Dr. Deborah Anderson

Dr. Deborah Anderson is founder, owner and managing doctor of Kirkland Life Chiropractic. Dr. Deborah’s focus on proactive and state-of-the-art chiropractic techniques has allowed her to build one of the leading chiropractic clinics in the country. She and her colleagues are sought out by professional athletes, leading business people and families throughout the region. For nearly two decades Dr. Deborah and her team’s primary focus has been on chiropractic care as a foundation for long-term health.

Dr. Deborah was first introduced to chiropractic after a severe car accident. Chiropractic treatment was successful in repairing the damage from the accident. This personal experience inspired Dr. Deborah to pursue chiropractic as a career so she could educate others about this medical treatment. Originally from Southern California, Dr. Deborah received and undergraduate degree in Biology and a Doctorate of Chiropractic from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic in 1993.

Dr. Deborah is a significant contributor to many local causes and charities. She is passionate about supporting and partnering with organizations that help the community and provide hope.

Dr. Jeremy Heisler

Dr. Jeremy Heisler is a native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada and fell in love with the city of Kirkland in 1992 when he came here to continue his education. His love for chiropractic began after he received his first adjustment and experienced immediate relief from his on-going headaches. With continuing care, his headaches never returned and he no longer suffered from acid reflux, which had plagued him for years. Dr. Jeremy decided to become a chiropractor to help others experience how chiropractic can change your life and overall wellness. Graduating from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, Calif., he’s been practicing in the Seattle area for more than 17 years. Dr. Jeremy specializes in manual adjusting focusing on biomechanics. He treats professional golfers, Seahawks, soccer, basketball and baseball players and triathletes, helping them reach optimal performance. Having a knee injury and surgery himself, has helped him understand both sides of what is needed to recover from an injury and to get back to daily life and what you love. Recently, he began working closely with companies to improve ergonomics in the workplace by giving personalized evaluations to employees, their posture and workstations. Dr. Jeremy enjoys hockey, travel, camping and spending time with his wife and two children.

Dr. Andrea Emde

Dr. Andrea Emde is a dual licensed physician who holds both a Naturopathic Doctor degree from Bastyr University and a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from University of Western States where she graduated summa cum laude. This combination offers her a unique insight into holistic health and allows her to utilize different treatment modalities with improved results. During her academic career, she served as student liaison on the board for the Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians, was a student representative for the annual Naturopathic legislative conference held in Washington DC, and worked as a representative for a nutritional supplement company. Dr. Andrea earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a major in Anthropology at Washington State University (GO COUGS!). While at WSU she was a D-1 athlete on the Varsity Women's Swim Team and a part of an Anthropological research project which focused on preventative health measures in foreign countries.

Dr. Andrea comes from a chiropractic family and has seen and experienced the many benefits of chiropractic medicine firsthand from a young age. She had such good results with chiropractic in her athletic career that it inspired her to become a doctor herself so she can help others achieve their goals and improve their performance. She is passionate about helping her patients achieve pain-free and healthy lifestyles to allow them to live their best life.

Dr. Andrea is a PNW native and in her spare time, you can find her hitting the slopes in the winter, the beach in the summer, and the trails in between.

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Chiropractic

A chiropractic adjustment is one of the most powerful tools to allow your body to heal from the inside out, naturally. A healthy, properly aligned spine has a direct influence on the brain and the nervous system so that you can function optimally and live life the way you were intended to, without signs of disease, illness and other preventable ailments.

Conditions That Benefit from Chiropractic Care

• Low Back Pain
• Whiplash
• Neck Pain
• Headaches + Migraines
• Herniated Disc
• Spinal Stenosis
• Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica)
• Numbness + Tingling
• Mood + Stress
• Sports Injuries
• Work Injuries
• Shoulder/Hip/Knee Problems
• Asthma + Allergies
• Myofascial/Muscle Pain
• Arthritis
• Post-Surgical Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Carpal Tunnel
• Postural Abnormalities
• Fatigue

Pregnancy & Pediatrics

Chiropractic care in pregnancy is an essential ingredient to your prenatal care choices. Preexisting but unnoticed imbalances in your spine and pelvis can become stressed during pregnancy. A significant percentage of all pregnant women experience back discomfort or some sort of pain during pregnancy. This is due to the rapid growth of the baby and interferences to your body’s normal structural adaptation to that growth. Some, but not all the benefits include:

• Reduces interference to the mother’s nervous system, which coordinates all the systems and functions in her body
• Helps to create a state of balance in the pelvic muscles, ligaments, and bony structures, which prepares the pelvis for an easier pregnancy and birth
• Reduces torsion to the woman’s uterus by removing tension on the ligaments that support the uterus
• Allows for a safer and easier birth for the mother, decreasing the potential for intervention such as inducement or C-section
• Detection, prevention, and possible correction of fetal malposition
• Reduction in pelvic and back pain as mom’s body grows with her growing baby

Dr. Stephanie Benz is specifically trained in the Webster Technique through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association which analysis and corrects the bony structures, muscles, and ligaments of the pelvis using gentle chiropractic adjustments.

