“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”  Robert Frost

Dr. Christine Smith has focused her work on seeing the whole person through personalized, integrative healthcare and regularly works with other trusted providers to create holistic care plans. Her path has included many experiences outside the straight academic path leading her to where she is today.

As a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Doctor of Chiropractic with a background in Cognitive Neuroscience, she specializes in Holistic Injury Recovery and Chronic Inflammation Prevention to help active people come back stronger, uncover hidden injuries and prevent re-injury. She does this by teaching clients how to use recovery time as a gift to restructure lifestyle priorities, to learn to speak the language of their body through education rather than medication, and heal beyond the scars.

Pre-Graduate Schooling:

She started her journey to holistic healthcare through receiving her Bachelor’s of Science with a double major in Biology & Psychology and a specialization in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Denver in Denver, CO.

Between undergraduate and graduate school, Dr. Smith worked in multiple research labs, a neurodevelopmental and occupational therapy clinic, and worked for non-profits in South America, Africa and Asia focused on community health education, economic empowerment and medical inpatient care. These experiences helped her broaden her mind to not only what is possible in the healing arts, but what health truly is across all cultures and people.

Working in multiple integrative wellness clinics with various types of practitioners, she got the chance to observe wait lists of patients who had been struggling with their health for years improve dramatically under chiropractic care with a focus in integrative care, functional medicine and customized nutrition.

Dr. Smith obtained her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA based on the way she would be educated to think about what true health actually is, and the type of personalized care she would have the freedom to provide (to see class hours for chiropractors click here).

Dr. Smith is continually furthering her education, and still continues her education regularly. This has included many different courses such as:

• Certifications
• Professional Applied Kinesiologist - Specializing in holistic healthcare
• Certified Brain Health Professional through The Amen Clinics
• Psych-K Facilitator (Master's Level) for Transforming Limiting Subconscious Beliefs
• Webster Certified for Perinatal Chiropractic Care
• Prospective Certification by the Academy Council of Chiropractic Pediatrics (CACCP)
• Prospective Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner
• Specializing in gut health, detox protocols, cardiovascular health, thyroid health, hormone balancing, mitochondrial health, lifestyle coaching and therapeutic partnerships
• Dry Needling Certified - American Academy of Manipulative Therapy
• Koren Specific Technique (KST) Certified
• Additional Coursework
• Advanced Adjusting Techniques for the Physically Compromised
• Ortho-Neuro Rehabilitation
• Extremities Adjusting
• Advanced Gonstead
• Logan Basic
• Craniosacral and TMJ
• Sacro-Occipital Technique
• Neuro-Emotional Technique
• Bio-Geometric Integration
• The Tao of Chiropractic
• Activator Technique
• Neurofascial Integration
• Functional Endocrinology
• And more…. Feel free to ask Dr. Smith for the appendix of her extensive Continuing Education courses

Dr. Smith also regularly participates in service trips providing care to communities in need as she believes everyone deserves the chance to reconnect with the amazing intelligence and healing capacity of their body and mind.

In her free time, she is an avid outdoor sports enthusiast. She worked in the snow sports industry for over a decade and has volunteered as medical rescue for The Dew Tour. As a once competitive snowboarder, she had the experience of healing from her own injuries and learned the power of regenerative fitness programs in getting the body back to a state of living fully.

Hiking and biking are her regular go-tos and she loves to rock climb as well. Traveling is her other love as she believes cultural variety is what makes the world rich. Any other time is spent with family and self-educating as a lifelong learner.

“I want people to leave feeling like they’ve learned how to improve their life and found community versus coming for a treatment of some sort. Everyone needs a space where they can be supported for who they are, while working towards their goals.”

— Dr. Christine Smith