Today we’d like to introduce you to Collan Koeppen.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
At 8 years old, I suffered a neck injury while playing football. My head was stuck to the side for a week with my ear nearly touching the shoulder. The medical doctor said I should be ok. The following school year my principal commented on how much nicer I had been the year before and asked me, “What happened?” My neck was almost broken, and stuck to the side for over a week. It never really did go back to normal after that. The misalignments in the neck and imbalance in the body was essentially choking the life out of me.
Finally, 20 years after my injury occurred, I met a specialist who showed me how my head was not on straight and gave me my first upper cervical adjustment. From there, the healing process began. My chronic pain diminished, and my mood, energy and performance improved.
I got relief from standard chiropractic care, but found that I needed more specific care. I also felt that the correction (adjustment). was more comfortable, relaxing, and effective with the new style that does not crack. Now people seek us out for that exact reason.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
The journey has not been smooth, starting with the Marine Corps from 1993-1997, there has been a continual series of struggles and rewards.
For years I suffered from headaches, muscle spasms, low back and knee pain, brain fog, insomnia, irritability – all related to body imbalance cause by my misaligned vertebrae. Every time I sat down my whole body would hurt and I felt a knotting tension that would create a pressure in my head, depending on the amount of stress I was under.
Starting the office in 2009 was extremely difficult due to the financial conditions at the time, Starting the practice from scratch and having to build everything up was rough. Finding all the people locally that were suffering, and communicating this message is difficult to start with regarding chiropractic. It is difficult enough telling people about the message of chiropractic. let alone what we do which is unique and unconventional. Once people find and experience what we do, they realize it is what they have been looking for.
Please tell us about Active Rest.
We put heads on straight and balance the body without cracking.
We also offer A.R.T. Active Release Techniques and massage. A.R.T. is used in professional sports and the Olympics. A.R.T. is a system to release nerve entrapments and break scar tissue and untie “knots” of muscle. A.R.T. is the gold standard for soft tissue therapy.
Combining A.R.T. with the upper neck emphasis is a potent combination to improve the function of the patients’ lives. We will also address any area in the body with a health concern. That means we are not limited to just the neck, we see many backs, shoulders, knees, TMJ, brain fog, and the list goes on…
Many people that have a health problem that are afraid of the twisting and forceful manipulations end up coming to us. We are proud to be voted “best of La Jolla” in various forms of local newspaper media since 2012.
If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
If I had to start over, I would have found this type of care earlier, and suffered less. I traveled around the world for over 2 decades to finally find the answers we provide now on a daily basis.
Contact Info:
- Address: La Jolla, CA 92037
- Website: activerestchiropractic.com
- Phone: 8587364056
- Email: officemanagerarc@gmail.com
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