Meet the Doctor

From the time he was young, Dr. Petchauer recalls sitting at the supper table listening to his father (who was also a chiropractor) tell stories about the amazing results chiropractic had produced in the lives of people he had treated. This so impressed Dr. Petchauer, that he made the decision to follow in his father's footsteps.

Dr. Petchauer was raised in Western Michigan and did his undergraduate studies at Aquinas College. Next he studied at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where he earned a degree in Biblical history. He then attended Palmer College of Chiropractic where he graduated with a doctor of chiropractic degree in 1983. He entered practice with his father for 3 years before opening his own office on the north side of Holland. He has been married to his wife Pamelea for over 30 years and they have 2 grown children, Ellary and Emery.

Dr. Petchauer takes not only the opportunity, but the responsibility to work with each patient very seriously. He continually attends post graduate studies in many different areas that relate to his patient's needs. He specializes in the Gonstead method of chiropractic, which is often referred to as the "gold standard" of chiropractic. He has over 1000 hours of advanced study in the method, putting him in the top 10 percent in the nation. He also has tested and achieved the highest level in the Gonstead Technique Registry at Palmer College of Chiropractic. In 2003, Dr. Petchauer was honored with the Gonstead Seminar of Chiropractic's "Best of the Best" award. He continues not only to study Gonstead Chiropractic, but to mentor other chiropractors in this technique.

It is important to stay current in this rapidly advancing field. Dr. Petchauer has advanced training in the areas of nutritional evaluations and treatment programs. This includes many forms of diagnostic testing (blood, saliva, hair, etc.). Below is a list of post graduate classes he has attended in the past several years.

• Anti-aging Nutritional Factors
• Balancing Female Hormones
• Balancing Female Hormones Naturally: Physiology and Principles
• Balancing Hormones in Menopausal Women: Clinical Applications and Advanced Principles
• Child Nutritional Issues
• Clinical Applications of Cold Laser Therapy
• Clinical Nutrition and Blood Chemistry Analysis
• Clinical Purification and Detoxification
• Diagnosing and Treating Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Drugs that Don't Work and Natural Therapies that Do
• Essentials of Nutritional Therapy
• Functional Blood Chemistry Analysis
• Fundamentals of Laser Therapy
• Health Aging
• Holistic Medicine for the 21st Century
• Interpretation of Salivary Hormones
• Interpretation of Blood Chemistry Results
• Interpretation of Salivary Hormones
• Medical Blood Testing Interpretation
• Minerals and Genetic Expression
• Natural Alternatives to the Top Ten Health Complaints
• Naturopathic Patient Treatment Applications
• New Directions in Therapeutic Nutrition
• Nutrition Response Testing
• Nutritional Management of Thyroid Dysfunction
• Restorative Endocrinology - A Functional Approach to Female Hormones
• Symposium on Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
• Symposium on Toxins, Free Radicals, and Carcinogens:
   Balancing the Inflammatory - Anti-Inflammatory Response
• The Therapeutic Use of Trace Minerals
• The Vitamin Complexes and Alternative Strategies
• Thyroid and Adrenal Testing and Treatment
• Understanding Cholesterol and Therapeutic Options
• Understanding Weight Management and Detoxification