The Santa Clara Chiropractor to see - Chiropractor Santa Clara

Introducing Santa Clara's Preferred Chiropractor, Dr. Heather Shaw

What do you mean go see a chiropractor for anything besides a back problem? My little sister was having recurrent ear infections and we were advised to see a chiropractor by a friend. After many bouts of infections and antibiotics, we decided to give it a try. It turns out her upper neck was out of place causing irritation and an adjustment from the local chiropractor helped alleviate her symptoms. Who knew?

I knew I wanted to help people after watching my father suffer from the effects of colon cancer. I was really drawn to chiropractic after starting my first year in graduate school for neurology. At that time, I had to take my aunt to her chiropractor for a migraine as she was unable to drive. I saw my first chiropractic adjustment... it cleared up her headache almost instantly and I knew I needed to find out more. The chiropractor explained the nervous system can be irritated by misalignments of the vertebrae and my aunt had problems in her upper neck. I really enjoyed the fact that he took time to speak with me and didn't rush me out of the office. This was definitely how I could help people by taking a natural approach to healthcare, listening to people's concerns and assisting them in healing.

I went to Northwestern College of Chiropractic in MN and graduated in 1991. I was surprised at the intense level of training. I had already received a bachelor of science in biology and attended graduate school so I wrongly thought I already knew a lot. My ego was quickly deflated with the first trimester of 36 credits. While challenging, I absolutely loved learning anatomy, radiology and chiropractic . I went to school not knowing how effective chiropractic was for things besides back pain. To this day, I am amazed at the power of the nervous system and spine on healing and how chiropractic taps into this power not only for pain but for optimal functioning of the body.

My primary goal is to get your body working at its optimum...pain free!! My secondary goal is to teach you about your body after all, it's the only one you will get! I can assist you in finding the things you may be doing that are causing back problems and then my job is to start the healing process and restore function to the spine. Together, we can help you achieve a better state of health; it is extremely important to work as a team. My patients definitely appreciate knowing how to take care of themselves on a daily basis.

I grew up in New Jersey with 6 siblings. We definitely had to struggle financially but always felt safe and loved. The kindness of strangers has helped my family through some tough times. Now, I feel very blessed with a career I love and am surrounded by family and friends. I have not forgotten the tough times and I have dedicated myself to giving back to our community. Our clinic holds a minimum of 2 events a year where we dedicate our services in exchange for donations to local needy organizations.

I receive chiropractic adjustments typically every 3 weeks. You can imagine I have a pretty physical job and I find this keeps me in the best shape. I have also surrounded myself with other practitioners who complement chiropractic. I have massage therapists and personal trainers in my office whose services I take part in regularly. I also receive regular acupuncture treatments to restore my energy and ground myself. I feel other therapies definitely support the goal I'm trying to achieve with not only myself but my patients.

Enough about me! My goal is to start you on the road to better health. I hope I get the opportunity to meet you in person and discuss your specific health challenge. Give our office a call or email me with the link below.