About Dr. Dan

Hello and thank you for being here. All too often, we see a practitioner and tell them all about us, and we know nothing about them. Here is a little about me and my philosophy.

I was born the 5th of 8 children into a loving and caring family. Around age 6, I suffered with terrible ear pain and infections, leading to many visits to those in the medical field. By the age of 7, I felt a calling to be a doctor. My 6th grade teacher started calling me Dr. Dan - it really resonated with me.

When it came time to consider what route to take in the healthcare field, I realized my faith in the prevailing medical system was filled with skepticism. From the age of 12, I had been reading books on the mind/body connection. It seemed that traditional medicine was missing a whole component of healing.

Eventually I chose to become a nurse. Working on a neurosurgical floor, I witnessed many low back and neck surgeries after questionable care to fix what was really going on. It seemed to me that there had to be a better way to treat patients and their ongoing medical issues. It was then that I decided to go back to school, and to ultimately earn a doctorate degree in Naprapathy and Chiropractic. Even then, it felt as if I was missing vital information, and that my scope was too narrow. I knew there was more out there that needed to be discovered.

Early on in my chiropractic career, I was drawn to more energetic modalities within the profession such as Neuro-Emotional Technique, Applied Kinesiology, homeopathy, to name a few. Eventually this led me to study Shamanism, the world’s oldest spiritual tradition and healing system. Shamanism looks at the body as spirit, directing and moving energy to restore the harmony within.

I had the opportunity to complete an extensive one year Shamanic program. Since then, I began to study with the Shipibo in Peru, and the Huchiol in Mexico. Blending Shamanism and chiropractic allows me the opportunity to treat body, mind and spirit in a truly integrated way