Hello, I am Dr. Chris Hawkins, and I would like to welcome you to a new life through chiropractic care. I am a new resident to the West Michigan community, and am loving every minute of it. My wife Jodie and I have recently moved here from Lansing, where we both grew up. I was very involved in athletics at a young age, and all of this added stress and abuse on my body lead me to chiropractic care. I was first introduced to chiropractic because of a severely stiff neck, completely unable to turn my head to the left. After my first adjustment I walked out able to turn my head, no Advil, no pain killers, just good old fashion healing.

After high school, I attended Albion College, where I played basketball and was a pre-med major planning on going into either dentistry or medicine. During my junior season I had low back pain so bad I could hardly take a step without falling over, any kind of shock to the area sent me to the floor. After seeing the team doctor, he prescribed me Vioxx (now banned from use) and said that should help. Well, it didn’t help, the only relief I received was once again from a chiropractic adjustment. With a little more knowledge under my belt, I began asking my chiropractor more and more questions. I found that the source of my problem had been pain from a nerve in my low back, which was causing the pain and weakness in my leg. With these kinds of results, med school and dentistry were out, and before I knew it I was off to South Carolina to start chiropractic school.

While in South Carolina, Jodie and I talked frequently about wanting to return back to Michigan and settle in the Grand Rapids area. However, my wife and I returned to Lansing, where I began work as an associate. After thousands of patients seen, and tens of thousands of adjustments, I felt it was time to venture into private practice. When the opportunity to move to West Michigan arose, we jumped at the chance, and Rockford was our first choice. After meeting with Dr. Szagesh, this office seemed like the perfect fit! I am very excited, and looking forward to providing quality, affordable health care to the entire community.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Chris Hawkins, D.C