The Churchill Physical Health Center, S.C.
was established in 1956 by Dr. Churchill D.C. Originally located
in Lockport, the office made its first move to the lower level
of Dr. Churchill's home and then relocated to its present location
in 2008. In 1992 Dr. Churchill D.C. retired to Florida and placed
the practice in the capable hands of his stepson, Dr. Ted Cook D.C.
Dr. Cook D.C. attended Northern Illinois Unversity
and the College of St. Francis majoring in business. He then
joined the family adhesives business and worked there for
five years before returing to school to pusue his goal of
becoming a chiropractor. While in chiropractic college, Dr.
Cook D.C. was selected to be an assistant instructor in physical
diagnosis and spinal manipulation. He received a Bachelor
of Science degree in 1988 and a Doctorate in Chiropractic
in 1991, from Logan Chiropractic College in St. Louis, Missouri,
graduating cum laude.
Soon after graduation Dr. Cook D.C. was asked to be the strength
coach for the Joliet Jets swim team for two years.
Dr. Cook D.C. continued his post graduate studies
and became certified in 1998 to perform Manipulation Under
Anestheria on complicated spinal cases.
In addition to his extensive post graduate course of studies,
Dr. Cook D.C. is certified to do Impairment Rating and the Cox
Flexion/Distration technique.
Dr. Cook D.C. is currently the owner of Churchill
Physical Health Center S.C. with his wife, Dr. Rhonda Cook D.C..
Dr. Cynthia Kadela D.C. graduated from National
College of Chiropractic in 1981. She was the first female
chiroprator in Will County and has been in practice at the
Churchill Clinic for 23 years. Her post graduate education
has included seminars at the renowned Gonstead Clinic.
Dr. Cook D.C.'s wife, Dr. Rhonda (Bryden) Cook D.C.,
graduated from Logan College in 1990 and joined the Clinic
in 1992.
Sarah Evans is a nationally certified and state licensed clinical massage therapist. For the past year, she has worked in physical therapy with chronic pain patients before starting her own business with partner and former teacher, Kelly Fowler. Sarah graduated as valedictorian with high honors in Anatomy, Physiology, Clinical Massage Technique and Orthopedic Testing from the Soma Institute where she has since been teaching. As a student, she represented the Soma Institute at the Chicago Marathon and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Oncology Department. Recently, Sarah was trained in the ancient Hawaiian massage tradition, Lomi Lomi.
Kelly Fowler is a graduate of The Soma Institute in Chicago. She has six years experience as a clinical or orthopedic massage therapist. During her training she has developed extensive knowledge of massage techniques, musculoskeletal posture and gait analysis, and treatment planning. She has applied her experience to several different massage arenas: Sports Massage at the Chicago Marathon for the past 4 years, orthopedic massage in several clinics in the Chicagoland area, and as an instructor of Anatomy and Clinical Massage Technique at The Soma Institute. In addition to her clinical knowledge she has also studied a variety of massage styles that complement her orthopedic work. Pregnancy massage, Ortho-Bionomy, and Reiki, Shiatsu and Nuat Thai (all forms of Asian bodywork) are just a few examples.
The team of Doctors are striving to continue the family tradition
of excellence at the Churchill Physical Health Center, S.C. |