The day my mom was diagnosed with cancer, everything changed.

I was just a kid—maybe 11 or 12 years old—living in Orlando, Florida, in a modest, middle-class home. My mom was a schoolteacher, my dad worked hard to support us, and life felt stable… until it wasn’t.

That diagnosis was a gut punch.

Cancer had already stolen three of my mom’s sisters, and now it was coming for her. My brother, my sister, and I weren’t told much—just that she was sick. But we didn’t need details to feel the weight of it.

The uncertainty, the fear… it was all-consuming.

My mind couldn't stop thinking, “Would my mom be next?”I spent those years watching her fight an invisible enemy, not knowing how it would end. Then, she made a decision that would change all our lives forever.

She refused chemotherapy. She refused radiation.

Instead, she chose an alternative path—one that most people wouldn’t dare to take. She focused on healing her body naturally through diet, exercise, and strength training.

And here’s the crazy part… It worked.

Today, my mom is 86 years old, strong, vibrant, and full of life.

My dad?

He’s 88, still playing doubleheaders of softball, still on the tennis court three times a week. Meanwhile, most of his tennis partners—guys in their 70s and 80s—are gone.

Watching my parents defy the odds had a profound effect on me. It shaped who I am. It shaped how I approach health.

And it’s why, to this day, I refuse to accept the idea that pain, illness, and decline are inevitable.

This is why I became a chiropractor. I’ve seen it too many times to count… People who were told they had no other options—except medication, injections, or surgery—walk into our office completely hopeless.

Like Elsie, a woman in her late 60s who came to us with crippling knee pain. Her doctors told her the only way forward was knee replacement surgery. She was in excruciating pain every single day. But after just a few treatments? Her pain dropped by 90 to 95%. Without medication, injections, or surgery. Just natural healing.

Or the retired police officer from Sarasota who came to us with severe low back pain—the kind that robs you of your life. After eight treatments, he was walking with his wife again, playing golf again, and the best part is that he finally got his life back. 

Or the 30-year-old woman who had already endured two meniscus surgeries, yet still lived with knee pain that was so bad that she didn’t want to live anymore. After completing our Stem Wave therapy, she was 90 to 95% better. Her husband told us, with tears in his eyes, that they finally had their life back.

And then there are our neuropathy patients—people like the 70-year-old woman whose pain was caused by chemotherapy and radiation. She came to us suffering. Excruciating nerve pain. No sleep. No relief. After 90 days? Her pain dropped from a 9 to a 2.S She got her life back.

Her husband? He cried when he told us how grateful he was.