The following are testimonials and comments made by current patients.  They will give you a patient's perspective on me, my work and the services I provide.  Enjoy!

#1.   Lisa T.   The work you do is with all aspects of the person.  The physical and mental unite to make us well.  The work you do is powerful and life-changing.  It teaches us to be responsible for our overall health.  You identify what is holding us back from being the best we can be.

The work you have done with me not only enhances my life but that of my entire family.  I can see on my own now some of the problems that have kept me from moving forward and claiming my own health.  The work is life changing!!

What I value about you the most is that you listen without judgment.  I know I can trust you 100%.  You have a kind and caring nature that shows through in everything you do.

You get a person to believe in the power of themselves.  You live what you work - that is what you do best.  God has blessed you with your talents to help so many people.  In some of the deepest processes that have been difficult and dark, you have been a candle in the window.

#2.   Kathy K.   I like the way you get to the core issues of a problem/ache/pain or whatever by using my body to tell you what to do.  Working with the emotional issues and/or other life issues that are in my subconscious has been helpful and not something I've found with any other chiropractor.  I like the spiritual aspect of the care I receive from you.

#3   Dyana K.   I would describe you as a very gentle, open minded and positive doctor that really listens to the issues at hand.  When I first brought my daughter to you, I remember filling out more paperwork than I had ever been asked by any doctor.  I was so impressed.  No doctor until you had cared so much about the whole picture.  I have yet to meet another doctor that even came close to asking enough about my child's health history.

Your main strength is believing in what you do.  You have been given a gift and you use that gift to heal others in the best way you know how.  You listen intently to what my concerns are for my daughter and you are always wonderful about relaying to me what you are doing, why you are using certain techniques and more importantly what I can do to continue that care once I leave your office.

I was referred to you by another mother of an autistic child.  She told me things I must admit I was skeptical about.  Up until that point, getting my daughter to a doctor was like pulling teeth, she never bonded to any doctor.  She has bonded to you and she even tells me that she needs to see Dr. Steve so she can feel better.  I think that says it all.

#4   Robin B.   I know I will always feel better after seeing you!!  You have given me a new way to look at the options for healing oneself, not to mention the education you provide me with the supplements my body needs, the flower essences my spirit needs, all of it.  It was an awakening for me of sorts.  A path that I try to follow in other areas of my life by incorporating nature and simplicity into the life, care and healing of one's self and soul.

One of the things you do best is bringing up my issues and going to work on them with such ease.  It is important that they dissipate and peel the old layers away.  You are also great at telling me what is going on and you listen to all the questions I have.

You always have an opening for me and my son when we need to see you.

#5   Mike P.   I grew up in and around the traditional medical model where, when I felt physical pain or discomfort, I would think about what I needed to "take" for what I was experiencing.  This action or reaction was automatic on my part.  As I underwent sessions with you, I was gradually opened up to an alternative way of both thinking about and also addressing my symptoms.  The traditional medical model, while definitely having its place in the healing arena, will sometimes prescribe a medication to cover over a symptom to quiet the pain.  Your alternative way of healing addresses the symptom at its roots.

I injured my knee running to first base in a softball game which I played just a couple of days before some friends of mine and I were to head up to the boundary waters for a week long stay.  The pain I experienced in my knee was excruciating!  I was so disappointed because I knew our boundary waters trip involved each of us carrying heavy packs for long stretches at a time.  I chose to make an appointment to see you the next day.  You worked on my knee and all I knew was I was able to carry those heavy loads with no problem at all.

What I have found most valuable is the marriage between the work I do with you and the work I do with my therapist.  Working through an issue in therapy may provoke a symptom in my body.  You and I address that symptom which, eventually, makes room for the therapy issue to resolve itself which, in turn, may produce another symptom and the cycle continues.  I have a real appreciation for the work you do specifically because I see it working hand in hand with the work I do in therapy.

I choose to come to see you, Steve, because you have helped me heal.

#6   Lynn F.   I frequently recommend you to anyone who mentions the slightest ache or pain, especially those complaining of back issues.  If given the opportunity to share my experience, I am eager to tell of your caring approach, always geared to the individual - never cookie cutter.  I begin with your expertise as a chiropractor, siting the amazing recovery you facilitated when I was nearly incapacitated by bulging discs and how you had me feeling comfortable within a few sessions.  Frankly, there was noticeable improvement after only one session.

To those I believe might be open to additional guidance, I share about your use of supplements, homeopathy and flower essences.  Finally, to those who are open to exploring a deeper level of healing, I tell of your work as a shaman.

I would be remiss should I not mention your shamanic work on my rotator cuff.  Your seeing a past injury and knowing that it had been aggravated by a current day reconnection from that time opened the door to a nearly instantaneous healing.  I am humbled when ever I recall the experience.

You know me.  There is no question that I am an individual in your eyes and it is clear, whenever I see you interact with another client, that every one of your patients is treated with the same dignity.

You listen.  Too often I have been to traditional western doctors who do not hear me.  They treat the symptoms according to the book and move on.  My experience with your practice has been that you observe carefully - even how I sit and stand and move - and take all factors into account before beginning any treatment.  You listen not only to me but follow your intuition.  And clearly you are very connected to all elements of intuition.

#7   Nanci M.   Your health services seem to cover a broader expanse of healing tools than one would expect from any one person and certainly from a chiropractor.  I see an integrated approach to helping people maintain wellness.  By integrated approach, I mean you tend to take stock of the whole person and  help to raise your client's awareness of linkages between their thought patterns and physical outcomes they experience.

While I consider your services supplemental care, I have a great tendency to visit you first for whatever is ailing me because I feel like you offer a gentler approach to helping my body get through the issues versus western medicine's options.  And, 9 out of 10 times, it works and is just what I needed.  You're like the apple a day that keeps the doctor away!