The question at this point was, “Do I want to be a physical therapist, occupational therapist or chiropractor for the rest of my life?” That question was answered my junior year of high school after doing a mandatory assignment for my senior project. I was to job shadow a professional in the career path I steered in, which at the time was a physical therapist. A few days before I was going to job shadow with my physical therapist, I received a phone call saying that he had to cancel. Little did I know at the time, that was the phone call that changed my life forever. With very little time left to complete this assignment, I decided to job shadow my chiropractor. Before completing this assignment, my impression of chiropractic was the same as everyone else: “The Back and Neck Doctor.” After just four hours of shadowing, I learned that chiropractic treats so much more than just back and neck pain. I saw patients walk in with migraines, stomach distress, allergies, difficulty breathing, etc., all successfully managed with chiropractic care without opioids. This as I describe to patients was, “One of the greatest days of my life!” I knew that day that I wanted to be a chiropractor.
After taking perquisite courses to get into chiropractic school and completing a vigorous 3.5-year program in October 2018, I received my Doctor of Chiropractic at the prestigious Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa in October 2018. While at school, I learned different varieties of adjusting, becoming certified in Diversified, Gonestead, Thompson Drop Technique, Cox Flexion Distraction, Activator (Proficiency Level), McKenzie Method (Level 1) and NIMMO Soft Tissue Technique. Following graduation, I started my career in Erie, PA working in a high-volume practice.
Wanting to be closer to home, I was introduced to Dr. Wilkins by a group of colleagues. Dr. Wilkins brought me under his wing to teach me the art and master the Pierce Method. For two years now, I have seen the worst of worst cases successfully treated using chiropractic care, decompression and/or neuropathy treatments.
Here is my advice to all new and current patients: If you are experiencing severe and debilitating pain, let us examine you. Our promise to new patients is if we can help you, we'll let you know on the day of the exam, and if we can't help you we'll help you get to a doctor who may be able to.
I look forward to meeting you!
Yours in Health,
Brian M. Steinert D.C.
