I don’t guess. If I can’t see what’s happening in your spine, I won’t move forward with treatment. That directive runs through everything I do here.
It’s why every new patient gets full spine x-rays reviewed by both me and a DACBR-credentialed radiologist before any adjustment happens. It’s why progress isn’t measured by how you feel on a given day, but by what the re-exam images actually show.
I understand why it’s important to adjust not based on symptoms alone. Too many times I’ve seen patients come in after years of “just crack me here” care, frustrated that nothing’s changed. The spine is one full functioning unit with the nervous system. Pain in one area often points to dysfunction somewhere else entirely.
So I look at the whole structure, find what’s locked up or shifting, and work from there.
How I Got Here
The path to chiropractic wasn’t straightforward. I started in pre-med, shadowing physicians, attending summer programs, studying laboratory sciences at UMass Lowell.
But the more I followed that track, the more something felt misaligned.
When my mother insisted I talk to her chiropractor, my first response was dismissive: “I’m sure chiropractors are great for neck pain and back pain, but I want to do something more than that.”
That conversation changed everything. Hearing about the spine, the nervous system, the body’s capacity to adapt and heal, I felt it physically. Goosebumps. A sense of purpose because “there’s something here.” I didn’t fully understand it yet, but I knew I needed to find out.
I went to chiropractic school in the Midwest with my wife and newborn daughter. Our son was born out there too. After graduating summa cum laude from Palmer College and becoming licensed in 2011, I eventually made my way back to Massachusetts and opened this location in Bellingham in 2014.
I’ve been in my hometown, in the same office, ever since.
How I Work With Patients
Over the years, I’ve learned to meet you where you’re at. Listen first. Hear your pain points. Then show you what I’m finding and let you decide if you want to work toward change.
I’m direct when patients ask questions I hear often: “Do I have the worst spine you’ve ever seen?” My answer is usually some version of: You’ve had this building up for decades. You’ve been with me two weeks. Your body needs time and repetition, just like building muscle at the gym, or wearing braces, or starting nutrition, or any other initiation of change within the body. The overall trend of progression and adaptation is what matters.
If someone’s not open to the process or just wants a quick “band-aid” fix, I don’t push. I’ll stop right there and offer a referral elsewhere to help them find what it is that they want. No hard feelings. In order to make real long-lasting changes, this kind of care requires commitment, and not everyone’s ready for that.
I do things energetically that set the tone for the space. Mornings start with the team grounding and re-centering together. It’s part of how I show up. Patients who connect with that aspect of my work often mention it. Those who don’t still get thorough, structured care focused on spinal correction and nervous system function.
Why Patients Stay
Some patients have been here since 2014. Families I’ve watched grow. That kind of continuity happens when people trust the process and see the results in their own bodies.
Patients say it feels like they’ve known me forever. There’s a comfort level that’s rare in healthcare. It’s not forced. It’s just how I engage, how I listen, how I make space for people to be seen as individuals, not numbers in a schedule.
The care is thorough and purposeful. The environment is intentionally non-clinical. And when transformation happens, which it does, I’ll tell you it’s your body and it’s intelligence that did the work. I just took off the tension. The rest was you.