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“We welcome any conditions at Alternative Chiropractic Center because we don't treat them. We treat the human body, finding the underlying cause of your problem and treating the cause. Letting the body take care of the rest.” – Dr. Elliott Smith
Founder and owner of the Alternative Chiropractic Center, Dr. Elliott Smith recieved his Bachelor of Science from Regents College, Albany, NY, and his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Life University, Marietta, GA. Dr. Elliott opened his first chiropractic practice in Vail, Colorado in January 2001. Practicing within a ski resort enabled him to gain a vast amount of sport injury experience. Then Dr. Elliott moved to Denver, Colorado gaining further experience by expanding his practice to include into clinical nutrition. Dr. Elliott has a broad scope of training in diagnostic technologies, chiropractic, acupuncture, laser, orthotics and clinical nutrition to be able to treat the physical, mental, and chemical aspects of a patient's health care challenges. His main goal is to find the underlying cause of your problem and to tailor an individual treatment plan. Dr. Elliott is a skilled practitioner of Avatar, an advanced bio-energetic technology, Avatar represents a new science able to generate greater diagnostic and treatment precision. While operating his successful practice, he has devoted considerable time to a
postgraduate education through courses and seminars spanning a wide range of medical fields:
from bio-energetic medicine to spinal trauma, to advanced EAV/EDS training, thryroid,
adrenal, cholesterol studies, acupuncture certification, cold laser training, animal adjusting
courses, neurotransmitter seminars and immune system studies to name a few areas. He is
committed to finding the underlying cause of your health issue.
“Helping the injured client often requires a helping hand to make that positive first step—getting out of the passive state and returning to a self-directed use of movement. My approach is to listen and stay present—then with tender attention, draw from a vast range of therapy modalities to create an effective healing strategy.”
Sue Rhynhart has been Rolfing for seven years. She has continued training over the years with advanced work with Core Integration; including the Viscera in the Process of Structural Work. Sue has advanced training in TMJ, Scoliosis, Whiplash, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Migraines. Sue grew up as a farmer and has a deep earth connection; she draws upon the earth as a proponent of healing. She spent eight years in the early 80's promoting and educating organics. Sue has been working with horses all of her life. She started doing Structural work on horses in 2006,
when not at Alternative Chiropractic, you will find her in many local dressage & hunter jumper barns
working with equines.
“When your body is free from pain and stress your whole world opens up; your mind is free to focus on other things and your spirit feels lighter, refreshed and revitalized. Your body is your greatest teacher and it is my honor to help you enrich this experience.” – Carrissa Macklin
Carissa's style is an intuitive blend of deep tissue work, with incorporation of muscle release technique, inclusive of neuro-muscular re-education. Carissa is very skilled at accomplishing pain relief and tension release. She has the innate ability to help the client by working with movement and positioning to isolate muscular issues. Her talent and warmth are boundless: "Massage Therapy is a true practice of passion for me, each person is a new canvas and we work together (the client and I), to create a work of art." Carissa is a wondeful part of the team @ Alternative Chripractic Center she is available for a relaxing massage and/or therapeutic treatment on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Package treatments are available please inquire. Start to feel refreshed and revitalized today!
“It is my deep privilege, when a patient of mine becomes the champion of their own health, I love to witness the lights go on as they illuminate their own road to wellness.” Eva Stanley, Dipl. Ac. Eva Stanley offers a natural approach to your health care and will design a Chinese medical treatment plan unique to your needs and lifestyle. She is experienced and skilled with the use of Acupuncture, Electro Dermal Screening (EDS), herbal prescriptions, nutrition, and will use these modalities to assist you with the restoration of your health, well being and peace of mind. The inclusion and skilled practice of bio-energetic medicine (EDS/Avatar) has proven to be a very exciting and beneficial tool to offer her patients. Her extensive training and certification as a Body Talk Practitioner has developed her intuition and allowed her to take the healing process to another level. She is presonable and gentle with a caring bedside manner - she has not strayed far from her mother's southern hospitality. She has successfully treated a wide range of symptoms of digestive disorders, allergies, emotional imbalances, but is particularly adept in the areas of women's health (especially topics of hormonal balancing and fertility). In Traditional Chinese Medicine the regulation of one's menstrual cycle is crucial for fertility. Eva looks critically at all the phases of a woman's cycle and works with acupuncture, bio-energetic medicine, herbal formulas, nutritional and emotional health to balance the hormonal cycle, that in turn, allows the body to create new life. Her patients enjoy relief from morning sickness, as well as, other associated symptoms of pregnancy. She promotes the value of regular acupuncture during pregnancy, as it eases the process of labor and delivery and encourages a quicker post partum recovery. Eva works with clients who need support around pain management and chronic ailments. She is excited to offer her pain patients the relief biopuncture. This injectible therapy includes the use of homeopathic saline solutions to help resolve pain in nearby acupuncture and trigger point sites. This is an effective alternative to traditional forms of pain management. In addition to her private practice Eva has dedicated extra time to the promotion of
organic ingredients within the Chinese herbal industry, due to her dedication she was asked
to be the Reginal Consultant for Secara, and organic focused Chinese herbal company. She
supports their pioneering vision of raising the standard and quality of chinese formulas
available in the United States. Eva believes it is crucial for her patients to be wel educated
about what they choose to put in their bodies.
Dr. Katherina Woods, DC Dr. Katherina (Trina) Woods received her Bachelor of Science from Metropolitan State College of Denver. She then worked for two years at the Denver VA Hospital in the Thrombosis Research Lab, and two years in molecular biology research for in Eppendorf 5 Prime Boulder. Dr. Woods received her Doctorate of Chiropractic from National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, IL, where she trained in primary care. After graduating form Chiropractic College, Dr. Woods practiced in Chicago and then returned home where she has been practicing since 2002 at Congress Park before joing Alternative Chiropractic Center. Dr. Woods specializes in chiropractic care for pediatrics and adults, acupuncture, clinical nutrition, and women's health. She utilizes various chiropractic techniques like, diversified, extremities, Activator, and energetic adjusting, TCM acupuncture and Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture System. Dr. Woods works closely with patients to address pain management, allergies, infertility, interstitial cystitis, PMS, digestive disorders, fatigue, colds and flu, and a variety of other ailments. She is committed to helping her patients make every day lifestyle changes that will improve their health and prevent the onset of illness and disease.
Derek Gumuchian, RMT Derek is a passionate participant in the shifting health care paradigm, and believes the path to wellness begins with listening. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Massachusetts in 1999. After spending five years as a microbiologist in the pharmaceutical industry, he finally accepted that he did not wish to create a career there. He wanted to have a more immediately positive impact on people's lives. Derek left biotech to become a certified massage therapist at the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, MA, where he graduated in 2005. He was immediately drawn to the profound subtlety of The Upledger Institute's Craniosacral Therapy, which uses very light touch to engage the body and allow for releases that are simply not part of the equation with deeper pressure. Craniosacral therapy is a whole-body treatment modality, but much of the focus is on brain and spinal cord health. Thus, it releases soft-tissue restrictions that can create or contribute to back and neck pain, TMJ, headaches of all kinds, post-concussion syndrome, post-traumatic stress, emotional imbalance, and anything you can imagine that is associated with brain or soft-tissue dysfunction. It's the kind of bodywork that often has people leaving the treatment room pleasantly sighing 'I wish I had known about this sooner...'. Derek often blends massage and craniosacral therapy in his sessions to help create your sanctuary, to put you in touch with your best self, so that you may feel safe enough to release those restrictions that you have grown to accept as part of life. It is one of the greatest pleasures of his life to be at your service. |
