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‘We Go After the Why’ Offering a new approach to living your best life pain-free, Dr. Sean Drake offers a whole body, comprehensive approach to wellness BY MICHELLE GLICKSMAN
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Sometimes, explains Dr. Sean Drake, D.C., owner of Athlete Chiropractic, the part of the body where a person is experiencing pain isn’t always the location of the actual problem.
“Unless it’s a specific trauma, you have to look at the whole person,” he explains. This whole-body approach is what drives Dr. Drake’s reputation as a healer, drawing everyone from children to grandparents to a long roster of well-known professional athletes to his Scottsdale practice to fix a variety of aches, pains, limitations, and even to increase athletic abilities. “We look at it from the cellular approach, as well as a physical approach,” he explains. “There are so many pieces of the puzzle, ranging from the joints to the brain. Those three things need to work together, and a lot of times, people
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look at just one thing—a joint, or a muscle, for example. A lot of times, you have to look at the pain from a different perspective—where the pain is often isn’t where the problem is. It’s the result of stress and strain on the systems, which breaks down parts of the body. At Athlete Chiropractic, we go after the ‘why.’ “I look to put all the pieces together to see if it’s a joint problem, muscle problem, a brain problem, or something else, and from there, we can come up with a plan to tackle it.” Dr. Drake speaks from personal experience. A seven-sport athlete in high school, he later headed to college set to
