Justin McLeod

Santa Cruz Spine & Sport

550 Water St., Suite B1, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060

CONTINUED EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS 2005 Active Release (ART) Upper Extremity 2006 Active Release (ART) Spine 2007 Active Release (ART) Lower Extremity 2007 Graston Technique Certified 2007 Certified Chiro Extremities Practitioner (CCEP) 2007 CPR/BLS Health Care Provider Certified 2008 Applied Kinesiology 100 hours 2008 2010 Hanson Muscle Therapy Certified (H.M.T.) 2011 Hanson Muscle Therapy Certified (H.M.T.) 2011 Rock Tape Certified 2011 Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) Level 1 Certified 2012 Functional Movement Screening (FMS) 2015 Stanford Strength and Conditioning 2020 Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) Level 1 Certified 2020 Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) Level 2 Certified __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Dr. Justin McLeod, DC has was voted Best Chiropractor in Santa Cruz Weekly in 2010 and 2012, and he continues to be a leader in his field through hundreds of hours of post-graduate certifications with an emphasis in sports injuries and soft tissue healing. Using full spine adjusting and extremity adjusting (CCEP) with his a unique blend of pressure point therapy (HMT), and movement-based massage (ART) he is able to get fast lasting results. After the patient receives bodywork he has them work with a personal trainer who goes over therapeutic exercises, stretches, and movement pattern corrections. Dr. Justin McLeod, DC became interested in chiropractic at the age of 16 while sustaining multiple injuries from football and soccer. He started seeing a chiropractor and became fascinated with how the human body worked and healed. After hyperextending his elbow and fracturing the radial head he wasn’t able to straighten his arm past 90 Degrees. The MDs were great in helping to diagnosis the hairline fracture but as far as the soft tissue damage their solutions were to take medications for the pain, rest, and ice. His Dad guided him to Tobe Hanson who has created a unique blend of Acupuncture and Applied Kinesiology, called HMT. In one visit he was able to fully straighten my elbow without pain. The speed at which he recovered was nothing short of a miracle to him. Through his injuries, he has experienced both Eastern and Western medicine and liked how chiropractic combined the two. Dr. Justin McLeod, DC received his undergraduate pre-medical training while at Brigham Young University while on an academic scholarship and completed his formal chiropractic training at Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California in 2007 Unlike other doctors of chiropractic who believe that the patient must get adjusted several times per week to remain healthy, Dr. Justin McLeod, DC believes that by balancing out the function of the 650 muscles in the body, that the 210 bones have a much better chance of staying aligned and therefore need less frequent adjustments. Dr. Justin McLeod, DC believes that he is succeeding when his patients don’t need to come into the office regularly