Army National Guard in 2009. I graduated from Texas Tech University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s in history and secondary education, and then immediately was tabbed for a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Upon returning stateside, I began my teaching career in Texas, but still felt like something was missing.
While I was deployed, I was responsible for lifting and carrying all kinds of heavy equipment, and subsequently developed neck pain and weakness in my dominant arm. Luckily, I met who would become my wife soon after, and her father is a chiropractor. He came to visit us, assessed me, and adjusted me twice within one week, removing most of the neck and arm pain, and helping to restore most of the strength back into my right arm. It was then that I found what was missing. I informed my wife I was leaving teaching to become a Chiropractor. After the initial shock of that announcement, we were off to Dallas where I completed my Doctor of Chiropractic degree at Parker University.
Along the way, both while I was teaching and while I was in chiropractic school, we had two beautiful, unique, spirited little girls and ultimately made the huge decision to leave Texas at the conclusion of my time at Parker University and move up to Washington.
Chiropractic for me is fulfilling because I love figuring out what is causing pain for a patient, figuring out what treatment will be most helpful, and watching a patient’s progress from injured and afraid, to recovered and happy. The puzzle, problem-solving, and treatment aspects of this profession will always keep me on my toes and keep me geared toward providing the best care and solutions possible for my patients.