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Austin Chiropractor Dr. Mike VanDeWalle

Meet Austin Chiropractor Dr. Mike VanDeWalle

Dr. VanDeWalle has an excellent record both as a Doctor of Chiropractic and a community servant. Taking full advantage of the great lifestyle and weather that Austin has to offer, Dr. VanDeWalle opened his Gonstead chiropractic practice in 1981. He practiced previously for four years in Davenport, Iowa.

Involvement in community activities plays an important role in Dr. VanDeWalle’s life. He has coached rugby, basketball, and little league baseball, and served as chairman on the War on Drugs Committee for the Balcones Lions Club. Also, the Texas Jaycees honored Dr. VanDeWalle for originating and developing the Adopt a Nursing Home project and was selected to Outstanding Young Men of America. He has also served as Education Chair for the Capitol Area Texas Association of Business.

Professionally Dr. VanDeWalle has held several association officer positions and is a former editor of the Texas Journal of Chiropractic. In addition he has conducted extremity adjusting and athletic injury seminars for the chiropractic profession and has participated as a team teacher for Workers Compensation Reduction Seminars sponsored by the Texas Safety Association and the Austin Chamber of Commerce. Dr. VanDeWalle, a BACKSAFE affiliate and instructor, trains employees on safe work habits for several local business and government entities. Peak Performance and Stress Reduction education and training classes are available and encouraged for all his patients. Dr. VanDeWalle has always maintained the philosophy that the greatest service a professional can provide is to prevent what he treats.

Experience as an athlete and team physician include:
Dr. Mike VanDeWalle with past U.S. Gold Decathlon Medalists during the 2004 Trials.

For the 2004 Olympics, Dr. VanDeWalle was selected as a treating doctor for the WGADC (World’s Greatest Athlete Decathlon Club) who placed two of its members in Greece. He was also selected as the team physician for the first ever American Football Exhibition Tour of Europe, featuring the first meeting of U.S. and German football teams. Dr. VanDeWalle has also participated as a consultant and team doctor for the Austin Independent School District, local soccer clubs, and the Austin Cyclones professional basketball team.

As an athlete himself, Dr. VanDeWalle played in the National Collegiate Rugby Finals on the rugby first fifteen at Palmer College of Chiropractic. He was a starter on the basketball team at William Penn College. He was named to Outstanding College Athletes of America in 1970. After moving to Austin Dr. VanDeWalle continued to play AAU basketball and rugby for the Austin Blacks Rugby Football Club.

Education

William Penn College - B.A. Mathematics 1971
Palmer College of Chiropractic - D.C. 1976

Professional Affiliations:

American Chiropractic Association (Member)
Business Industrial Chiropractic Services (Member)
International Academy of Chiropractic Occupational Health Consultants (Member)
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Diplomat)
Texas Chiropractic Association (Member)
Travis County Chiropractic Society (Member)

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Dr. Mike Asks some important questions of interest to Austin residents - Chiropractor Austin Dr. Mike Asks...

Why are frequent visits advised when starting chiropractic care?
Consistent visits at the beginning of your chiropractic care help create the momentum necessary to correct and retrain unhealthy spinal patterns. Later, Austin patients find that continued care on a less frequent visit schedule can help preserve their progress and avoid a relapse.
Is a muscle spasm a cause or an effect?
With the knee-jerk use of muscle relaxers, you'd think it was a cause. But it's an effect. Chiropractors know that bones don't move unless muscles move them. And muscles don't contract unless commanded by the nervous system. That's why your nervous system is the focus of our Austin chiropractic practice.