Awakening to His Path

Dr. Jake has had a dramatic road to discovering chiropractic care. When he was 14, he suffered a neck and head injury playing football that resulted in a dangerously irregular heartbeat and lightning-like pain in his right arm. These symptoms lasted for 14 years, eventually forcing him to end his successful college wrestling career, and leaving him lying on the floor trying to force his heart rate to return to normal several times a month.

In 2008, Dr. Jake was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease and spent six months nearly unable to move because of the severe vertigo associated with his condition. He was in chiropractic school already, but his understanding at the time was limited to chiropractic’s ability to alleviate neck and back pain.

A chiropractor friend reached out to him and explained that his nervous system was damaged from the football traumas and emotional stress, and that systems in his body were shutting down. Dr. Jake began receiving care from this friend, and that was the start of his own healing journey. It was also the beginning of his deeper understanding of the power of chiropractic care to help remove nervous system interference so that the body’s innate healing power can flourish. He felt called by God to use his own healing experience and training to help others unlock their highest potentials.

Dr. Jake opened Victory Health Center in 2011. In addition, he hosts a podcast that is aired on a local radio station, in which he talks about the importance of spinal health, whole-food based nutrition and detoxifying your body and environment.

Away From the Office

As parents of four kids, Dr. Jake and his wife Rachel stay busy with non-stop sports, including wrestling, football, volleyball and soccer.

They also love the outdoors and spending family time hiking in the mountains.