Sena was led to chiropractic after suffering an injury in 2009. She fell 14 feet from the top of a cheerleading stunt. After only a few months of chiropractic care, she started to build back her strength and confidence to return to an active lifestyle.
Dr. Chen returned to Canada and began immediately advocating for chiropractic. She became a board member at the British Columbia Chiropractic Association. At the time, Dr. Chen was the youngest member and the only Asian female chiropractor on the board. In 2007, she opened her own practice, Health First Family Chiropractic and is now expanding!
Shanna Buller-Sáenz, D.C., (West, ’20) credits her desire to become a chiropractor because of the example her father and brother set.
“I became a chiropractor because my father and brother are both chiropractors. Growing up, I spent a lot of time in my father’s office. I got to see the benefits of chiropractic and how it truly changed people's lives.”
Chiropractic is Jessica ‘Mee-Lynn’ Bentley, D.C.’s (West, '21) second career path, one she found in her mid-thirties after her first career as a medical massage therapist. Now, as she prepares to begin in practice, she reflects on her experience taking part in Palmer’s Department of Defense/Veteran's Affairs (DoD/VA) program.
Beyond a traditional clinical environment, students working at the VA hospitals also learn how D.C.s work with medical professionals across many disciplines, for the benefit of the patient. Dustin worked alongside orthopedists, podiatrists, acupuncturists, nutritionists, counselors and psychiatrists.