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Introducing Dr. Michael Rottiger
Brookfield Office & Hales Corners Office

Years ago something happened to me that changed my life forever.  Let me tell you my story.  For as long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to be a doctor.  So immediately after high school, I headed to college as a Pre-Med student.  But, during my junior year, my dad was in a terrible car accident.  His head was slammed into the roof of his car when he was hit at an intersection.  After the accident, his pain was so intense and his neck was so stiff and swollen he couldn’t move it.  My dad started seeing a chiropractor for his problem.  He got relief and was able to move his neck again. It worked so well for him, and I was so impressed with other “miracles” I saw in his office, that I eventually made a switch and went to Chiropractic College myself.

Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, is where I chose to go.  Going to Palmer was a full time job.  We started at 7:30 in the morning and went until 4:00 p.m., or later if you had a class that had a lab with it.  Then you got to study another three hours that night.  Palmer was on the “quarter system,” which consisted of between 18-20 credits in three months time.  It was very intense to say the least.  Since graduation I have completed over 300 hours of continuing chiropractic education course work on various subjects such as pediatrics, exercise, rehabilitation, and spinal neurology to name just a few.

It’s strange how life is, because now people come to see me after they have been in a car accident.  Also they come to me with headaches, migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder and arm pain, carpal tunnel, backaches, ear infections, asthma, allergies, numbness, athletic injuries, fibromyalgia, along with a host of other conditions.  I have treated patients as young as a few days old to ones well into their 80’s.  I have helped people who thought there was nothing that could be done and who thought they were going to have surgery.  Thank goodness they came in before going “under the knife.”

In the hours outside the office I keep very busy.  I work out at least three times a week.  Sundays I get together with family for dinner and board games.  I play bridge once a month with a group that has been getting together for about 30 years (I’ve only been in the group for about five).  Dinner and a movie, or maybe a concert, with friends seems to have become the norm these days, because late nights are out of the question.

My “recipe for health” includes chiropractic adjustments, regular exercise, proper nutrition, and plenty of sleep.  I get adjusted at least once a month.  My exercise program consists of a combination of machines, free weights and some cardio.  Give me protein and vegetables and I’m a happy guy, but I do also take a multiple vitamin and some fatty acid to make sure I get the proper amount of nutrients my body needs.

Enough about me already!  Thanks for visiting our site.  I look forward to meeting you in person and discussing your specific health challenge.  Give our office a call or email me using the link below.