COVER STORY
CHIROPRACTOR URGES PATIENTS TO FOCUS ON PREVENTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE CARE
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Attitude LOUISE KNOTT AHERN GLWOMAN
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t says a lot about Ann Pushies that the official greeter at her Williamston chiropractic clinic is a black Lab named
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROD SANFORD/FOR GLWOMAN
Tucker. Well, official might be a stretch. Tucker sort of adopted the role himself, deciding on his own that when the bell rings above the door, it’s his job to rise from his massive dog bed behind the reception desk to greet patients with a stuffed animal in his mouth. But the fact that he comes to work every day with “Dr. Ann” and her husband/office manager, Paul Riggio, is the first sign that she lives what she preaches. Do what makes you happy, she says. Find a reason to laugh every day. And remember that health is about a lot more than seeing your doctor when you’re sick.
10 | OCTOBER 2010 | GREATER LANSING WOMAN