The training journey
“I left finance and enrolled at Northwestern Health Sciences University, one of the most respected chiropractic institutions in the country, where I earned my Doctorate in Chiropractic with subspecialties in acupuncture and spinal rehabilitation.
After finishing my doctorate I wasn’t done. I commuted evenings and weekends for another three and a half years to the Midwest College of Acupuncture — completing a Certificate of Mastery in Acupuncture and accumulating 3,200 hours of training, including 800 hours of one-on-one work study with my acupuncture teacher. That time was unlike anything I experienced in a classroom. It shaped how I find and work with acupuncture points in a way that no standard program produces.
Then came hundreds of hours of post-graduate education in pain management, rehabilitation, and corrective chiropractic — including Chiropractic BioPhysics, Syntropy Adjusting and Pettibon technique, some of the most research-supported structural correction methods in the field.
31 years of clinical practice later — I’m still learning.”
The clinical philosophy
“What I’ve come to understand over three decades is that the body’s structural, neurological, and energy systems aren’t separate problems requiring separate treatments. They’re the same system described from different angles.
A subluxation — a structural misalignment that disrupts nervous system communication — doesn’t just cause local pain. It affects the signals traveling between the brain and every cell, tissue, and organ downstream. When you restore that flow, the body heals in ways that often surprise patients who’ve been managing symptoms for years.
Early in my practice I noticed something consistent — patients with better posture, balance, and coordination recovered significantly faster than those without. That observation led me deeper into corrective chiropractic, and eventually to integrating acupuncture, Class 4 laser, and shockwave therapy into a practice built around one principle:
Find the pattern driving the problem. Correct it. Let the body do the rest.”
Credentials
31 years — Clinical practice in Madison, WI
3,200 hours — Acupuncture training including 800 hours one-on-one
4,200 hours — Chiropractic doctoral program
6,000+ — Patients helped in the Madison area
Beyond the clinic
“Teaching has always been part of how I practice. I believe in the original definition of doctor is teacher — and that patients who understand what’s driving their health make better decisions, have more control over their situation and get better results.
I’ve taught at the community level through the international non-profit Wellness Champions, at the college level through Northwestern Health Sciences University where Dow Chiropractic and Acupuncture is an accepted preceptorship program, and through regular in-office educational talks here in Madison on topics ranging from stress and sleep to women’s health and nervous system function.
I’m also finishing my first book — The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Wellness — about using regenerative medicine and a healthy lifestyle to achieve your highest quality of life and longevity.”
Personal note
“I’ve been in Madison for over 32 years — long enough to genuinely love the lakes and hiking trails, even after 15 years in Arizona. My wife Celeste is from the Philippines and we travel there a couple of times a year to visit family. We have two daughters, Rhiannon and Rowan.
Outside the clinic I hike, run, play most sports, and read constantly. The same curiosity that drove me from finance to chiropractic to acupuncture to laser therapy hasn’t slowed down.”
