Dr. Steve VeGodsky founded the Chiropractic Family Wellness Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1987. He graduated with honors in 1986 from Life Chiropractic College in Marietta, Georgia. In addition to the standard 4 year course load, he completed extensive extracurricular seminars and post-graduate studies in:
Physical therapy modalities
Care of the whiplashed patient
Exercise rehabilitation
Myofascial therapy
Acupuncture
Nutrition
Diversified adjusting
Motion palpation
Applied kinesiology
Sacro-occipital technique
Pediatric adjusting
Lumbar distraction technique
Dr. Steve taught the chiropractic portion of the "Healing Options" medical school class at the University of Virginia for 15 years. Additionally, Dr. Steve has spoken to many local professional groups and high school students about the healing benefits of chiropractic care, job opportunities in the field of chiropractic and other natural health-related issues. He is a long standing member of the Virginia Chiropractic Association. Dr. Steve decided to become a chiropractor shortly after receiving his B.A. His mother was in an automobile collision which resulted in considerable neck, low back and leg pain. After being treated for over a year by medical doctors and physical therapists and receiving only minimal benefit, she decided to give chiropractic a try. After about 6 months, his mother was remarkably improved. Inspired by the results, he decided to give chiropractic a try himself for some chronic neck pain and headaches related to an old sports injury. Equally inspired by his own results, Dr. Steve knew that his path was to be to help others heal from similar problems, and to become a chiropractor himself. Dr. Steve has enjoyed giving back to the community. He started a program to offer chiropractic services through the Charlottesville Free Clinic in 2002. Additionally he has volunteered in his children's schools and coached and sponsored numerous youth soccer teams. In his free time, Dr. Steve enjoys spending time with his wife, Maureen, his wonderful children, playing sports, and listening to music. Dr. Steve’s Philosophy
He believes that the body functions as an integrated whole and that total health is dependent on structural/functional, emotional and nutritional well-being. His main focus is on restoring and maintaining your physical structure and functional health. He also has extensive training in nutrition and stress reduction. Together with the massage therapists on staff, he offers tools to assist in healing on all three levels - structural, emotional, and nutritional. Dr. Steve offers a variety of services to help you accomplish your health goals:
Chiropractic
Massage therapy
Acupuncture
Applied kinesiology
Physical medicine techniques and modalities
Nutritional counseling
Stress reduction
Rehabilitative exercises
Custom foot orthotics
It is his philosophy as a practitioner that he is in a partnership with you to deal with your health concerns. No practitioner can do for you what you fail to do for yourself. Therefore, in addition to his treatment of your condition, you are also encouraged to have an active role toward getting and staying well. Exercise programs, dietary recommendations, and stress reduction techniques are some of the tools which are offered to help empower you in your own healing process. He will work with you to help design a treatment program which best suits your individual needs.