Along with having a safe and healthy pregnancy, most parents have one goal in mind and that is to have a healthy child. Chiropractic care for babies, infants, toddlers and all children is very safe and effective. Having their nervous system checked is crucial for your child’s development. A healthy child means they can grow up to be healthy adults.

1. To encourage adequate neural plasticity (brain and nerve development)
2. To help strengthen their child’s immunity – encouraging fewer colds, ear-aches, and general illnesses
3. To promote better nerve communication throughout their entire body
4. To help resolve breastfeeding issues, colic, and reflux
5. To reduce the impact the modern world has on our children’s health
6. Supports digestive strength so it allows them to thrive
7. To aid in better concentration and capacity to learn
8. Promotion of better balance – helping to resolve poor posture, asthma, allergies, irritability, colic, and bedwetting
9. To help kids stay fun, lighthearted, and in tip-top shape
10. To allow a better functioning Nervous-System so all other systems and organs in their body can function at a greater level

For more information, please visit the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association or give us a call today.

Performance Therapy

Performance therapy is a term used to generalize the effective recovery treatments we offer our patients. With years of experience under their belts in conjunction with the chiropractic adjustment, the Kirkland Life doctors utilize vibration plates, muscle flossing, muscle stimulation (PTLMS), body tempering and banded exercises to keep their wonderful patients moving freely to optimize recovery. These therapies are very non-invasive but continue to be effective in a time efficient manner.

• The Chiropractic Adjustment: This is the most important and powerful treatment we deliver in our office. Receiving a chiropractic adjustment allows the communication from your body to your brain and from your brain back out to the body to be restored by way of removing vertebral subluxations.
• Vibration Therapy: Whole body vibration therapy helps reduce recovery time, regain muscle activation, and increase brain stimulation.
• Muscle Stimulation: We utilize the Pettibon Tendon Ligament Muscle Stimulation machine. This unit helps remove muscle splinting, increase blood flow, enhance metabolic function, and helps settle down spastic acute tissues.
• Body Tempering: A restorative and strengthening therapy that utilizes a heavy load to pump the fluids in the extremities while breaking up spastic or adhered tissues.
• Cryotherapy
• Nutrition Counseling
• B12 shots
• Massage

Chiropractic Technology

Here at Kirkland Life Chiropractic we tailor custom-care plans to fit your specific goals and needs. We work with you each step along your journey to reach your goals. Using the latest state-of-the-art, space-certified, NASA-published technology we assess your nervous system to deliver the most specific and scientific care possible. When necessary, we use also our in-house digital x-ray suite. As you begin care with us, we’ll celebrate the victories and milestones together. By being a part of Kirkland Life Chiropractic, you will never be “just another condition” to us. You will be a valued and respected member of our community.

Massage Therapy

The progressive mind-set of my massage therapy program is addressing our clients from their functional, professional and individual arrangements. It’s an exploration of what can be changed when we alter the client’s experience. A logical unfolding of the musculature and fascia tissue within a method that deeply senses and understands immediate, long term and even unexpressed needs. We call it Bodywork and KQ or Kinaesthetic Intelligence. We all know about IQ, but here we focus on body-centred intelligence.

Working closely with our chiropractors, each client’s care plan is part of a unique integrative approach. As a team, we help our client’s progressively move their postural arrangement from wherever they begin, towards a dynamic and more functional state of balance. In the short term, this means less pain and dysfunction and an improved ability for the body to accelerate healing. The end result is we care about our client’s long-term health and wellbeing through integration of both the structure and the musculature.

Brian Kingsford

Brian Kingsford has been a practicing Licensed Massage Practitioner and part of the progressive evolution of complimentary medicine in massage therapy since 1999. He is a graduate from the University of Colorado in Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology and an honors graduate as well as instructor from Boulder College of Massage Therapy. Brian brings with him 17 years of industry experience, knowledge and lifestyle pursuits of functional training, athletics, and body awareness. His passion for his craft is continuously being strengthened and inspired by dedicated work and results from satisfied clients one at a time.

Brian understands that client based relations are the sole of our clinical practice. We are only the medium providing the foundation for client care and wellbeing. Cultivating loyalty and inspiring his clients to return is the primary mission within his professional practice.

As a specialist in therapeutic and clinical based massage, Brian’s style is both corrective and restorative. His client’s develop a deeper understanding, awareness and knowledge of their individual bodies. Discover the difference between accepting pain and discomfort and finding a powerful tool to personal care and achieving your wellness goals.

Chiropractic & Corrective Care

A popular misconception about chiropractic care is for temporary pain relief only. Many chiropractors choose to limit their practice to pain relief. That is fine, but at Kirkland Life Chiropractic we have chosen to focus on corrective care and wellness care. We emphasize restoring not only the normal function of the spine by removing the subluxation through a specific chiropractic adjustment, but also, we strive to restore the normal shape and biomechanics of the spine to prevent further stress. This is important because this stress drives the spine into subluxation and can cause degeneration over time. When we begin correcting subluxations, pain relief is often one of the first things to be experienced and it is welcomed, but our primary concern is to address the cause of your problem so your symptoms go away and stay away. Chiropractic care for temporary relief might offer you some reprieve from pain, but no real correction will take place and the underlying cause will remain an issue. In essence, pain relief doesn’t return your body back to its natural ability to heal and regulate at 100 percent. Chiropractic corrective care offers true correction by addressing the cause of your body’s dysfunction and allows your body to express optimum health. Because when your body is functioning well you are going to feel great.

Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy, which literally means “cold therapy,” is a technique where the body is exposed to extremely cold temperatures for several minutes.

The theory for cryotherapy is that by immersing the body in extremely cold air for several minutes, you could receive a number of health benefits. The individual will stand in an enclosed chamber or a small enclosure that surrounds their body but has an opening for their head at the top. The enclosure will drop to between negative 200–300°F. They’ll stay in the ultra-low temperature air for between two and four minutes. We offer both Whole Body Cryotherapy AND Localized Cryotherapy

Just a few of the benefits of Cryotherapy

• Reduces pain and inflammation
• Improves joint function
• Reduces arthritic pain
• Reduces psychological stress, anxiety, and depression
• Support exercise recovery and performance
• Quicker post-surgery recovery times
• Increases immunity
• Healing of athletic injuries & Numbs nerve irritation
• Reduces migraine symptoms
• May help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease
• Treats atopic dermatitis and other skin conditions
• Increased energy & libido Improves Sleep

Jason Balajadia

Born and raised in Chicago, Jason moved to Kirkland in 1999. As a personal trainer for the last 21 years, Jason is committed to health and wellness. He is very involved in youth sports locally in the Kirkland community. As a competitive athlete, Jason has suffered many injuries over the years and has undergone seven knee surgeries. In order to keep up with his love for an extremely active lifestyle, he began searching for a non-invasive method to help with arthritis and knee pain. He tried cryotherapy and immediately after his first session felt a drastic reduction in pain and the swelling in his knees eliminated. He can still train and participate in all activities. Having found a method that truly worked for him, he decided to share it with the Eastside community and Greater Seattle area and Kirkland Life Cryotherapy was born June 2020.

Naturopathic Medicine

Naturopathic Medicine
Specialized holistic care for all your primary medical complaints. Examples include thyroid disease, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal issues, fatigue, chronic inflammatory diseases, allergies, food sensitivities, woman’s health, hormone balancing etc. Treatment can incorporate use of various treatment modalities such as nutrition, herbs, supplements, pharmaceuticals, counseling, physical medicine etc.

Nutritional Consult
In the first visit Dr. Andrea will sit down with you one and one and help you solidify your goals and identify any past roadblocks you have encountered. She will then take the information and help you come up with a specialized treatment plan to help you obtain your goals which she will refine with you in the second visit.

Lifestyle Counseling
This is a great option for people who are trying to optimize their health, for those looking to make a big life change and anywhere in between. Dr. Andrea will sit down with you one and one and help you solidify your goals and identify any roadblocks that are keeping you from your goals. She will come up with a specialized treatment plan to help you obtain them!

Vitamin B Injections Vitamin B has effect on numerous systems in your body. In office injections have increased absorption over oral supplementation and can have a significant effect on numerous systems in your body including improvement of energy levels.

Ergonomics

The most significant trauma affecting our bodies on a day-to-day basis is what we call microtraumas. Here at Kirkland life Chiropractic we take many steps within the office to remove and protect you from these stressors – like posture and redundant/repetitive tasks. One of the most effective tools around ergonomics is where we can evaluate your body usage within the most highly impactful elements of your life – work, exercise and hobbies. We do so through analysis which uses YOUR specific spinal considerations and the application of appropriate ergonomic changes to allow you to be more effective, efficient and increase endurance. We do corporate evaluations of varying levels of complexity as well as individual assessments.

Our Partners

Collaborating with our community is important to us. We are proud to partner with these great organizations:

• Crossfire Premier
• Schmetzer’s Toca Northwest
• Fit4Mom Eastside
• Kirkland Downtown Association
• Kirkland Boys N Girls Club Advisory Board members

FIT4MOM Eastside is a fitness program for moms offering prenatal and postnatal fitness classes for every stage of motherhood. FIT4MOM Eastside offers 40+ classes a week in Redmond, Kirkland, Woodinville and Bothell!

We offer prenatal exercise through our Fit4Baby program in Redmond, on the Microsoft Campus and at Evergreen Health Hospital.

We also offer two fitness programs for women after they have given birth: Body Back (a woman-only boot camp) and Stroller Strides (mommy-and-me fitness classes with kiddos in the stroller!)

FIT4MOM Eastside is more than just fitness classes. We are a village of mothers offering friendship, support, and multiple organized playdates each week. You do not have to be a member of FIT4MOM Eastside to attend playdates!

FIT4MOM Eastside is not only the largest FIT4MOM franchise in the country, it is also home to the national Instructor of the Year Erica Spear, and Franchisee of the Year, owner Erin Houg!

Want to try us out? Your first class is always FREE!

Community Outreach

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