Dr. Cory Acker
Dr. Cory Acker has been a practicing chiropractor in Cathedral City, California since June of 1999. He owns and operates Acker Chiropractic & Wellness Center, which is located at 33669 Date Palm Drive. Dr Acker had dedicated the last decade to improving his patients’ lives through promoting chiropractic, health, and wellness. In addition, he has a wide range of modalities and treatments he uses including chiropractic manipulation, physiotherapy, spinal decompression, cold laser therapy, and massage. The philosophy of Dr. Acker is to not only free the body of spinal subluxations, but to assist in loosening up the muscles and soft tissue structures to promote a faster recovery. Dr. Acker prides himself on not only treating acute and chronic problems, but on also educating his patients on their spinal health, prevention of future injuries, nutrition, and overall optimal health.
Dr. Acker is a 1998 graduate of Western States Chiropractic College, which is located in Portland, Oregon. While attending Chiropractic college, he was awarded the Outstanding Clinician Award by his professors and graduated with honors. Dr. Acker has felt that community involvment is an essential part to residing and practicing in a community. He is very involved with numerous Coachella Valley organizations including the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce and the Palm Springs Unified School District. Dr. Acker has had family in the Coachella Valley for the past 30 years, and he is very eager to give back to the community in which he both practices and resides.
Dr. Oscar Castro
Dr. Oscar Castro graduated with a dual degree in Biology and Economics from the University of California, Irvine. He pursued a medical degree in the anesthesiology department, specializing with cancer pain patients. After 2 years of studying medicine, Dr. Castro took a 5 year hiatus to pursue his passion of triathlon, successfully competing and continuing to compete in Ironman distance events.
In 2001, Dr. Castro decided his heart no longer resonated with becoming a medical doctor and began his journey of Chiropractic. This, in great part, was influenced by the passing of his beloved sister who fought a courageous battle with Breast Cancer. It was at this point in his life when he realized he wanted to help people in a more holistic manner and became a chiropractor, graduating from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in 2005.
His speciality resides in full body adjusting. In addition, he is also credentialed in full body therapy which includes muscle and nerve therapies. He has successfully treated many patients from newborn infants to 95 year old geriatric clients, from the sedentary to the most elite professional athlete. He gives 100% of his attention to every single patient with whom he comes in contact, no matter the age, fitness level or degree of ailment. He is extremely personable and is also bilingual.
In his spare time, there is nothing more important to him than his family. He is the youngest of 16 siblings (yes..all from the same parents). The majority, including Dr. Castro, reside in the Orange County area and are a very close knit family. Without question, he loves training and competing in Ironman triathlons and also enjoys traveling.
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