Please contact Dr. Jen Olthafer for your Chiropractic care needs (805)434-2500
Please contact Dr. Jen Olthafer for your Chiropractic care needs (805)434-2500
Gwen Pillow, D.C.:
My interest in becoming a Chiropractor was piqued while working as a massage therapist in San Francisco. There I saw how quickly Chiropractic care got to the core of the issue. I knew that I was ready to continue my education, so I enrolled at Palmer West College of Chiropractic in San Jose, CA. Upon graduating I worked at Nova Chiropractic in Santa Clara with Dr. Heather Shaw, massage therapists and a Naturopath Doctor. I gained insight, knowledge and experience treating a variety of patients.
I am fluent in French and Spanish. I lived for a year in Paris, France where I learned the language, culture and how to be more open minded. Spanish came after French since I lived in California where Spanish speakers are in abundance. I took a couple Spanish conversation classes at San Francisco City College then visited Spain. I was in for a serious awakening as the accent in the South of Spain was not what I studied! Since then I’ve been practicing and studying on my own and have developed a good working knowledge of Spanish, enough to be comfortable treating patients that speak only Spanish.
What I do to stay healthy: I believe in taking care of my good health on a daily basis. I exercise, eat well and take whole food supplements and herbs every day. We cook at home but also we like to take advantage of some of the wonderful local restaurants. I walk our dogs daily; they always seem to know when I need to get out of the house! I prefer to mix it up in terms of my exercise. I enjoy HIIT workouts, (light) weight lifting, yoga, Pilates and hiking. I also appreciate the results of “smashing” my muscles or using a Lacrosse ball, etc. which alleviates adhesions in muscles and soft-tissues. This improves flexibility and range of motion while decreasing pain and dysfunction. I teach these techniques to patients as I feel it’s an important addition to maintaining good health. I feel very fortunate in that I love my work! It is so gratifying to see all the positive changes in patients and helping people “get their life back”
Judy Davis, Friend and Previous Office Manager
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