Shannon Livingston, DC
Doctor of Chiropractic

Dr. Livingston is a holistic practitioner, and therefore considers many layers of your health. She specializes in:

• whiplash
• headaches, including migraines
• neck, mid-back and low back pain
• chronic pain, including pelvic floor pain
• chronic illness (Fibromyalgia, IBS, autoimmune issues like Lupus, etc.)
• allergies
• Candida and other digestive problems
• weight loss

Dr. Livingston offers many solutions to your health issues by:

• Treating and adjusting, when necessary, ANY joint in the body—including the spine, arms and hands, legs and feet
• Focusing mainly on Therapeutic Massage and Physical Therapy - paired, they are extremely successful in improving your function in daily life. She uses several massage styles, but especially Myofascial Release, which addresses muscle/joint pain and limited motion
• Offering energy work in the form of Reiki
• Addressing your individual nutritional needs in simple and "do-able" ways
• Offering Clinical Hypnotherapy (not to be confused with Las Vegas-style hypnosis!) to address unconscious patterns that support chronic pain and illness, and also make it hard change your diet, lose weight, etc.

Dr. Shannon Livingston's desire to educate and care for people is the motivating force in her life. Before becoming a Chiropractic Physician, she was at various times a tutor, a university teaching assistant, an elder caregiver, and nanny. Originally educated in animal biology, Dr. Livingston earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology at the University of California at Davis. She then enrolled in the Raptor Biology Master of Science program at Boise State University to study falcon behavior. There, as a graduate teaching assistant, she taught Anatomy and Physiology Labs for pre-med and pre-nursing students.

While teaching these classes and concurrently receiving chiropractic treatment and massage therapy for a whiplash injury, Dr. Livingston discovered her passion in alternative health care; she soon left her biology studies to become a Massage Therapist and Reiki Master Teacher. She was later accepted to Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, Oregon, where she earned her Doctorate of Chiropractic with honors. While attending WSCC, Dr. Livingston was certified in Clinical Hypnosis by the Oregon Society of Clinical Hypnosis, an organization for physicians (chiropractic, naturopathic, dental, etc.) to learn to use basic hypnosis.

Dr. Livingston has been an intuitive counselor and teacher of practical spirituality for well over a decade. She currently facilitates and is on the board of directors for a Portland non-profit, Root and Rise, a women-focused organization that offers affordable classes and workshops for holistic living. These classes address the heart-mind-body connection, and offer simple, healthy, and practical ways to live joyfully. Check out www.rootandrise.org for more information.