Fairfield Chiropractic

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My journey to becoming a Chiropractor began when I was a child with two experiences that ultimately guided my life down its current path. The first experience was when I was 9 years old. I was experiencing my own difficulty with back pain after being injured in a fall. Unable to stand without assistance, my parents took me to a new doctor in the community who proceeded to give me the following diagnosis “Nine year olds don ’t have back pain. He is trying to get out of going to school. ” At that time, the caused of back pain was poorly understood and no treatment was offered. Eventually the initial pain began to subside and was replaced by episodes of pain for the next fifteen years before I finally found treatment that helped. That day I learned first hand what it is like to deal with health professionals who don ’t take the time to listen or have empathy for the way pain can effect your life. The second experience involved by my grandmother. Throughout my childhood she would travel to our house with two grey Samsonite suite cases. The large one contained clothing, and the smaller one was filled with prescription bottles. Even as a child, I thought this was odd. It seemed that every time she went to the doctor she would simply get another drug in addition to the multitude of medications she was already taking. As a result, she spent much of my childhood sitting on the front porch watching life go by. When she passed away, I met a man at her funeral who was a vise-president at Ford Motor Company. He was an orphan that she had taken in for a while when she was a young adult. During that conversation I realized for the first that the person I thought I knew was only a shell of the person she really was. The person I always knew was a drugged and under the influence of the side effects of so many medications. For these reasons I have devoted my professional career to helping people with compassion, understanding, and always looking for a way to help patients without the use of drugs or surgery whenever possible. Dr Drake and Dr. Richards graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic in 1992 with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. However a few years earlier, Dr. Drake graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from West Virginia University in 1987. Dr. Richards received her Bachelor of Science degree from Logan College. Dr. Drake and Dr. Richards chose Logan because of it's curriculum and reputation --but Dr. Richards also chose Logan because she saw her father graduate from Logan just ten years earlier. (The retired Dr. George L. Richards from Mentor, Ohio) Dr. Richards founded Fairfield Chiropractic in Pickerington, Ohio in 1993. She achieved her Advanced Proficiency Rating in Activator Methods in 1992. She enjoys adjusting patients exclusively using Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique. Dr. Drake joined the Pickerington practice in 1997. Dr. Drake is Proficiency Rated in Activator Methods. He also specializes in Diversified technique. Dr. Drake is currently board eligible for his post doctoral degree in Exercise Rehabilitation.

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