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Meet our Team
Meet Dr. Joseph Ferrantelli, owner - Clinic Director
 Dr. Ferrantelli graduated with honors from Florida State University in 1995 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and earned his Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.) degree from Life University School of Chiropractic in March 1999. He has been serving the New Port Richey area for the past 9 years. Dr. Ferrantelli is a distinguished Fellow of Clinical Biomechanics of Posture® and a ChiropracticBiophysics® instructor for Chiropractic Biophysics® Technique. Dr. Ferrantelli was named the “2002 CBP® Chiropractic of the Year” Clinical Biomechanics of Posture® Annual Convention. In addition to normal practice, Dr. Ferrantelli teaches CBP® Chiropractic Technique throughout the U.S. and internationally. He is a contributing author for the rehabilitation textbook entitled, CBP® Structural Rehabilitation of the Cervical Spine as well as the soon to be released textbook, CBP® Structural Rehabilitation of the Lumbar Spine. Additionally, Dr. Ferrantelli has been published in the JMPT journal for an article focusing on corrective treatment of chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders. Furthermore, he is a co-author on an original research paper published on normal spinal modeling in the world’s most prestigious orthopedic medical journal, SpineCurrently, Dr. Ferrantelli has original research on postural assessment validity in another top orthopedic journal, the European Spine Journal as well as recent publication on postural assessment reliability using innovative computerized methods in the journal of Chiropractic & Osteopathy. He is also a contributing researcher to the Practicing Chiropractors' Committee on Radiology Protocols as well as theInternational Chiropractors Association "Best Practices & Practice Guidelines". Recently, Dr. Ferrantelli and co-authors have been published in the JVSR on a study focusing on a review of randomized clinical control trials on the topic of low back pain resolution. Prior to this recent study, he and co-authors published a similar review also in JVSR on resolution of neck pain and headaches. Dr. Ferrantelli is a regular contributing author for the American Journal of Clinical Chiropractic. Presently, Dr. Ferrantelli is collaborating on several original research studies pertaining to the study of motor vehicle whiplash injuries and their rehabilitative treatment as well as studying posture reliability and validity outcome assessment tools. Dr. Ferrantelli focuses his private practice on whiplash traumatology and has been trained in Auto Crash Reconstruction (LOSRIC) through the Spine Research Institute of San Diego. Dr. Ferrantelli focuses on gentle family chiropractic care, Auto Accident injuries, and CBP® Structural Rehabilitation of the spine and posture. At this time, he is also the past-president of the FCA’s North Suncoast Chiropractic Society. Additionally, Dr. Ferrantelli runs one of the largest chiropractic technique websites (for CBP®) in the world.
Meet Dr. Ryan A. Smith
Ryan A. Smith, D.C. graduated from Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Va. Tech) with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1991. With a deep calling for personal service and belief in natural health care he attended Life University to change lives for the better without drugs and surgery and graduated with Cum Laude honors in 1999. While in clinical practice for over 11 years he has had the opportunity to help all types of patients; from babies to the elderly, athletes to the severely acute and from slip and falls to personal injury patients. Over that time, he has continued to study new techniques and systems to help his patients get better faster and more completely. That has lead him to advanced training in Spinal Correction not only in Pettibon Technique but Chiropractic Biophysics as well. From his athletic background, one of his personal interests has always been nutrition and supplementation to promote better health. Dr. Smith understands that you can not fix what you can not measure, so he sought out and has learned Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis, Functional Endocrinology, Mastering The Thyroid and the proper use of diet and supplements to aid the body in healing itself. Acknowledging that every cell in the body is 100 percent dependent on the nervous system to function properly, in 2010, Dr. Smith began studying Functional Neurology with the prestigious Carrick Institute of Graduate Studies in pursuit of becoming a Diplomat of Chiropractic Neurology. With his unique combination of postgraduate training, Dr. Smith enjoys helping not only those patients suffering from acute pain, but also those patients with chronic conditions like Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, Hypothyroid, Peripheral Neuropathy, Multiple Sclerosis and ADD/ADHD to name just a few.
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