Dr. Zab
Originally born in New Jersey, Chad spent his early years growing up in Phoenix, Arizona. He has a strong background in numerous contact sports and was introduced to injuries early in life. At the age of 17, he suffered his first area of chronic pain when he had a large rupture of his L5-S1 disc in his low back. By the time he was in his early 20s, chronic pain continued to take its course and he was suffering with a dozen areas of chronic pain including neck, mid back, and low back injuries. Life became incredibly challenging dealing with daily pain. Simple tasks at home and work became too challenging to perform which was humbling. Trying to do the best he could to manage his pain levels, he decided to put life on hold in attempt to overcome chronic pain, because he could not continue in the state that he was in. He applied for disability at the age of 24 since he could sit or stand for only several minutes before the pain levels became too intense. As someone with a high tolerance for pain he realized there was no end to the amount of pain the body is willing to emit and at times it seemed not worth being alive.
Believing that the body was designed to heal itself, he spent most of his 20s learning, studying, and rehabilitating his body. As a patient, he was working with numerous Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Kinesiotherapists, Medical Doctors, and Osteopaths as he was filtered through the system. After spending around a decade in chronic pain and tens of thousands of dollars in treatment, he learned valuable insights and was able to get down to the root of the issues to reverse chronic pain in his body. He was treated with numerous styles of rehabilitation in different states and even traveled as far as Italy for healthcare. Treatment by treatment, old injuries and restrictions continued to improve and heal and now he has a highly functional body and was able to reverse all his chronic pain. He wanted to make his body so dynamic that he ended up completing an IronMan triathlon to encourage and inspire others on what is possible.
Through Chad's experience with pain, his perception and motivation in life changed. He spent many years on the patient's side of the treatment table, but is now has the opportunity to be a therapist to aid in his patients' recovery. One of his life goals is to influence, educate, and assist with the well-being of as many patients as possible and steer them in the right direction since there are so many ineffective and even harmful long-term treatments available. He continues to take multiple continuing education manual therapy classes each year to improve and perfect the techniques to bring to patients from what his teachers and other therapists were able to provide for him. Chad holds several degrees including Exercise Science B.S., Human movement M.S., and a Doctor of Physical Therapy DPT.