Dr. Gil Cromshaw

Going Back to School

At the time I decided to become a chiropractic physician, I was living in San Jose, California and Palmer College of Chiropractic-West was located there so it was a natural for me to enroll there. The four-year curriculum was very intensive and I never studied so much in my life, including my four year undergraduate degree (I earned a Bachelors in Science in Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania which is how I became a teacher as my first profession). I especially loved the clinical side of the curriculum in the third and fourth years which included diagnosis and treatment in the college clinic with real patients. I made a lot of great friends who now live and practice throughout the U.S. and in other parts of the world.

Your Health Coach

I want my patients to view me as sort of a health “coach” who can help them make the best decisions about what can promote better overall health and to help reduce the dependence upon medication and expensive medical procedures.

I choose to receive chiropractic care on a once a week basis to preserve my spinal and nervous system health. I’ve been through a few acute pain episodes which necessitated intensive and corrective care for a period of time and I’ve been fortunate to keep my spine in good shape so far. I also feel it’s extremely important to get 20-30 minutes of aerobic exercise 3-4 times per week to maintain heart and circulatory health and to do strengthening and stretching for the spinal and extremity muscles. Disease-care costs which are related to expensive drug and surgery interventions could be greatly reduced if more of our population would see the benefits of basic body maintenance; we want to help motivate you to do this!