Before becoming a chiropractor, I was a cattle rancher in Montana. There wasn't a day went by that my back or neck didn't hurt. Our ranch was centrally located between four larger cities and towns about an hour drive from each.  I had relatives and friends that lived in those cities who referred me to their chiropractors. I remember going to three in Missoula, one in Deerlodge, one in Helena, one in Belgrade and two in Great Falls and one in Billings. The one in Helena I went to twice per week for a 6-week treatment plan. And after all of those adjustments I wasn’t one bit better. However, that didn’t stop me because I did get relief but never lasting relief. So I knew I had a chiropractic problem.  The third chiropractor I saw in Missoula, which was about the ninth overall, and my last chiropractor, Dr Scott Matz, fixed my back by fixing my neck, and he taught me how to do it as he later suggested that I go to chiropractic college to get my degree and when I finished, I could work with him. 

Upon finishing Chiropractic school, I joined his practice and learned how fixing necks actually fixes the spines and most lower back conditions. Well, that was the beginning. I then practiced for 12 years in Missoula, MT. before returning to Alaska in 2008.