I am a lifelong resident of the St. Louis community, and I love my city. Words can not explain how exciting it is to be able to give back to the St. Louis and South County area that I have known my entire life. I'll never forget the first time I went to a chiropractor. I was 13 years old playing in a soccer game when I suffered a back injury that caused terrible leg and back pain. The following day, my mother called a chiropractor who was a member of our church. After a few treatments my leg and back pains were completely gone, and before I knew it, I was back on the soccer field. Even with this positive experience, I didn’t know at the time that I would end up becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic.


Along with majoring in biology at Maryville University in St. Louis, I played soccer for the college team, weight lifted at the local gym and worked at a local car dealer during nights. I considered becoming either an orthopedic surgeon or a chiropractor, but I was truly torn over the decision. I started to notice several of my soccer, weight-lifting and mechanic friends talking very positively about how chiropractic had helped them with everything from elbow pain to back problems to plantar fasciitis. They raved about how much they enjoyed their treatments and going to chiropractic offices.


I still wasn’t sold on becoming a chiropractor, so I shadowed a few St. Louis orthopedic surgeons. They all told me they would never have their children become surgeons because they despised their career choice. This pushed me to attend Logan College of Chiropractic and apply to become a chiropractor. In the process, I met Dr. Jason Blumenfeld, who mentored me for four years while I attended Logan. When I graduated form Logan in December 2011, it was an easy decision — I decided to join the Blumenfeld Family Chiropractic team.