Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Jen Perez.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Dr. Perez. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
My journey started because I wanted to take health into my own hands, literally. It wasn’t until halfway through chiropractic school, when I took an extra-curricular course, that I stumbled across my now mentor and my idea of how to look at the body was flipped upside down. I was transported into a world where the body already has everything it could possibly need function, including the feet! Rather than looking at supportive shoes and orthotics, I started looking at the function of the foot and its own built-in mechanisms of support. Suddenly, I felt empowered and responsible for sharing this message with the world, for making feet a topic of conversation rather than just something we shove in our shoes and ignore until we go to bed.
Has it been a smooth road?
Changing the status quo is always a difficult task. When people think “healthy” shoes they think of thick black clogs with built-in support, we are trying to completely turn that image on its head and say that flat, non-supportive, flexible shoes that you can roll up into a ball are the “healthy” shoes. Half the time, people look at us like we’re crazy until we start to explain that each foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles, and thousands of sensory nerve endings all designed to function without any outside help.
On a more personal note, I am a young female physician. I am fighting age and gender stereotypes on a regular basis. Many of my new patients think I’m a nurse or an office assistant when I welcome them into my office. I’ve had patients hit on me during treatment sessions or comment that I “look twelve.” But I take it all in stride. I use it as an opportunity to prove my true worth not because it’s expected of me but because it’s not. My goal is for every patient, regardless of his or her impression when walking in the doors, to walk out feeling educated about the body and empowered to achieve his or her goals.
Please tell us about Total Health Solutions.
Total Health Solutions is an integrative clinic helping patients of all ages and backgrounds move from pain to performance. I personally specialize in the function of the hips, knees, and feet from a gait and movement mechanics perspective.
We are not your typical chiropractors. We approach everyone from a movement perspective. We watch your balance, lunge, squat, walk, run (if possible) and so much more and we use this information to create a personalized treatment plan. That plan can include chiropractic care, soft tissue techniques, and movement therapy. You take an active role in your care by doing your part at home to do the prescribed exercises and change the way you move.
Our goal is to get you out of pain and get you back to doing the things you love without worrying about re-injury. We get there by working together.
How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
This is a tough question because I feel that I am a part of two industries. When it comes to chiropractic, I see the future being a more refined version of our current profession. I see people seeking out chiropractors with a specialty such as prenatal and pediatrics, or functional neurology, or sports and functional movement. The body is a complex system and just as you see specialists in other medical professions, musculoskeletal practitioners such as chiropractors and physical therapists can specialize in different facets of the musculoskeletal system.
In regards to the foot world. I hope we see a shift towards strength and rehabilitation for feet. I hope we move away from orthotics and stiff shoes for the general population and move towards actually using our feet.
Pricing:
- 1 hour New Patient Appointment – $150
- 30 min Follow Up Appointment – $75
Contact Info:
- Address: Dr. Jen Perez
Total Health Solutions
1030 Johnson Rd. Ste 260
Golden, CO 80401 - Website: www.totalhealthsolutionsltd.com
- Phone: (303)278-2623
- Email: drjeniferperez@gmail.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/thegaitdoctor
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegaitdoctor
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