I was lucky! I was born into a Chiropractic family!
Three generations of Chiropractors! When I was born, the doctor had to pull me out by my head with forceps. Unfortunately, this caused a large hematoma on my head so large, I looked deformed. My Uncle Jerry Haggard, M.D., who delivered me, said it may never go away. My grandpa, Walter Haggard, D.C., started adjusting me right away and my deformed head returned to normal in only two weeks!
I worked in my father’s office when I was in high school. I saw many advances that patients experienced through Chiropractic care. I was impressed how Chiropractic addressed the cause of a person’s health problem rather than the effect. By correcting the cause of the problem, the intelligence of the body most often will heal itself.
Chiropractic Education
I was educated at Life Chiropractic College West. I was impressed with the incredible design of the human body and how it functions. I was involved in a research project in gross anatomy which involved finding what caused the person to die (more specifically, which organ failed). We traced the nerve from the organ that failed back to the spine and found that in a very high percentage, the nerve that went to the organ was pinched at the spinal level that supplied that organ.
My Philosophy
My philosophy is to treat the cause rather than the effect of disease. I have learned many awesome techniques in my 19 years of practice. My focus is to empower my patients with the knowledge of proactive heath care.
If you had a car with a bad alignment and kept driving it, you would expect it to wear out prematurely. Doesn’t it make sense that the body will do the same? It’s odd to me that many people take better care of their cars than their own body, especially when many people will sell their car in five years, but keep their body for a lifetime!
Better health can be achieved through increased neurological function, or in other words, better posture and joint function which take the pressure off of the nerves and keep the nerves flowing freely. The leading cause of bad health is stress. Phoenix chiropractic helps reduce stress by removing nerve interference.