Objective

To treat patients with the highest quality care and attention using an interdisciplinary, comprehensive approach.

21 years in private practice; founder and director of BACK IN ACTION, a hands-on clinic specializing in comprehensive individualized care for spine, dance and sports related injuries.
Assesses and treats musculoskeletal conditions with attention paid to the multiple components of acute and chronic injuries — skeletal, fascial, neurological, muscular, ergonomic, biomechanical, stress-induced, and nutritional/biochemical.
Supervises clinic including 3 certified bodyworkers, a craniosacral therapist, and one certified exercise therapist. Utilizes the following procedures as appropriate: spinal and extremity osseous adjustments, low force adjustments, mobilization techniques, myofascial release, deep tissue massage, craniosacral therapy, neuromuscular rehabilitation and exercise therapy.
Participates as frequent speaker and panelist to various business and professional associations on the following subjects: dance injury prevention, dance anatomy and kinesiology, chiropractic management of work-related injuries, and preventative health maintenance.
Fluent in Spanish

D.C. cum laude, LIFE CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE WEST, Hayward, CA, 1987
B.S. with distinction, Physical Education major, Adaptive Physical Education minor, SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, San Jose, CA 1981
A.A., magna cum laude, DE ANZA COLLEGE, Cupertino, CA, 1978

Founding Member, International Association of Dance Medicine Member,
American Chiropractic Association
Member, California Chiropractic Association
Publications
Manuscript in process: Dear Dance Doctor: Questions and Answers to Keep You on Your Toes.
"Ask a Dance Medicine Expert". Dance medicine website, www.dancer.com, question and answer format, current.
Common Questions MDs Ask About Chiropractic, self-published, October 1992.
"School Can Be a Pain in the Neck", The Daily Californian, September 1992.
"AHCPR Guidelines for Acute Low Back Pain: The Significance for Dancers", Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, letter to the editor scheduled for publication, winter 1997.

"How to Protect Our Bodies from Injuries During the Exercise of Our Profession" Mexico State University, Ecatepec Valley (delivered to Mexican chiropractic students, in Spanish) March 1, 2007
The Injury Free DC Seminar: chiropractic continuing ducation course for doctors who want to increase their adjustive skills while decreasing their risk of work-related injury: ongoing classes.
Backstage First Aid: Using Recipricol Inhibition to Balance Muscles and Relieve Spasm. International Dance Medicine Association Conference, San Francisco 2004
Using Herbs and Nutrition in Recovery from Female Athlete Triad Syndrome. International Association of Dance Medicine, New York 2002
Diet and Dancers: Panel Discussion, Not Just Any Body Conference on Dancer Health, Toronto, 2001
Ergonomic Chiropractic Adjusting, Life Chiropractic College West (to faculty clinicians), 1996
Demystifying Chiropractic: Its Role in the Management of Work-related Injuries, East Bay Occupational Environmental Health Grand Rounds, March 1994
Acute Low Back Pain Management — Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion, Chiropractic representative panelist at Alta Bates Hospital Medical Staff Ground Rounds, August 1995

Mentor Doctor, Life Chiropractic College West, 1995-present
Volunteer Chiropractor and Chiropractic Referral Coordinator for East Bay battered women's shelters, 1995-present
Volunteer Chiropractor at the Suitcase Clinic, treating indigent and homeless patients, 1994
Volunteer Chiropractor at Over 60 Clinic, treating geriatric patients, 1993
Volunteer Physical Education Specialist at Canyon Elementary School; taught weekly P.E. classes for kindergarten to second grade students, 1993-1995
Founder and Co-chairman, Chiropractors for Social Responsibility, (CSR) at Life Chiropractic College West, 1984-1987